Temple Handbooks

Jacob's ladder, this ladder dream is the fulfillment of John chapter 1 mentioned in the last post. Christ bridges the gap of heaven and earth.
Genesis 28:10-19

A temple,  the place of heaven here on earth- is the prototype for life.  Handbooks to the temple are in our possession; prayer, the holy word, humility, worthiness, and the Savior- Jesus Christ.
Psalms 15:1-2 worthiness

In the scriptural handbook,  the book of Psalms- word gems therein,  and 3rd Nephi- of the children encircling the Savior enhance our understanding of the many symbols we can embrace.
3 Nephi 17:7-9

Temple Theme

This Christ moment expresses such a wonderful temple theme- 51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
John 1:

Word Repetition

In a 15 minute span I heard reference to or cited the name of Jesus 30 times- from the beginning of church to the end of the administration of the sacrament.

In the same meeting, From a sermon on the priesthood I heard referenced the word “priesthood” 35 times.  During the talk I also heard 35 times “God”. 

Counting words can be a very meaningful exercise. Repetition impresses important remembrance and obligation to your stewardship.

2 Nephi 33:

10 And now, my beloved brethren, and also Jew, and all ye ends of the earth, hearken unto these words and believe in Christ; and if ye believe not in these words believe in Christ. And if ye shall believe in Christ ye will believe in these words, for they are the words of Christ, and he hath given them unto me; and they teach all men that they should do good.

An Effort

A battle today in maintaining ones purity of thought- in the trenches of the front lines of mortality, we need to be engaged in full force strategies; we may have a favorite hymn- to know the words, now we need multiple favorite hymn lyrics.

verse 38- 39 Book of 2 Kings 17:

"But the Lord your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies."

Hymn 80, God of Our Fathers, verse 2

"The captains and the kings depart. Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart."