Temples and the Importance of Keeping Sacred Covenants

A Temple covenant is something that should never be taken lightly.  A covenant is a two-way promise that you make with your Heavenly Father. We know he will always keep his side of the agreement, the rest is up to us. 

As we actively pursue obtaining a Temple recommend and maintaining our worthiness, we will find our lives are blessed beyond measure.  This does not mean, however, that our lives will be free of struggles and trials. Sometimes the harder we try, it seems as though things go in a direction that we hadn't planned on. 

What do we do if we live in a place where no Temple is available for us to attend or there is no financial way for us to travel? It is important that we prepare spiritually and meet with your local leader and obtain a worthy recommend anyway.  We need to be prepared at all times. 

Satan looks for a "foothole" constantly so that he can tear apart that very event that we prepared so reverently for. Satan and his Minions are actively pursuing us and our families.  They are ready at a seconds notice to jump right in and destroy our very lives. 

As we continue to be worthy of a Temple recommend, we will lessen our chances of being captured by the very chains of destruction. The Atonement is there for all of us to partake in.  Our most wayward children can return to the path toward exaltation. We must continually pray for their return. As we love unconditionally, they can feel our love and support. We must not lose hope and as we grow in our faith, we will see miracles.

The Family: A Proclamation to the World teaches us that "Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children" and "parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness,...to teach them to love and serve one another".
If any of us have experienced a wayward child, you will appreciate the counsel given in Chapter 16, p 173, of our text that states, "There is every reason to believe that the wayward children of righteous parents will, in the end, receive salvation." This gives all of us the hope we need. 

In Alma 34:32 we read "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". There is no time like the present to get our lives in order and make and keep sacred covenants. 

   

   

Pehrson, Kyle L., Cook, Ron and Madse, Nancy L.They Cannot Be Lost: Temple Covenants Save Families (Hawkins, A. J., Dollahite, D. C., & Draper, T. (2012). Chapter 3 Successful marriages and families: proclamation principles and research perspectives. Provo, UT: BYU Studies and School of Family Life, Brigham Young University.