Tag: April 2009
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Priesthood Responsibilities
Four areas of responsibility You have a responsibility to yourself. You have a responsibility to your family. No other activity is more important for the family than FHE Do not do church work on your employers time . . .
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This Is Your Phone Call
How do you do it?We are prepared, we have organization, we have empathy”, and we are willing to answer the call.” The challenge of our day is not one caused by nature. There is no organization better prepared to answer the challenges of humanity than the Priesthood of the Lord.
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Be Your Best Self
Jot down what you have heard this evening and it will make you a better priesthood holder. I can see new things in President Monson as he emotes his great love for certain songs and thoughts. Sometimes he says something, other times he just smiles at the thought of things that he has grown to…
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Temple Worship: The Source of Strength and Power in Times of Need
Sometimes people will go to great effort to attend a temple far away, but often when a temple is built close to them they fail to attend regularly. I have seen that many times individuals have made great sacrifices to go to a distant temple. But when a temple is built close by, within a…
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Learning the Lessons of the Past
When you are willing to listen and learn, some of life’s most meaningful teachings come from those who have gone before you. They have walked where you are walking and have experienced many of the things you are experiencing. If you listen and respond to their counsel, they can help guide you toward choices that…
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Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ
Faith is a spiritual gift from God that comes through the Holy Ghost. It requires a correct understanding and knowledge of Jesus Christ, His divine attributes and perfect character, His teachings, Atonement, Resurrection, and priesthood power. Obedience to these principles develops complete trust in Him and His ordained servants and assurance of His promised blessings.…
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Faith in Adversity
Brother Abraham Quero lost his parents, two sisters, his brother-in-law, and his niece in that accident. Brother Quero showed an admirable attitude when he said the following: “This was the time to show loyalty to God and to acknowledge that we depend on Him, that His will must be obeyed, and that we are subject…
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Adversity
I pray that my words may be helpful and give you encouragement. My purpose today is to assure you that our Heavenly Father and the Savior live and that They love all humanity. The very opportunity for us to face adversity and affliction is part of the evidence of Their infinite love. God gave us…
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Becoming Provident Providers Temporally and Spiritually
Losing agency through choices – specifically to debt, addiction, pornography.Debts outside of a car and a house (and probably education) cast us into self-imposed servitude. Just as our grandparents and great-grandparents learned vital lessons through economic adversity, what we learn now, in our present circumstances, can bless us and our posterity for generations to come.…
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Finding Strength in Challenging Times!
When the winds blow and the rains pour, they blow and pour on all. Those who have built their foundations on bedrock rather than sand survive the storms. There is a way to build on bedrock by developing a deep personal conversion to the gospel of Jesus Christ and knowing how to receive inspiration. We…