Tag: AMEN
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“There Can Be Nothing So Exquisite and Sweet as Was My Joy”
My desire today is to strengthen the connection between joy and repentance.
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Accessing God’s Power through Covenants
We have a natural flow to our lives but with heavens help we can do the seemingly unnatural—things like humbling ourselves. God established covenants as the mechanism by which we could connect with Him. The commandment to not take the name of the Lord in vain includes a prohibition against lightly taking his name upon…
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Ministering
As followers of Jesus Christ we seek to minister to others as He would because lives are waiting to change. How do we best minister to people? Start by asking what ministering looks like to them. What should ministering look like for my family? I’m not sure but it would be centered around helping the…
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The Greatest Easter Story Ever Told
Comparing the way we celebrate Christmas with the way we celebrate Easter. For Christmas his family does the fun cultural activities like gift giving as well as spiritual activities like reenacting the Christmas story. For Easter the have traditionally let church provide the spiritual side and as a family they do the fun things like…
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Overcome the World and Find Rest
Experiencing the love of God and Christ is important as we experience the daily turmoil of life. “In coming days we will experience the greatest manifestations of the savior’s power that the world has ever seen.” The complexities and challenges of our day will leave many feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. “Covenant keepers are entitled to…
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Lasting Discipleship
You don’t have to wear the badge to bear His name. Your discipleship isn’t just a slogan on a t-shirt.
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The Doctrine of Belonging
His intent here would seem to be helping people to recognize how they still belong even when they don’t feel they fit the predominant role. We cannot permit any racism…to exist in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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In Partnership with the Lord
Husband and wife walk side by side as equal partners, not as president and vice president with one walking half a step ahead on some or all things. This becomes extra hard when one stops walking and refuses to work in tandem. Laura and I should study this talk together.
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Beauty for Ashes: The Healing Path of Forgiveness
It is usually easy to forgive one who humbly and sincerely seeks your forgiveness but the Lord can give you the power to forgive those who never acknowledge their sins and seek your forgiveness. Even when we forgive someone we can still be prompted to keep ourselves safe from that person. I knew that she…
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A Framework for Personal Revelation
A pilot operates withing the capacity of his aircraft and working the framework of the directions of air traffic control.… We receive and implement personal revelation within the framework of the doctrines and revelations for the church. We each have a runway of our personal responsibility. Within that runway we make the decisions and have…