Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy

"The Church has established two special times for families to be together. The first is centered around the proper observance of the Sabbath day. This is the time we are to attend our regular meetings together, study the life and teachings of the Savior and of the prophets. “Other appropriate Sunday activities include (1) writing personal and family journals, (2) holding family councils, (3) establishing and maintaining family organizations for the immediate and extended family, (4) personal interviews between parents and children, (5) writing to relatives and missionaries, (6) genealogy, (7) visiting relatives and those who are ill or lonely, (8) missionary work, (9) reading stories to children, and (10) singing Church hymns.”"

Elder L. Tom Perry - April 2003 General Conference

http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2003/04/the-importance-of-the-family?lang=eng

Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy

This Sabbath day has been designated as a day of thanksgiving, a day ofgratitude—even a day of prayer.

-President Thomas S. Monson - April 1991 General Conference

http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1991/04/never-alone?lang=eng

Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy

There appear to be three things that the Lord would require of us in keeping His day holy. The first: to keep ourselves unspotted from the world. Second is to go to the house of prayer and partake of thesacrament. The third is to rest from our labors. When He instructed us to be unspotted from the world, I believe He not only expected us to stay away from worldly places on the Sabbath, but also to dress appropriately on His day. I often wonder what happened to the good old saying, “Sunday best.” If our dress deteriorates to everyday attire, our actions seem to follow the type of clothing we wear.

Of course, we would not expect our children to remain dressed in their church clothes all day, but neither would we expect them to dress in clothes that would not be appropriate for the Sabbath.

Attendance at church and partaking of the sacrament are basic for our observance of the Lord’s day. Before Jesus introduced the ordinance of the sacrament, He taught His disciples more about love. In order for them to understand the sacrament, they had to first understand the basic principle of love. His main concern was for His beloved friends at this critical moment.

-Elder L. Tom Perry - October 1984 General Conference

http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1984/10/and-why-call-ye-me-lord-lord-and-do-not-the-things-which-i-say?lang=eng

Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy

In your quest for self-mastery, full participation in the activities of the Church will help. I’ll mention but a few. A first step comes as we learn together to keep the Sabbath day holy. This is one of the Ten Commandments. (See Ex. 20:8; Deut. 5:15.) We honor the Sabbath “to pay [our] devotions unto the Most High” (D&C 59:10), and because the Lord declared: “It is a sign between me and you … that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.” (Ex. 31:13; see also Ezek. 20:20.)

-Elder Russell M. Nelson -  October 1985 General Conference. 

http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1985/10/self-mastery?lang=eng

Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy

I believe He also desires us to dress appropriately. Our youth may think the old saying “Sunday best” is outdated. Still, we know that when Sunday dress deteriorates to everyday attire, attitudes and actions follow. Of course, it may not be necessary for our children to wear formal Sunday attire until the sun goes down. However, by the clothing we encourage them to wear and the activities we plan, we help them prepare for the sacrament and enjoy its blessings throughout the day.

-Elder L. Tom Perry - April 2004 General Conference

http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2011/04/the-sabbath-and-the-sacrament?lang=eng

Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy

"Over a lifetime of observation, it is clear to me that the farmer who observes the Sabbath day seems to get more done on his farm than he would if he worked seven days. The mechanic will be able to turn out more and better products in six days than in seven. The doctor, the lawyer, the dentist, the scientist will accomplish more by trying to rest on the Sabbath than if he tries to utilize every day of the week for his professional work. I would counsel all students, if they can, to arrange their schedules so that they do not study on the Sabbath. If students and other seekers after truth will do this, their minds will be quickened and the infinite Spirit will lead them to the verities they wish to learn. This is because God has hallowed his day and blessed it as a perpetual covenant of faithfulness. (See Ex. 31:16.)"

-President James E. Faust - October 1991 General Conference

http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1991/10/the-lords-day?lang=eng

Introduction

Hello everyone (and Brother Williams),

This blog is where I am going to put the 100 inspirational quotes that I find for my REL333 Class, Teachings of the Living Prophets.

My topics are:

Family

Atonement

Agency

Pornography

Individual worth/Self esteem

Keeping the Sabbath Holy

Temples

Prayer

Visiting Teaching

Pride

I look forward to learning more about what the Prophets and Apostles say about this topics.

To see how many posts there are for each topic, please click on the label at the bottom of the post for each topic. I have been researching these for a while and are just now putting them on the blog.

Thanks for reading,

Jen