Decide

Decide

DECI'DE, verb intransitive To determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to a conclusion.
We cannot decide how far resistance is lawful or practicable.
The court decided in favor of the defendant.

SCRIPTURES:

D&C 130:16

• Doctrine and Covenants

I was left thus, without being able to decide whether this coming referred to the beginning of the millennium or to some previous appearing, or whether I should die and thus see his face. 

D&C 136:7

• Doctrine and Covenants

Let each company, with their captains and presidents, decide how many can go next spring; then choose out a sufficient number of able-bodied and expert men, to take teams, seeds, and farming utensils, to go as pioneers to prepare for putting in spring crops. 

D&C 107:79

• Doctrine and Covenants

And the Presidency of the council of the High Priesthood shall have power to call other high priests, even twelve, to assist as counselors; and thus the Presidency of the High Priesthood and its counselors shall have power to decide upon testimony according to the laws of the church. 

1 Kings 20:40

• Old Testament

And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it. 

Joseph Smith—History 1:9

• Pearl of Great Price

...the cry and tumult were so great and incessant. The Presbyterians were most decided against the Baptists and Methodists, and used all the powers of both reason and sophistry to prove their errors, or, at least, to make the people think they were in error. On the other hand, the Baptists and... 

D&C 42:72

• Doctrine and Covenants

Or they are to receive a just remuneration for all their services, either a stewardship or otherwise, as may be thought best or decided by the counselors and bishop. 

Acts 15

• New Testament

The Acts of the ApostlesChapter 15Great dissension arises at Antioch concerning circumcision—The Apostles at Jerusalem decide the issue—Paul chooses Silas as his companion. 

D&C 67

• Doctrine and Covenants

...revelations already received from the Lord through the Prophet was considered and acted upon (see the heading to section 1). It was decided that Oliver Cowdery and John Whitmer should take the manuscripts of the revelations to Independence, where W. W. Phelps would publish them as the Book... 

Judge, Judgment

• The Guide to the Scriptures

To evaluate behavior in relation to the principles of the gospel; to decide; to discern good from evil. 


QUOTES:



















 

 

 

 

“We hope we can help our young men and young women to realize, even sooner than they do now, that they need to make certain decisions only once. … We can push some things away from us once and have done with them! We can make a single decision about certain things that we will incorporate in our lives and then make them ours—without having to brood and redecide a hundred times what it is we will do and what we will not do.

“… My young brothers, if you have not done so yet, decide to decide!” ~Spencer W. Kimball

 "Decide to work. Work is necessary if you are to reach your goal


 ...decide to believe. Believe in God. Believe in yourself. Believe that God is very interested in you as an individual, that he is anxious for you to succeed. He has provided in the gospel of his Son Jesus Christ the sure pattern for ultimate success.

Decide to make decisions about certain things once—those things will push from you that might otherwise destroy you—and decide about other things that you will incorporate into your life, things that will bring you eternal happiness. Decide to set goals which are consistent with your divine destiny. Decide to believe in God, who created you. Decide to believe in yourself, that you truly can reach goals—your goals. Decide to work. You can be successful in any righteous endeavor when you are willing to work under the guiding hand of the Lord.

May we all make our decisions in the favorable light of the gospel of Jesus Christ"

 ~Rex D. Pinegar

PERSONAL DEFINITION:

I think to decide means to make a choice. To commit to a choice, and then go forward with it. 

To truly decide, I think we must take action on our resolve, whatever it is.
If we really want to accomplish anything, we first have to decide to do it.
I believe there is great wisdom in deciding beforehand, what your standards are so that you don't even have to be shaken when something arises that could cause you to go astray.

