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" I plead with you to seek prayerfully and consistently to understand temple covenants and ordinances.
[1.] Spiritual doors will open.
[2.] You will learn how to part the veil between heaven and earth,
[3.] how to ask for God's angels to attend you,
[4.] and how better to receive direction from heaven.
[5.] Your diligent efforts to do so will reinforce and strengthen your spiritual foundation."
Russell M. Nelson
(Please watch and discuss this video with the person you have chosen to be your escort through the temple (or your parents).
Please ask them to help you understand (procedurally) what your first visit to the temple will be like.
Please ask them to help you understand (procedurally) what your first visit to the temple will be like.
As you prepare to meet with your bishop and stake president, carefully read and ponder each recommend question.
Come prepared to discuss the following questions:
- What covenants do you "make anew" when you partake of the sacrament?
- What is required for each of us to enter the temple?
- What is a covenant and why are they so important?
- What blessings come from making and keeping our covenants?
- What are some of the special blessings that come from being in the temple?
Come prepared to discuss the following questions:
- What is an ordinance?
- What is an essential ordinance?
- Are ordinances needed to enter a covenant?
- What is required of one to perform an ordinance?
Come prepared to discuss the following questions:
- What are the 5 Covenants we make during our endowment?
- What are the promised blessings we receive from our endowment?
Come prepared to discuss the following questions:
- Why do we make covenants in the temple?
- What is the symbolic meaning of the garment?
- Why is it important that you wear the garment day and night throughout your life as explained in the initiatory ordinance?
- What impressed you from the First Presidency's statment on the garment?
Read: Handbook 38.5.1. - 38.5.10.: (Temple Clothing and Garments)
Read: Handbook 38.5.1. - 38.5.10.: (Temple Clothing and Garments)
- What is the appropriate attire for you to wear in the temple while participating in ordinances?
- Would it be appropriate to modify or alter the garment to accommodate the latest fashion styles?
- Is it appropriate to show your garments to those who do not understand its significance?
- What is the appropriate way to dispose of old garments?
Throughout this dispensation, members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles have spoken frequently about the ordinances and covenants of the temple. Here you can find a number of quotes, organized by subject, that illustrate how these sacred topics have been discussed in a variety of settings.
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