HOMECOMING TALK NOTES:
Learn-> believe/ loyalty-> share
What it means to be a disciple of christ/ finding christ on my mish
-Introduction
What it means to be a disciple of christ:
Disciple= learner, someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another.
Idea-> belief turns into knowledge as we share our testimonies with others.
1) we have to come to know/ learn how christ is. Line upon line, precept upon precept.
•DAILY STUDY OF THE BOM. Keeping him my focus. Small and simple large and lasting
EXPERIENCE->Pvt. Christina denis ( reading the bom during the forge 10 mile ruck)
->pstudy and how its helped me come to know my savior
2) When we come to know the savior we feel his love for us and we develop love/ charity for him.
" the crowning characteristic of love is always loyalty"- elder Holland
- "To be a follower of Jesus Christ, one must sometimes carry a burden—your own or someone else’s—and go where sacrifice is required and suffering is inevitable. A true Christian cannot follow the Master only in those matters with which he or she agrees. No. We follow Him everywhere, including, if necessary, into arenas filled with tears and trouble, where sometimes we may stand very much alone."
- what are you going to do when it doesn't become hip or cool to be a member of the church. What are you going to do when your beliefs are being questioned by others. What are you going to do when someone is telling you that you're in a cult or that js was deceived? Are you going to stay? Or will you leave?
EXPERIENCE-> wes's story ( why i stay) -> soldier's in basic training
• FOLLOW HIM IN THE FIRE. -> refiners fire
( silver analogy. Until christ can see his reflection in us)
- What is our perspective in trials?
• ive learned on my mission to be grateful for trials because they help is come to know the savior
- how the hard days helped me come to know my savior in a deeper way
3) a testimony is best build on the feet bearing it.
- as ive been able to testify of the truths of the gospel the spirit has reconfirmed to me truths that i may have forgotten that i had know to be true.
- our forgetfulness as humans, how bearing testimony helps us remember.
- christ knew that peter loved him. But he still asked peter 3 times/ essentially having him bear his testimony of his love for the savior 3 times. Not because christ was questioning peters love for him but because peter needed to be reminded of his testimony of his love for christ.
EXPERIENCE-> Pvt. Naielle Correatores ( defending the bom to her mom confirmed the truthfulness of the bom for her)
•BY SHARING HIM W/ OTHERS. The first great commandment quote
- invite: renew your conversion to christ daily, stay and know why, share member non member
THROUGH MY WEAKNESS
-Fears about sharing the gospel. Speaking, reading
- listen, be worthy of the spirit, act.
Stories from my mish: (examples of disciples on my mission)
- Wes ( why i stay)
- Pvt. Correatores ( defending the bom to her mom confirmed the truthfulness of the bom for her)
- Pvt. Christina denis ( reading the bom during the forge 10 mile ruck)
Finding christ:
- the hard days, Alma 26:12/ Phillipines 4:13 ( refiners fire) 2 Corinthians 1.
-DAILY STUDY OF THE BOM. Keeping him my focus.
- by sharing him with others. The first great commandment quote
- through my weaknesses ( his grace is sufficient)
