Tag: Dieter F Uchtdorf
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Of Things That Matter Most
When growing conditions are not ideal trees slow down their growth and focus their energy on the fundamentals of survival. Let’s be honest, it’s rather easy to be busy. The wise understand the lessons of tree rings and turbulence. … We sometimes have to forego some good things in order to choose better things (Good,…
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Your Happily Ever After
Isn’t that what we all desire: to be the heroes and heroines of our own stories; to triumph over adversity; to experience life in all its beauty; and, in the end, to live happily ever after? Today I want to draw your attention to something very significant, very extraordinary. On the first page of your…
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A Few Degrees
“I believe I was the second most surprised person to learn that I was called as the Second Counselor in the First Presidency, the first being my wife.” Through years of service I have learned that the difference between happiness and misery in individuals, marriages, and families is often just a few degrees. Saul did…
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“You Are My Hands”
Let us be the hands of the Savior in embracing our fellow men. As President Uchtdorf said, “It is unbecoming of us as Christians to think that those who are suffering deserve their misfortune,” I thought of the fact that many will dispute whether we are Christians simply because of our doctrine. My thought was…
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Continue in Patience
The children who could not wait 15 minutes to double their marshmallow prize struggled later in life. “Without patience we cannot please God.” Patience is far more than simply waiting for something to happen. It is active pursuit of worthwhile endeavors. Patience is not simply enduring, it is enduring well. Impatience on the other hand…
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Two Principles for Any Economy
Winter will surely give way to the warmth and hope of a new spring – I am optimistic about the future. What a fantastic story from his youth. Sometimes our greatest growth comes during out greatest challenges. Two principles to overcoming and growing through challenges Work Work can help take the mind off the difficulties…
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We Are Doing a Great Work and Cannot Come Down
The accident was caused by the crew focusing on what seemed to matter at the moment at the expense of focusing on the thing that mattered most. “I imagine that I could ask any priesthood holder to prepare a talk on what matters most and they will do a good job.” What excuses do you…
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The Love of God
How do we become disciples of Christ – “If ye love me, keep my commandments” If we add personal good ideas to divine truth we dilute the divine truth. Because love is the first and great commandment it should be at the center of all we do in our callings, our families and our livelihoods.…
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The Way of the Disciple
He reiterated the fact that the restored gospel of Christ is not the work or guesswork of man. President Uchtdorf knowsThe gospel is the good news of Christ. It is the revelation that the Son of God came to earth, lived a perfect life, atoned for our sins, and conquered death. inevitably, the flame of…
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Lift Where You Stand
Stand close together and lift where you stand. Many men understand the value of lifting where they stand, but those who do not generally fall into one of two categories – they seek to lead, or they seek to hide.Those who seek to lead envy more prominent callings and fail to fill the callings they…