Decide is a very strong word. I think true decision is immovable.
It is my hope to make immovable decisions regarding where I stand in my beliefs. In fact, I already have! :)

Charity

Charity

CHARITY, noun
1. In a general sense, love, benevolence, good will; that disposition of heart which inclines men to think favorably of their fellow men to think favorably of their fellow men, and to do them good. In a theological sense, it includes supreme love to God, and universal good will to men.
1 Corinthians 8:1. Colossians 3:14. 1 Timothy 1:5.
2. In a more particular sense, love, kindness, affection, tenderness, springing from natural relations; as the charities of father, son and brother.
3. Liberality to the poor, consisting in almsgiving or benefactions, or in gratuitous services to relieve them in distress.
4. Alms; whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the poor for their relief.
5. Liberality in gifts and services to promote public objects of utility, as to found and support bible societies, missionary societies, and others.
6. Candor; liberality in judging of men and their actions; a disposition which inclines men to think and judge favorably, and to put the best construction on words and actions which the case will admit. The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.
7. Any act of kindness, or benevolence; as the charities of life.
8. A charitable institution. Charity-school, is a school maintained by voluntary contributions for educating poor children.

SCRIPTURES:

Charity

• The Guide to the Scriptures

The pure love of Christ (Moro. 7:47); the love that Christ has for the children of men and that the children of men should have for one another (2 Ne. 26:30; 33:7–9; Ether 12:33–34); the highest, noblest, strongest kind of love, not merely affection.


 Moroni 7:

 44 If so, his ^afaith and hope is vain, for none is ^bacceptable before God, save the ^cmeek and lowly in heart; and if a man be meek and lowly in heart, and ^dconfesses by the power of the Holy Ghost that Jesus is the Christ, he must needs have charity; for if he have not charity he is nothing; wherefore he must needs have charity.

 45 And ^acharity suffereth long, and is ^bkind, and ^cenvieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily ^dprovoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

 46 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, if ye have not charity, ye are nothing, for charity never faileth. Wherefore, cleave unto charity, which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail—

 47 But ^acharity is the pure ^blove of Christ, and it endureth ^cforever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him.

Moroni 7:46

• Book of Mormon

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, if ye have not charity, ye are nothing, for charity never faileth. Wherefore, cleave unto charity, which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail— 

2 Nephi 26:30

• Book of Mormon

Behold, the Lord hath forbidden this thing; wherefore, the Lord God hath given a commandment that all men should have charity, which charity is love. And except they should have charity they were nothing. Wherefore, if they should have charity they would not suffer the laborer in Zion to perish. 

1 Peter 4:8

• New Testament

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 

1 Corinthians 13:13

• New Testament

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. 

Ether 12:34

• Book of Mormon

And now I know that this love which thou hast had for the children of men is charity; wherefore, except men shall have charity they cannot inherit that place which thou hast prepared in the mansions of thy Father. 

Colossians 3:14

• New Testament

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

1 Corinthians 13:2

• New Testament

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

D&C 4:5

• Doctrine and Covenants

And faith, hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the glory of God, qualify him for the work. 

QUOTES:

 “Charity sees the need, not the cause”
German Proverb

 “He who wished to secure the good of others,
Has already secured his own.”
Confucius

 “If you haven't any charity in your heart,
You have the worst kind of heart trouble.”
Bob Hope

“Where there is charity and wisdom,
There is neither fear nor ignorance.”
St. Francis of Assisi 

“Be the change you want to see in the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi

 "Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven."
Henry Ward Beecher

 . We all work at feeling joy and finding peace. One of our greatest tools in the process is charity.
Elaine L. Jack

Charity is not a single act or something we give away but a state of being, a state of the heart, kind feelings that engender loving actions.
 Silvia H. Allred 

 When we have charity, we are willing to serve and help others when it is inconvenient and with no thought of recognition or reciprocation. We don’t wait to be assigned to help, because it becomes our very nature. As we choose to be kind, caring, generous, patient, accepting, forgiving, inclusive, and selfless, we discover we are abounding in charity.
 Silva H. Allred

 “Charity is having patience with someone who has let us down. It is resisting the impulse to become offended easily. It is accepting weaknesses and shortcomings. It is accepting people as they truly are. It is looking beyond physical appearances to attributes that will not dim through time. It is resisting the impulse to categorize others.” ^{13
Thomas S. Monson
 
