Tag: April 2014
-
Roots and Branches
Family history work is a non-controversial topic. We have gone from microfiche and dedicated family history libraries to being able to do family history research in our own homes (our anywhere with a connection to the internet) within the span of my lifetime. This talk should confirm Weston’s decision to serve a mission doing family…
-
What Are You Thinking?
He must have been a truck driver professionally at that time in his early marriage or perhaps that was an aspect of his work with his father’s construction company that he eventually inherited. The language of doing and fear and anger is a dialect in which the entire human family is surprisingly fluent. This talk…
-
Let’s Not Take the Wrong Way
Our five dear children play the piano, thanks to the motivation of my wife! When the teacher arrived at our home, our son Adrián would run and hide in order to skip his lesson. But one day something marvelous occurred! He began to love music so much that he continued practicing on his own. If…
-
“If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments”
At times we may be tempted to practice natural man’s obedience which places our wisdom (or popular opinion) ahead of God’s laws. At some point there must be a schism in the church over gay marriage and/or ordaining women to the priesthood. Mature gospel obedience requires that we sustain and follow priesthood leaders. This is…
-
“I Have Given You an Example”
I didn’t realize that Elder Scott grew up in a less-active, part-member family and wasn’t baptized when he turned 8. He never thought much about a mission until his future wife mentioned that she intended to marry a returned missionary. Conversion if individuals is only pay off the work. Always seem to strengthen families. Keep…
-
Let Your Faith Show
When we speak of faith we aren’t speaking of faith in general; we are speaking of faith in Jesus Christ. The word religion means “to ligate again” in other words “to tie back to God.” We should ask ourselves if we are tied securely to God. There is only One in whom our faith can…
-
A Priceless Heritage of Hope
Whoever you are and wherever you may be, you hold in your hands the happiness of more people than you can now imagine. Every day and every hour you can choose to make or keep a covenant with God. Wherever you are on the path to inherit the gift of eternal life, you have the…
-
Spiritual Whirlwinds
My young friends, the world will not glide calmly toward the Second Coming of the Savior. The scriptures declare that “all things shall be in commotion.” Brigham Young said, “It was revealed to me in the commencement of this Church, that the Church would spread, prosper, grow and extend, and that in proportion to the spread…
-
Protection from Pornography—a Christ-Focused Home
We as leaders are increasingly concerned about the destruction that pornography is causing in the lives of Church members and their families. Satan is attacking with unprecedented fury. One reason we are here on earth is to learn to manage the passions and feelings of our mortal bodies. These God-given feelings help us want to marry and…
-
Christ the Redeemer
{Jesus’} preaching was simple, and even though multitudes followed after Him, His ministry always consisted of blessing people one by one. He performed innumerable miracles among those who accepted Him as the One sent from God. He gave His Apostles authority and power to do miracles “and greater works” than those He performed, but He…