Tag: Dale G Renlund
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Unwavering Commitment to Jesus Christ
Many new converts in the Congo in the early days of the church demonstrated their rejection of former beliefs by throwing away the objects they had previously revered into churning rivers. It would be nice if increased faith were transmitted like the common cold. For our faith to grow we must choose faith building actions.…
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Abound with Blessings
Most blessings that God desires to give us require actions on our part, like the need to strike a match before it will burn regardless of the potential within the match.
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Choose You This Day
“There’s no one so hard to teach as the child who knows everything.” Our Heavenly Father wants to help us but sometimes we won’t let Him. God doesn’t want his children to just do what’s right, He wants us to choose to do what’s right and become like Him. Lucifer is the one who speaks…
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Family History and Temple Work: Sealing and Healing
When God directs us to do one thing, He often has many purposes in mind. Family history and temple work is not only for the dead but blesses the living as well. For Orson and Parley {Pratt}, it turned their hearts to each other. Family history and temple work provided the power to heal that…
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The Priesthood and the Savior’s Atoning Power
The priesthood is like a rocket which is designed to deliver the blessings of salvation though Christ as it’s payload. If the priesthood fails to deliver the Savior’s atoning power then there is no purpose in the atonement that Christ provided for all men. “Priesthood is not an amorphous source of autonomous power.”
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Our Good Shepherd
We get a glimpse into our Heavenly Father’s character as we recognize the immense compassion He has for sinners and appreciate the distinction He makes between sin and those who sin. This glimpse helps us have a more “correct [understanding of] his character, perfections, and attributes” and is foundational to exercising faith in Him and…
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Repentance: A Joyful Choice
By this ye shall know if a man repenteth of his sins, behold he will confess them and forsake them. The goal of a judge in Israel isn’t to exact punishment, it is to be able to assure those who are weighed down by sin that their repentance is sufficient and they are acceptable in…
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Through God’s Eyes
He had developed an emotional distance to hold the sadness at bay when he would lose patients. We can’t have an emotional distance and do this work the way Christ wants it done. We can’t reach the one unless we love them individually.
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Latter-day Saints Keep on Trying
I have no idea what this one is even about. As God allows us to keep trying He also expects us to allow others to keep trying as well. If we don’t try we’re just latter day sinners. If we don’t persevere we’re just latter day quitters. If we don’t allow others to keep trying…
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Preserving the Heart’s Mighty Change
There are some who have had the mighty change of heart who have become casual in taking care of their new heart and they become more susceptible to a rejection of their new heart. Alma asks questions to those who have experienced the mighty change of heart which are the spiritual equivalent of a biopsy…