Name: Erin Christina Elliott Today’s Date: 5/6/10
Course: New Testament
Reading Block: Mark 4-10
Doctrines and Principles:
• Christ taught his doctrine through parables (Mark 4:2)
• Our faith is what makes us whole (Mark 5:27-34)
• Even on Sunday Christ took the opportunity to teach(Mark 6:1)
Thoughts, Impressions, Ideas for Application:
• Master, the tempest is raging! The billows are tossing high! The sky is oer’shadowed with blackness No shelter or help is nigh. Carest Thou not that we perish? How canst Thou lie asleep?! When each moment so madly is threatening, A grave in the angry deep? The Lord will always be there for us. We should not question him, no harm will ever come to us as long as we have the faith in him. I know that I cannot be that person who ever doubts the Lord. It just, I hate reading about how often the Lord has to say “ye of little faith” How can people doubt that power and all that he does over and over and over again?!
• There are so many people in the world, so many people praying and asking for help. Heavenly Father and Christ know each and every one of us. He knows all our needs and he knows out pleas. They are aware of us and know when we are asking for them. I know there are times when I doubt if the Lord knows that I am here and in need of him. He knows, I know he knows and I can feel him in my life every hour of every day. As long as I call upon him for help and put all my faith in him that he can help, he helps. It is the fact that you have faith that makes you whole, it is the faith in the Lord that he can help us and will help us. I love my Heavenly Father, and I am so grateful for all that he does for me.
• Those with ears to hear will be the ones to hear the teachings of the gospel. There are often times I have to be told over and over again things that I need to do because the first 100 times I just didn’t want to hear it. There are many things that we all hear and are taught but we don’t always really hear the words and process the lesson being taught to us. It is only when we are ready to hear and ready to learn and do what is being asked of us is when we will really learn and grow.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Mark 1-3
Name: Erin Christina Elliott Today’s Date: 5/4/10
Course: New Testament
Reading Block: Mark 1-3
Doctrines and Principles:
• Denying the Holy Ghost is one of the worst things you can do (Mark 3:29)
• Christ heals by the faith of the person (Mark 2:5)
• We need to pray in solitary places (Mark 1:34)
Thoughts, Impressions, Ideas for Application:
• It wasn’t until just lately that I have really been thinking about blessings and how through the atonement we can be healed of sicknesses too. It is through our faith that we receive those blessings and healings through the priesthood. If we don’t truly have faith that we can be healed then, well, we won’t. It is just like the scriptures say, by your faith you are healed.
• I will go, I will do, the things the Lord commands. Just like Nephi and even the apostles of Christ, they dropped everything and followed Christ and what the Lord has commanded them to do. It makes me wonder if I could just drop everything and go, if I would leave all that I have because that is what the Lord wanted me to do. I do those little things that I am asked to do, but I know until I do those huge things and pack up and leave the life I am living for anything that the Lord says, I won’t be fully following in my saviors footsteps. I hate the fact that as I sit here and think about it I cannot say I will do anything and everything the Lord commands me. I know I want to, but I feel like I am going to have to be compelled or pushed. I wish I was as great as them to just drop everything and follow.
• Christ left everyone and everything to go and pray in a quiet place. I think that everyone should do that. I know that when I hide myself and pray to where I am away from my yelling roommates and distractions I can communicate better with my Heavenly Father. It is a more sure way to be able to get our thoughts across and get our answers received. If it is loud and crazy around us and we are not really taking ourselves out of the worries of the day then it is not as meaningful and it will be harder to hear and feel the spirit whispering to us the answers to our thoughts and questions.
Course: New Testament
Reading Block: Mark 1-3
Doctrines and Principles:
• Denying the Holy Ghost is one of the worst things you can do (Mark 3:29)
• Christ heals by the faith of the person (Mark 2:5)
• We need to pray in solitary places (Mark 1:34)
Thoughts, Impressions, Ideas for Application:
• It wasn’t until just lately that I have really been thinking about blessings and how through the atonement we can be healed of sicknesses too. It is through our faith that we receive those blessings and healings through the priesthood. If we don’t truly have faith that we can be healed then, well, we won’t. It is just like the scriptures say, by your faith you are healed.
