Tag: Carole M Stephens
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The Master Healer
Why do we need a bedrock understanding of {Christ}? I often meet Latter-day Saint women who are desperate for help, yet they do not turn to the One who can provide everlasting help. Too often they seek for understanding by searching “the great and spacious building.” As we increase our understanding of the doctrine of…
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“If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments”
Understanding that grandma wanted her to be buckled because she loved her convinced the reluctant 3-year-old to stay in her car seat.
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The Family Is of God
In the words of “The Family Is of God”—sung earlier in this meeting—we are reminded of pure doctrine. We learn not only that the family is of God but also that we are each part of God’s family. The first line of the song teaches: “Our Father has a family. It’s me! It’s you, all…
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Do We Know What We Have?
When we partake of the sacrament we renew all the covenants we have previously made with Heavenly Father. She is talking about the need for people to have the blessings of the priesthood. Some would argue that this is reason for women to be ordained so that they aren’t dependent on having a righteous husband—that…
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We Have Great Reason to Rejoice
When my father-in-law passed away, our family gathered together to greet others who came to pay their respects. Throughout the evening, as I visited with family and friends, I often noticed our 10-year-old grandson, Porter, standing near my mother-in-law—his “granny.” Sometimes he was standing behind her, watching over her. Once I noticed his arm linked…
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Wide Awake to Our Duties
In the Book of Mormon, Alma taught his people the sacred duties of those who enter into a covenant with God: “And now, as ye are desirous to come into the fold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light; “Yea, and…