Order of importance?

[Dr T]

God ought to be second to none (I'm still learning how to do this though)

God first.

[LdsNana]

The great account of Father Abraham is clear on this subject as far as God is concerned... Isaac.

We shall have NO other God before us. HE IS - I AM. Above ALL things - even our very own lives.

Consider also the First and Second Commandments which HE has given:

Thou Shalt love the Lord, thy God.

Thou Shalt love thy neighbor, as thy self.

It is on these Commandments - TWO only - do all the laws and the prophets HANG! This is the Doctrine of Christ.

Every prophecy and every ordinance that we receive, are predicated on this LOVE for God first - and 'how' we then 'LOVE' Him and DO His WILL - first and foremost above all else in our lives; which HE grants even that daily breath upon which we have our existence.

tDMg

LdsNana

[Dr T]

Good answer Nana

[JonboySquarepants]

it's amazing to see all these different answers. i think this should be the easiest question to answer and yet one of the most difficult to live. of course God would be number one and should be number one in everyone's life.

[ztodd]

First you need to separate your personal relationship with God from your religion. Then the order is-
1. God
2. Wife
3. Children
4. Religion

Generally I think this is the order but I agree with the others that sometimes the order changes temporarily.

[Elgama]

Originally Posted by ztodd

First you need to separate your personal relationship with God from your religion. Then the order is-
1. God
2. Wife
3. Children
4. Religion

Generally I think this is the order but I agree with the others that sometimes the order changes temporarily.

Our Personal relationship comes before all else and for me myself has to come before my children - if I remember to pray, meditate and shower before the kids get up then God gets a much better part of our day. Also surely for a Latter Day Saint God has called us to no greater calling than Spouse and Parent.

-Charley

[VisionOfLehi]

We show our love to Heavenly Father by being good husbands, wives, parents, and children. We do it by service to our family, as well as our brother's and sisters.

The importance is always Heavenly Father, in the highest.

Mark 12
28 ¶ And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:


30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

Yet this does not mean constantly on your knees or doing Church activities to the exclusion of all else. The Family: A Proclamation to the World points out what we should be doing, in regards to family.

As Latter-day Saints, we believe fairly strongly in what's taught in James 2. (Follow link for highlighted verses.)

Faith without works is dead.

Being a proper, loving, family member (whatever role that you may have in your family), is a sign of obedience and a work.

[VoluntaryPrison]

Elder Bednar did a question and answer session when he came to our Stake Conference and someone asked him this very question. Elder Bednar's response was essentially, "It depends." The gist of his comment was that there will be some days when your calling takes precedence, some days when your family takes precedence, and some days when your work might take precedence. There is no way you can keep them all in complete 100% balance all of the time. It's up to you to decide which one takes precedence at any given moment.