Temples

Just to add my testimony to this great message put out by the church, I love the temple. I know it is a house of the Lord where we can go to feel peace, feel the spirit, learn more about the gospel, and receive answers to questions we may have. I have felt power while being there, and the opposite power of how Satan wishes we did not go and tries to put things in our way to prevent us from going. 

It is amazing to see that when me and my husband set a date to go, things always come up. I get sick, our little boy decides to change his schedule around, one of us will be grumpy feeling like we shouldn't go or a number of different things. But I know when we decide we will go, no matter what, it is always worth it. Though I try to always prepare myself before going so I am in a better position to learn and receive inspiration and revelation, that's not always the case. However, I love that as soon as I walk in the door and am greeted as I show my temple recommend, any negative feelings I have leave and I become thankful to be there. 

I know it is a holy place, a place of protection where Satan cannot dwell. I know there sacred ordinances and covenants we make, make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and families to be united eternally. I love the temple

In closing, here is a portion of an article entitled The Holy Temple by Elder Boyd K. Packer that I like-

Temples are the very center of the spiritual strength of the Church. We should expect that the adversary will try to interfere with us as a church and with us individually as we seek to participate in this sacred and inspired work. Temple work brings so much resistance because it is the source of so much spiritual power to the Latter-day Saints and to the entire Church.

At the Logan Utah Temple cornerstone dedication, President George Q. Cannon, then of the First Presidency, made this statement:

"Every foundation stone that is laid for a Temple, and every Temple completed according to the order the Lord has revealed for his holy Priesthood, lessens the power of Satan on the earth, and increases the power of God and Godliness, moves the heavens in mighty power in our behalf, invokes and calls down upon us the blessings of the Eternal Gods, and those who reside in their presence" (Millennial Star, 12 November 1877, 743).