In temples, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints make sacred covenants, or promises, with Heavenly Father. The blessings of temple ordinances are sacred and eternal, and essential. Prepare now to make and keep temple covenants.

Understanding the Context

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. Temple worship is a source of protection and promise.

Key Insights

In the temple, we do saving work for our dead, seal families together, and invite God into our lives. 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. Temple leaders and workers in one temple prayed earnestly for direction, counseled together, and sought inspiration from heaven. Answers came.

Final Thoughts

The decision was made to keep the temple open around the clock on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to accommodate as many patrons as possible. The temple is his; and every symbol in and out of that sacred structure points toward him and, as a cup carries water, transmits the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Now to be specific in terms of needs that all of us feel strongly about in our time.