Below are the quotes that were used in the video.
Topics in Moroni:
Elder David A. Bednar: “Fundamentally, all gospel teachings and activities are centered on coming unto Christ by receiving the Holy Ghost in our lives… Everything the Savior’s gospel teaches us to do and become is intended to bless us with the companionship of the Holy Ghost.” (General Conference, October 2011).
Eliza R. Snow: “She said that the Holy Ghost ‘satisfies and fills up every longing of the human heart, and fills up every vacuum. When I am filled with that Spirit, she continued, ‘my soul is satisfied, and I can say in good earnest, that the trifling things of the day do not seem to stand in my way at all’.” (Daughters in My Kingdom, 46).
Millet & McConkie: “Without the Holy Ghost there can be no revelation, and without revelation there can be no priesthood, for the priesthood is the authority to speak for God. Having discussed the various orders of the priesthood, the Prophet said: “The Holy Ghost is God’s messenger to administer in all those priesthoods’ (Teachings, p. 323). Thus we find Moroni saying, “And after this manner did they ordain priests and teachers, according to the gifts and callings of God unto men; and they ordained them by the power of the Holy Ghost, which was in them’ (Moroni 3:4).
“Similarly, the revelation that lays the foundation of the government of the Church in this dispensation states: “Every elder, priest, teacher, or deacon is to be ordained according to the gifts and callings of God unto him; and he is to be ordained by the power of the Holy Ghost, which is in the one who ordains him’ (D&C 20:60)…Having said that without the Holy Ghost there can be no priesthood, let us now say, conversely, that without the priesthood there can be no gift of the Holy Ghost.” (Joseph Smith: The Choice Seer, chap. 5, “The Priesthood and the Holy Ghost”).
President Henry B. Eyring: “We promise to take His name upon us. That means we must see ourselves as His. We will put Him first in our lives. We will want what He wants rather than what we want or what the world teaches us to want.” (“That We May Be One,” Ensign, May 1998, 67).
President Dallin H. Oaks: “We are commanded to repent of our sins and to come to the Lord with a broken heart and a contrite spirit and partake of the sacrament in compliance with its covenants. When we renew our baptismal covenants in this way, the Lord renews the cleansing effect of our baptism. In this way we are made clean and can always have His Spirit to be with us. The importance of this is evident in the Lord’s commandment that we partake of the sacrament each week (see Doctrine and Covenants 59:8–9). (“The Aaronic Priesthood and the Sacrament,” Ensign, Nov. 1998, 38)
President Russell M. Nelson: “We enter the covenant path by being baptized and making our first covenant with God. Each time we partake of the sacrament, we promise again to take the name of the Savior upon us, to remember Him, and to keep His commandments. In return, God assures us that we may always have the Spirit of the Lord to be with us.” (“The Power of Spiritual Momentum,” Liahona, May 2022, 98)
Elder D. Todd Christofferson: “… I can attest that over time our desire and capacity to always remember and follow the Savior will grow. We should patiently work toward that end and pray always for the discernment and divine help we need” (“To Always Remember Him,” Ensign, Apr. 2011, 51).
Elder Gerrit W. Gong: “Each week, in partaking of the sacrament, we covenant to always remember Him. Drawing on the nearly 400 scripture references to the word remember, here are six ways we can always remember Him.
First, we can always remember Him by having confidence in His covenants, promises, and assurances. …
Second, we can always remember Him by gratefully acknowledging His hand throughout our lives. …
Third, we can always remember Him by trusting when the Lord assures us, “He who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more” [Doctrine and Covenants 58:42; see also Isaiah 43:25]. …
Fourth, He invites us to remember that He is always welcoming us home. …
Fifth, we can always remember Him on the Sabbath through the sacrament. …
Finally, sixth, our Savior invites us to always remember Him as He always remembers us. (Gerrit W. Gong, “Always Remember Him,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2016, 108–10)
President Henry B. Eyring: “The Lord offers us a guide in this quest for eternal life in the sacramental prayers that help me and can help you….In the sacramental prayers, God promises to send the Holy Ghost to be with us (see Moroni 4:3 5:2 D&C 20:77, 79). I have found in that moment that God can give me what feels like a personal interview. He brings to my attention what I have done that pleases Him, my need for repentance and forgiveness, and the names and faces of people He would have me serve for Him. Over the years, that repeated experience has turned hope into feelings of charity and brought an assurance that mercy was unlocked for me by the Savior’s Atonement and Resurrection. (He is Risen, Ensign, April 2013).
Questions to ask myself during the sacrament:
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President Gordon B. Hinckley: “With the ever-increasing number of converts, we must make an increasingly substantial effort to assist them as they find their way. Every one of them needs three things: a friend, a responsibility, and nurturing with ‘the good word of God’(Moro. 6:4).
“It is our duty and opportunity to provide these things.” (“Converts and Young Men,” Ensign, May 1997, 47.)
President Henry B. Eyring: “The good word of God with which we must nourish is the simple doctrine of the gospel. We need not fear either simplicity or repetition….
