Word study on EVIL

Thoughts on 1828 dictionary definition:

Being mischievous is evil cause you want to cause trouble.

Thoughts on opposing evil by Gordon B. Hinckley:

There are still good people. we can't expect to lift others unless we stand on higher ground our selfs. Be true to yourself. Do wholesome activity. Put on the whole armor of God.

Thoughts on Scriptures:

James 4:11

Do not speak evil of others

Proverbs 17:13

Don't reward evil for good #countingstars. :)

Thoughts: 

I think evil means going against something you know to be right. Or deliberately causing trouble. So some of the terrists now days so bad things cause they think they will go to heaven if they die doing it, they think what they are doing is right so are they evil?

Word study on chaos

So we watched the Dark Knight yesterday and one of the assignments we need to do is a word study on chaos. 

CHAOS, noun

1. That confusion, or confused mass, in which matter is supposed to have existed, before it was separated into its different kinds and reduced to order, by the creating power of God. Rudis, indigestaque moles.

2. Any mixed mass, without due form or order; as a chaos of materials.

3. Confusion; disorder; a state in which the parts are undistinguishe

Sometimes at my house it seems like chaos, where it seems like there is no order :). Also chaos was going through my mind when there was no scriptures on chaos in or disorder so I will skip to my thoughts.

How can we prevent chaos? I think we can prevent chaos by trying to see every else s point of view or why they did what they did. If there is someone in charge that people will listen to.

A lot of the terrorists now days do things to create chaos, so I think we need to know how to stop chaos. Chaos turns people against one another, which is bad. 

Becoming word study!

Thoughts on Becoming converted (D. Todd Christofferson)

How to become truly converted: have a open and willing heart, lay aside any feeling of pride, don't just read study the Gospel, pray for pure love, practice/act on the gospel. 

Helaman 3:16:

We can become wicked to! (Don't do that) 

Mosiah 15:5

We must become subject to the Spirit.

My thoughts:

We must strive to become like Heavenly Father someday. We have to be truly converted. Become a better person!

Word study for clear

1828 dictionary: Open clear from obstruction; as a clear plat of ground; the  way is clear

Free from clouds, or fog; as a clear day.

I like how it says free from clouds because sometimes our mind can be clouded and we have to clear it.  

Jacob 5:65

"And as they begin to grow ye shall clear away the branches which bring forth bitter fruit, according to the strength of the good and the size thereof all at once, lest the roots thereof should be too strong for the graft, and the graft thereof shall perish, and I lose the trees of my vinyard."

I think we need to clear away the bad things in our life so we can have a clear mind.

My thoughts on clear

In order to have a clear mind we must purify our selfs, repent and forgive. Starting with a prayer in my study's helps me have a clear mind.

Knowledge word study

Key words: facts, information and reasoning.

I think in order to have true knowledge we need to have the Spirit guide us in our decisions we should never cease to add to our knowledge. We should use our knowledge of others to help them.

Word study leader

1828 dictionary: "a chief; commander; a captain. One who goes first."

I think in order to be a good leader you need to earn trust and love. We canot be a selfish leader or people will turn from you. Jesus is a perfect example of a leader. You need to make good desisions cause oft times people look up to you. You should never be mean to any one who looks up to you or you will lose their trust. We should not love our influence over others and we should use it for good.

Notes on Seeing with new eyes by Paul A. Cox

We need to notice good things so be alert, and open. We can over come temptations by holding fast to the word of God. Christ and Heavenly Father can open our eyes to things we did not see before. Though some people do good without beleaving the gospel  they miss "a more exelent way". We should never mistake a little truth to be an entire truth.

Wait upon the Lord. Waiting requires patience.

Seek for the beautiful.

Seek the truly beautiful things not things that are fakely beautiful.

We can have science and God.

Science has the great ability to answer how but not so much why.