I did it! I got up at 4:15 am! I went to sign into Family Search and noticed on the main page of the Church of Jesus Christ website a video about Family History. I watched the video and recorded the blessings and promises made regarding participation in Family History.
Blessings and Promises of Participating in Family History
- Strengthen me
- Purify my heart
- Provide purpose
- Assurance of eternal life
- Power of godliness will flow into my life
- Latter day work (of Family History) will destroy the powers of darkness and bring about the salvation of the human family
- Time in temple will change my life
- Identify what I can set aside to spend more time in the temple
- Bless me with greater harmony and love in my home
- Deeper desire to care for eternal family relationships
- Increased faith in Jesus Christ
- Greater ability to follow him as a true disciple
- Family history has a healing influence
- Assurance that each person is precious in eyes of Heavenly Father
- Learn who I am
- Learn where I come from
- Learn where I am going
- Receive strength and direction for my life
- My participation in Family History will come back to me
- Promise that participation in Family History will help fortify my home to become a defense and refuge
- Family History connects me to heaven
- Gives me eternal perspective
- Equal power to bless and refine those who engage in Family History
- Strengthen and protect our youth
- Never be alone
- Ministering angels know who I am and care for me and love me and will become a vital part of my fortification in my home
- Seek inspiration and revelation
- Safeguard, guide and protect
- Increase my ability to hear Him
I also read an article: Becoming Better After Experiencing the Bitter (churchofjesuschrist.org)https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/inspiration/becoming-better-after-experiencing-the-bitter?lang=eng
Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles has emphasized the importance of building Christlike character by turning outward in the midst of our own trials: “Character is revealed … in the power to discern the suffering of other people when we ourselves are suffering; in the ability to detect the hunger of others when we are hungry; and in the power to reach out and extend compassion for the spiritual agony of others when we are in the midst of our own spiritual distress. Therefore, character is demonstrated by looking, turning, and reaching outward when the instinctive response of the natural man in each of us is to turn inward and to be selfish and self-absorbed.”6
Search inward, Turn outward, Look upward, and Press forward