If you could real fast turn to Alma 34.32-34 this is a wonderful scripture that talks about the purpose of life Are you all there? Okay here it is,
" 32 For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors.
33 And now, as I said unto you before, as ye have had so many witnesses, therefore, I beseech of you that ye do not procrastinate the day of your repentance until the end; for after this day of life, which is given us to prepare for eternity, behold, if we do not improve our time while in this life, then cometh the night of darkness wherein there can be no labor performed.
34 Ye cannot say, when ye are brought to that awful crisis, that I will repent, that I will return to my God. Nay, ye cannot say this; for that same spirit which doth possess your bodies at the time that ye go out of this life, that same spirit will have power to possess your body in that eternal world."
Did all of you read the whole thing? ha I know what you probably did you started reading it then you thought lets just skip to the end when he explains everything, that way we don't have to read it..... Caught you. So if you didn't read it, please take the time now to read it
Now explanation, in verse 32 it talks about the importance of life. The only reason for it is to prepare to meet God. That's it, nothing else. So if there is one thing that you should be doing right now and you're not, do it. There is nobody stopping you but yourself. I challenge everybody who reads this to read Alma chapter 5. Best chapter ever! And do it prayerfully as well. But just to give you a sneak peak here is a few of my favourite verses from it.
"16 I say unto you, can you imagine to yourselves that ye hear the voice of the Lord, saying unto you, in that day: Come unto me ye blessed, for behold, your works have been the works of righteousness upon the face of the earth?
17 Or do ye imagine to yourselves that ye can lie unto the Lord in that day, and say—Lord, our works have been righteous works upon the face of the earth—and that he will save you?"
Boom. powerful stuff. I try my very hardest in life just so when that day comes The Lord can look at me and say, "Come unto me ye blessed..." Can't you just imagine him saying that as well? I imagine him with open arms and the warmest most welcoming smile you could ever see. It truly does bring tears to my eyes... But now look at verse 17. When we stand before the lord we are going to remember absolutely everything we have ever done wrong. Everything. No ands, ifs, or buts about it. And that to me is a scary thought. My advice to you, think if you were to die right now, would you be guilty, or would he say unto you, "Come unto me ye blessed..." If you feel guilty for something right now.... CHANGE IT! As a missionary you see people change their life for the better, like Debbie and Shannon (I will talk about them later), and it brings yourself more joy than you can imagine. Now can you imagine the joy the Lord will have with you if you were to change your life around? Three words for you, JUST DO IT. Change. Ya, sure it may be tough, but it will be worth it, and I can promise you as one of his faithful servants that your life will be better as well. I cannot stress this enough so I will stop and go onto my week
Debbie and Shannon- Thanks for your prayers. It worked. I know it did. After the "break up" that we had we didn't see her for two days. Which is a long time for us! So we get a text from her two days later that says, "I miss you twos when are you coming around." Oh what joy filled my soul when I saw that text!!! haha So we went over to her house and she was a changed women. For some odd reason, she didn't bring up what happened on Sunday, she moved on and she is now back on track! #PraisetheLord! The only sad thing is that it's transfers this week and I think that I might leave, and not see her get baptised.... Hopefully if I leave President will let me come baptise her. Her new date is for the 30th of November! She has been taught everything the only thing she needs help with is the W.o.W. She smokes only one a day. Which is so good, but its not good enough... haha But I know that through our faith that she will be able to over come it all
So on Friday night we had a "Drinking Chocolate Night" in our flat complex.... And it went so well ha Like who knew? WE have about 40 flats in our flat complex, so on Monday of last week we sent around flyers and 5 people came, I know only 5 came, but every body who came we now have an appointment with. So moral of the story creative finding works. Do it. As well with creative finding, about 2 months back we did Side walk chalk, and drew out the Plan of Happiness and now Elders in Dunstable are going to have a baptism on the 22nd because of it Creative Finding, I am telling you, its the future of missionary work ha Cool story huh?
If you pray (plead) for one thing tonight let it be this, Michael Veronica, Danya, and Annaya. Who are a wonderful family that came to Church yesterday. They said it was a bit long, but can you blame them? ha I mean you got half of the High Priests bobbing their head around the room... haha So we teach them tomorrow and they are praying about the Book Of Mormon and they NEED an answer so please pray for them!!! Cheers.
Alright, sorry about my sermon. ha Actually not really, but hope you enjoyed it. And hope you have a great week I love you more than you can imagine and you are constantly the last thing on my mind right before I go to bed! Love you and have a wonderful week
Much Love,
Elder Dayton Wright


