Category: General Conference
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Hearts Knit Together
The results were different for the rabbits that were fed by a researcher who loved and conversed with them—they were significantly healthier. Read The Rabbit Effect Take an unhealthy rabbit, talk to it, love it, and watch it improve Apply this to my parenting. I need to find ways to consistently spend positive time with…
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Teaching in the Savior’s Way
[F. Melvin Hammond] taught doctrine but he also taught me to learn for myself. How would it be to have our children love to learn about the gospel of Christ. Children inherit many things from their parents but a testimony isn’t one of them. … {What we can do} is provide an environment free from…
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God among Us
The missionaries that came among us in Germany after world war two were perfect in my view. Because of Jesus Christ, our failures do not need to define us. They can refine us. We are all infants compared to the divine beings we are meant to become. The people of the ancient Nephites lived across…
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Welcome Message
“This last year is one for the record books.” “Lessons I had learned before have been written on my heart anew.” As I have watched workers removing things as part of the Salt Lake Temple renovation I have thought about the need for each of us to remove past debris, with the Savior’s help, from…
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A New Normal
If you really want to embrace a new normal I invite you to turn your heart and mind to Heavenly Father. Let this be your new normal. Six new temples: including Lindon Utah, Vanuatu, Sau Paulo Brazil and 3 others.
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Waiting on the Lord
“This has gone on long enough.” … I’m not just speaking about a pandemic here. This isn’t the first time that Elder Holland has spoken on this subject but I don’t think I’ve ever felt this deep before when I heard him speak like this – it feels more personal this time. “For every infirm…
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Do Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly with God
Salvation is not earned. We cannot pay for our sins even with exorbitant sacrifices. Only through Christ can we be saved. Micah taught that we need to 1) do justly, 2) love mercy, and 3) deal honorably with others. Loving mercy doesn’t just mean loving the mercy that God extends to us – it means…
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Highly Favored of the Lord
Even in the most captive of situations, the Lord is able to protect his servants. Notice how the Lord prepared church members for the adjustments that would be needed during the pandemic BEFORE the pandemic even occurred.
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Let Patience Have Her Perfect Work, and Count It All Joy!
Their family theme for 2020 was “Count it all joy” from the book of James. They choose that theme in November 2019. Of all the zealous social and political efforts of our lives let discipleship of Christ be out most important effort. Missionary work may be more of a family endeavor than it used to…