This YOUTH GOAL PLANNER helps youth prepare for the temple with this list of “are you” temple-worthy questions they will need to answer.
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YOUTH GOAL Planner
“Preparing to Enter the Temple”
Are you prepared to answer questions on these topics, necessary to obtain a temple recommend:
• See Church Updates Temple Recommend Interview Questions
• The Message: Your Temple Recommend by President Howard W. Hunter
(given by a bishop and stake president (or counselors)
Do you sustain the other General Authorities and local leaders of the Church?
Do you strive for moral cleanliness in your thoughts and behavior?
Do you obey the law of chastity?
15. Do you consider yourself worthy to enter the Lord’s house and participate in temple ordinances?
President Howard W. Hunter, Prophet said, (to obtain a temple recommend)
“You must believe in God the Eternal Father, in His Son Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. You must believe that this is their sacred and divine work. We encourage you to work daily on building your testimony of our Heavenly Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. The Spirit that you feel is the Holy Ghost testifying to you of their reality. Later, in the temple, you will learn more about the Godhead through the revealed instruction and ordinances.”
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President Howard W. Hunter, Prophet said, (to obtain a temple recommend)
“You must sustain the General Authorities and local authorities of the Church. When you raise your arm to the square when these leaders’ names are presented, you signify that you will sustain them in their responsibilities and in the counsel they give you.
This is not an exercise in paying homage to those whom the Lord has called to preside. Rather, it is a recognition of the fact that God has called prophets, seers, and revelators, and others as General Authorities. It is a commitment that you will follow the instructions that come from the presiding officers of the Church. Likewise you should feel loyalty toward the bishop and stake president and other Church leaders. Failure to sustain those in authority is incompatible with service in the temple.”
ColorQuote (above) “Unchastity is the great demon of the day. Like an octopus, it fastens its tentacles upon one.” – President Spencer W. Kimball, “The Law of Chastity”
President Howard W. Hunter, Prophet said, (to obtain a temple recommend)
“You must be morally clean to enter into the holy temple. The law of chastity requires that you not have sexual relations with anyone other than your husband or wife. We especially encourage you to guard against the enticements of Satan to sully your moral cleanliness.”
President Howard W. Hunter, Prophet said, (to obtain a temple recommend)
“You must ensure that there is nothing in your relationship with family members that are out of harmony with the teachings of the Church. We especially encourage you to obey your parents in righteousness. Parents must be vigilant to ensure that their relationships with family members are in harmony with the teachings of the gospel and never involve abuse or neglect.”
President Howard W. Hunter, Prophet said, (to obtain a temple recommend)
“To qualify for a temple recommend, you should strive to do your duty in the Church, attending your sacrament, priesthood, and other meetings. You must also strive to obey the rules, laws, and commandments of the gospel. Learn in your youth to accept callings and other responsibilities that come to you. Be active participants in your wards and branches, and be one your leaders can depend on.”
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President Howard W. Hunter, Prophet said, (to obtain a temple recommend)
“To enter the temple you must be honest in all of your dealings with others. As Latter-day Saints we have a sacred obligation to never be deceitful or dishonest. Our basic integrity is at stake when we violate this covenant.”
• TALK: We Walk by Faith By President Gordon B. Hinckley, Prophet
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President Howard W. Hunter, Prophet said, (to obtain a temple recommend)
“To enter the temple you must be a full-tithe payer and live the Word of Wisdom. These two commandments, simple in their instruction but enormously important in our spiritual growth, are essential in certifying our personal worthiness. Observation over many years has shown that those who faithfully pay their tithing and observe the Word of Wisdom are usually faithful in all other matters that relate to entering the holy temple.”
“Tithing funds are always used for the Lord’s purposes—to build and maintain temples and meetinghouses, to sustain missionary work, to educate Church members, and to carry on the work of the Lord throughout the world.”
Through the prophet Malachi, the Lord declared:
“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it” (Malachi 3:10).
President Heber J. Grant said, “Prosperity comes to those who observe the law of tithing. When I say prosperity I am not thinking of it in terms of dollars and cents alone. … What I count as real prosperity … is the growth in a knowledge of God, and in a testimony, and in the power to live the gospel and to inspire our families to do the same. That is prosperity of the truest kind.” Gospel Standards, comp. G. Homer Durham (1941), 59.
• TALK: We Walk by Faith By President Gordon B. Hinckley, Prophet
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President Howard W. Hunter, Prophet said, (to obtain a temple recommend)
“These are not matters to be taken lightly. Once having been found worthy to enter the temple, we perform ordinances that are the most sacred administered anywhere on the earth. These ordinances are concerned with the things of eternity.
The gospel plan that the Lord has revealed is not complete without a temple, for it is here that the necessary ordinances for his plan of life and salvation are administered. The Prophet Joseph Smith said during the construction of the Nauvoo Temple, “The Church is not fully organized, in its proper order, and cannot be, until the Temple is completed” (History of the Church, 4:603).
The temples we dedicate are dedicated to our Heavenly Father. These temples are his houses, built in his name for his glory and for his purposes.
Our hearts and hands must be clean and pure and our thoughts must be focused on things of an eternal nature when we go to the temple. We hope you will feel that entering the temple is a privilege given to worthy Church members and not a right that automatically comes with Church membership.”
