‘Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.’ Matthew 28:18
December 30 – LDS Church Callings Mandates. Jude 1:21-23 “Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And of some have compassion, making a difference: 23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.”
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Our mission statement in life should be to serve in love to others. If we witness out of animosity, then it benefits no one including the Lord. If you serve because someone else told you to do so, are you serving God or the position you’ve been assigned?
A true missionary’s life is marked with the indelible call from God to go out into the world and spread the gospel. Matthew 28:18-20. You won’t be able to sleep, eat or even breathe without doing what He’s called you to do. Your nights are sleepless; your days become fruitless when you don’t heed His voice.
And even with all that it’s also understanding and accepting you aren’t the one doing the work but God.
You are not your own. You belong to God. 1 Cor. 6:19-20.
Each day my heart cries for the souls of those who truly believe they love the Lord Jesus and knowing the Lord will someday say to them, “Depart from Me for I never knew you”.
I’ve compiled these verses and sayings from the LDS teachings for people like my own mother to your neighbor. They work so hard to please not knowing there is nothing they could ever do to win His affection.
Out of your love for these people, go out and share the truth today! Have the Mormon think about this teaching from the Church. Why would the Lord not want you to be content where He places you?
That is true division.
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“Let it ever be remembered that no President of this church, no counselor in the Presidency, no General Authority, no member of a stake presidency or of a bishopric or of an elders quorum presidency is there because he wished to be there and requested the privilege. Each is there because he was “called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.” (A of F 5.) Loyalty to leadership is a cardinal requirement of all who serve in the army of the Lord. A house divided against itself cannot stand. (See Mark 3:25.) Unity is basic and essential.” R. Wayne Boss and Leslee S. Boss, Are My Children Going to Make It? Real Help for Teaching the Gospel in the Home, 63 – 64.
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When I was a new Christian, my church needed a nursery coordinator. Within a week it was clear I wasn’t where God wanted me to be. Other women in the church wondered why I didn’t want the job since I had two young daughters. I was met with more than a few disgruntled comments, but I was positive that isn’t what the Lord wanted me to do.
I met with the pastor and others, and they all concurred that it wasn’t where God had called me.
Share with a Mormon that God is the One that calls us not mankind.
With Love in Christ –
Michelle ✟
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