Tag: 2016
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Standing with the Leaders of the Church
{Honest} Questions are an indication of a willingness to learn more and strengthen faith. As we press forward choosing to follow the counsel of leaders we choose to follow the Lord – separating ourselves from a world traveling a diverging path.
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“That I Might Draw All Men unto Me”
The greater the distance between the giver and the receiver, the more the receiver develops a sense of entitlement. The further we distance ourselves from God the more entitled we begin to feel. Murmuring is the scriptural equivalent of childish whining. This (what?) is the scriptural equivalent of disgruntled entitlement. I’m missing quite a few…
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Be Thou Humble
Be thou humble We need to remain humble in order to stay submissive to the Spirit. Our genuine concern should be for the success of others. It is especially important to remain humble when you feel contention rising in your home.
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The Healing Ointment of Forgiveness
If we apply the Savior’s Atonement when we are wronged it will soften our hearts and allow us to forgive. One key to forgive others is to try to see them as God sees them. To forgive is not to condone.
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Where Are the Keys and Authority of the Priesthood?
Without keys the vehicle couldn’t perform it’s function even with everything else in working order. Without keys, Priesthood ordinances performed even in the otherwise proper way aren’t effective for our salvation. Three ways (for young men and women) to find the keys or bless your life with Priesthood keys: 1: prepare for missionary service 2:…
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I Am a Child of God
Almost every member of the church can sing “I am a child of God” – is our Heavenly parentage our first identity? When difficult things occur in our lives, what is our initial response. Elder Holland said “you can have what you want or you can have something better.” In today’s world it is essential…
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A Child’s Guiding Gift
At times we all feel like we are drowning. … How can we, as Paul counsels, “lay aside every weight?” How do we prepare our children for those times when they are swimming in deep waters? Teach them to recognize the spirit when they are feeling it. Prepare our homes to be places where the…
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Where Two or Three Are Gathered
Where and if we feel the Spirit depends upon us. Two different converts wrote to President Eyring worried that if their faith wasn’t shored up they might succumb to their challenges and lose their faith. Those who recognize the withering of their faith are the blessed ones because they recognize their loss which is better…
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Trust in That Spirit Which Leadeth to Do Good
When our faith in Jesus Christ leads us to qualify for the joy of His forgiveness, we feel a desire to serve others for Him. I think that is the most universal manifestation of feeling the Spirit – the outward desire to impart to others. There are 31 women and girls in our family, beginning…
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“I Was a Stranger”
On the day Relief Society was organized, Emma Smith declared: “We are going to do something extraordinary. … We expect extraordinary occasions and pressing calls.”1 Those pressing calls and extraordinary occasions presented themselves frequently then—as they do now. One came in the October 1856 general conference as President Brigham Young announced to the congregation that handcart…