PERSONAL DEFINITION:
I think Charity is the pure love of Christ. In order for us to have charity, Christ must be at the center of our lives. It is only through Him that our hearts can be filled with that pure love. But before he can fill our hearts, we must open them up. We can do that by loving and serving God first (and serving His children in order to do so). We must also try to see others as divinity, and as children of God with true potential and worth. Then as we treat them as such, God will fill our hearts with more of that love, and it becomes a cycle of strengthening character, and building God's kingdom.
Charity is a way of being, and it is a process. When we fail, repentance and the atonement can repair us again. For true charity can really only come from the Lord. To have that gift, we must ask Him for it, and then do what He asks of us.}

Focus

Focus

FO'CUS, noun plural focuses, or foci. [Latin focus a fire, the hearth.]

1. In optics, a point in which any number of rays of light meet, after being reflected or refracted; as the focus of a lens.

2. In geometry and conic sections, a certain point in the parabola, ellipsis and hyperbola, where rays reflected from all parts of these curves, concur or meet.

The focus of an ellipsis, is a point towards each end of the longer axis, from which two right lines drawn to any point in the circumference, shall together be equal to the longer axis.

The focus of a parabola, is a point in the axis within the figure, and distant from the vertex by the fourth part of the parameter.

The focus of a hyperbola, is a point in the principal axis, within the opposite hyperbolas, from which if any two lines are drawn, meeting in either of the opposite hyperbolas, the difference will be equal to the principal axis.

3. A central point; point of concentration

SCRIPTURES:

Two men formed a partnership. They built a small shed beside a busy road. They obtained a truck and drove it to a farmer’s field, where they purchased a truckload of melons for a dollar a melon. They drove the loaded truck to their shed by the road, where they sold their melons for a dollar a melon. They drove back to the farmer’s field and bought another truckload of melons for a dollar a melon. Transporting them to the roadside, they again sold them for a dollar a melon. As they drove back toward the farmer’s field to get another load, one partner said to the other, “We’re not making much money on this business, are we?” “No, we’re not,” his partner replied. “Do you think we need a bigger truck?”

We don’t need a bigger truckload of information, either. Like the two partners in my story, our biggest need is a clearer focus on how we should value and use what we already have.

~Dallin H.Oaks

Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. (2 Tim. 3:7).

Feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do” (2 Ne. 32:3). That is focus. Nephi also said that as he taught from the scriptures, “I did liken all scriptures unto us, that it might be for our profit and learning” (1 Ne. 19:23). That is personal application.

 Each of us should be careful that the current flood of information does not occupy our time so completely that we cannot focus on and hear and heed the still, small voice that is available to guide each of us with our own challenges 

The ultimate Latter-day Saint priorities are twofold: First, we seek to understand our relationship to God the Eternal Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, and to secure that relationship by obtaining their saving ordinances and by keeping our personal covenants. Second, we seek to understand our relationship to our family members and to secure those relationships by the ordinances of the temple and by keeping the covenants we make in that holy place. These relationships, secured in the way I have explained, provide eternal blessings available in no other way. No combination of science, success, property, pride, prominence, or power can provide these eternal blessings!


PERSONAL DEFINITION:
We are always focused on one thing or another. It is a conscious choice to decide what that focus is. 
Priorities and focus are interlocked. Priorities are what we should choose to put our focus on. And we should choose the right priorities.
We know when our priorities are centered around God, and doing his will, and then we put our focus on that and act accordingly, we will live life to its fullest.

upright

UPRIGHT, a. upri'te or up'rite. [up and right. This word is marked in books with the accent on the first syllable. But it is frequently pronounced with the accent on the second, and the accent on the first syllable of its derivatives is inadmissible.]

1. Erect; perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; as an upright tree; an upright post. Among mechanics, plumb.

2. Erected; pricked up; shooting directly from the body.

All have their ears upright -

With chatt'ring teeth and bristling hair upright.

