Tag: 2020
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Hear Him
What does it mean for you that the gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored? It means that your family can be sealed together … regardless of covenants, this family seems determined to shred itself. Even with the gospel restored many people don’t find it, either because they don’t know where to find it, they…
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Ask, Seek, and Knock
It is critical that we learn to pray and receive revelation. I wonder if we ever really did teach our children to pray. The older girls know how but I don’t know if they do it privately. Isaac and Enoch seem to know how but I’m sure they don’t pray without specific invitations to do…
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“Let This House Be Built unto My Name”
Moroni quoted Malachi saying “he shall plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers, and the hearts of the children shall turn to their fathers.” I realized this time that “the fathers” refers to the patriarchs while “their fathers” refers to a person’s ancestors. As I wrote that, Elder Bednar…
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A Perfect Brightness of Hope
Elder Holland prepared for this conference by considering what it would have been like in 1820 – what would he have seen and desired 200 years ago. When we have conquered COVID-19, and we will, may we be equally committed to defeating worldwide hunger, poverty, {and hatred}. We all need to believe that what we…
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That They May See
“Let your light so shine.” I wonder if I have any light able to shine. Letting your light so shine isn’t just about waving light everywhere and making the world a generally brighter place. I like that imagery of making sure to shine the light where others need to see it. Christ provides the light,…
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Fulfillment of Prophecy
When Joseph Smith prophesied that the priesthood would fill North and South America and the world he may have seen our day – when the church has as many members as the total population of the United States at the time of his prophecy.
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Opening the Heavens for Help
While we revere the prophet Joseph Smith, this is not the church of Joseph Smith nor is it the church of Mormon. What announcement is coming now? New symbol for the church: the name of the church will be in a block with an image of the Christus standing on top of it enclosed in…
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The Melchizedek Priesthood and the Keys
Men are not “the priesthood” but they can appropriately be called “holders of the priesthood.” The way the priesthood operates in the church is different than the way it should function in families. In the church all priesthood authority is exercised under the authority of a presiding officer. (Bishops preside over use of the Aaronic…
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He Goes before Us
Though he had read many times of the vision in the Kirtland temple where Jesus, Moses, Elias and Elijah appeared to give priesthood keys, it changed from being a record of that event to bring a pattern of how the Lord works with his children. President Eyring was part of the early work to develop…
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United in Accomplishing God’s Work
Satan has sought (fairly successfully) to foster a power struggle between women and men. The roles of men and women are intended to be (and operate most successfully) complementary to each other instead of competitive. I didn’t realize that Joseph selected the sacred grove to pray because that we where his mother went to pray.…