Category: General Conference
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The Cost—and Blessings—of Discipleship
If we are unwilling to stand for true principles and endure the scorn of the world when it will not accept those principles then we will be left with our houses desolate. I can’t wait to actually listen to this whole talk uninterrupted. If love is to be our watchword, and it must be, we…
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Welcome to Conference
I caught basically nothing except the statement that there would be no announcements of new temples in the immediate future.
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Daughters in the Covenant
I will speak tonight about the path—which in such beautiful ways has been described today—that we must take on our journey back to our Heavenly Father. That path is marked by sacred covenants with God. I will talk with you about the joy of making and keeping those covenants and helping others keep them. His…
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Wanted: Hands and Hearts to Hasten the Work
Why do the leading sisters of the church so consistently speak about the same kind of topics and with such consistent perspectives? There must be something about it that is natural to femininity. Like the rich young man in Jesus’s day, sometimes we are tempted to give up or turn back because maybe we think…
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Sisterhood: Oh, How We Need Each Other
The adversary would have us be critical or judgmental of one another. He wants us to concentrate on our differences and compare ourselves to one another. Concentrating on what separates us is a tactic of the adversary. When Sister Val Baker’s bishop asked to meet with her, she was looking forward to being called as…
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Keeping Covenants Protects Us, Prepares Us, and Empowers Us
Tonight we gather together all over the world as His disciples, with a desire to defend and sustain the kingdom of God. I wonder if “defend” is really descriptive of what women should seek to do. In extraordinary circumstances surely but I think this kind of verbiage blurs gender roles. I am going to hum…
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Decisions for Eternity
You are never too young to learn; never too old to change. Another stake in the heart of the logic behind the homosexual agenda. Self-mastery means choosing based on understanding over or appetites and passions. … Self-mastery is true freedom.
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Look Up
The freedom of speech that is fortified by the internet can give an unqualified blogger undue authority based on the number of viewers. It is important for us to remember the truth “by their fruits ye shall know them.”