3. Honest; just; adhering to rectitude in all social intercourse; not deviating from correct moral principles; as an upright man. Job. 1.

4. Conformable to moral rectitude.

Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure.

SCRIPTURES:

Psalms 97:11

• Old Testament

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. 

Proverbs 2:21

• Old Testament

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. 

2 Samuel 22:26

• Old Testament

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright. 

Psalms 119:137

• Old Testament

Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments. 

Acts 14:10

• New Testament

Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. 

Psalms 19:13

• Old Testament

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. 

Isaiah 26:7

• Old Testament

The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. 

Psalms 64:10

• Old Testament

The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. 

rectitude

REC'TITUDE, n. [L. rectus, right, straight.]

In morality, rightness of principle or practice; uprightness of mind; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws. Rectitude of mind is the disposition to act in conformity to any known standard of right, truth or justice; rectitude of conduct is the actual conformity to such standard. Perfect rectitude belongs only to the Supreme Being. The more nearly the rectitude of men approaches to the standard of the divine law, the more exalted and dignified is their character. Want of rectitude is not only sinful, but debasing.

There is a sublimity in conscious rectitude - in comparison with which the treasures of earth are not worthnaming.                   

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                       PERSONAL DEFINITION:   think to be upright, means to be morally correct and genuinely righteous. The upright in heart have many promised blessings. It says that the upright in heart can be glad in the Lord. If you have an upright heart, you are in the right and your desires are pure and so you can rejoice in the gospel because as you live it, you are constantly reminded of the peace that comes with that. To be glad IN the Lord is a form of humility, because you are giving the credit to him. You rejoice because of His goodness.
So when you are upright in heart, you trust God and rejoice in Him for your blessings that He gives you as you make actions that are upright. Then you can confidently stand upright knowing that your intentions are pure, therefore making your actions upright.                                                                    So I guess the pattern is:

Upright heart

Upright actions

Rejoice in the Lord for all the blessings that come from living upright.

 The gospel is the most truly upright (morally and principally correct) doctrine, so if your heart's desire is to live that, you have an upright heart. Then once you act on it, all your actions will be upright.

divide

DIVIDE, v.t. [L., to part. See the latter words.]

1. To part or separate an entire thing; to part a thing into two or more pieces.

Divide the living child in two. 1 Kings 3.

2. To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition or by an imaginary line or limit. A wall divides two houses. The equator divides the earth into two hemispheres.

Let the firmament divide the waters from the waters. Genesis 1.

3. To make partition of, among a number.

Ye shall divide the land by lot. Numbers 33.

4. To open; to cleave.

Thou dist divide the sea. Nehemiah 9.

5. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant.

There shall be five in one house divided, three against two--Luke 12.

6. To distribute; to separate and bestow in parts or shares.

And he divided to them his living. Luke 15.

7. To make dividends; to apportion the interest or profits of stock among proprietors; as, the bank divides six per cent.

8. To separate into two parts, for ascertaining opinions for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house, in voting.DIVIDE, v.i.

1. To part; to open; to cleave.

2. To break friendship; as, brothers divide.

3. To vote by the division of a legislative house into two parts.

The emperors sat, voted and divided with their equals.

SCRIPTURES:

Exodus 14:16

• Old Testament

But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 

Job 27:17

• Old Testament

He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 

Luke 12:13

• New Testament

¶And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. 

(  14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of ^acovetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.)

Psalms 74:13

• Old Testament

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. 

Deuteronomy 19:3

• Old Testament

Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither. 

Psalms 108:7

• Old Testament

God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 

Moses 2:6

• Pearl of Great Price

And again, I, God, said: Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and it was so, even as I spake; and I said: Let it divide the waters from the waters; and it was done; 

Moses 2:14

• Pearl of Great Price

And I, God, said: Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven, to divide the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years;

QUOTES:

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

Audre Lorde

Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

Mark Twain

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

Rene Descartes

I mean, we are tribal by nature, and sometimes success and material wealth can divide and separate - it's not a new philosophy I'm sharing - more than hardship, hardship tends to unify.

