Category: General Conference
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And a Little Child Shall Lead Them
Why all these experiences with destitute children? “It is the challenge of mortality to be a {worthy and ???} children.” “Life was never meant to be either easy or fair.” “The ultimate end of all activity in the church is to see a husband and wife happily married and sealed together.” Priesthood leaders must be…
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Believe, Obey, Endure
No one has described the teenage years as being easy. They are often years of insecurity, of feeling as though you just don’t measure up, of trying to find your place with your peers, of trying to fit in. This is a time when you are becoming more independent—and perhaps desire more freedom than your…
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Now Is the Time to Arise and Shine!
I love Moroni because, in a very degenerate society, he remained pure and true. He is my hero. He stood alone. I feel somehow he stands atop the temple today, beckoning us to have courage, to remember who we are, and to be worthy to enter the holy temple—to “arise and shine forth,” to stand…
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Seek Learning: You Have a Work to Do
President Gordon B. Hinckley wisely counseled the youth of the Church: “The pattern of study you establish during your formal schooling will in large measure affect your lifelong thirst for knowledge.” “You must get all of the education that you possibly can. … Sacrifice anything that is needed to be sacrificed to qualify yourselves to…
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Arise and Shine Forth
One of the greatest ways we can arise and shine forth is to confidently obey the commandments of God. We learn of these commandments in the scriptures, from modern-day prophets, and within the pages of the booklet For the Strength of Youth. There is a difference between confidently obeying the commandments and tentatively obeying. Being…
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The Songs They Could Not Sing
This is the second apostle to talk about the question “why are the righteous not immune from challenges?” Those who think things are unfair are ignorant of or fail to consider the final act of this three act play. We make a mistake when we look only through the lens of this mortal life. Often…
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The Privilege of Prayer
I hope that my response to whatever the Lord offers me will be “Yes please!” Saying we are unworthy to pray is like a sick person saying they are too sick to go to the doctor. Like medicine, prayer only works best and consistently if we use it as directed.
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Choose Eternal Life
The deceptive current had captured me and was pulling me from my family. Great example of how easily we can make a poor choice. We need to heed the warnings about dangerous currents even when those currents are not visible to us from our vantage point. It is never too late to choose eternal life.