Tag: L Tom Perry
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The Past Way of Facing the Future
Roosevelt – I don’t want to go back to the past, I want to go back to the past way of {working for} the future. Temples were among the first things that the pioneers began when they settled new places. Two important lessons Principles and truths of the past will help us face the future…
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“Bring Souls unto Me”
The shepherd would have been the best person to help, but he seemed to be missing in action. There is no substitute for member oriented missionary work. 3 objectives for members It becometh every man who hath been warned to warn his neighbor (D&C 88:81) Open your mouth (D&C 33:7-10) How Great shall be your…
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Let Him Do It with Simplicity
The Best is Yet to ComeI remember times in my life when the Adversary had mounted a frontal assault on our family.Four fundamental physical needs – food, shelter, clothing, fuel.fashion strives for extremes. “Designers seem to be trying to make three dresses out of the fabric necessary for one.”Men’s fashion today is very casual –…
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The Gospel of Jesus Christ
I believe that if we could create in our minds a clear and true picture of eternal life, we would start behaving differently. We would not need to be prodded to do the many things involved with enduring to the end, like doing our home teaching or visiting teaching, attending our meetings, going to the…
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Raising the Bar
Why do we do it and what does it mean?You cannot improve if you never test the limits of how well you can perform.Improvement is more important than success.Those who cannot be recommended . . . without reservation . . . are honorably excused.This is like high jumping – there is a minimum standard which…