Tag: Priesthood
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The Greatest among You
We need to consider our own thoughts when we feel we deserve something that we don’t seem to be receiving. Here is the second time that an apostle stated in clear terms that everyone has value and is loved regardless of how we or they identify them. To be effective church leaders we have to…
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Prepare the Way
Service during youth can naturally help our young people to prepare for the burdens of adulthood in the Lord’s church. What would Jesus’ mission be like without the preparatory work of John. This is a model for the relationship between the Aaronic priesthood and the Melchizedek priesthood. We need to give the Aaronic priesthood holders…
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Called to the Work
Mission calls are identical in the first two sentences. The first sentence is a call to serve. The second is an assignment to labor. Missionaries are not called to a place – they are called to serve. Each assignment – and when needed reassignment – comes by revelation. He is speaking about this because of…
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Kindness, Charity, and Love
His talk is obviously written in advance, as proven by the words of the talk being displayed even a phrase ahead of him at times. “Do we not honor the priesthood if we are not kind to others?”
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Principles and Promises
He challenges us to live the Word of Wisdom and claim it’s promised blessings for ourselves.
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That He May Become Strong Also
The Aaronic and Melchizedek priesthoods are connected and those who hold the Melchizedek priesthood can, should, and often do, lift those who hold the Aaronic irrigator as help them to grow and become greater priesthood servants than they had the vision to become before. If any among you are strong in the priesthood let him…
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Learn from Alma and Amulek
Alma was likely the most well known celebrity of his day but when his people were lifted up in pride he gave up his public office to devote himself entirely too preach the gospel to them.
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There Is Power in the Book
This is s series of modern stories that would fit in “How rare a possession.” We have begun reading the Book of Mormon as a family regularly and though the blessings of doing so have likely already started we will yet see greater blessings if we continue the practice.
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Emissaries to the Church
This story about Molly should be titled “How to perfectly NOT do Home Teaching.” First presidency letter from 2001 acknowledges that sometimes a monthly visit in the home of each family is not possible. Of course that isn’t the case in our ward. Lift your vision of home teaching to something better than a Law…