Colin Farrell

PERSONAL DEFINITION:

As I was researching this word Divide, I kept finding a reoccurring theme that Division or separation can bring unity. I thought to myself- Wait! That doesn't make any sense.
But it does...
Let's take two people to represent the context of the word divide. Those two people are you, and someone else. Now, if you are divided in opinion, a choice springs up. You can choose to become unified by lovingly receiving both viewpoints, or you can become disordered and split by selfishly arguing.

So the separateness can bring unity if it is acted upon with love.

The law of nature revolves around becoming whole. We want to become whole. (If we are in line with Nature- or God's law). But it often takes Division to accomplish that wholeness or unity.

But what if a house divided against itself cannot stand?
I think the key word in the sentence before is itself. When we aren't aligned with our own true purpose, we can't have unity with others. And the only way to be wholly aligned with our own true purpose is through the atonement. Even then, we need a separate being to make us whole.
Division equals Unity.
Here are some examples:
God had to separate us from Him, by sending us to this earth, so that we could be in a state where we could progress and return to Him being more complete and having more knowledge.

It takes male and female to create a human being.

The human body is made up of separate pairs. (Two eyes, ears, arms, legs, feet)

There are a lot of examples in nature where you need divided or separate sources to achieve a goal or unity.

heart HEART, n. [L. cor, cordis, and allied to Eng.core, or named from motion, pulsation.] 1. A muscular viscus, which is the primary organ of the blood's motion in an animal body, situated in the thorax. From this organ all the arteries arise, and in it all the veins terminate. By its alternate dilatation and contraction, the blood is received from the veins, and returned through the arteries, by which means the circulation is carried on and life preserved. 2. The inner part of any thing; the middle part or interior; as the heart of a country, kingdom or empire; the heart of a town; the heart of a tree. 3. The chief part; the vital part; the vigorous or efficacious part. 4. The seat of the affections and passions, as of love, joy, grief, enmity, courage, pleasure &c. The heart is deceitful above all things. Every imagination of the thoughts of the heart is evil continually. We read of an honest and good heart, and an evil heart of unbelief, a willing heart, a heavy heart, sorrow of heart, a hard heart, a proud heart, a pure heart. The heart faints in adversity, or under discouragement, that is, courage fails; the heart is deceived, enlarged, reproved, lifted up, fixed, established, moved, &c. 5. By a metonymy, heart is used for an affection or passion, and particularly for love. The king's heart was towards Absalom. 2 Sam. 14. 6. The seat of the understanding; as an understanding heart. We read of men wise in heart, and slow of heart. 7. The seat of the will; hence, secret purposes, intentions or designs. There are many devices in a man's heart. The heart of kings is unsearchable. The Lord tries and searches the heart. David had it in his heart to build a house of rest for the ark. Sometimes heart is used for the will, or determined purpose. The heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Eccles.8. 8. Person; character; used with respect to courage or kindess. Cheerly, my hearts. 9. Courage; spirit; as, to take heart; to give heart; to recover heart. 10. Secret thoughts; recesses of the mind. Michal saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart. 2 Sam.6. 11. Disposition of mind. He had a heart to do well. 12. Secret meaning; real intention. And then show you the heart of my message. 13. Conscience, or sense of good or ill. Every man's heart and conscience--doth either like or disallow it. 14. Strength; power of producing; vigor; fertility. Keep the land in heart. That the spent earth may gather heart again. 15. The utmost degree. This gay charm--hath beguiled me To the very heart of loss. To get or learn by heart, to commit to memory; to learn so perfectly as to be able to repeat without a copy. To take to heart, to be much affected; also, to be zealous, ardent or solicitous about a thing; to have concern. To lay to heart, is used nearly in the sense of the foregoing. To set the heart on, to fix the desires on; to be very desirous of obtaining or keeping; to be very fond of. To set the heart at rest, to make one's self quiet; to be tranquil or easy in mind. To find in the heart, to be willing or disposed. I find it in my heart to ask your pardon. For my heart, for tenderness or affection. I could not for my heart refuse his request. Or, this phrase may signify, for my life; if my life was at stake. I could not get him for my heart to do it. To speak to one's heart,in Scripture, to speak kindly to; to comfort; to encourage. To have in the heart, to purpose; to have design or intention. A hard heart, cruelty; want of sensibility.

