Enos-"We emphasize that the greatest work you will do will be within the walls of your home....It is not uncommon for responsible parents to lose one of their children, for a time, to influences over which they have no control.  They agonize over rebellious sons and daughters.  They are puzzled over why they are so helpless when they have tried so hard to do what they should. 

It is my conviction that those wicked influences one day will be overruled.  'The Prophet Joseph Smith declared--and he never taught a more comforting doctrine--that the eternal sealings of faithful parents and the divine promises made to them for the valiant service in the Cause of Truth, would save not only themselves, but likewise their posterity. 

Though the sheep may wander, the eye of the Shepherd is upon them, and sooner or later they will feel the tentacles of Divine Providence reaching out after them and drawing them back to the fold.  Either in this life or in the life to come, they will return.  They will have to pay their debt to justice; they will have to suffer for their sins; and may tread a thorny path; but if it leads them at last, like the penitent Prodigal, to a loving and forgiving father's heart and home, the painful experience will not have been in vain.  Pray for your careless and disobedient children; hold on to them with your faith.  Hope on, trust on, till you see the salvation of God.'  (Orson F. Whitney,  CR Apr. 1929, p. 110)...

When parents keep the covenants they have made at the alter of the temple, their children will be forever bound to them.  Brigham Young said [Discourses of BY, p. 208]: 'Let the father and mother, who are members of this Church and Kingdom, take a righteous course, and strive with all their might never to do a wrong, but to do good all their lives; if they have one child or one hundred children go, they are bound up to their parents by an everlasting tie, and no power of earth or hell can separate them from their parents in eternity; they will return again to the fountain from whence they sprang.'"  BKP (Ensign, May 1992, p. 68)

Enos--The Voice of the Lord Came into My Mind

"We do not have the words (even the scriptures do not have the words) which perfectly describe the Spirit.  The scriptures generally use the word voice, which does not exactly fit.  These delicate, refined spiritual communications are not seen the our eyes, nor heard with our ears.  And even though it is described as a voice, it is a voice that one feels, more than one hears."  Boyd K. Packer (Ensign, Jan. 1983, p. 52)

"Thus the Lord, by revelation, brings into our mind as though a voice were speaking....I was once in a situation where I needed help.  The Lord knew I needed help and I was on an important mission. I was awakened in the hours of the morning as

though someone had awakened me to straighten me out on something that I had planned to do in a contrary course, and there was clearly mapped out before me as I lay there that morning, just as surely as though someone had sat on he edge of my bed and told me what to do.  Yes, the voice of the Lord comes into our minds and we are directed thereby."  Harold B. Lee (BYU Speeches of the Year, Oct. 15, 1952)

Enos--Forgiveness requires a "wrestle before God."  There is a price to pay both in effort and in attitude before we can receive a forgiveness of our sins.  Enos' spiritual struggle contains a blueprint for all who seek forgiveness through the Atonement.  Often the 'wrestle' contains the following four (4) elements:

    *A wrestle with sorrow  (2 Cor. 7:10-Godly sorrow) * A wrestle with guilt-SWK-"There must be a consciousness of guilt.  It cannot be brushed aside.  It must be acknowledged and not rationalized away....There must be a prickling of conscience, perhaps sleepless hours, eyes that are wet."  Alma teaches that none but the truly penitent are saved!  Alma 42:24       TSWK p. 87    

*A wrestle with time-Often the Lord requires a period of time passing before lifting the burden of sin.   SWK, Faith Precedes the Miracle p. 210

     *A wrestle with prayer--Here is no casual prayer;

no worn phrases; no momentary appeal by silent lips.  All the day long, with seconds turning into minutes, and minutes into hours.  but when the sun had set, relief had still not come, for repentance is not a single act nor forgiveness an unearned gift. so precious to him was communication with and approval of his Redeemer that his determined soul pressed on without ceasing.         SWK-Miracle of Forgiveness p.211

Jarom-Sabbath Day "There isn't anybody in this Church who

has to buy furniture on Sunday....There isn't anybody in this Church who has to buy a new automobile on Sunday....there isn't anybody in this Church who, with a little care and planning, has to buy any groceries on Sunday....

I don't think we need to patronize the ordinary business merchants on the Sabbath day.  Why do they stay open?  To get customers.  Who are those customers? Well, they are  not all nonmembers of this Church."  (GBH-Heber City/Springville, Utah regional conference-Priesthood Leadership meeting   May 13, 1995)

Jarom-Sabbath Day

"What fits the purpose of the Sabbath?  Here are a few suggestions:  Activities that contribute to greater spirituality; essential Church meetings in the house of prayer; acquisition of spiritual knowledge--reading the scriptures, Church history and biographies, and the inspired words of

the Brethren; resting physically, getting acquainted with the family, relating scriptural stories to children, bearing testimonies, building family unity; visiting the sick and aged shut-ins;  singing songs of Zion and listening to inspired music; paying devotions to the Most High--personal and family prayer; fasting, administrations, father's blessing; preparing food with singleness of heart--simple meals prepared largely on Saturday....I don't believe that it is possible to keep our spirituality on a high plane by spending our Sabbaths on the beach, on the golf course,...or in our homes....looking at television."  Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p. 439