Category: General Conference
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The Plan and the Proclamation
Friendship of the world is enmity toward God. “In God’s eternal plan salvation is an individual matter but exaltation is a family matter.” Russell M Nelson As is fairly normal for Elder Oaks, he will get castigated for this talk despite the fact that he is utterly right. When the Family Proclamation was being created…
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The Needs before Us
{quoting someone} … I believe the Lord is saying that unless we reach out to others there is little propose in our lives. Sometimes we miss critical opportunities to serve because we are busy looking for “significant” ways to serve. “How much value is there in fixing the world if the people around us are…
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A Yearning for Home
I’ll bet that the lost dog was impossible to find in Indiana because as soon as he got lost he started heading for the home in Oregon where he arrived six months later. Does the homing instinct in animals exist spiritually in humans calling us to seek for God and return to their Heavenly home?…
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Three Sisters
A long time ago in a distant land lived a family of three sisters. The first sister was sad. Everything from her nose to her chin and from her skin to her toes seemed not quite good enough to her. When she spoke, her words sometimes came out awkwardly, and people laughed. When someone criticized…
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Value beyond Measure
Imagine, the two fundamental teachings that led to Mariama’s conversion were the law of chastity and the Prophet Joseph Smith, two points the world often sees as irrelevant, outdated, or inconvenient. But Mariama testified that she was like a moth attracted called to the light. She said, “When I found the gospel, I found myself.”…
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Abiding in God and Repairing the Breach
We need to continually deepen our knowledge of and obedience to Heavenly Father. Our relationship with Him is eternal. We are His beloved children, and that will not change. How are we going to wholeheartedly accept His invitation to draw near to Him and thus enjoy the blessings He longs to give us in this…
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Turn On Your Light
For my text I am going back almost 40 years to a remarkable prophecy written by President Spencer W. Kimball. September 1979 was only the second time the women of the global Church had met in their own general meeting. President Kimball had prepared his talk, but when the day of the conference came, he…
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Foundations of Faith
Physical, mental, and spiritual development have mu<<ch in common. Physical development is usually easier to see than the others but they all have the same patterns of development. This has got to be the fifth talk discussing the outsized importance of daily habits to build faith. All important decisions are influenced by our knowledge of…
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That Our Light May Be a Standard for the Nations
The continuation of General Conference is one of the great testaments to the fact that we have ongoing revelation. Keep the Sabbath day holy. Hasten the work of salvation on both sides of the veil. Teach in the Savior’s way. The key to teaching as the Savior taught is to live as the Savior lived.…
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And This Is Life Eternal
There is plenty of good stuff here but the chaos at home is such that I can’t write. Come to know God for yourself.