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LDS.org - Ensign Article - What It Means to Be a Daughter of God
Tags: opposition, progress, faith, identity, church, talks on 2008-07-19 -All Annotations (0) -About
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“In our lives, unpolished though we may be, it is the Master who surrounds us and whispers in our ear, time and time again, ‘Don’t quit. Keep playing.’ And as we do, He augments and supplements until a work of amazing beauty is created. He is right there with all of us, telling us over and over, ‘Keep playing.’ ” 7
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She must feel that she can do something for someone else that no one else ever born can do.
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“When fretted by this single life, which seems to be my lot, I think of all the many men whose wife I’m glad I’m not.”
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In His infinite wisdom, the Lord requires worthy brethren to wear the mantle of the priesthood in order to enter the temple, but He permits the sisters to enter solely by virtue of their personal worthiness.
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LDS.org - Ensign Article - On Zion’s Hill
Tags: opposition, progress, church, talks, scriptures on 2008-07-19 -All Annotations (0) -About
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We live in a day when the age-old standards of morality, marriage, home, and family suffer defeat after defeat in courts and councils, in parliaments and classrooms.
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The opposition and trials are different now. If anything, they are more intense, more dangerous than in those early days, aimed not so much at the Church as at us as individuals.
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“If ye are prepared ye shall not fear” (D&C 38:30).
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While the Church is housed in chapels, it lives in the heart and soul of every Latter-day Saint.
Everywhere in the world, humble members draw inspiration from the scriptures to guide them through life, not fully understanding that they have found that “pearl of great price” (Matt. 13:46) about which the Lord spoke to His disciples.
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LDS.org - Ensign Article - Seeking the Good
Tags: temptation, opposition, progress, talks, church on 2008-07-19 -All Annotations (0) -About
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The word seek means to go in search of, try to discover, try to acquire. It requires an active, assertive approach to life.
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We can fill our lives with good, leaving no room for anything else. We have so much good from which to choose that we need never partake of evil.
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If we seek things that are virtuous and lovely, we surely will find them
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Lucifer understands how to tempt and drag many of our Heavenly Father’s children down to where he and his followers are.
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Do we visit our neighbors even when no one is ill and no crisis exists?
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We need not feel depressed or discouraged about conditions in the world, for the Lord will help us find the good that will lead us to happiness.
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He can reveal all truth to us in our minds and in our hearts, comfort us in times of distress, prompt us in making correct choices and decisions, and help purify ourselves from sin. I know of no greater blessing that can come to us in mortality than the companionship of the Holy Ghost.
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He cannot tempt us beyond our power to resist.
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LDS.org - Ensign Article - Do Not Fear
Things have a way of working out. The Lord himself encouraged . . . .
Tags: fear, opposition, progress, Christ, church, talks on 2008-07-19 -All Annotations (0) -About
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But if they seek prayerfully for help and guidance, they shall be given power over adverse things. Such trials shall not be permitted to stand in the way of their progress, but instead shall act as stepping-stones to greater knowledge.
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avoid places where there is danger of physical or spiritual contagion.
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The word inoculate has two parts: in—“to be within”—and oculate means “eye to see.”
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Feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you [and your children as well] all things what ye should do” (2 Ne. 32:3).
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the safest place and the best protection against the moral and spiritual diseases is a stable home and family.
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Fear is the opposite of faith.
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Things have a way of working out.
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True doctrine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior. The study of the doctrines of the gospel will improve behavior quicker than a study of behavior will improve behavior.
Find happiness in ordinary things, and keep your sense of humor.
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We are under covenant to provide physical bodies so that spirits may enter mortality (see Gen. 1:28; Moses 2:28). Children are the future of the restored Church.
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This testing is the source of our strength.
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healing
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attends complete repentance
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“We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Eph. 6:12).
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Isaiah promised, “In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee” (Isa. 54:14).
The Lord Himself encouraged, “Wherefore, be of good cheer, and do not fear, for I the Lord am with you, and will stand by you; and ye shall bear record of me, even Jesus Christ, that I am the Son of the living God, that I was, that I am, and that I am to come” (D&C 68:6). In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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LDS.org - Ensign Article - The Pattern of Our Parentage
An excellent article that lays out fundamental gospel truths re: the scriptures very clearly, simply, and convincingly.
Tags: scriptures, truth, revelation, obscurity, mysteries, church, talks on 2008-07-19 -All Annotations (0) -About
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First: instruction vital to our salvation is not hidden in an obscure verse or phrase in the scriptures. To the contrary, essential truths are repeated over and over again.
Second: every verse, whether oft-quoted or obscure, must be measured against other verses. There are complementary and tempering teachings in the scriptures which bring a balanced knowledge of truth.
Next: there is a consistency in what the Lord says and what He does, that is evident in all creation. Nature can teach valuable lessons about spiritual and doctrinal matters. The Lord drew lessons from flowers and foxes, from seeds and salt, and sparrows and sunsets.
Fourth: not all that God has said is in the Bible. Other scriptures—the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price—have equal validity, and they sustain one another.
Fifth: while much must be taken on faith alone, there is individual revelation through which we may know the truth. “There is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.” (Job 32:8.) What may be obscure in the scriptures can be made plain through the gift of the Holy Ghost. We can have as full an understanding of spiritual things as we are willing to earn.
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And I add one more conviction: there is an adversary who has his own channels of spiritual communication. He confuses the careless and prompts those who serve him to devise deceptive, counterfeit doctrine, carefully contrived to appear genuine.
