First, after Jesus administered the sacrament to the people he said:
"Blessed are ye for this thing which ye have done, for this is fulfilling the commandments,
and this doth witness unto the Father that ye are willing to do that which I have commanded you." (verse 10) The meaning I got from this is that when we do what the Lord asks it shows that we're willing to keep His commandments. We may not even understand the reasoning behind it, but we do it simply because it's a commandment, and when we show the Lord that willingness to follow Him all the way we are blessed. I can't count the number of places where I've underlined the idea that when we keep the commandments we prosper.
Second, two things that struck me about prayer in verses 18 - 20.
"Ye must watch and pray always lest ye enter into temptation, for Satan desireth to have you." This reminded me that we can never let down our guard against Satan and the way to do that is watch and pray always. I also think it's neat that "whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, which is right, believing that ye shall receive, behold it shall be given unto you." There are two conditions - it has to be right in the big picture of the Lord, and we have to have faith, and believe it will be given us.
Third, there's this short and simple sentence in verse 34. "And blessed are ye if ye have no disputations among you." It's so sad when family members argue and fight. Usually it's because of stubbornness or selfishness. That doesn't mean there won't be differences of opinion, but those need to be worked out with love and respect, not with anger, loud voices or pouting.
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I think we are unusually blessed to have so little conflict among our family members and I am grateful every day for that blessing. I am so proud of each of our children and grandchildren for having the courage and faith to keep the commandments.
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