~James E. Faust
"Spiritual Nutrients", Ensign, November 2006, 54
1 Corinthians 4: 12
Endure all things for Christ's sake patiently.
1 Corinthians 4: 17
Remember the ways of Christ.
1 Corinthians 6: 19-20
Respecting my body shows my respect and love for my Savior.
Endure to the End and Respect Shows Love.
Endure all things for Christ's sake patiently. 1 Corinthians 4:12
When
I came across this scripture, it really helped me to see that through
whatever comes our way we need to stand a solid ground. I love how in
this verse the apostles were saying how they labor and make
self-sacrifices for the sake of serving the Lord. They are willing to
sacrifice their time, possessions, whatever is necessary. They know that
when they are honest and faithful to the Lord, always enduring and
never giving up, they are blessed. It then goes on to say how even
though they are persecuted against and hated, they "suffer it." Using
the footnotes, suffer here also means to "endure patiently". That really
left my rather awe-stricken. Here these men are, being reviled against
in all sorts of manner, and their faith never wonders; nor do they
complain. Instead, they "endure patiently." I love that. I have heard
prophets and apostles (specifically President Hinckley) say that life is
not to just be endured by enjoyed--and there is great wisdom in
that--but I have never heard the phrase to endure patiently. When trials
and hardships come, we need to learn to not just endure them, but do so
with patience. This to me means to me that you have a calm sense of
understanding and meekness about you. Not that you may understand your
trial, but that you understand it is for your own growth. You remember
and understand that all things we experience are for our own good.
(D&C 122:7)
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Respecting my body shows my respect and love for my Savior. 1 Corinthians 6: 19-20
As
I was reading this section of scripture, it brought a sense of
reverence to my heart. I know that my body is a temple to my own spirit,
but I love how it says here that my "body is the temple of the the Holy
Ghost which is in you". We must live worthy to have the Holy Ghost
abide with us, that entails keeping our bodies pure and clean. For our
body is a temple and no unclean thing will dwell inside a temple.
(D&C 94:8) Moreover, as it says in verse 20, we are not our own.
Our bodies were bought with a price, the ultimate price--the atonement
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We thus show our respect and love
for our Savior by respecting our bodies. Our bodies are a gift. We
should treasure that gift and keep it pure so that we may always have
the Holy Ghost as our constant companion.
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Principles and Insights from Classmates
"Charity and Hard work. 1Cor.
13:7; Galatians 6
(Charity) Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all
things, endureth all things. This is a very great verse and to be able
to receive all of these blessings would be great and a benefit to our
progression. It is also great to know that charity is tied into so many
things. As we look at chapter 13 which is all about charity we can see a
many things that we can do to have charity and receive these blessings.
The first thing that we can do to have charity is to have patience. I
think that this is one attribute that is not shown as often as it
should. We live in a time where we expect things right now, we are the
now generation and to have little patience. Is a thing we all could
work on a little more. I think that if we can start to have a little
more patience then we are going to have more and more charity.
(Hard work) I
really enjoyed chapter 6 in Galatians it talked about work and how we
reap what we sew. This has always been a very important principle
throughout my life. I had to opportunity to grow up in a home where I
had to work for the things that I wanted and needed. So at a younger age
I started to realize the responsibility of work and the joy that was
brought from it. I also had great examples of work my Grandpa is now 80
years old and can still work like a 25 year old and as a result he is
very healthy, the same is with my father he is always working on
something. This principle is so great because it we can apply it day to
day, and also in the gospel. As we work hard in the gospel and have a
strong testimony and strong desire to do right we are going to be
blessed with blessings from our Father in Heaven.
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"Benevolence and Spiritual Gifts
Treat your spouse with kindness, compassion, generosity, and goodwill. 1 Cor 7:3
Treating
your spouse with kindness is one of the most important things that I
remember reading about. To expound on this I would like to report on the
benevolence of my husband. As you know, I have a three month old.
Before she was born I was put on bed rest the last month and a half of
my pregnancy because I was experiencing pre-term labor. During that time
of trial, my husband Marcus served me thoroughly. He made breakfast,
lunch, and dinner for me. He went grocery shopping alone, he came home
from school early to spend time with me, and he always answered his
phone. I got pretty lonely at home all alone, and he knew that so he
made extra effort to make me feel special. He has shown the most
kindness and compassion for me during that time. I think that it is
important to show this kind of benevolence, as it reads in the
scriptures, to strengthen the relationship between husband and wife; the
most important relationship outside of the relationship you have with
God.
Study and obtain the Spiritual gifts. 1 Cor 12:1
While
I was reading this section of scripture I was thinking that it was a
commandment for the apostles (saints) to try their best to receive and
develop all the spiritual gifts. We are given certain gifts such as the
gift of tongues, the gift of prophesy, the gift to believe on other
people’s words, the gift of testimony, the gift of healing, the gift of
interpretation of tongues. Our ultimate goal is to become like Christ
who has ALL these gifts. In order to become like him it is our duty and
responsibility to try our best to develop as many spiritual gifts as we
can. Even though we all have some of these gifts, it is our job to
develop them and magnify these in as much as we are capable. And with
the development of these gifts we must then use them for the spreading
of the gospel."
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