Reading 1 – Exodus 15:22-26
Reading 2 – Exodus 16:1-27, 35
Reading 3: John 6:48-51
Deuteronomy 8:2-3
Reading 4 - President David O. McKay said: "Let us
watch ourselves and be true to the examples set by the Church and the brethren
and sisters who have sacrificed their lives, their all, to build the Church and
to advance the principles taught therein. This warning is sometimes expressed
in this way: 'Speak not against the authorities.' What does it mean. Be not a
murmurer; that is what it means. It is one of the most poisonous things that
can be introduced into the home of a Latter-day Saint--this murmuring against
presidents of stakes, high councilors, Sunday school superintendents, presidents
of high-priests' quorums, seventies, elders, priests, teachers and deacons....
and yet because of his weakness, because, perhaps, of some little fault that we
see in an officer, we begin to murmur and find fault. Better stop murmuring,
and build up. Remember that one of the worst means of tearing down an
individual is slander. It is one of the most poisonous weapons that the evil
one uses. Backbiting and evil speaking, throw us into the class of malefactors
rather than the class of benefactors." (Conference Report, Apr 1909, p67)
Reading 5 – Exodus 17:8-13
Reading 6 – Elder Boyd K. Packer has written: “Others among
us are willing to sustain part of the leadership of the Church and question and
criticize others of us.
Some of us suppose that if
we were called to a high office in the Church immediately, we would be loyal
and would show the dedication necessary. We would step forward and valiantly
commit ourselves to this service.
But (you can put it down in your
little black book) if you will not be loyal in the small things, you will not
be loyal in the large things. If you will not respond to the so-called
insignificant or menial tasks which need to be performed in the Church and
kingdom, there will be no opportunity for service in the so-called greater
challenges.
A man who says he will
sustain the President of the Church or the General Authorities, but cannot
sustain his own bishop is deceiving himself. The man who will not sustain the
bishop of his ward and the president of his stake will not sustain the
President of the Church.” (That All May Be Edified , p.238-239)
Reading 7 – Exodus 19:3-6
Exodus 24:3,7
Reading 8 - Brother Robert L Millet wrote: "As has been observed before, it was one
thing to get Israel out of Egypt, and another thing entirely to get Egypt out
of Israel! Indeed, the compelling drama of the deliverance, exodus, and
wanderings of Israel proved to be a tragedy, a story of lost opportunities--a
saga of things as they might have been." (Studies In Scripture, 3:109)
Reading 8 – Exodus 20:3-5
Reading 9 - President Spencer W. Kimball said: “Idolatry is
among the most serious of sins. … Modern idols or false gods can take such
forms as clothes, homes, businesses, machines, automobiles, pleasure boats, and
numerous other material deflectors from the path to godhood. …
“Intangible things make just as
ready gods. Degrees and letters and titles can become idols. …
“Many people build and furnish a
home and buy the automobile first—and then they ‘cannot afford’ to pay tithing.
Whom do they worship? Certainly not the Lord of heaven and earth. …
“Many worship the hunt, the
fishing trip, the vacation, the weekend picnics and outings. Others have as
their idols the games of sport, baseball, football, the bullfight, or golf.
…
“Still another image men worship
is that of power and prestige. … These gods of power, wealth, and influence are
most demanding and are quite as real as the golden calves of the children of
Israel in the wilderness” (The Miracle of Forgiveness [1969], 40–42).
Doctrine and Covenants 84:19-27
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