Temple worship is a source of protection and promise. In the temple, we do saving work for our dead, seal families together, and invite God into our lives.
The blessings of temple ordinances are sacred and eternal, and essential. Prepare now to make and keep temple covenants.
In temples, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints make sacred covenants, or promises, with Heavenly Father.
Temple leaders and workers in one temple prayed earnestly for direction, counseled together, and sought inspiration from heaven. Answers came. The decision was made to keep the temple open around the clock on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to accommodate as many patrons as possible.
Yes, we need an endowment! The concepts and covenants of the temple endowment ceremony lay out a pattern of divine living to help bring about these and other spiritual powers. The temple is a modern School of the Prophets in which we enter into a covenant order of future priests and priestesses.
He stated, “I have seen Temple Hill filled with buildings—great temples of learning, and I have decided to remain and do my part.” 5 Just as with the Orem Utah Temple, there is a light that emanates from the BYU campus atop what was known to Brother Maeser as Temple Hill.
We come closer to Christ by making and keeping covenants in the temple and seeking to love and understand God’s symbols and the holy garment.
In a world where family ideals gravitate toward convenience, Elder Hafen reminds us of the order of marriage taught in the Lord's temples.