• I will go, I will do, the things the Lord commands. Just like Nephi and even the apostles of Christ, they dropped everything and followed Christ and what the Lord has commanded them to do. It makes me wonder if I could just drop everything and go, if I would leave all that I have because that is what the Lord wanted me to do. I do those little things that I am asked to do, but I know until I do those huge things and pack up and leave the life I am living for anything that the Lord says, I won’t be fully following in my saviors footsteps. I hate the fact that as I sit here and think about it I cannot say I will do anything and everything the Lord commands me. I know I want to, but I feel like I am going to have to be compelled or pushed. I wish I was as great as them to just drop everything and follow.
• Christ left everyone and everything to go and pray in a quiet place. I think that everyone should do that. I know that when I hide myself and pray to where I am away from my yelling roommates and distractions I can communicate better with my Heavenly Father. It is a more sure way to be able to get our thoughts across and get our answers received. If it is loud and crazy around us and we are not really taking ourselves out of the worries of the day then it is not as meaningful and it will be harder to hear and feel the spirit whispering to us the answers to our thoughts and questions.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Matthew 17-20
Name: Erin Christina Elliott Today’s Date: 5/2/10
Course: New Testament
Class Hour: MWF 12:45-1:45
Reading Block: Matt. 17-20 Read the entire block?
Doctrines and Principles:
• Without faith we can do nothing and receive nothing but as long as we have faith and believe we can do anything (Matthew 17:20)
• Humble yourself as a child. (Matthew 18:1-4)
• Keep the commandments. (Matthew 19)
Thoughts, Impressions, Ideas for Application:
• I love little children. I have had many experiences with them and how sweet and innocent and pure they are blows me away. It is one of those things that I wish I could go back in time and be a child again, we have no worries and the veil is so thin back then as well (or so we are told). The simple uncomplicated testimony of a child just blows me away. They know what is right and they know who they are. They have that pure love of Christ in their lives. Just think of how close we could all be if we would just humble ourselves like children. That doesn’t mean to act as them but to just understand what we are being told. To listen to what we believe and not doubt what we are told. I think the faith and pureness of little children is why I am drawn to them so much and why I am majoring in what I am. I want to always be around them and always have that amazing feeling.
• Everything I have been given really isn’t mine. I would have nothing if it was not from the blessing of my Heavenly Father, so why should I not give it all back to him. What more can I do in my life to be what I need to be to obtain eternal life. I know I am not perfect, but I know that I cannot take all that I have and not share and not give. I know that if I were to do that I would be a hypocrite. I have live with no food and when I have food I know that I need to share it and help other people out. I have no money and yet I give what I don’t have to others. I know that it is what we are supposed to do. And yet I still find myself on the selfish side sometimes and I know that I should not be. I know that I should be better, I find myself not wanting to give up things as the man in the parable. I don’t want to be like that. It is hard but I know that it is possible and that we can all do what the Lord has asked us to do.
• Whoever gives up things for the lord sake shall be blessed. One night I was thinking about how there have been people who have given up their lives because of what they believe and I wondered what I would do if that happened to me, if someone said deny God and die. It is scary to think of this, but I came to the conclusion that I could not give up what I believe to be true under any circumstance. Sometimes I feel like I am boasting about it but I am not, or I don’t mean to at least. It is weird to think of the fact that I could die for something as little as faith, though to me it is not little it is a life style. My life was given by them and I know it, I know it without a doubt and if someone wants me to deny such things I could not.
Question to Share in Class:
Q: This continues my last thought. It says that it someone loseth something for his sake they shall have eternal life, or something along those lines, and yet their life is not in such an order to receive such high blessing do they still get those blessings?
Course: New Testament
Class Hour: MWF 12:45-1:45
Reading Block: Matt. 17-20 Read the entire block?
