Pray, He is There
When Jesus was on the earth, He taught us to pray, saying: “Ask,
and ye shall receive.” (Matthew 7:7) Sister Susan H Porter, General Primary
President explained, “When you know that Heavenly Father is real and that He
loves you, you can live with courage and hope.
She encourages us to:
- Pray to Know – to know that God really is there and cares. She suggested that often the best question to ask Heavenly Father is not Why, but What. Heavenly Father will guide you when you ask Him what you can do and what you can learn.
- Pray to Grow – Heavenly Father wants to help you grow. He sent His son, Jesus Christ, to show us the way to live. Jesus Christ suffered, died, and was resurrected so we can be forgiven of our sins and grow to become more like Him. Do you want to grow in patience or honesty? Do you want to grow in a skill? Pray, He is there. Through His Spirit, your heart can change, and you can receive strength.
- Pray to Show – You can pray for help to show Heavenly Father’s love to others. Heavenly Father will help you notice someone who is sad so you can comfort them. He can help you show His love by forgiving someone. He can give you courage to serve someone.
Sister Porter invites us to pray to know Heavenly Father is there,
pray to grow to become like Him, and pray to show His love to others. Pray, He
is there!
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“We need to evaluate our lives, repent, and keep
on trying. If we don’t try, we’re just latter-day sinners; if we don’t
persevere, we’re latter-day quitters; and if we don’t allow others to try,
we’re just latter-day hypocrites. As we try, persevere, and help
others to do the same, we are true Latter-day Saints. As we change, we will
find that God indeed cares a lot more about who we are and about who we are
becoming than about who we once were.” Elder
Dale G. Renlund
June 2024 Calendar
Sunday Sacrament
Meeting in Pontiac:
· Sunday Noon broadcast of the Rochester Ward sacrament
meeting at 100 Chippewa Rd in Pontiac.
Soup & Scriptures
in Pontiac:
· Every Wednesday at 6:30 pm at 100 Chippewa Rd in
Pontiac. Join us for soup and an opportunity to participate in scripture study
led by the missionaries. Come, be fed both physically and spiritually.
Lake
Orion Ward - at 1610 Brewster Road in Rochester
Hills
· Sunday Sacrament Meeting - 9 am Sunday mornings.
· Lake Orion Ward Youth Fundraiser – 4 to 6 pm Saturday, June 1st
at 1610 Brewster Road Ward building - $10 car wash and baked good sale.
Rochester Ward - at 1610
Brewster Road in Rochester Hills
· Sunday Sacrament Meeting – Sunday noon.
· Relief Society Activity - 7pm June 13th
– meet 7 pm at 2800 Hamlin Rd, Rochester Hills to walk in Innovations Hill
Park.
·
Rochester Ward Temple Day – June 22 at the Detroit
Michigan Temple/Bloomfield Hills Stake Center. Noon – lunch, 1:30 pm baptisms
and 1:30 pm Initiatories and sealings
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We welcome you and look
forward to worshiping and growing together with you. "If
you expect to find perfect people here, you will be disappointed. But if you seek the pure doctrine of Christ,
the word of God 'which healeth the wounded soul', and the sanctifying influence
of the Holy Ghost, then here you will find them. In this age of waning faith—in this age when
so many feel distanced from heaven’s embrace—here you will find a people who
yearn to know and draw closer to their Savior by serving God and fellowmen,
just like you. Come, join with us!” - Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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