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Pray Read Obey Attend the temple Keep your covenants Active church attendance The acid test for whether we truly believe that Jesus is the Christ and that He can raises up is that we will read and ponder our scriptures daily. Nobody would do that unless they believe that. Compare the sentiment of 1 Ne.…

The request by Satan—give me thine honor—was not simply a request for the glory and credit that belonged to God but was a request for the power requisite to change the rules. In other words he was requesting permission/authority/power to alter the laws of our existence (specifically the principle of agency).

One of the temple workers, as he left, said to me, “if you consider who made the garment, and what it was made of you will recognize why it is a shield and a protection against the power of the destroyer.”

It just occurred to me that our Savior would perform each ordinance for each of us personally if it were both possible and desirable to do so. For Him it probably is possible but He knows that there is a benefit of kinship when we perform the ordinances for each other but we should consider…

How do we make sure that when we receive a prompting it is really from the Lord? We should be careful about how we talk and act when we feel that the Lord has revealed something to you. Announcing that it has been revealed to you can cut off the conversation prematurely. “If it really…

Hebrews 4:1 compare to the 40 years in the wilderness The Lord promised a land of rest to the Hebrews. But they chose not to enter the land. They followed Moses for 40 years in the wilderness because they refused to go with Moses to the land of promise. Priesthood—talking about signs of the second…

Think of the gift of the Holy Ghost as a talent (it must be exercised or practiced) Brother Aird compared the Holy Ghost to air in a jar. We don’t see it and many people would call the jar empty. The gift of the Holy Ghost is like being given a lid on the jar.…

read Ezekiel 34 Brother Welch (HC): We don’t visit people just to get them to be active – we visit them to teach them their family duties and to remind them of the covenants they have made or can make. I can use the faith in god booklet as a foundation for weekly interviews and…

Before our first speaker even stood the message was clear that we should be focused on doing the work – especially missionary work. President Eggett The law of consecration regards our voluntary giving of our resources while the law of sacrifice regards our willingness to answer affirmatively to all requests for the sake of the…

The teaching of the Pharisees was that tradition superseded revelation. I wonder if the kicking against the pricks that the Lord speaks of to Saul was that Saul was so harsh against the idea of revelation as a way to “repent” for feelings of revelation that he felt within himself. Prior to the light on…