Doctrines and Principles:
• Without faith we can do nothing and receive nothing but as long as we have faith and believe we can do anything (Matthew 17:20)
• Humble yourself as a child. (Matthew 18:1-4)
• Keep the commandments. (Matthew 19)
Thoughts, Impressions, Ideas for Application:
• I love little children. I have had many experiences with them and how sweet and innocent and pure they are blows me away. It is one of those things that I wish I could go back in time and be a child again, we have no worries and the veil is so thin back then as well (or so we are told). The simple uncomplicated testimony of a child just blows me away. They know what is right and they know who they are. They have that pure love of Christ in their lives. Just think of how close we could all be if we would just humble ourselves like children. That doesn’t mean to act as them but to just understand what we are being told. To listen to what we believe and not doubt what we are told. I think the faith and pureness of little children is why I am drawn to them so much and why I am majoring in what I am. I want to always be around them and always have that amazing feeling.
• Everything I have been given really isn’t mine. I would have nothing if it was not from the blessing of my Heavenly Father, so why should I not give it all back to him. What more can I do in my life to be what I need to be to obtain eternal life. I know I am not perfect, but I know that I cannot take all that I have and not share and not give. I know that if I were to do that I would be a hypocrite. I have live with no food and when I have food I know that I need to share it and help other people out. I have no money and yet I give what I don’t have to others. I know that it is what we are supposed to do. And yet I still find myself on the selfish side sometimes and I know that I should not be. I know that I should be better, I find myself not wanting to give up things as the man in the parable. I don’t want to be like that. It is hard but I know that it is possible and that we can all do what the Lord has asked us to do.
• Whoever gives up things for the lord sake shall be blessed. One night I was thinking about how there have been people who have given up their lives because of what they believe and I wondered what I would do if that happened to me, if someone said deny God and die. It is scary to think of this, but I came to the conclusion that I could not give up what I believe to be true under any circumstance. Sometimes I feel like I am boasting about it but I am not, or I don’t mean to at least. It is weird to think of the fact that I could die for something as little as faith, though to me it is not little it is a life style. My life was given by them and I know it, I know it without a doubt and if someone wants me to deny such things I could not.
Question to Share in Class:
Q: This continues my last thought. It says that it someone loseth something for his sake they shall have eternal life, or something along those lines, and yet their life is not in such an order to receive such high blessing do they still get those blessings?
Friday, April 30, 2010
Matthew 11-16
Name: Erin Christina Elliott Today’s Date: 4/29/10
Course: New Testament
Reading Block: Matt. 11-16
Doctrines and Principles:
• All things that Christ spoke of are from his Father (Matthew 11:27)
• Christ teaches in parables to help us learn and truly understand what he is teaching us. (Matthew 13:10-17)
• Without faith Christ miracles will not work. His miracles are made done by our faith. (Matthew 14:27-31)
Thoughts, Impressions, Ideas for Application:
• There are times when we feel like our life is so hard and that we are alone and that no one cares to help us at all, we tend to forget the fact that Heavenly Father and Christ are there. Christ died for us so that we may use the atonement that we could turn to him and that the burdens that we carry may be light. Through Christ our heavy burden will be taken away and we will find rest. I know that in my life I have had to learn the hard way but I have learned and I know the great love that they have for me and for all of us.
• We often here the saying practice what you preach. It is true that we need to do that. How can we be telling people to do things when we ourselves are not doing that? We need to remember the things we say are being written down. “…angels above us are silent notes taking of every action…” not just of every action but every word and deed that we do. We will be condemned or saved by all the things we say and do.
• The seeds that we sow in our lives are taking in different ways. Some people have the word but don’t understand it and someone comes along and tells them something else that they are led away. If we stand in holy places and keep ourselves safe we can stop people from leading us away and keeping our roots planted deep. I have had friends that this has happened to. Even when you think the root is deep, people who are easily offended can just get up and leave. There were several reasons why my dad left the church but sometimes I think that the root of the church was not so deeply planted in his heart, I don’t see how someone who loves something so much can just up and leave. The words of evil can hurt those that even love the church and I think that is also something in my dad’s case and in friends of mine cases. I need to always remember these things and remember how I feel and keep the good thoughts and the love of the gospel in my life.
