Tag: 2024
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Trusting Our Father
Following the Lord’s servants is harder when what they ask of us differs from what we wanted ourselves.
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“This Is My Gospel”—“This Is My Church”
Without a stabilizer nitroglycerin was too volatile to be useful. The porous rock that can stabilize nitroglycerin to make it effectively usable was also worthless on its own. Together they are immensely valuable and useful. The Savior’s church is only special if it is built upon His history. Without the Lord’s church his doctrine is…
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God’s Favourite
I like the comparison between all his children claiming to be the favorite and John calling himself the apostle that Jesus loved and neighbor calling Christ “my Jesus.” Surely, Jesus removes all shame from being broken. There is much for us to do in this life but self-loathing and self-condemnation are not on that list.…
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Live Up to Your Privileges
From Section 25 “Live up to your privileges.” Partaking of the sacrament is a weekly reminder of Him working in you. Wearing the garment is a daily reminder of Him working in you.
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The Triumph of Hope
As he spoke about hope and seeing our bright future through the light of hope I had the impression that I should look toward this election with hope and optimism rather than concern that the voters will not choose wisely. Part of the reason for hope is also the recognition that hope in Christ is…
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Conference Promises April 2024
Motions of a Hidden Fire – Jeffrey R. Holland When we don’t know how or exactly for what to pray, we should begin, and continue, until the Holy Spirit guides us into the prayer we should be offering. I need to get practiced in praying until the Holy Ghost guides me into the prayers I…
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Rejoice in the Gift of Priesthood Keys
When President Nelson was born there were 6 temples: St. George, Logan, Mantis, Salt Lake, Cardston, and Leie. Additionally two temples had previously been built and were lost to the church at that point: Nauvoo and Kirtland. Now Nauvoo has been rebuilt and Kirtland has been repurchased by the church. Without priesthood keys the church…
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It Is Wisdom in the Lord That We Should Have the Book of Mormon
This is the only dispensation that will not end in an apostasy…but even without a general apostasy we have to be careful to avoid a personal apostasy. We improve our teaching at church on Sunday by improving our study at home during the week. The most important copy of the Book of Mormon is your…
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Temples, Houses of the Lord Dotting the Earth
The Lord is blessing his saints with more and closer temples today to strengthen their faith. Regularly doing ordinance in the temple for our ancestors reminds us that there is life after death. There are many ways to see the face of Christ but there is no better place to do so than the temple.
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Opposition in All Things
When we make wrong choices we sometimes have to patiently bare with the consequences until we can get back on the right track.