"Thy Kingdom Come"

"Many have asked, 'How is it that the Prophet Joseph Smith, age 14, could go into a grove, never having prayed before vocally, according to his own account, and in that first prayer receive such great and marvelous blessings?' Does that mean that he simply had far greater faith and worthiness than the rest of us?
"One response is that the visitations received by the Prophet Joseph Smith weren't just an answer to his own prayer, but to the prayers of literally millions, maybe even those beyond the veil, who had been seeking and reaching for generations for the restoration of the gospel and the reestablishment of the kingdom of God on the earth; fulfillment, in fact, of a phrase offered by billions, 'Thy kingdom come.' (Matthew 6:10.)
"That is an important insight. You and I pray not alone. We pray as part of a great modern movement and, in effect, we can be empowered in that very process. And if we care - or even care enough to try to care - to be instruments, unique privileges descend upon us, among them the authorities and gifts and blessings of the Holy Ghost and the crowning blessings of the priesthood." - Truman Madsen

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Online Resources

This Thursday, September 20, we will look at two websites related to our study. The first is the Church's Joseph Smith website, www.josephsmith.net. There are links and resources here on the life and mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith, along with historic sites, photographs, maps, and virtual reality tours relating to the prophet. The second website is The Joseph Smith Papers, http://josephsmithpapers.org. On this site you can find documents, diaries and manuscripts written in the prophet's hand. Also, event descriptions, charts, images, and other resources. Reading for this week includes chapters 2 and 3 in Church History in the Fulness of Times, Joseph Smith's New England Heritage and The First Vision. Additionally, you may want to read Joseph Smith-History 1:1-26 in the Pearl of Great Price. Other articles and related materials are linked in the "Additional Resources" list below right on this blog. Whether or not you have time to read the lesson material, please join us Thursday at either 11am or 8pm.
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