Course: New Testament
Reading Block: Matt. 11-16
Doctrines and Principles:
• All things that Christ spoke of are from his Father (Matthew 11:27)
• Christ teaches in parables to help us learn and truly understand what he is teaching us. (Matthew 13:10-17)
• Without faith Christ miracles will not work. His miracles are made done by our faith. (Matthew 14:27-31)
Thoughts, Impressions, Ideas for Application:
• There are times when we feel like our life is so hard and that we are alone and that no one cares to help us at all, we tend to forget the fact that Heavenly Father and Christ are there. Christ died for us so that we may use the atonement that we could turn to him and that the burdens that we carry may be light. Through Christ our heavy burden will be taken away and we will find rest. I know that in my life I have had to learn the hard way but I have learned and I know the great love that they have for me and for all of us.
• We often here the saying practice what you preach. It is true that we need to do that. How can we be telling people to do things when we ourselves are not doing that? We need to remember the things we say are being written down. “…angels above us are silent notes taking of every action…” not just of every action but every word and deed that we do. We will be condemned or saved by all the things we say and do.
• The seeds that we sow in our lives are taking in different ways. Some people have the word but don’t understand it and someone comes along and tells them something else that they are led away. If we stand in holy places and keep ourselves safe we can stop people from leading us away and keeping our roots planted deep. I have had friends that this has happened to. Even when you think the root is deep, people who are easily offended can just get up and leave. There were several reasons why my dad left the church but sometimes I think that the root of the church was not so deeply planted in his heart, I don’t see how someone who loves something so much can just up and leave. The words of evil can hurt those that even love the church and I think that is also something in my dad’s case and in friends of mine cases. I need to always remember these things and remember how I feel and keep the good thoughts and the love of the gospel in my life.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Matthew 6-10
Name: Erin Christina Elliott Today’s Date: 4/27/10
Course: New Testament
Class Hour: MWF 12:45-1:45
Reading Block: Matt. 6-10
Doctrines and Principles:
• Lay not upon the treasures of Earth but of the treasures of Heaven (Matthew 6:19-21)
• Give alms and pray in secret, not in front of people as the hypocrites do (Matthew 6:4-5)
• Judge not that ye be not judged (Matthew 7:1)
Thoughts, Impressions, Ideas for Application:
• I am weird in ways that I read my scriptures. Sometimes when I read I find hymns in the scriptures and I mark them and I think about why this is in the scriptures and is a hymn. Master, the Tempest is Raging is one of my favorites. Our lives are like the sea that they are sailing on and there is nothing that Christ cannot help us with. As long as we have the faith that Christ is there and that he can help the crazy winds and waves that our lives are sailing on then we will be helped and we will find the peace and the stillness.
• In my P Blessing I am told that people will be able to look at me and know that I am different, that I have the spirit. As Latter-day Saints we are different and we do have a light in our eyes that people will recognize and be drawn to. It is said that the eyes are the gate way to the heart. I know that I have always striven to make sure that there is a light in my eyes and that I am not filled with darkness. That line in my blessing relates to the scriptures in Matthew 6 talking about light in the eyes and it should not only be important to me but to everyone. We need to be careful because people are always watching and know what we do.
• We need to build our lives on the gospel. Christ really is the rock of our salvation that is the rock in the song The Wise Man and the Foolish Man. What I never really noticed until today is the fact that the Foolish man is following Satan’s plan. Satan wants us to build our lives upon the sand so that he can move us and shift us around and in the end destroys us. Follow Christ we will always keep our heads above water, following Satan we will drown.
