Category: Leadership
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Having Hope During Trials
“Gratefully hope is found in the gospel of Jesus Christ, and hope can also be part of your life,” states Elder Anthony D. Perkins. His talk “Remember Thy Suffering Saints O Our God“, describes four principles of hope we can apply in our lives. 1. Suffering Is Not a Sign of God’s Displeasure Heavenly Father’s…
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Sacrifice and Charity
True disciples of Jesus Christ must have charity and be willing to sacrifice. Elder L. Todd Budge talks about this in “Giving Holiness to the Lord.” What Do Charity and Sacrifice Mean? If you look up the roots of the words sacrifice and charity you get the following: Sacrifice – from the Latin sacer and…
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Trusting God and Man
In his talk “Trust Again“, Elder Gerrit W. Gong discusses how trust is lost and how it can be gained again. There were five statements in his discourse that jumped out to me on how to trust God and our fellowmen. The image above is of our son Sam after being buried in the sand…
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How to Reinforce Your Spiritual Foundation
In the Sunday morning session of the October General Conference, President Russell M. Nelson delivered an address titled “The Temple and your Spiritual Foundation.” In it, he compares the work being done to reinforce the foundation of the Salt Lake City Temple and we as children of God reinforcing our spiritual foundations. In this post,…
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Self-Care
In “Daily Restoration“, Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf talks about making small corrections in our daily lives. These small corrections move us back to the covenant path. In the world today this is also known as self-care. Definition Self-care is the taking of time to work on oneself. There are multiple areas to work on. We…
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Faith, Ask, Receive, Act
President Henry B. Eyring discusses what we can do to increase our faith, and then to act on that faith in his talk “The Faith to Ask and Then to Act“. He provides a quote from Nephi in the Book of Mormon that has inspired this blog post. Nephi’s Formula I love the writings of…
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The Scriptures Convert Us to Christ
Elder Arnulfo Valenzuela, in “Deepening Our Conversion to Jesus Christ“, discusses how delighting in the scriptures strengthens and deepens our conversion to Christ. For me, the scriptures are an anchor and a way to learn and grow. Favorite Scriptures There are scriptures that are an anchor to my soul. These favorite scriptures are ones I…
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How Can God Use Us?
In her talk “I Pray He’ll Use Us“, Sister Sharon Eubank shared ways in which the humanitarian efforts of the church have helped people around the world. As I read her talk, I reflected on the past year and the ways in which my family and I have tried to help people around us. Light…
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The 2nd Coming of the Lord: A Prophet Needed
In “Preparing for the Second Coming of Christ“, Elder Christoffel Golden discusses some of the things to happen during Christ’s second coming. One thing stood out to me more than any other. The need for a living prophet leading up to that event. Elder Golden quotes from the book of Amos in the Old Testament:…
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Supporting Special Needs Members
I’m basing this post on Elder Kopischke’s talk “Addressing Mental Health“. While he discusses what we as parents can do to help our family members with special needs, I am going to focus on how Ward members can help those in their stewardship. If you’ve been to Gracefull Parenting, you know that we have three…
Whether By Mine Own Voice 