“It takes a childlike heart to feel the promptings of the Spirit, to surrender to those commands, and to obey. That is what it takes to be nourished by the good word of God.” (Henry B. Eyring, “Feed My Lambs,” General Conference October 1997).
Bonnie L. Oscarson: “What makes you think you go to [church] because of what you get out of it?
“My young friends, I can guarantee that there will always be someone at every Church meeting you attend who is lonely, who is going through challenges and needs a friend, or who feels like he or she doesn’t belong. You have something important to contribute to every meeting or activity, and the Lord desires for you to look around at your peers and then minister as He would.
“Elder D. Todd Christofferson has taught, “A major reason the Lord has a church is to create a community of Saints that will sustain one another in the ‘strait and narrow path which leads to eternal life.’” He goes on to say, “This religion is not concerned only with self; rather, we are all called to serve. We are the eyes, hands, head, feet, and other members of the body of Christ.”
“… as disciples of the Savior Jesus Christ, we watch out for one another, encourage one another, and find ways to serve and strengthen each other. We are not just receivers and takers of what is offered at church; we are needed to be givers and suppliers. Young women and young men, next time you are at Mutual, instead of picking up your phone to see what your friends are doing, stop, look around, and ask yourself, “Who needs me today?” You may be the key to reaching out and touching the life of a peer or to giving encouragement to a friend who is quietly struggling.” (Young Women General President, “The Need Before Us,” General Conference, Oct 2017).
And their meetings were conducted by the church after the manner of the workings of the Spirit, and by the power of the Holy Ghost; for as the power of the Holy Ghost led them whether to (Moroni 6:9):
Ideas for teaching:
- Words of Christ to Nephite apostles
- Manner of ordaining
- Sacrament prayers
- Baptism
- The Church and Church meetings
- Judging
- Faith, hope, and charity
- The role of angels
- Baptism of little children
- Uncivilized nature of both the Nephites and Lamanites
- The Book of Mormon “promise”
- Gifts of the Spirit
- Come to Christ and be “perfected” in Him
Elder David A. Bednar: “Fundamentally, all gospel teachings and activities are centered on coming unto Christ by receiving the Holy Ghost in our lives… Everything the Savior’s gospel teaches us to do and become is intended to bless us with the companionship of the Holy Ghost.” (General Conference, October 2011).
Eliza R. Snow: “She said that the Holy Ghost ‘satisfies and fills up every longing of the human heart, and fills up every vacuum. When I am filled with that Spirit, she continued, ‘my soul is satisfied, and I can say in good earnest, that the trifling things of the day do not seem to stand in my way at all’.” (Daughters in My Kingdom, 46).
Millet & McConkie: “Without the Holy Ghost there can be no revelation, and without revelation there can be no priesthood, for the priesthood is the authority to speak for God. Having discussed the various orders of the priesthood, the Prophet said: “The Holy Ghost is God’s messenger to administer in all those priesthoods’ (Teachings, p. 323). Thus we find Moroni saying, “And after this manner did they ordain priests and teachers, according to the gifts and callings of God unto men; and they ordained them by the power of the Holy Ghost, which was in them’ (Moroni 3:4).
“Similarly, the revelation that lays the foundation of the government of the Church in this dispensation states: “Every elder, priest, teacher, or deacon is to be ordained according to the gifts and callings of God unto him; and he is to be ordained by the power of the Holy Ghost, which is in the one who ordains him’ (D&C 20:60)…Having said that without the Holy Ghost there can be no priesthood, let us now say, conversely, that without the priesthood there can be no gift of the Holy Ghost.” (Joseph Smith: The Choice Seer, chap. 5, “The Priesthood and the Holy Ghost”).
President Henry B. Eyring: “We promise to take His name upon us. That means we must see ourselves as His. We will put Him first in our lives. We will want what He wants rather than what we want or what the world teaches us to want.” (“That We May Be One,” Ensign, May 1998, 67).
President Dallin H. Oaks: “We are commanded to repent of our sins and to come to the Lord with a broken heart and a contrite spirit and partake of the sacrament in compliance with its covenants. When we renew our baptismal covenants in this way, the Lord renews the cleansing effect of our baptism. In this way we are made clean and can always have His Spirit to be with us. The importance of this is evident in the Lord’s commandment that we partake of the sacrament each week (see Doctrine and Covenants 59:8–9). (“The Aaronic Priesthood and the Sacrament,” Ensign, Nov. 1998, 38)
President Russell M. Nelson: “We enter the covenant path by being baptized and making our first covenant with God. Each time we partake of the sacrament, we promise again to take the name of the Savior upon us, to remember Him, and to keep His commandments. In return, God assures us that we may always have the Spirit of the Lord to be with us.” (“The Power of Spiritual Momentum,” Liahona, May 2022, 98)
Elder D. Todd Christofferson: “… I can attest that over time our desire and capacity to always remember and follow the Savior will grow. We should patiently work toward that end and pray always for the discernment and divine help we need” (“To Always Remember Him,” Ensign, Apr. 2011, 51).
