Tag: Sunday Afternoon
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Sacred Homes, Sacred Temples
Say the word “Temple.” Say it quietly and reverently over and over. Add the word Holy. Say it as if it was capitalized anywhere in the sentence. Only one place compares in holiness – Home Realizing his grandsons were in a place they had not been before, my father stopped the truck. “Do you think…
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Knowing That We Know
In the genius of the gospel plan, there ultimately only has to be one witness, but that witness must be you. The testimony of others may initiate and nourish the desire for faith and testimony, but eventually every individual must find out for himself. None can permanently endure on borrowed light. President Joseph F. Smith,…
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His Servants, the Prophets
“Are you too close to the brethren to begin thinking of then not as prophets, but as men guessing . . .” Get This Quote Sometimes we may not always be able to immediately find the desired way before us, but the wisdom of those who have gone before, coupled with the wisdom of those…
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Gospel Teaching – Our Most Important Calling
Gospel TeachingAnyone can teach once they have been taught some fundamental principles and have been shown how to do it. Three principles of Gospel teaching: Love students and call them by name. Teach from the scriptures. Encourage the pondering of gospel truths. pondering requires our hearts as well as our heads. President Boyd K. Packer…
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Good, Better, Best
Just because something is good is not enough reason to do it. Magnifying our callings does not usually mean to complicate them. Often it means to simplify. 2008 RS/Priesthood manualTeachings of the Prophets: Joseph Smith Just because something is good is not a sufficient reason for doing it. The number of good things we can…
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Generations Linked in Love
No matter your situation you can make family history a part of your life now. While the new Familysearch is an enormous step forward it is only a step. The goal of the New Familysearch (unsurprisingly) is to organize a unified genealogy tree for the whole human family. While the family is under attack throughout…
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Developing Good Judgment and Not Judging Others
We must judge well when making critical decisions in each phase of our life, such as choosing friends, finding an eternal companion, or choosing an occupation that will allow us to care for our family and serve the Lord. Although the Savior asked us not to judge others, He still expects us to use excellent…
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Celestial Marriage
Wise shoppers study their options thoroughly, others hunt for bargains only to find later that their choices did not last – finally, there are those who simply steal what they want. The same patterns hold in marital selection. Temple marriage with covenants of fidelity kept throughout life can endure beyond death. Even if marriage is…
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All Things Work Together for Good
Five things we can learn from the final hours of the Savior’s life to put our trials in perspective. Sometimes we cause pain for our children because we know that the result will be worth the pain. Third we must turn to the Savior more fervently in our trials.Fourth, learn to serve and think of…
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A Call to the Rising Generation
Missionary work There are approximately 4 times as many members of the church today as there were when I was born. You of the rising generation are the fulfillment of prophecy that in our day “the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime,…