Do All Things Without Murmurings

Philippians 2:14

"Do all things without murmurings and disputings:"

If I am murmuring or disputing, I am double-minded. I am fighting with myself. I need to become one. Even as Christ and the Father are one.

Without Fear

Philippians 1:14

"And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear."

Which means "with peace". Which means with the fundamental belief that nothing can harm me.

Daily Ponderings: Praise of God

Philippians 1:11

Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

I should praise God for the good things in my life.

I can notice good things in my life

TFHW: Visit to His House

12-30-21
Did an endowment session in the Temple

Daily Ponderings: Approve Things That Are Excellent

Phiiippians 1:10

That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.

I should praise the good.

I can find the right words to be kind.

Daily Ponderings: Love Our Lord Jesus Christ in Sincerity

Ephesians 6:24

Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

I shoud speak the truth at every opportunity.

I can have the courage to speak the truth kindly.

TFHW: Newsletter Gathering

12-29-21
Texted several people about calendar items for the Gathering Israel newsletter

Daily Ponderings: The Word of God

Ephesians 6:17

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

I should focus on the truth I know, and let it guide my actions

I can know the best course for me if I ask how

TFHW: Roger Lives

12-28-21
Texted Roger, got response

Joy, Peace, and Spiritual Time Travel

Joy, Peace, and Spiritual Time Travel When I invite His peace, it manifests itself as a tangible release of tension in my chest muscles, and a cessation of negative mental dialogue.

Happiness is a result of focus on a positive external event. If a positive external event is not occurring, then focus on either the memory of an event or the thought of an anticipated future event will suffice.

This is spiritual time travel - the ability to travel instantly back and forth through time. It is a godlike power that humans are gifted with. Lower animals do not possess it. I am not born with the gift in full flower, but only with the potential. I spend a lifetime being trained in its use, by parents, by spiritual leaders, and by myself. Its purpose, after being trained in its proper use, is to allow me to experience joy regardless of my present circumstances.

Joy is to focus on a positive experience, with the belief that it - or something like it - will happen again

Despair (or it's milder form, discouragement) is to focus on a positive event, with the belief that it can't or won't happen again.

Misery is to focus on a negative event - past, present or future - with the belief that it will happen again.

Hope is to focus on a negative event, with the belief that it can't or won't happen again.

I always have the choice to select either joy, hope, misery or despair.

Peace is the resetting of my spiritual time machine to the present moment, plus the belief that when I restart it, I can choose either joy or hope. After I reset to peace, I can bring the peace with me as I time travel. I can examine past events without feeling distress and ask "what can I learn from this?" As I go forward, I can ask, "what can I do to make this happen?"

The adversary mainly uses spiritual time travel to take my mind to a past negative event, then tries to convince me that I have to re-experience the bad feelings of that moment. And that I'm not allowed to leave until.... well, that part's not really clear. The important thing is that I feel bad instead of feeling anything else. Or doing anything but brooding. The point of his game is to waste my time. Then he tries to make me feel bad for not having accomplished anything while I was brooding about the thing he wanted me to spend my time thinking about. So no matter what I do for him, it's not enough. I'm never enough.

Satan's counterfeit to peace is escape (aka diversion or distraction) - resetting to the present moment, plus the belief that when I restart it, I will feel either misery or despair. That encourages me to stay trapped in the present.

I choose peace, joy, and hope.

Daily Ponderings: Your Master in Heaven

Ephesians 6:9

And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

I should be able to recognize a prompting and trust that I will have all the help I need to be able to act on it successfuly.

I can recognize promptings.

TFHW: Sister Christmas

12-27-21
Email from Patty about her childhood Christmases
Emailed Corey about his TFH experiences

You Only Have to Do the Work

Ephesians 6:8

Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

Covenant, or even belief in God, not required.

Daily Ponderings: Love His Wife Even As Himself

Ephesians 5:33

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

I should do for my wife the things that make her feel loved.

I can discern how to love my wife in the moment

Being Honest and Trying

From Bradley R. Wilcox's October 2021 "Worthiness Is not Flawlessness":

"God's message is that worthiness is not flawlessness. Worthiness is being honest and trying"

I should accept that any unworthiness I feel is based on imaginary supporsition of other people's opinion of me. I should also accept and believe that their opinion doesn't really affect who I am or what I do.

I can act regardless of the judgment of others. I can wait for others to criticize me rather than presuming to criticize me for them.

Focus on Incremental Growth

From Bradley R. Wilcox's October 2021 "Worthiness Is not Flawlessness":

"They got rid of the all-or-nothing expectations and focused on incremental growth..."

On Bible Study

From Knowable Word:

"The acronym OIA summarizes the method:

Observation – what does it say?
Interpretation – what does it mean?
Application – how do I need to change?[what do I need to do?]
You can restate these three steps as what? why? and so what? Or again, as what did the original author say? What did that mean to the original audience? And what does it mean in our context?"

Personally my study looks more like:

What words is the Spirit highlighting for me? [This often has little to do with the objective meaning of the entire verse or its historical or conversational context]

What should I do with this instruction?

What empowering belief do I need to hold to follow this instruction?

TFHW: Day After

12-26-21
Shirley Schreiber mentioned me after giving a talk noting that a genealogy was given at His birth and at the beginning of His ministry. Gave her a Plan w/ a gold star on "Share"
Joan Jones asked for help with printing out names. I referred her to Kitten, who helped her. Gave her a Plan w/ a gold star on "Share"
Emailed Patty

Daily Ponderings: The Husband Is the Head of the Wife

Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

I should lead my wife in the ways of righteousness

I can lead, and I can ask for her help and support if I don't know what to do.

What Things Can You Do?

From M. Russell Ballard's October 2021 "Lovest Thou Me More Than These?"

"What things can you do within your own life to show that you love the Lord first?"

"Can you do" vs "should you do" vs "are you already doing"

TFHW: what are you already doing? What would you like to do if you had a little more time? Is there anything else I can do to help you with that?

I became the TFH leader in September. After talking to people about TFHW, I developed a theory that everyone already does some kind of TFHW, but they don't talk about it...