Tag: 2014
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Eternal Life—to Know Our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ
Do you remember the first time you knew that you were a child of God? This is all about how the Father and the Son are separate but united beings.
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Live according to the Words of the Prophets
When we choose to follow the prophets we demonstrate our trust in the Lord. I’d love to know how her seven children were spaced. Does she know what we are facing?
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Sustaining the Prophets
I didn’t know that Doctor Nelson (now Elder Nelson) recommended against the heart surgery he performed on President Kimball. If the restoration did anything it shattered they age old myth that God had stopped talking to men. We don’t vote for leaders at any level of the church. The First Presidency and Quorum of the…
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Continuing Revelation
This sounds like a good explanation of continuing revelation and priesthood authority.
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Guided Safely Home
The Bismarck seemed unsinkable but a bit to the Ryder rendered it effectively defenseless. A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder – unable to chart a reliable course. Even if our rudder remains intact we will be unable to return home unless we remember to look heavenward in order to…
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The Preparatory Priesthood
The Aaronic priesthood is called the lesser priesthood or the preparatory priesthood. I prefer preparatory. Seasoned priesthood holders can help holders of the Aaronic priesthood by entrusting them with responsibilities. Those we are correcting must have felt our love before the correction before they will accept the correction. Then we must follow the correction with…
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“Lord, Is It I?”
Do we think “boy this message would be good for Brother So-and-so?” Or do we do like the disciples and focus inwardly and look to see how it applies to us? Many of us overestimate our impact at home, at work, and in our church service. Are there ways that I have disengaged from the…
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The Law of the Fast: A Personal Responsibility to Care for the Poor and Needy
Where possible the church makes our resources available in the aftermath of disasters. “Thou shaky open they hand widely to thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy.” I need to fast fervently to receive direction on how to give our family out of the temporal and emotional ditch we are living in currently.
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I Know These Things of Myself
Do we each know for ourselves that the gospel of true? Is your testimony truly your own? If we don’t continue to nourish our testimonies they will wither. This isn’t because they were faulty, it is because we abandoned them and/or took them for granted.
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Choose Wisely
Counsel about decisions and choices. Rise above any rationalizations that prevent us from making correct decisions. We need unequivocal commitment to the commandments. It is heartbreaking when we profess commitment to righteous things but fail to live day to day in a way that is consistent with those commitments. I can’t wait to review this…