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Principles of the Gospel: Eternal Families
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Principles of the Gospel. Sunday, April 17, 2011. My wife and I were asked to talk in sacrament meeting today. With the special help of Sister Beck. Here's what I came up with:. I love to read the Book of Mormon. I testify that it is the word of God to our dispensation; I know that I have grown closer to God as I have pondered and applied its teachings. This is the type of subtle lie told by our adversary that is increasingly embraced by the world around us. In “The Family: A Proclamation to the Wo...
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Principles of the Gospel: To Be A Pioneer
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Principles of the Gospel. Sunday, July 20, 2014. To Be A Pioneer. The scriptures are filled with stories of individuals, families and nations that were led to promised lands through their reliance on the Lord. Abraham inherited the land of Canaan, the Israelites returned to that land from Egypt, the friends and family of Nephi and the Brother of Jared were guided to the Americas, Alma the Elder led a faithful band back to Zarahemla, and Enoch’s city was translated. Elder Oaks has taught [1]. There are ma...
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Principles of the Gospel: January 2015
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Principles of the Gospel. Monday, January 19, 2015. The Spiritual Value of Work. The missionaries and a member of the local congregation took their normal places on the far couch and the woman brought in the same fruit tea and cookies that had become customary for their visits. She'd been meeting with the missionaries for several weeks now, often multiple times each week, and felt the spirit of God as they visited. No," the woman said, "I cannot. It is too hard.". The missionaries did their best to respo...
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Principles of the Gospel: Always Remember Him
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Principles of the Gospel. Sunday, August 7, 2011. Every Sunday as we attend our ward sacrament meeting, we hear two prayers repeated word-for-word. The first is the prayer on the bread of the sacrament; the second for the water. In these prayers we find the covenant we accepted at baptism: we covenant to take the name of Christ upon ourselves, to always keep His commandments, and to always remember Him. To take upon us the name of Christ, willing. To always remember Him and willing. To always keep the co...
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Principles of the Gospel: Face Cards
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Principles of the Gospel. Sunday, February 26, 2012. It is sometimes surprising to see how passionate a discussion over something as small and simple as face cards can become. I'm not sure why that is, but to make this post as clear and authoritative as possible I've split it into three sections: quotes from Church leaders, reaction and underlying principles. Let's start with a few that are clearly doctrine and the position of the Church:. Joseph F. Smith. Spencer W. Kimball. Dallin H. Oaks. One type of ...
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Principles of the Gospel: The Spiritual Value of Work
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Principles of the Gospel. Monday, January 19, 2015. The Spiritual Value of Work. The missionaries and a member of the local congregation took their normal places on the far couch and the woman brought in the same fruit tea and cookies that had become customary for their visits. She'd been meeting with the missionaries for several weeks now, often multiple times each week, and felt the spirit of God as they visited. No," the woman said, "I cannot. It is too hard.". The missionaries did their best to respo...
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Principles of the Gospel: Love and Selfies
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Principles of the Gospel. Monday, August 3, 2015. The Age of the Selfie is also part of a much larger movement that we could call the Age of the Self. We are more interested than ever in ourselves and "taking care of number one." There are certainly situations and individual circumstances where more attention to one's self is needed; but too often a preoccupation with ourselves leads us to poor decisions that hinder our progress and can even become destructive. President Uchtdorf has taught. Compare that...
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Principles of the Gospel: March 2015
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Principles of the Gospel. Friday, March 27, 2015. Be Ye Therefore Perfect. Taken at face value, this commandment is a concise summary of all the commandments and the divine plan of God for our happiness, immortality and exaltation. The Family: A Proclamation to the World explains that our physical bodies and our experiences on earth are given to us so that we might, “progress toward perfection and ultimately realize [our] divine destiny as heirs of eternal life”. The term perfect was translated from the ...
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Principles of the Gospel: Be Ye Therefore Perfect
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Principles of the Gospel. Friday, March 27, 2015. Be Ye Therefore Perfect. Taken at face value, this commandment is a concise summary of all the commandments and the divine plan of God for our happiness, immortality and exaltation. The Family: A Proclamation to the World explains that our physical bodies and our experiences on earth are given to us so that we might, “progress toward perfection and ultimately realize [our] divine destiny as heirs of eternal life”. The term perfect was translated from the ...
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Principles of the Gospel: August 2015
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Principles of the Gospel. Sunday, August 30, 2015. Much pleased with the demonstration, the Church leader turned to those with him and said, 'We have just witnessed the greatest demonstration of meekness I have ever seen. Meekness is great power under complete control' ( The Beatitudes: Pathway to the Savior,. Ensign, November 1991). How many more personal tragedies have similar themes? And how often has something gone wrong in our own lives because we used our power or influence improperly? Alma 44:1, 6).
