Tag: 2010
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The Three Rs of Choice
I’ve been thinking recently about choices and their consequences. Three categories of his thought on choice: the right of choice Satan had no confidence in the plan or in us which is why he argued for mandatory salvation. He either did not know or did not care that doing so would prevent anyone from growing…
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Serve with the Spirit
Let us do whatever is required to qualify for the Holy Ghost as our companion and then let us go forward to do whatever is required for us. Confirmation into the church gives us the gift of the Holy Ghost but the companionship of the Holy Ghost requires our lives to be put in order.…
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Pride and the Priesthood
He has felt strongly impressed to speak about the need to beware of pride. The word pride need not be taboo, but the sin of pride should be. At it’s core pride is the sin of comparison. Pride is for many a personal rameumptum. Pride breaks both of the two great commandments and reveals the…
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He Teaches Us to Put Off the Natural Man
Our home must be a place for the Spirit. . . There is no room for the natural man in our homes. The Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Prince of Peace, teaches us how to have peace in our homes. I really wonder if Elder Uceda was the father in the story of the…
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“Come unto Me with Full Purpose of Heart, and I Shall Heal You”
I disregarded what I knew to be right . . . and I paid a price for it. When it comes to how we live the gospel we must not do it with laziness or rebelliousness. Wow, he is not pulling any punches. I love it! When they laid down their weapons of rebellion they…
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Be Thou an Example of the Believers – October 2010
I don’t think I have heard this strong an emphasis on missionary work permeating a general conference in a long time. We often apply the counsel to Timothy (“Let no man dispise thee because of thy youth but be thou an example of the believers…”) but we should not forget that the advise to be…
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The Transforming Power of Faith and Character
Character is woven patiently by applied threads of principle and doctrine. How well we do with mortal challenges will determine how strong your faith will be. Faith cannot be taken away from us but it can be lost by neglect or personal choice. When faith is properly understood and used, it has dramatically far-reaching effects.…
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Never Leave Him
The road of discipleship is not for the spiritually faint of heart. Watch out for the stumbling blocks of being offended and ashamed. As disciples of Christ we stand apart from the world Unless your roots of faith are firmly planted it will be difficult to withstand the mocking of the world. “Aren’t there those…
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Temple Mirrors of Eternity: A Testimony of Family
Eternal perspective helps us better recognize our position through generations. His oriental genealogy is well recorded back 35 generations – that changes family history work. …each new convert, young single adult, those returning to Church activity, and others bless generations when they become fellow Saints in the household of God. Today, speaking of electronic handheld…
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Our Very Survival
Recited the same 14 fundamental truths about prophets that Elder Costa reviewed from Elder Bensen. That must have been discussed at a meeting the two of them were both in during the last few months and had an impact on each of them. The winter of 1848 had been extremely harsh. The winter had been…