SCRIPTURES:

Heart

• The Guide to the Scriptures

A symbol of the mind and will of man and the figurative source of all emotions and feelings

Luke 6:45

• New Testament

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. 

Ezekiel 36:26

• Old Testament

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stonyheart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 

Psalms 57:7

• Old Testament

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise

Obadiah 1:3

• Old Testament

¶The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? 

Proverbs 23:15

• Old Testament

My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine

QUOTES:

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Helen Keller

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

Khalil Gibran

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

Khalil Gibran

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Mahatma Gandhi

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

Confucius

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

Robert Green Ingersoll

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Leonardo da Vinci

Love myself I do. Not everything, but I love the good as well as the bad. I love my crazy lifestyle, and I love my hard discipline. I love my freedom of speech and the way my eyes get dark when I'm tired. I love that I have learned to trust people with my heart, even if it will get broken. I am proud of everything that I am and will become.

Johnny Weir

Love, Good, Trust

I believe that two people are connected at the heart, and it doesn't matter what you do, or who you are or where you live; there are no boundaries or barriers if two people are destined to be together.

Julia Roberts

Relationship, Together, Matter

Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts. ~Paramahansa Yogananda

.                                                                       PERSONAL DEFINITION: I think the heart is the main center point of our body. Everything thing else focuses, revolves around, and depends on its functioning. It's a representation of a place where we experinace emotions and feelings- and since our actions are results of our feelings- it is important that we strive to have a pure, and broken heart. Broken in the sense that we are humble and open to His will, and Pure in the sense that we are using His atonement to make us whole. I like to imigine it like this: A heart with a whole bunch of cracks and crevises, and God's love and mercy pouring into the cracks like glue to make it whole.

kingdom

KING'DOM, n. [king and dom, jurisdiction.]

1. The territory or country subject to a king; an undivided territory under the dominion of a king or monarch. The foreign possessions of a king are not usually included in the term kingdom. Thus we speak of the kingdom of England, of France or of Spain, without including the East or West Indies.

2. The inhabitants or population subject to a king. The whole kingdom was alarmed.

3. In natural history, a division; as the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms.

4. A region; a tract; the place where any thing prevails and holds sway; as the watery kingdom.

5. In Scripture, the government or universal dominion of God. 1 Chron.29. Ps.145.

6. The power of supreme administration. 1 Sam.18.

7. A princely nation or state.

Ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests. Ex.19.

8. Heaven. Matt.26.

9. State of glory in heaven. Matt.5. 10. The reign of the Messiah. Matt.3.
11. Government; rule; supreme administration.

Kingdom of God or Kingdom of Heaven

See also Celestial Glory; Church of Jesus Christ

The kingdom of God on earth is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (D&C 65). The purpose of the Church is to prepare its members to live forever in the celestial kingdom or kingdom of heaven. However, the scriptures sometimes call the Church the kingdom of heaven, meaning that the Church is the kingdom of heaven on earth.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the kingdom of God on the earth, but it is at present limited to an ecclesiastical kingdom. During the Millennium, the kingdom of God will be both political and ecclesiastical.

SCRIPTURES:

Matthew 6:33 "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." 

Moroni 10:21

• Book of Mormon

And except ye have charity ye can in nowise be saved in the kingdom of God; neither can ye be saved in the kingdom of God if ye have not faith; neither can ye if ye have no hope. 

D&C 105:32

• Doctrine and Covenants

That the kingdoms of this world may be constrained to acknowledge that the kingdom of Zion is in very deed the kingdom of our God and his Christ; therefore, let us become subject unto her laws. 

