D&C 58-59: Anxiously Engaged

Segment 1

Scriptures:
D&C 58:5 (Lay it to heart)
D&C 59:4 (Blessings, commandments, and revelation)
D&C 58:28 (The power is in *us*)

Segment 2

Scriptures:
D&C 58:1-6 (After tribulation comes blessings)
Mosiah 18:9 (Mourn with those that mourn)

Segment 3

Scriptures:
D&C 58:26-29 (Anxiously engaged in a good cause)

Words of the General Authorities:
We…suggest that you not wait for many more instructions. Just jump into the pool and swim. Head toward those in need. Don’t be immobilized wondering whether you should do the backstroke or the dog paddle. If we follow the basic principles that have been taught, stay aligned with priesthood keys, and seek the Holy Spirit to guide us, we cannot fail. (Jeffrey R. Holland, “The Ministry of Reconciliation”, October 2018 General Conference)

Segment 4

Scriptures:
D&C 58:42-43 (Confess and forsake)

Translations:
Yom Kippur - Day of atonement

Segment 5

Scriptures:
D&C 58:57 (Sidney Rigdon dedicates land for a Missouri temple)
D&C 59:7,21 (Thou shalt thank the Lord)

Words of the General Authorities:
It is clear to me from this scripture (D&C 59:21) that to “thank the Lord thy God in all things” (D&C 59:7) is more than a social courtesy; it is a binding commandment. A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being. (James E. Faust, “Gratitude As a Saving Principle”, April 1990 General Conference)

Gratitude is a divine principle. The Lord declared through a revelation given to the Prophet Joseph Smith: “Thou shalt thank the Lord thy God in all things…And in nothing doth man offend God, or against none is his wrath kindled, save those who confess not his hand in all things.” (Thomas S. Monson, “The Divine Gift of Gratitude”, October 2010 General Conference)

I believe that one of the greatest sins of which the inhabitants of the earth are guilty today, is the sin of ingratitude. (Joseph F. Smith, “Ancient Prophets Young Men”, from Journal of Discourses 25:52)

I presume most of us have not thought of that as a serious sin. There is a great tendency for us in our prayers—in our pleadings with the Lord—to ask for additional blessings. Sometimes, I feel, we need to devote more of our prayers to expressions of gratitude and thanksgiving for blessings already received. Of course, we need the daily blessings of the Lord. But if we sin in the matter of prayer, I think it is in our lack of expressing thanksgiving for daily blessings. God is not pleased with the inhabitants of the earth but is angry with them because they will not acknowledge his hand in all things. (Lloyd P. George, “Gratitude”, April 1994 General Conference)

When you walk with gratitude, you do not walk with arrogance and conceit and egotism, you walk with a spirit of thanksgiving that is becoming to you and will bless your lives. (Gordon B. Hinckley, Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley, 250)

Quotes:
She quietly fell asleep, in death rejoicing in the new and everlasting covenant of the gospel and praising God that she had lived to see the land of Zion and that her body would rest in peace, after suffering as she had done from the persecution of the wicked. (Newel Knight autobiography and journal, circa 1846–1847, Church History Library, Salt Lake City; as recorded in Latter-day Saint History: 1815–1846 Teacher Material, Lesson 8: The Place for the City of Zion)

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. (Thornton Wilder, The Woman of Andros)

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. (Aldous Huxley, Themes and Variations)

Segment 6

Scriptures:
D&C 59:8-20 (Keep the sabbath day holy)