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| My husband and I on our wedding day |
Task: "I invite the Latter-day Saints to look to the temple of the Lord as the great symbol of your membership. Let us be a temple-attending people." (Howard W. Hunter, Nov. '94, p. 7)
What meaning does the dedicatory prayer invite a Latter-day saint to associate with the structure and worship experiences of a temple?
I love how in section 109 verse 13 of the Doctrine and Covenants says, “And that all people who shall enter upon the threshold of the Lord’s house may feel thy power, and feel constrained to acknowledge that thou hast sanctified it, and that it is thy house, a place of thy holiness.” When I read this verse, I pondered what the power that they are talking about was. Many answers came to mind. The first, was the Spirit. I know that as I enter the doors of the temple, I always find myself calm and worry less. When I enter His house I don’t think about what’s going on out side those doors. I feel very peaceful and calm. I love that feeling and I always get it when I go to the temple. I know that in the Celestial room I feel that power stronger. There I’m able to ponder and know what they Lord wants of me and of my family. My husband and I are able to share that experience together and it is amazing feeling that power as you enter the temple.
What meaning does the dedicatory prayer invite a Latter-day saint to associate with the structure and worship experiences of a temple?
I love how in section 109 verse 13 of the Doctrine and Covenants says, “And that all people who shall enter upon the threshold of the Lord’s house may feel thy power, and feel constrained to acknowledge that thou hast sanctified it, and that it is thy house, a place of thy holiness.” When I read this verse, I pondered what the power that they are talking about was. Many answers came to mind. The first, was the Spirit. I know that as I enter the doors of the temple, I always find myself calm and worry less. When I enter His house I don’t think about what’s going on out side those doors. I feel very peaceful and calm. I love that feeling and I always get it when I go to the temple. I know that in the Celestial room I feel that power stronger. There I’m able to ponder and know what they Lord wants of me and of my family. My husband and I are able to share that experience together and it is amazing feeling that power as you enter the temple.
I think that as members of the church we need to understand that as we pass through that threshold we come to the Lord’s house. The place that it is closest to Him. He is there and we can feel his spirit. We can feel his love and concern. As we cross that threshold, for me at least, I feel cleaner and more pure doing the Lord’s work. I’m so happy that I can share those experiences with my husband.
I really like how in the dedicatory prayer it talks about “that no unclean things shall be permitted to come into thy house to pollute it”. It is so important that we keep ourselves clean to enter the house of the lord. I think that with that we also need to work on our physical appearance. When we enter into the house of the Lord we need to be clean physically and mentally. We need to make sure that we wouldn’t be stretching our appearance or the clothes we were to the temple. It is also the same with our thought. We need to be pure in heart and always have the best of feeling.
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