JST Mathew 5
 21 Whosoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so to do, he shall in no wise be saved in the kingdom of heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach these commandments of the law until it be fulfilled, the same shall be called great, and shall be saved in the kingdom of heaven.

Psalms 145:13

• Old Testament

Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. 

JST, Luke 16:18

• Joseph Smith Translation

Since that time, the kingdom of God is preached, and every man who seeketh truth presseth into it

QUOTES:
(your four minuets)
Dear friends, you are in the midst of an exhilarating journey. In some ways, you are racing down the half-pipe or sled track, and it can be challenging to perform each element or navigate each turn along the way. But remember, you’ve prepared for this for millennia. This is your moment to perform. This is your four minutes! The time is now!

You have the Savior of the world on your side. If you seek His help and follow His directions, how can you fail?

 Perhaps you’re aware of things in your life that are threatening to slow or stop your spiritual progress. If so, follow this scriptural counsel: “Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.”<sup>9

Now, you may be thinking to yourself, “I already blew it. My four minutes are already a disaster. I may as well give up.” If so, stop thinking that, and never think it again. The miracle of the Atonement can make up for imperfections in our performance</sup>

 “… It is never too late so long as the Master … says there is time. … Don’t delay.”¹⁰




Remember, you are not alone. The Savior has promised that He will not leave you comfortless.¹¹ You also have family, friends, and leaders who are cheering you on.

(United in Building the Kingdom -L. Tom Perry):

We see the unity that comes from a faith in God and a desire to build His kingdom.
 
*To tear down kingdom -seek worldly riches (Instead of the Kingdom of God) and be prideful; think you are better than others

Now, we see that often this turning away from the Lord comes with prosperity. Those who are more prosperous can become filled with pride, and they look down on their brothers and sisters who have less, thinking them inferior. Although Jacob does not say it, this process can also work the other way. Those who are less fortunate begin to feel deprived. They become consumed by what they do not have, blaming others for their predicament and blaming the Lord. They, also, turn their hearts away from Him.
*BOTH forms of pride

*Use your prosperity for Good = building kingdom



So often it is the order of things that is fundamental in the Lord’s instructions to us. The Lord is not telling us that we should not be prosperous. This would be inconsistent with the many records we have of Him blessing His people with prosperity. But He is telling us that we should seek prosperity only after we have sought and found Him. Then, because our hearts are right, because we love Him first and foremost, we will choose to invest the riches we obtain in building His kingdom.

*The order is important. Seek God first, blessing will come, and since our hearts are in the right place, we can use those gifts to expand God's kingdom even more.

Is the order of things right in our own lives? Are we investing, first and foremost, in the things that are eternal in nature? Do we have an eternal perspective? Or have we fallen into the trap of investing in the things of this world first and then forgetting the Lord?

*To build kingdom, you must lay treasures in heaven
*It takes more than one person to build up the kingdom-we must trust one another.

What this testifies to me is that we can tell whether or not we put the kingdom of God first by looking at how we treat our brothers and sisters in the Church. Is there a special bond uniting us? Is there an absence of envy and backbiting? Do we rejoice in the success of a brother or sister as much as in our own? Do we share our substance so that all may be rich like unto us? Ultimately, are we our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers?
*Where much is given, much is expected, and we have been very blessed.

As we engage in the work of the Lord, He will increase our capacity as we increase our desire.
*We have to keep doing his will, and desiring to do His will, and He will make us capable.

We will pull closer together as a people engaged in a common effort. Through sacrifices we make one for another and for Him, we will realize our potential as His children and prepare the way for His eventual, glorious return.

*Seeking for ways to serve others, and doing so helps us realize our true potential and creates unity so we can prepare for His return.

