Tag: AMEN
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Infuriating Unfairness
Suffering in brutal unfairness can feel at odds with the existence of a loving Heavenly Father. Some unfairness cannot be explained. Some disparate unfairnesses can converge to create a tsunami of unfairness. Jesus Christ understand unfairness perfectly and has the power to make it right. One of our tasks is too understand that all that…
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Not as the World Giveth
We are facing a third world war of a type where those followers of Christ are being conscripted to love their fellow men. How do we find the covenant if peace? We find it by turning to Him. While the Lord said that peace would be taken from the earth, prophets have promised that it…
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Hearts Knit Together
The results were different for the rabbits that were fed by a researcher who loved and conversed with them—they were significantly healthier. Read The Rabbit Effect Take an unhealthy rabbit, talk to it, love it, and watch it improve Apply this to my parenting. I need to find ways to consistently spend positive time with…
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God among Us
The missionaries that came among us in Germany after world war two were perfect in my view. Because of Jesus Christ, our failures do not need to define us. They can refine us. We are all infants compared to the divine beings we are meant to become. The people of the ancient Nephites lived across…
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Waiting on the Lord
“This has gone on long enough.” … I’m not just speaking about a pandemic here. This isn’t the first time that Elder Holland has spoken on this subject but I don’t think I’ve ever felt this deep before when I heard him speak like this – it feels more personal this time. “For every infirm…
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Tested, Proved, and Polished
The Father’s plan of happiness has at it’s center the need for us to become ever more like His Son. One way Christ will succor you is to encourage you to come unto Him. We must notice the tribulation of others and try to help. That will be especially hard when we are in the…
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Let God Prevail
One of the hebraic meanings of “Israel” is “let God prevail.” We can choose for ourselves whether we are willing to let God prevail in our lives. When we talk about gathering Israel we are showing if missionary, temple and family history work but we are also taking about helping those around us come closer…
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By Union of Feeling We Obtain Power with God
On June 9, 1842, the Prophet (Joseph Smith) “said he was going to preach mercy[.] Supposing that Jesus Christ and [the] angels should object to us on frivolous things, what would become of us? We must be merciful and overlook small things.” President Smith continued, “It grieves me that there is no fuller fellowship—if one…
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The Exquisite Gift of the Son
Being challenged doesn’t mean we are outside the company if the Lord’s elect.
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Love Your Enemies
I can’t believe how blatantly he acknowledged that there have been political divisions that have spilled into our church meetings. I wonder where and how that happened. I know it can happen in isolated cases but to be enough to mention it in general conference suggests that it wasn’t some isolated incident. Anger is the…