Elder Gerrit W. Gong: “Each week, in partaking of the sacrament, we covenant to always remember Him. Drawing on the nearly 400 scripture references to the word remember, here are six ways we can always remember Him.
First, we can always remember Him by having confidence in His covenants, promises, and assurances. …
Second, we can always remember Him by gratefully acknowledging His hand throughout our lives. …
Third, we can always remember Him by trusting when the Lord assures us, “He who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more” [Doctrine and Covenants 58:42; see also Isaiah 43:25]. …
Fourth, He invites us to remember that He is always welcoming us home. …
Fifth, we can always remember Him on the Sabbath through the sacrament. …
Finally, sixth, our Savior invites us to always remember Him as He always remembers us. (Gerrit W. Gong, “Always Remember Him,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2016, 108–10)
President Henry B. Eyring: “The Lord offers us a guide in this quest for eternal life in the sacramental prayers that help me and can help you….In the sacramental prayers, God promises to send the Holy Ghost to be with us (see Moroni 4:3 5:2 D&C 20:77, 79). I have found in that moment that God can give me what feels like a personal interview. He brings to my attention what I have done that pleases Him, my need for repentance and forgiveness, and the names and faces of people He would have me serve for Him. Over the years, that repeated experience has turned hope into feelings of charity and brought an assurance that mercy was unlocked for me by the Savior’s Atonement and Resurrection. (He is Risen, Ensign, April 2013).
Questions to ask myself during the sacrament:
- What have I done that has pleased God?
- What do I need to repent of, or ask forgiveness for?
- Whom would God like me to serve for Him?
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- You are remembered.
- ‘Nourished by the good word of God.’
- Helps keep us ‘in the right way.’
- Encourages us to be ‘continually watchful unto prayer.’
- Focus on ‘relying upon the merits of Christ.’
- Time and place ‘to speak one with another concerning the welfare of their souls.’
- Partake of the sacrament.
- Remember Jesus Christ.
President Gordon B. Hinckley: “With the ever-increasing number of converts, we must make an increasingly substantial effort to assist them as they find their way. Every one of them needs three things: a friend, a responsibility, and nurturing with ‘the good word of God’(Moro. 6:4).
“It is our duty and opportunity to provide these things.” (“Converts and Young Men,” Ensign, May 1997, 47.)
President Henry B. Eyring: “The good word of God with which we must nourish is the simple doctrine of the gospel. We need not fear either simplicity or repetition….
“It takes a childlike heart to feel the promptings of the Spirit, to surrender to those commands, and to obey. That is what it takes to be nourished by the good word of God.” (Henry B. Eyring, “Feed My Lambs,” General Conference October 1997).
Bonnie L. Oscarson: “What makes you think you go to [church] because of what you get out of it?
“My young friends, I can guarantee that there will always be someone at every Church meeting you attend who is lonely, who is going through challenges and needs a friend, or who feels like he or she doesn’t belong. You have something important to contribute to every meeting or activity, and the Lord desires for you to look around at your peers and then minister as He would.
“Elder D. Todd Christofferson has taught, “A major reason the Lord has a church is to create a community of Saints that will sustain one another in the ‘strait and narrow path which leads to eternal life.’” He goes on to say, “This religion is not concerned only with self; rather, we are all called to serve. We are the eyes, hands, head, feet, and other members of the body of Christ.”
“… as disciples of the Savior Jesus Christ, we watch out for one another, encourage one another, and find ways to serve and strengthen each other. We are not just receivers and takers of what is offered at church; we are needed to be givers and suppliers. Young women and young men, next time you are at Mutual, instead of picking up your phone to see what your friends are doing, stop, look around, and ask yourself, “Who needs me today?” You may be the key to reaching out and touching the life of a peer or to giving encouragement to a friend who is quietly struggling.” (Young Women General President, “The Need Before Us,” General Conference, Oct 2017).
And their meetings were conducted by the church after the manner of the workings of the Spirit, and by the power of the Holy Ghost; for as the power of the Holy Ghost led them whether to (Moroni 6:9):
- Preach – To speak on religious matters. To give a sermon.
- Teach – To show how or explain to (someone) how to do something.
- Exhort – To urge earnestly by advice of warning.
- Expound – To set fourth point by point. State in detail. Explain, interpret, clarify.
- Pray – To communicate with the Father in the name of Christ.
- Supplicate – To ask for humbly, as by prayer. To make humble request or petition.
- Sing – Expression of the heart and can be a prayer to God (see D&C:12).
Ideas for teaching:
- Use the theme of the Holy Ghost as you teach Moroni.
- Make the sacrament more meaningful by following President Eyring’s suggestion.
- How will you fulfill your responsibility to nurture others with ‘the good word of God’ (Moro. 6:4).
- Teach and testify of the ‘why’ of church participation.
- Ask your Heavenly Father to show you those around you who need your help and to inspire you on how to best serve them. Remember that the Savior most often ministered to one person at a time.