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Doctrinal truths are interrelated. There is an old saying that if you pick up one end of a stick, you pick up the other end as well.
If you concede that we are His children, you must allow that God is our Father.
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For even a four-year-old knows that a chick will not be a dog, nor a horse, nor even a turkey. It will be a chicken. It will follow the pattern of its parentage.
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If a species ever does cross, the offspring cannot reproduce.
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The theory of evolution, and it is a theory, will have an entirely different dimension when the workings of God in creation are fully revealed.
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Anyone who believes and teaches of God the Father, and accepts the divinity of Christ, and of the Holy Ghost, teaches a plurality of Gods.
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verses which seemed to oppose one another have harmony.
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no one will ever ascend above Him; no one will ever replace Him. Nor will anything ever change the relationship that we, His literal offspring, have with Him.
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The Father is the one true God. This thing is certain:
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LDS.org - Ensign Article - God Will Have a Tried People
Tags: opposition, progress, trials, church, talks, resistance on 2008-07-19 -All Annotations (0) -About
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Resistance creates both the opposition and the forward movement.
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Friction, or resistance, is an interesting phenomenon. Without this force, a person or vehicle could not move about, or if already in motion, could not be stopped except by collision. Simple things like nails, screws, and bolts would not stay in place; a cork would not stay in a bottle; a light globe would drop from its socket; a lid would not stay on a jar.
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he shall consecrate thine afflictions for thy gain” (2 Ne. 2:2).
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The law of opposition makes freedom of choice possible;
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By the tribulation well endured by numerous of our progenitors, a desert blossomed as a rose (see Isa. 35:1), a tried and persecuted people provided a heritage of faith, and Zion put on her beautiful garments for all to see (see D&C 82:14).
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when resistance and opposition are greatest, our faith, commitment, and growth have the greatest opportunity for advancement; when opposition is least, the tendency is to be complacent and lose faith.
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glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me”
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“Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but if we were to close the doors upon sorrow and distress, we might be excluding our greatest friends and benefactors. Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long-suffering, and self-mastery”
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What makes us imagine that we may be immune from the same experiences that refined the lives of former-day Saints
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the same forces of resistance which prevent our progress afford us also opportunities to overcome
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LDS.org - Ensign Article - “If Thou Endure It Well”
Tags: opposition, endurance, church, talks, progress, trials on 2008-07-13 -All Annotations (0) -About
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We must remember that all suffering is not punishment.
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Sometimes we spend so much time trying to determine what we did wrong in the past to deserve the unpleasant happenings of the moment that we fail to resolve the challenges of the present.
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With His help we can use our trials as stepping-stones.
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“I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise.” (D&C 82:10.)
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This scripture does not tell us how or when this commitment will be effective or realized, but His promise is real and binding. Our challenge is to endure.
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Help us, O Lord, to remember thy love for us and help us to be fortified by thy strength when our eyes are blurred with tears of sorrow and our vision is limited.”
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As we are called upon to suffer
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endured without bitterness
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When family members disappoint us, we especially need to learn endurance. As long as we exercise love, patience, and understanding, even when no progress is apparent, we are not failing. We must keep trying.
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his success was achieved by being able to endure the pain of commitment and self-discipline.
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The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.” (See Eccl. 9:11; Matt. 10:22; Mark 13:13.)
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the key is that we must take it just one step at a time.
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The ingredient that is essential in learning to endure is consistent effort
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How we handle these challenges determines whether they become stumbling stones or building blocks. To the valiant these challenges make progress and development possible.
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Enduring well is accomplished by personal discipline hour by hour and day by day, not by public declaration.
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She finds fun where others may not see it:
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Greatness is best measured by how well an individual responds to the happenings in life that appear to be totally unfair, unreasonable, and undeserved.
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To endure is to bear up under, to stand firm against, to suffer without yielding, to continue to be, or to exhibit the state or power of lasting.
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our own strength and capacity will be doubled when we help others endure.
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endure well, with purpose and power.
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When heartaches, tragedies, disappointments, injury, unusual attention, fame, or excessive prosperity become part of our lives, our challenges and responsibilities will be to endure them well. God will assist us in our quest to conquer, triumph, and continue if we humbly rededicate ourselves to the meaningful declaration “We have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things.” (A of F 1:13.)
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LDS.org - Ensign Article - Opposition in Order to Strengthen Us
Tags: opposition, church, talks, progress, growth on 2008-07-13 -All Annotations (0) -About
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All progress is made by overcoming an opposing force
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Adam and Eve had been in a state of stagnation: no progress—no growth
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Without a change, they would have remained in that state forever.
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if they never should have bitter they could not know the sweet.”
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We all have our trials of life to strengthen us.
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The diamond is enhanced and made more valuable with polishing.
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men are, that they might have joy.
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“God … shall consecrate thine afflictions for thy gain.”
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if you want to find who your leaders are, load them up with work, pour it on. You’ll then find who the leaders are.
It may be that’s just what the Lord does with us. He too is trying to develop leaders.
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“Tis easy enough to be pleasant
When life goes by with a song,
But the man worthwhile
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God would be very unjust if he were to turn Lucifer loose to tempt man without giving him help to overcome. God will not permit Satan to have power over you, to tempt you beyond the strength He will give you if you will seek and accept His help.
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this world was created and all the development and the progress on this earth from Adam till now have been primarily for you as much as anyone else.
Christ came to atone for you.
The gospel was restored for you.
The Lord will answer your prayers.
God is mindful of you, for you are a son or daughter of God.
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