Least of what?

Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. (Matt. 25: 40)

“Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.”(1 Sam. 16: 7) Strive to serve those who measure least in your heart: those whom you are most tempted to “set at naught” (Hel. 12: 6).

Sufferer's Prayer

He went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. (Matt. 26: 39)

“Father, I’m not doing this for me: I’m doing it for you. It’s not what I was expecting, but I’ll do whatever needs to be done.”

Beyond friendship

Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. (Matt. 16: 16)

Thou hast the words of eternal life. (John 6: 68)

Usually I think of Christ as a close friend. That portrays His intimate knowledge of my life, but ignores His authority. I love Him because He loves me (1 Jn. 4: 19), and obey Him because He knows Best.

Appointed...the bounds of their habitation

No person will come into my life “save they shall be brought by the hand of the Lord” (2 Ne. 1: 6). Whether they bring wrath or peace, “God is his own interpreter, and he will make it plain.”(Hymns #285)

Hungry?

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. (Matt. 5: 6) Sometimes I hunger and thirst after flaws, supposedly to improve them. The Lord’s promise is that if I look for everything that everyone is doing right, I will “delight in fatness”(2 Ne. 9: 51).

That we...

O God, the Eternal Father,

we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ,

to bless and sanctify this bread 

to the souls of all of us who partake of it,

  that we may eat in remembrance 

          of the body of thy Son,

     and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that 

     we are willing to

  take upon us the name of thy Son, and

          always remember him and

          keep his commandments which he has given us;

     that we may always have his Spirit to be with us. Amen.

      •  •  •

O God, the Eternal Father,

we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ,

to bless and sanctify this wine 

to the souls of all of us who drink of it,

     that we may do it in remembrance 

          of the blood of thy Son,

  which was shed for us;

     that we may witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father,

  that we do always remember him,

     that we may have his Spirit to be with us. Amen. 

(D&C 20: 77, 79)

May Sacrament worship go past worries about the state of each’s own soul and reach out to everybody: help us remember together, help us repent together, help us witness together, and help us have Thy Spirit with us together.