1. The Lord’s counsel to each of the seven branches of the Church in Asia follows a pattern:
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              §  He told the members of the branch what they were doing that pleased Him.

              §  He told them in what ways they needed to repent.

              §  He told them of the blessings that would come if they were faithful.

• Fill in the chart below with information you find in Revelation 2–3:

City	What They Did That Pleased the Lord	How They Needed to Repent	Promised Blessings
Ephesus (2:1-7)	thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:  3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.	Forgotten why they had been sent to this earth and needed to remember from whence the had fallen.	Eat of the tree of life.
Smyrna (2:8-11)	Handled their burdens well.	Blasphemy	The Crown of Life. Not taste second death.
​Pergamos (2:12-17)	Held fast and denied not the faith.	Fornication	Give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Thyatira (2:18-29)	Works, charity, service, faith, and patience	They sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.	Have power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.  28 And I will give him the morning star.
Sardis (3:1-6)	Received and heard, and hold fast, and repent.	Only a few had not defiled the garment.	Not have his name blotted out in the book of life and have the Savior confess of him to the Father
Philadelphia (3:7-13)	Hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.	Lies	Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out.
Laodicea (3:14-22)	Faithful and true witnesses	Being lukewarm	Sit in the midst of the Savior and the Father in their thrones.

2. Write a paragraph about what counsel given to the seven branches of the Church in Asia applies to you today. Which of the promises the Lord gave to the seven Churches most inspires you to seek eternal life? 

The counsel given to the seven branches applies to me today because it encompasses almost every aspect of things we learn in the temple and in church. The one thing that inspires me the most is the ability to sit with the Savior and the Lord to rule with them together.

3. How does Doctrine and Covenants 14:7, 63:20 give meaning to the phrase "to him that overcometh? To me the meaning that it gives is that we are destined for greatness and by being such our Lord has prepared an equally great prize for us if we endure to the end.