Tag: Saturday Afternoon
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The Music of the Gospel
“I can teach you to dance but you must hear the music.” Sometimes in our home we teach or children to dance but we don’t teach them to hear the music. We learn the dance steps with our minds but we hear the music with our hearts. No power or influence can or ought to…
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Why Marriage, Why Family
This sounds like a really good talk on marriage. I’m busy parenting so I can only listen tangentially. Even if you aren’t able to have the ideal circumstances (not being married or unable to have children) everyone can contribute to the building of succeeding generations.
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Therefore They Hushed Their Fears
One of the first effects of the Fall was for Adam and Eve to feel fear. Correct knowledge of and faith in the Lord can empower us to hush our fears. I’m still settling in after having a rough start to the session technically. We entirely missed a display of someone vocally opposing some or…
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Finding Lasting Peace and Building Eternal Families
Women who make a house a home are making a greater contribution to society than those who command an army. Fathers set an example of work and gospel service.
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Are We Not All Beggars?
The spiritual and emotional toll of poverty is perhaps greater than its physical effects. Physical poverty is almost always accompanied by spiritual and emotional poverty. We are always expected to help ourselves before we seek help from others. We should also seek to help others in whatever way we are able to.
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Yes, Lord, I Will Follow Thee
Make sure you are following the right voice. Then make sure you continue to follow that voice rather than becoming complacent.
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Approaching the Throne of God with Confidence
This is a very young man. Things that help increase our spiritual confidence: Take responsibility for your spiritual well-being. Take responsibility for your physical well-being. Embrace wholehearted obedience. Become good at repenting quickly. Become really good at forgiving. Accept trials setbacks and surprises. Choosing something wrong over something worse is still choosing wrong. Acknowledge and…
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Parents: The Prime Gospel Teachers of Their Children
Still answering questions for Adam. This is about the importance of parenting and heeding our parents.
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Loving Others and Living with Differences
I like what I’ve heard but part of my attention has been answering questions for Adam Kenigsberg. He likes what Elder Oaks is saying about not surrendering our values. “When our positions fail we should accept defeat graciously.” Elder Oaks blatantly acknowledges some practices among church members that contradict the gospel of Christ. (Not allowing…