Tag: Thomas S Monson
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Mrs. Patton – the Story Continues
We experience joy and sorrow, fulfillment and disappointment, success and failure. We taste the sweet, yet sample the bitter. This is mortality. My brothers and sisters, I do not believe it was a coincidence that I was impressed to give that particular message at the April 1969 general conference. Nor do I believe it was…
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Be of Good Cheer
Let us turn out thoughts away from what is wrong around us and onto our blessings. the moral footings of society continue to slip, while those who attempt to safeguard those footings are often ridiculed and, at times, picketed and persecuted. The church (temples specifically) has been picketed in the preceding 6 months over the…
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Be Your Best Self
Jot down what you have heard this evening and it will make you a better priesthood holder. I can see new things in President Monson as he emotes his great love for certain songs and thoughts. Sometimes he says something, other times he just smiles at the thought of things that he has grown to…
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May You Have Courage
As I contemplate all that you face in the world today, one word comes to my mind. It describes an attribute needed by all of us but one which you – at this time of your life and in this world – will need particularly. That attribute is courage. courage to refrain from judging others…
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Finding Joy in the Journey
Some changes are welcome, others are not. Some are unexpected, but most come slowly and incrementally. “The difference between the changes in my life and the changes in yours are only in the details.” “. . . that illusive and nonexistent future when you will have the time to do all that you want to…
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Learn, Do, Be
We must make certain that those fhor whom we share responsibility do not go hungry, naked, or without shelter. Let us make our homes sanctuaries of righteousness. The words of the first presidency – all three of those talks – outline the attitude and approach that we should be taking to meet the challenges of…
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Holders of the Priesthood
The Priesthood is a great fraternal organization. The greatest force on the earth today is the power of God manifest through men. The face of sin today often wears the Halloween mask of tolerance – do not be deceived. Make a stand for right even if you stand alone. There is not friendship more valuable…
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Marks of a Royal Priesthood
Vision Aaronic Priesthood holders should be able to envision the day when they will receive the Melchizedek Priesthood. Effort It is in the doing, not the thinking that we fulfill our goals. There are times when we falter but we must persevere with greater effort when that happens. Faith Let us trust in the Lord…
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Three Goals to Guide You
I have felt to provide each member of the Relief Society throughout the world three goals to meet: Study diligently. Pray earnestly. Serve willingly. Study Diligently Our children today are growing up surrounded by voices urging them to abandon that which is right and to pursue, instead, the pleasures of the world. Unless they have…