Paul's Counsel to Members

List of Attributes Paul Counseled Members to Improve On:

1 Thessalonians 3:12-13:

• Increase and abound in love towards each other (fellow members of the Church)
• Increase and abound in love towards ALL me

1 Thessalonians: 4:1-12: 

• Walk with God more fully
• Please God by keeping His commandments
• Abstain from all forms of immorality
• Keep our bodies sanctified and pure
• Don't take advantage of others or wrong them
• Love one another even more with Brotherly and Sisterly love
• Work hard at all we do
• Be honest and dependable

1 Thessalonians 5:1-22:

• Be watchful and aware and vigilant to what is going on around us
• Don't be lazy or slothful
• Take our covenants seriously
• Have faith, love and hope
• Strive to live so we can obtain salvation and return to live with our Heavenly Father
• Encourage and uplift each other
• Know and follow the Prophets and our local leaders
• Listen to the warnings and counsel of the Prophets and encourage others to do the same
• Do good
• Rejoice and be happy
• Pray continually
• Give thanks and feel gratitude
• Live worthy of the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost
• Follow the Prophets
• Study things out in our minds
• Avoid even the appearance of evil

Enjoy this Mormon Message! 

Personal Improvement Areas: 

    Where to start? I see so many areas I need to improve on! One that comes to mind is from 1 Thessalonians 4 where Paul warns the Saints to abstain from all forms of immorality. Now, before you are scandalized, let me assure you that I value and honor all the Covenants I have made in the Temple with my husband! But I was thinking about most of the TV shows that are on Prime Time television these days and how few of them honor the Doctrine of the Family. I think I need to stop watching some of them.

       Another area Paul mentions is to rejoice and be happy. To be honest, I am pretty stressed out and overwhelmed with school right now and wouldn't exactly say that I've been acting very happy lately. I need to count my blessings, relax a little bit and remember that LIFE IS GOOD and I have SO much to be happy about.

        The last area I need to improve on is Paul's counsel to study things out in our minds. One of my classes is extremely difficult for me this semester and I have found myself in tears more than once, feeling so frustrated and unsure about what I'm doing. I know that if I pray  continue to purify my life and eliminate the things that don't bring me closer to the Savior, inspiration and help can come from the Holy Ghost that will allow me to think more clearly and deeply so that I can learn what I need to know.