Tag: Dallin H Oaks
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Protect the Children
He is speaking about the need to protect children and the wellbeing of children. One of the most serious offenses against children is to deny them birth. There are 40 million abortions worldwide each year. This is especially ironic with so many couples who desire children but cannot have them. When he speaks of the…
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Sacrifice
The Atonement of Jesus Christ is at the center of the plan of salvation. The atonement ended the practice of sacrifice by the shedding of blood but our Savior asks us to sacrifice our time, talents, and energy in service to Him and our fellow men.
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Teachings of Jesus
What think ye of Christ? “What has Christ done for me?” Anyone may accurately answer this by saying that Christ paid the price of their sins to open the way back to heaven. This doctrine is soothing and familiar. It is for ANY who truly wait upon the Lord. Our citizenship is in the Kingdom…
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Desire
We can override any of our physical needs with our strong desires.Cultivating righteous desires. Note the three essentials that preceded the promised blessing: desire, labor, and faith. Are we truly prepared to have our Eternal Judge attach this enormous significance to what we really desire? Readjusting our desires to give highest priority to the things…
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Unselfish Service
Pride, selfishness, getting something for nothing We can do no great things, only small things with great love. “The church is not filling my needs.” That attitude is self-centered and retards spiritual growth. as a mature servant of the Lord, Elder Hinckley would say, “He who lives only unto himself withers and dies, while he…
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Good, Better, Best
Just because something is good is not enough reason to do it. Magnifying our callings does not usually mean to complicate them. Often it means to simplify. 2008 RS/Priesthood manualTeachings of the Prophets: Joseph Smith Just because something is good is not a sufficient reason for doing it. The number of good things we can…
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Two Lines of Communication
Each of us has a personal and a priesthood line of communication with God. We should each make use of both lines of communication. The personal line is essential and provides a line of communication without any human intermediary. The personal line is not exercised in it’s fulness completely independent of the priesthood line, that…
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Healing the Sick
I wonder why he felt it necessary to state that we ought to make use of doctors in conjunction with using priesthood blessings. Perhaps it was so that there would be no excuse despite the focus of the rest of the talk on healing through priesthood blessings. Most often we pursue all courses simultaneously. Parts…
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Love and Law
Impressed to speak about God’s love and God’s commandments. His greatest blessings are reserved for those who keep His laws. Examples of misunderstanding of the relationship between God’s Love and God’s Law. “If you really loved me you would not force me (or would accept me as if I were being obedient)” The Love of…
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Sacrament Meeting and the Sacrament
By participating weekly and appropriately in the sacrament we qualify ourselves for the promise that we will always have His Spirit to be with us.Some in the rising generation, and even some adults, have not come to understand the significance of sacrament meeting and the importance of personal reverence.Our manner of dress indicates out level…