Tag: agency
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Agency and consecration
In the temple this morning I caught on to the significance of the words “for your sake” as Heavenly Father placed a curse on the earth so that it would bring forth thorns, thistles, briars, and noxious weeds after Adam and Eve choose to take the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and…
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Tiers of volition
Let reached that God created things to act and things to be acted upon. As I think about that I realize that this is not a binary classification. There are some things which are simply acted upon, such as stones, but according to the level of intelligence and volition, some things are to be acted…
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Opposition in All Things
The role of opposition in the plan of salvation. Without temptation we would have no way to exercise agency and it would atrophy – this was the plan of Lucifer. Atrophy was the tool Lucifer would use to destroy the agency of man. In democracy there is place for a loyal opposition but not in…
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Why Abinadi didn’t know
The reason that Abinadi didn’t know his fate was that while Good could see the outcome it wasn’t foreordained that Noah and his priests would kill Abinadi. They had agency and the opportunity to free him and repent. The Lord wouldn’t reveal what they would do because he was preserving their opportunity to choose right.…
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Free Forever, to Act for Themselves
We often try to shift blame and responsibility rather than taking responsibility for our own actions. “A God who makes no demands is the functional equivalent of a god who doesn’t exist.” “Freedom comes not from denying {truth} but from applying it.” Personal accountability is both a right and a duty.
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Obedience through Our Faithfulness
A team of horses won’t be able to do their job if one of the horses is unwilling to listen to the driver. The driver is Heavenly Father. In a family the driver is the father (or mother in the absence of the farther). There are very few “one size fits all” solutions. I am…
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The Choice Generation
You are growing up with the greatest tool for good in the history of the world – the internet. … with the click of a button you can access whatever your heart desires, and that is the key. If you are not proactive in educating your desires the world will do it for you. Knowing…
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Choose Eternal Life
The deceptive current had captured me and was pulling me from my family. Great example of how easily we can make a poor choice. We need to heed the warnings about dangerous currents even when those currents are not visible to us from our vantage point. It is never too late to choose eternal life.
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Cleansing the Inner Vessel
The Proclamation on the Family meets the definition for revelation and Latter-day Saints should study and follow it. The power of procreation is not incidental to the plan, it is central to the plan of happiness. The priesthood has the power to break habits and shatter addictions and it should be used. There are both…
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Faith – the Choice Is Yours
Faith and agency. We have to exercise our agency to develop our faith. Because of the conflicts and challenges we face in today’s world, I wish to suggest a single choice – a choice of peace and protection and a choice that is appropriate for all. That choice is faith. Be aware that faith is…