Tag: keynote
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“I Will Not Fail Thee, nor Forsake Thee”
The difficulties that come to us… Dang! I lost it. Others have passed the same way, have endured, and then have overcome. Sadness and suffering are universal. This should be our purpose to persevere, to endure yes, and also to become better.
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Obedience Brings Blessings
A knowledge of truth and the answers to life’s unfailing questions come through obedience. President Monson played with fire as a child – he was definitely a boy.
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The Race of Life
Where are our treasures? The toy boats of childhood had no keel, no rudder, and no power. Their course was inevitably downstream following the path of least resistance…we were not sent to earth to follow the path of least resistance. I want that complete quote!
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Stand in Holy Places
You may think that those in the world are having more fun than you. I promise there is nothing that brings more joy than keeping the commandments. Our values are not negotiable.
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The Divine Gift of Gratitude
We need to walk with a grateful heart. Especially we need to be grateful for the Savior and His sacrifice for us. In his talk, President Monson talked about visiting 102 widows each year. In the written version it is 85. I suspect the written version is correct. Perhaps the widow in his story was…
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Looking Back and Moving Forward
Each one of us can feel the Lord’s inspiration. I love that he tells of Charles Stewart Miller again – to whom I am related. I want to get the full text of that story for my genealogy. Some depart form the road-markers which point to life Eternal, {only to discover that these path’s are…
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He Is Risen!
Among all the facts of mortality, none is so certain as its end. Death comes to all; it is our universal heritage. If there is a design in this world in which we live, there must be a Designer. Man alone received intelligence Cleon Skousen would be chagrined to hear that from the prophet. Who…
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What Have I Done for Someone Today?
We should do what we can – based on our talents and capacities – to help others. All of us can do something for someone. Man’s greatest strength comes form losing himself in the service of others. Sometimes we spend the bulk of our time taking care of those things which do not really matter…
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Be of Good Cheer
Let us turn out thoughts away from what is wrong around us and onto our blessings. the moral footings of society continue to slip, while those who attempt to safeguard those footings are often ridiculed and, at times, picketed and persecuted. The church (temples specifically) has been picketed in the preceding 6 months over the…