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lay up these my words in your heart

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Exodus 20

• 12 Honour thy father and thy mother that thy
  days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy
  God giveth thee
• Question
• What does honoring your father and mother have to
  do with long days upon the land?

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Deuteronomy 11
In other words Honor the covenants of your
fathers and mothers that you may live long upon
the Land of promise that the Lord thy God has
given thee

• 8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments
  which I command you this day, that ye may be
  strong, and go in and possess the land, whither
  ye go to possess it
• 9 And that ye may prolong your days in the land,
  which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give
  unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth
  with milk and honey.
• 18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in
  your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a
  sign upon your hand, that they may be as
  frontlets between your eyes.
• 19 And ye shall teach them your children,
  speaking of them when thou sittest in thine
  house, and when thou walkest by the way, when
  thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
• 20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts
  of thine house, and upon thy gates
• 21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days
  of your children, in the land which the LORD
  sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days
  of heaven upon the earth.

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What is the Shema

• The Shema hear, named from the opening words of
  Deuteronomy 64, consists of Deuteronomy 64-9
  and 1113-21, and Numbers 1537-41, preceded and
  followed by one or two benedictions. These
  passages were recited as the great confessions of
  faith among the Jews
• "Hear, O Israel The Lord our God is one Lord
  and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all
  thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all
  thy might.

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Deut. 11

• 18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my
  words in your heart and in your soul, and
  bind them for a sign upon your hand, that
  they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
• 19 And ye shall teach them your children,
  speaking of them when thou sittest in thine
  house, and when thou walkest by the way, when
  thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
• 20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts
  of thine house, and upon thy gates

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Question

• The doorpost is also symbolic of our hearts.
  What kind of things should we be writing on the
  doorposts of our hearts?

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Sister Susan W. Tanner

• Just recently President James E. Faust reiterated
  this very point in a BYU devotional address. He
  said The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
  Saints is found in the hearts of its members. He
  told of an experience he had some time ago when a
  car with an out-of-state license plate stopped
  him on his walk and asked, Where is the church
  of the Mormons?
• He directed them to Temple Square, but said in
  retrospect, I could have pointed to my chest and
  said that the Church should be first and foremost
  in our hearts (Church News, Mar. 5, 2005, 7).

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Harold B. Lee

• Service and obedience are the keys that
  unlock the door to the celestial
  glory. Now you remember that and write it on
  the tablets of your heart, and remember that is
  the sure way to safety in this church.

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Question

• In the Shema, the Lord states that He is the one
  God.
• What are some other Gods we might go to?
• Why would we go to any other Gods?

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Elder Oaks

• When we think of service, we usually think of the
  acts of our hands. But, as shown in earlier
  chapters, the Lord looks to our hearts as well as
  our hands. He is concerned not only with our acts
  but also with our motives. One of his earliest
  commandments to Israel was to "love the Lord your
  God, and to serve him with all your heart and
  with all your soul" (Deuteronomy 1113).
• In order to purify our service to God and to our
  fellowmen, it is therefore important to consider
  not only how we serve, but also why we serve.
• Here are 6 reasons why we serve
• Earthly Reward
• Good Companionship
• Fear of Punishment
• Duty or Loyalty
• Hope of Reward
• Charity

Question Why is our motive so important?
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Sooooo

• If we are not ready to serve for the right
  reason, should we just not serve at all?

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Elder Oaks Continues

• We know from these inspired words that even the
  most extreme acts of service fall short of the
  ultimate "profit" unless they are motivated by
  the pure love of Christ.
• If our service is to be most
  efficacious, it must be unconcerned
  with self and heedless of personal
  advantage. It must be accomplished
  for the love of God and the love of his
  children.

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Question

• How did the Law of Moses, with all its many
  requirements, prepare the people of Israel to
  serve God for the right reason?