Tag: Donald L Hallstrom
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Has the Day of Miracles Ceased?
What about all those faithful people for whom the miracle never comes as they expect or as others experience them? Do we have the faith to not be healed? … Is our faith simply in not wanting to suffer? While it is good to seek for healing and safety it is more important to focus…
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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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I Am a Child of God
Almost every member of the church can sing “I am a child of God” – is our Heavenly parentage our first identity? When difficult things occur in our lives, what is our initial response. Elder Holland said “you can have what you want or you can have something better.” In today’s world it is essential…
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What Manner of Men?
Access to the words of the servants of the Lord has limited value unless we accept those words and act in obedience to them. What is expected if a holder of the priesthood of God? We need to be priesthood men. If we seldom even think about the priesthood we need to change. We need…
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Converted to His Gospel through His Church
We often use the terms gospel and church interchangeably but they are not the same thing although they are intertwined. I wish I had been able to listen more attentively to this.
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Turn to the Lord
In the most difficult circumstances of life, there is often only one source of peace. The Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ, extends His grace with the invitation “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” He further promises, “My peace I give unto you: not as…
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Do Not Procrastinate the Day of Your Conversion
Procrastination may cause us to forget to perform the needed action. Procrastination leads to loss of exaltation – Spencer W. Kimball