PERSONAL DEFINITION:
I believe Kingdom, means a domain, or land of ownership. To truly be 'owners' of a Kingdom, we have to have worked on it.
The Earth is part of God's Kingdom, because He created it. We are also part of His Kingdom, because He created us, and when we work on building those around us, we are expanding HIS Kingdom.
We can do that by using the gifts God has given us, and work on obtaining more gifts of the spirit. We must also seek to have faith, hope, and charity because when we trust, love, and look forward to and be intent upon building His Kingdom, our ability will grow and we can build the kingdom even more, because when we trust in God's will, He can trust in us to accomplish that will.

sanctify

SANC'TIFY, v.t. [Low L. sanctifico; from sanctus, holy, and facio, to make.]

1. In a general sense, to cleanse, purify or make holy.

2. To separate, set apart or appoint to a holy, sacred or religious use.

God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. Gen. 2.

So under the Jewish dispensation, to sanctify the altar, the temple, the priests, &c.

3. To purify; to prepare for divine service, and for partaking of holy things. Ex. 19.

4. To separate, ordain and appoint to the work of redemption and the government of the church. John 10.

5. To cleanse from corruption; to purify from sin; to make holy be detaching the affections from the world and its defilements, and exalting them to a supreme love to God.

Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth. John 17. Eph. 5.

6. To make the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.

Those judgments of God are the more welcome, as a means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me, as to make me repent of that unjust act.

7. To make free from guilt.

That holy man amaz'd at what he saw, made haste to sanctify the bliss by law.

8. To secure from violation.

Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line.

To sanctify God, to praise and celebrate him as a holy being; to acknowledge and honor his holy majesty, and to reverence his character and laws. Is. 8.

God sanctifies himself or his name, by vindicating his honor from the reproaches of the wicked, and manifesting his glory. Ezek. 36.

 

SCRIPTURES:

John 17:19

• New Testament

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. 

Ezekiel 36:23

• Old Testament

And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. 

Joshua 7:13

• Old Testament

Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. 

Deuteronomy 5:12

• Old Testament

Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.

2 Nephi 18:13

• Book of Mormon

Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. 

Moroni 10:32
Yea, ^acome unto Christ, and be ^bperfected in him, and ^cdeny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and ^dlove God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be ^eperfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.

QUOTES:
“If you're serious about sanctification, you can expect to experience heart-wrenching moments that try your faith, your endurance, and your patience.”
― Sheri L. Dew, If Life Were Easy, It Wouldn't Be Hard: And Other Reassuring Truths 

“To be in Christ -- that is redemption; but for Christ to be in you -- that is sanctification!”
― W. Ian Thomas

-Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions.

Matthew Henry

 

 

-I have a very personal feeling about how special America is, and I know how precious freedom is. It is a sacred gift, sanctified by those who have lived it and those who have died defending it. My right to speak my mind, to have a voice, to be what some have called 'opinionated,' is a right I deeply and profoundly cherish.

Teresa Heinz

 

-There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point that we are prepared to live in the presence of the Savior. And there can be blessings in the burdens we bear. As a result of these struggles, our souls are stretched and our spirits are strengthened. Our character becomes more Christlike as we are tried and tested.

L. Lionel Kendrick

-Repenting and coming unto Christ through the covenants and ordinances of salvation are prerequisite to and a preparation for being sanctified by the reception of the Holy Ghost and standing spotless before God at the last day.

David A. Bednar

PERSONAL DEFINITION:
I think the word Sanctify has a big meaning. It means to 'set apart from' or 'cleanse of' or 'purify'.
I've learned that we, as human beings are not naturally clean or worthy. We needed, and do need Christ as our ultimate source of sanctification.
We come closer to Christ as we are refined by trials and tests of this mortal life.
Sanctification strengthens us.
The Grace of God can purify us in a way that makes us our TRUE fully sanctified selves again.
And when we are living true to that (Our real worthy selves) then we will be serving, living, opening and lighting new ways for others, and ourselves, to be even more sanctified.
I think also think, that another key to being sanctified comes when we set ourselves apart from the world and stand in holy places.
Sanctification also comes with LOVE.
When we love, and are willing to serve, than God can trust us with more power, which can only come if we are worthy and sanctified.