Course: New Testament
Class Hour: MWF 12:45-1:45
Reading Block: Matt. 6-10
Doctrines and Principles:
• Lay not upon the treasures of Earth but of the treasures of Heaven (Matthew 6:19-21)
• Give alms and pray in secret, not in front of people as the hypocrites do (Matthew 6:4-5)
• Judge not that ye be not judged (Matthew 7:1)
Thoughts, Impressions, Ideas for Application:
• I am weird in ways that I read my scriptures. Sometimes when I read I find hymns in the scriptures and I mark them and I think about why this is in the scriptures and is a hymn. Master, the Tempest is Raging is one of my favorites. Our lives are like the sea that they are sailing on and there is nothing that Christ cannot help us with. As long as we have the faith that Christ is there and that he can help the crazy winds and waves that our lives are sailing on then we will be helped and we will find the peace and the stillness.
• In my P Blessing I am told that people will be able to look at me and know that I am different, that I have the spirit. As Latter-day Saints we are different and we do have a light in our eyes that people will recognize and be drawn to. It is said that the eyes are the gate way to the heart. I know that I have always striven to make sure that there is a light in my eyes and that I am not filled with darkness. That line in my blessing relates to the scriptures in Matthew 6 talking about light in the eyes and it should not only be important to me but to everyone. We need to be careful because people are always watching and know what we do.
• We need to build our lives on the gospel. Christ really is the rock of our salvation that is the rock in the song The Wise Man and the Foolish Man. What I never really noticed until today is the fact that the Foolish man is following Satan’s plan. Satan wants us to build our lives upon the sand so that he can move us and shift us around and in the end destroys us. Follow Christ we will always keep our heads above water, following Satan we will drown.
Matthew 3-5
Name: Erin Christina Elliott Today’s Date: 4/24/10
Course: New Testament
Class Hour: MWF 12:45-1:45
Reading Block: Matt. 3-5
Doctrines and Principles:
• Be perfect as our Father in Heaven is perfect(Matthew 5:48)
• Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God (Matthew 4:7)
• Christ had to be baptized to fulfill all righteousness (Matthew 3:15)
Thoughts, Impressions, Ideas for Application:
• Christ was tempted. We are all tempted. We should stand strong as Christ did. “Get thee hence Satan” is the phrase that Christ used and that I as well try to use in my life. I do not just say it to myself, but when I am in a situation where I feel like a friend is pressuring me I find myself saying out loud “Get thee hence Satan”. I know that I need to withstand temptation and all the trials that come to me. Using Christ’s example is what we should all use, as we all are striving to be more like Christ.
• Often times when I read about how God says that he is well pleased in Christ I wonder if he is up there watching me thinking about me, his daughter, and if he is well pleased in me. I try, I stumble, I fall, but I get back up. Just as I am trying my best to make my parents back home pleased in me, I can’t help but want to do anything and everything to make sure that my Father in Heaven is also pleased in me.
• I am the light of the world. A lot of pressure in the sentence. I am told not to hide my light, and sometimes I do find myself that I am hiding it. Trying to be someone I am not and changing who I am for other people to try to fit in. A quote that I once heard sticks out to me “why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out” I know I was born to stand out and be a daughter of God. I need to let my light so shine for all to see. I know who I am and I know Gods plan, and I will try my best to be who I need to be.
Course: New Testament
Class Hour: MWF 12:45-1:45
Reading Block: Matt. 3-5
Doctrines and Principles:
• Be perfect as our Father in Heaven is perfect(Matthew 5:48)
• Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God (Matthew 4:7)
• Christ had to be baptized to fulfill all righteousness (Matthew 3:15)
Thoughts, Impressions, Ideas for Application:
• Christ was tempted. We are all tempted. We should stand strong as Christ did. “Get thee hence Satan” is the phrase that Christ used and that I as well try to use in my life. I do not just say it to myself, but when I am in a situation where I feel like a friend is pressuring me I find myself saying out loud “Get thee hence Satan”. I know that I need to withstand temptation and all the trials that come to me. Using Christ’s example is what we should all use, as we all are striving to be more like Christ.
