Tag: notes
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An anchor in the storm
Brother Livingston asked what message each of us received from the keynote address from conference. As I pondered that I thought of the promise of rest in overcoming the world. I thought of the fact that we aren’t really protected from the buffetings of life but the image came to my mind of a ship…
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Worldwide Youth Devotional
Sister Wendy W. Nelson Practice holiness continually. Ask yourself in 3 situations on 3 different days “what would a holy young adult do?” President Russell M. Nelson Your spiritual education should be filled on an understanding of 3 truths: each of us will die; because of Christ, each of us will be resurrected and become…
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Focusing on problems
From Sunday School: When we focus on our problems it becomes almost impossible to overcome then. When we focus on the solutions to the problems the problems will diminish and slip away as we draw closer to the solution. I would add that focusing on the problem is only useful long enough to accurately identify…
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Poison in the water
In listening to Elder Kearon’s talk this morning I got to thinking about my children who have suffered abuse and deprivation in their lives and how they think and act like survivors even though the real hardship is in the rearview mirror. Now the real suffering comes from the poison that they keep injecting into…
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Broken Quorums
A priesthood quorum where some members don’t care about the rest of the quorum is a broken quorum. Even members who are not active with the quorum should care about the other quorum members if for no other reason than that they feel cared for by those quorum members. The quorum is not functioning if…
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Jesus the Very Thought of Thee
“to those who fall how kind thou art” Jesus the very thought of thee (verse 3) How sad it is if those who have not become familiar with Christ in their heart cannot believe that He is kind to those who fall because of the actions of those of us who profess that we are…
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Quotes to focus on Love
When people complain about things (especially youth) John Davidson responds with “I love it, give it to me.” It’s a habit he learned from his dad. I think maybe I can use that when my kids complain about church things. That might eventually have more effect than saying “I didn’t say you had to like…
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Because of the Resurrection
Hailey Dalton She is ebullient when speaking about the miracles on her mission. How appropriate for Easter. Expect miracles. Her mission president’s wife taught her that before President Nelson said it in this most recent conference. The story of the young woman who moved out of her parents house when she turned 18 in order…
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Flags popping up
Ezra borrowed Laura’s phone to entertain himself for a few minutes during sacrament meeting. What he did to entertain himself was to draw a rendition of our new family flag from memory—obviously we have something he connects with. Later Emma also drew a nice rendition. After church Isaac also created a rendition of the family…
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Discussing Emotional Resilience
Brother Brinton: I get the sense of a very dedicated, experienced, and humble disciple of Christ in Brother Brinton. He felt like a Patriarch—lo and behold, he is. “You are doing better at following the path of discipleship than you realize and you can do better at following the path than you are.” We can…