Temple Closures

Also last week all temples closed on March 25. The world has literally ground to a halt. Sunday was a worldwide day of fasting and prayer. I believe there is such power in coming together in a united cause to petition the Lord for some deliverance.

The following was taken from the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple on April 6, 1983. It's kind of fitting as we began our united day of fasting and prayer. The Lord is ever mindful of us and our situation. He hears the prayers of all his children. These temples won't be vacant for long. The Lord has much more work for us to accomplish. There are missionaries that can't leave without being endowed with power from on high. There are families that need that sealing ordinance. 

Dedication of the Salt Lake Temple (last few paragraphs)

Heavenly Father, when Thy people shall not have the opportunity of entering this holy house to offer their supplications unto Thee, and they are oppressed and in trouble, surrounded by difficulties or assailed by temptation and shall turn their faces towards this Thy holy house and ask Thee for deliverance, for help, for Thy power to be extended in their behalf, we beseech Thee, to look down from Thy holy habitation in mercy and tender compassion upon them, and listen to their cries. Or when the children of Thy people, in years to come, shall be separated, through any cause, from this place, and their hearts shall turn in remembrance of Thy promises to this holy Temple, and they shall cry unto Thee from the depths of their affliction and sorrow to extend relief and deliverance to them, we humbly entreat Thee to Turn Thine ear in mercy to them; hearken to their cries, and grant unto them the blessings for which they ask.

Almighty Father, increase within us the powers of that faith delivered to and possessed by Thy Saints. Strengthen us by the memories of the glorious deliverances of the past, by the remembrance of the sacred covenants that Thou hast made with us, so that, when evil overshadows us, when trouble encompasses us, when we pass through the valley of humiliation, we may not falter, may not doubt, but in the strength of Thy Holy name may accomplish all Thy righteous purposes with regard to us, fill the measure of our creation, and triumph gloriously, by Thy grace, over every besetting sin, be redeemed from every evil, and be numbered in the kingdom of heaven amongst those who shall dwell in Thy presence forever.