• Often times when I read about how God says that he is well pleased in Christ I wonder if he is up there watching me thinking about me, his daughter, and if he is well pleased in me. I try, I stumble, I fall, but I get back up. Just as I am trying my best to make my parents back home pleased in me, I can’t help but want to do anything and everything to make sure that my Father in Heaven is also pleased in me.
• I am the light of the world. A lot of pressure in the sentence. I am told not to hide my light, and sometimes I do find myself that I am hiding it. Trying to be someone I am not and changing who I am for other people to try to fit in. A quote that I once heard sticks out to me “why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out” I know I was born to stand out and be a daughter of God. I need to let my light so shine for all to see. I know who I am and I know Gods plan, and I will try my best to be who I need to be.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
The New Testiment
So why just stop writing in here ... I am going to continue this with my New Testiment class.
Reading Block: Matt. 1-2; Luke 1-2
Doctrines and Principles:
• Jesus Christ is the divine son of Heavenly Father and was conceived in Mary by the power of the Holy Ghost. And through this, Christ being born into mortality, it fulfilled prophesy given about the coming of Christ. (Matthew 1:18-23)
• Nothing is impossible thought the power of God. (Luke 1:37)
• Christ knew from the start what his role in life was, who his father is, and things he ought to be doing. (Luke 2:42-52)
Thoughts, Impressions, Ideas for Application:
• After the angel spoke to the shepherds in the field they went “with haste” to go to where they where told to go. In life, how often do we take haste in doing what we have been asked to do or to do what we need to do? We are often told to not procrastinate and yet, I know for me at least, that more often is there procrastination in my life opposed to taking haste to the things that I know the Lord wants me to be doing.
• Zacharias doubted the angel of the Lord and was punished for doing such. I’m not sure if I have ever really been punished but I know that there are times that I have felt like Zacharias in not really thinking what the Lord is trying to tell me is right, that it is impossible. I don’t like to make a habit of doubting the Lord and his will but I know deep down inside His way is the best way; I just don’t want to admit it. It brings a new light, seeing those who have done what I am doing and what happened to them.
• The Kings saw a star and it brought great joy to them. The star was a symbol of Christ birth and he brought great joy to the world. The gospel is the guiding star in my life and it brings great joy. Without the gospel I know that I would be lost in the dark. I am so grateful for the knowledge that I have, it is such a blessing to me in my life. I love it, it is just not my religion, and it is my life.
Reading Block: Matt. 1-2; Luke 1-2
Doctrines and Principles:
• Jesus Christ is the divine son of Heavenly Father and was conceived in Mary by the power of the Holy Ghost. And through this, Christ being born into mortality, it fulfilled prophesy given about the coming of Christ. (Matthew 1:18-23)
• Nothing is impossible thought the power of God. (Luke 1:37)
• Christ knew from the start what his role in life was, who his father is, and things he ought to be doing. (Luke 2:42-52)
Thoughts, Impressions, Ideas for Application:
• After the angel spoke to the shepherds in the field they went “with haste” to go to where they where told to go. In life, how often do we take haste in doing what we have been asked to do or to do what we need to do? We are often told to not procrastinate and yet, I know for me at least, that more often is there procrastination in my life opposed to taking haste to the things that I know the Lord wants me to be doing.
• Zacharias doubted the angel of the Lord and was punished for doing such. I’m not sure if I have ever really been punished but I know that there are times that I have felt like Zacharias in not really thinking what the Lord is trying to tell me is right, that it is impossible. I don’t like to make a habit of doubting the Lord and his will but I know deep down inside His way is the best way; I just don’t want to admit it. It brings a new light, seeing those who have done what I am doing and what happened to them.
• The Kings saw a star and it brought great joy to them. The star was a symbol of Christ birth and he brought great joy to the world. The gospel is the guiding star in my life and it brings great joy. Without the gospel I know that I would be lost in the dark. I am so grateful for the knowledge that I have, it is such a blessing to me in my life. I love it, it is just not my religion, and it is my life.
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