Doctrine and Covenants: Questions and Notes

Come, Follow Me Lesson 34: Doctrine and Covenants 89-92 D&C 89: The Word of Wisdom How is a help to have a spouse who supports you in your spiritual progress (see heading)? How will hearkening to the guidance of the Lord’s prophet in our day work for our temporal and spiritual salvation (see vs. 2)? How has the Word of Wisdom been a blessing to you? Are the promises only physical (see vs. 18-21)? How have the promises been fulfilled in your life? D&C 90: The First Presidency What is an important element in the forgiveness of sins (see D&C 90:1)? How can we liken verse 5 to us in our day? How should we receive messages from the First Presidency? What is the ministry of the First Presidency (see vs. 8-9)? Is the membership and are the missionaries prepared to help fulfill the promises of the day that is prophesied in vs. 10-11. How should we continue and proceed in our own ministries and how can we support the First presidency in theirs (see vs. 12)? How have...

  Come, Follow Me Lesson 33: Doctrine and Covenants 88 What things can we do to remodel our home into a center of gospel learning? What specific things can you improve on to make the blessings of heaven more available to you? Why is it so important that our homes be organized? How do organize ourselves in this manner? With all the demand in our schedules, are callings and assignments, our professional pursuits, why is it even more important that our homes or our personal lives be organized? (Refer scripture verses in introduction) D&C 88 personal: We are in the midst of the prophesied calamities. How does the Lord offer us a perpetual olive leaf? How are the scriptures a message of peace to us? It appears that we must receive this Comforter in order to be part of the church of the Firstborn (vs5). Does the Lord desire to send all of us another Comforter: the Holy Spirit of promise? D&C 88:6-17 Personal: Testimony of Jesus Christ :...

Come, Follow Me Lesson 32: Doctrine and Covenants 85-87 How can we have peace in times of unrest, uncertainty, and even war? (Read D&C 87:8) D&C 85:1-2 Personal Why is keeping a journal or writing a personal history valuable to you? How could it be a blessing to future generations? What can you record in your journals that would be of value? (See vs. 2) Are you recording your manner of life, your faith, and your works? D&C 85: 6 Personal How does the Spirit speak to you? How have you felt the presence of the Holy Ghost? Are you learning to recognize the voice of the Lord? Are you helping others to hear His voice? How are you avoiding distractions that pull you away from the Spirit? Why is important to keep our covenants and to marry in the covenant? D&C 86 Personal (vs. 1-7) How is the wheat being gathered, while the wheat and tares are growing together? At the day that the Lord returns, how will the whe...

Come, Follow Me Lesson 31: Doctrine and Covenants 84 How are you striving to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God? Do you differentiate between the word of God and the words of his prophet? The priesthood was restored in 1829. What blessings and powers were restored with the priesthood? Baptism, confirmation (receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost); being called, ordained and set apart to callings in the church; sealing powers in the Holy Temple. How has the Doctrine and Covenants helped to increase your understanding of the priesthood, its purposes, and how it functions? D&C 84:1-5 Why is the Church being established in our day? (vs. 2) How will the New Jerusalem be built? (vs. 4) Is it being built currently? How has the priesthood blessed your life? How have you seen the power of godliness manifest in the ordinances of the Priesthood? Personal 6-18: Why is it important that we can trace priesthood authority in the...