Tag: Bonnie L Oscarson
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Young Women in the Work
A year ago, in the general priesthood session of conference, Bishop Gérald Caussé spoke to the men of the Church describing how Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthood holders are inseparable partners in accomplishing the work of salvation. That message has been a great blessing in helping the young men who hold the Aaronic Priesthood see the…
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The Needs before Us
{quoting someone} … I believe the Lord is saying that unless we reach out to others there is little propose in our lives. Sometimes we miss critical opportunities to serve because we are busy looking for “significant” ways to serve. “How much value is there in fixing the world if the people around us are…
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Rise Up in Strength, Sisters in Zion
The 8th chapter of Mormon gives a disconcertingly accurate description of the conditions of our day. In this chapter, Moroni says he has seen our day, and it includes wars and rumors of wars, great pollutions, murders, robbing, and people who tell us that there is no right or wrong in God’s eyes. He describes…
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Regional Conference
Bishop Waddel He shares a story about a multi-generation family accepting the gospel because of a Book of Mormon that was given to one brother who never even touched it after accepting it and setting it on a shelf. I don’t know who he was quoting “the Book of Mormon is the instrument of conversion…
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Do I Believe?
I love how her answer came before she knew what the outcome of the illness would be for her son and that the answer was independent of the outcome. She knew it was true regardless of whether her son would live. To believe we need to get the message of the gospel from our heads…
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Defenders of the Family Proclamation
This story about a young girl standing up to a mob saddens me because the mob intending to assault the missionaries included many ministers of local churches – they had forgotten the savior they were supposed to teach people about. Sisters, few of us will ever have to face an angry mob, but there is…
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Sisterhood: Oh, How We Need Each Other
The adversary would have us be critical or judgmental of one another. He wants us to concentrate on our differences and compare ourselves to one another. Concentrating on what separates us is a tactic of the adversary. When Sister Val Baker’s bishop asked to meet with her, she was looking forward to being called as…
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Be Ye Converted
Sometimes we wish to gain a testimony of a gospel principle before we will live it. No one can be converted for you (in your place) and no one can force you to be converted.