Mighty and Marvelous Missionary Matthew: Our Heavenly Father

September 1, 2018

Good Morning Family and Friends!

This week we are having to email early due to some blackouts that we will be having in our Chapel here in Brazil. This past week we were able to teach one of our couples “Anderson and Ana” about our Father in Heavens love for us. My question to you would be to ask yourself: “What are some things that testify to you that there is a God?”

The Gospel Principles states:

Alma, a Book of Mormon prophet, wrote, “All things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator” We can look up at the sky at night and have an idea of what Alma meant. There are millions of stars and planets, all in perfect order. They did not get there by chance. We can see the work of God in the heavens and on the earth. The many beautiful plants, the many kinds of animals, the mountains, the rivers, the clouds that bring us rain and snow—all these testify to us that there is a God.

The prophets have taught us that God is the Almighty Ruler of the universe. God dwells in heaven. Through His Son, Jesus Christ, He created the heavens and the earth and all things that are in them. He made the moon, the stars, and the sun. He organized this world and gave it form, motion, and life. He filled the air and the water with living things. He covered the hills and plains with all kinds of animal life. He gave us day and night, summer and winter, seedtime and harvest. He made man in His own image to be a ruler over His other creations.

God is the Supreme and Absolute Being in whom we believe and whom we worship. He is “the Great Parent of the universe,” and He “looks upon the whole of the human family with a fatherly care and paternal regard”

Because we are made in His image, we know that our bodies are like His body. His eternal spirit is housed in a tangible body of flesh and bones. God’s body, however, is perfected and glorified, with a glory beyond all description.

God is perfect. He is a God of righteousness, with attributes such as love, mercy, charity, truth, power, faith, knowledge, and judgment. He has all power. He knows all things. He is full of goodness.

All good things come from God. Everything that He does is to help His children become like Him. He has said, “Behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man”

It is also my knowledge that there is a God, that he is our Heavenly Father, and that he know sand loves each one of us with a capacity that we cannot comprehend. And I hope that we may this week be able to increase our relationship with him by Believing in him and knowing that he loves us, studying the scriptures, praying to him, and obeying all of his commandments. It is my testimony that if we do so we will come to a better knowledge and have a better relationship with him, we will be building upon as we read in Helaman: “a foundation whereon [we] cannot fall.”

Until next week, keep on keeping on.

-Elder Matthew Arscott

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