Tag: notes
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We need the Spirit
“Without the Spirit you will never succeed regardless of your talent and ability.” Ezra Taft Benson “Without the spirit you won’t be able to maximize your potential … something (big out small) will be missing.” Spencer Nelson “The most important thing in our lives is the Spirit. I have always felt that. We must remain…
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Noah’s First Talk
Noah gave his first talk in Junior Primary on the same topic as Mariah was giving a talk in Senior Primary The Holy Ghost helps Heavenly Father and Jesus by comforting us and confirming truth. John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall…
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How Laura seems to see me
Based on how Laura treats me and talks to/about me she sees me as a very useful but thick-headed employee. She likes that I do a pretty good job of keeping the house and family from absolutely collapsing but my priorities are weak and my ambition stops at theory. Unfortunately I’m not interested in making…
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Stake General Priesthood Meeting
John Nixon Jr. – speaking on how he has been preparing for a mission (leaving July 1 for Argentina) 1: develop a close relationship with God through prayer 2: develop a testimony of the Book of Mormon 3: gain a testimony of the Atonement of Christ Elder Andersen once spoke to the youth of our…
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Convert Abuse
I’ve never considered we prominence might have been associated with the seventy who were called to proselyte while Jesus was alive. “Whoso offendeth one of these little ones …” President Eyring commented that this want about child abuse alone but more generally about “convert abuse” – the weakening of the faith of those whose faith…
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I will give unto you the keys of the kingdom
It now makes sense that Peter was able to do much more incredible miracles after the death of Christ than he did while the Lord was there. The reason is that before Jesus was crucified Peter had held the priesthood but not the priesthood keys. He received the keys at the Mount of Transfiguration. After…
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Types of Ground
What is the difference between the stony ground and the thorny ground? They sound very similar but there seems to be an important difference. Thorny ground is good soil because it can support the thorns. Stony ground can’t support thorns any more than it can support the good seed being sown. The thorns are evidence…
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“Take My yolk upon you”
When Christ invites us to take His yolk upon us rather than offering to join us in our yolk it is because by taking His yolk upon us it causes us to go where He is going, to do what He is doing, and to focus on the load that He considers worth bearing rather…
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Seek ye first the kingdom of God
“Prayer is the act by which the will of the Father and the will of the child are brought into correspondence with each other. The object of prayer is not to change the will of God, but to send for ourselves and for others blessings that God is already willing to grant.” Susie Becker: Why…
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Easily dismissed
When I said that I was going to change my focus to minimize yelling at the kids Laura immediately responded that focusing on getting the work done wasn’t the problem. No questioning what I meant to try to understand or considering if I might be on to something – just an immediate dismissal of “that’s…