Tag: service
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Unexpected adventure
This evening Andy and Marsha invited people to help them put up the kayak and boat from our Bear Lake trip. Most of the families offered some help. It was more work than I anticipated but it was good to assist them. Afterward we volunteered to take the trailer back to Andy’s house in Salem.…
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Ministering vs Home Teaching
Brother Tate is shocked that some people say they don’t understand how to minister while they thought Home Teaching was so simple. He reminds us that ministering simply means that we have to love other people and then act on that love. There hard part is getting the love of God into our hearts so…
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The Samaritan
The Samaritan not only served but also arranged to give what was necessary to provide whatever was still required for the man to be healed. We serve where there is need, not when we have time. “Ministering is about acting on impressions.” – Craig Parry (the point being that we don’t just hold general well-wishes)
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Eternal Perspective
Colleen Eggett quoted “In Heavenly Father’s plan salvation is an individual matter but exaltation is a family matter.” I’ve heard that before but the difference between salvation and exaltation really struck me this time. Salvation is the least we want for anyone and each of us is in control of our own destiny in that…
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Gospel in action
Brigham Young told the saints at conference when he heard about the Willie and Martin handcart companies that they would never save one soul unless the practiced what he was about to preach. His sermon was to rescue those saints. That came to mind this morning when I woke up to find a text from…
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Lift
I went to dinner with Michelle Wood tonight. She wanted to learn my perspective on our situation to better understand how she might help and to make sure that I knew she was eager to do what she could. Lately I’ve been thinking about a Mormon Messages video that President Young showed in Elders Quorum…
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Serve
Gear down and power up. “Put it in compound” (a super low gear that helps gain traction with old 4-wheel-drive vehicles)
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“I Was a Stranger”
On the day Relief Society was organized, Emma Smith declared: “We are going to do something extraordinary. … We expect extraordinary occasions and pressing calls.”1 Those pressing calls and extraordinary occasions presented themselves frequently then—as they do now. One came in the October 1856 general conference as President Brigham Young announced to the congregation that handcart…
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On Being Genuine
It’s official: “there’s nothing wrong … with hiding the dirty dishes before the home teachers come.” It is easy for the desire to look our best to slide into deceit and hypocrisy. Many of the things you can count don’t count and some of the things you can’t count really count. We come to church…
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Nephi and Lehi
The lives of Lehi and Nephi weren’t identical. Nephi was the chief judge for a period of time, he had charge of the sacred records, and if there was a single had of the church at that time it would be Nephi (we don’t actually know if Nephi was actually considered ahead of all others…