Tag: Saturday Afternoon
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Look to the Book, Look to the Lord
I’d like to share a true story with you, a story that can be both an example and a lesson. It can show you how to get closer to the Lord and access greater power to resist temptation. This is a story of a young girl, living in New York, who before age three lost…
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Valiant in the Testimony of Jesus
Eternal life is the greatest gift of God and is bestowed on those who “keep [God’s] commandments and endure to the end.” On the other hand, eternal life with our Heavenly Father is denied those “who are not valiant in the testimony of Jesus.” There are a number of stumbling blocks to our valor that…
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Family Councils
What did he say would counter the impact of media influences in our families? Was it family counsels? 4 types of family counsels 1: general (everyone) 2: executive (parents) 3: limited (parents + 1 child) 4: one on one (1 parent + 1 child) Keys to family counsel: no electronics – avoid distractions General family…
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Always Retain a Remission of Your Sins
Baptism, confirmation, and always retaining a remission of our sins. I had to deal with bathing kids for most of this talk.
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The Sacred Place of Restoration
I like how his journey of faith wasn’t a straight line of always upward progress. He embraced the gospel slowly and later still had to deal with significant questions challenging his faith.
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To the Rescue: We Can Do It
4 principles to help in rescuing 1: don’t delay going to the rescue 2: we must never give up 3: how great shall be your joy if you bring one soul unto Christ 4: no matter our age, we are all called to go to the rescue
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“Whoso Receiveth Them, Receiveth Me”
I once thought it inscrutable that the Provision on the family would eventually be canonized. I don’t know if that will ever happen but it is certainly useful for doctrine and edification. While our ideal regarding the structure of family won’t change, we need to be sensitive to the fact that many people in the…
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Standing with the Leaders of the Church
{Honest} Questions are an indication of a willingness to learn more and strengthen faith. As we press forward choosing to follow the counsel of leaders we choose to follow the Lord – separating ourselves from a world traveling a diverging path.
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Strengthened by the Atonement of Jesus Christ
The scriptures about the atonement emphasize what Christ did to pay for our sins but we need to remember that He also took upon Himself our weaknesses, pains, infirmities, and afflictions as well during His Atonement.
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Turn to Him and Answers Will Come
When I prayed to know if the Book of Mormon was true I didn’t receive an answer. God doesn’t answer just to respond to our curiosity, we must have a sincere heart and real intent. When we ask these questions we have to ask with the intention to do something with the knowledge we seek.…