Category: Quorum of the 12 Apostles
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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 Find Personal Peace
With everything that we have going on that can influence us, how can we find personal peace? Elder Quentin L. Cook discusses five areas we can focus on in his talk “Personal Peace in Challenging Times“. Looking at the five areas can help each of us discover where to focus to find personal peace. Love…
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Having Empathy
Elder Dale G. Renlund talks about how contention weakens us spiritually and in the eyes of others. In “The Peace of Christ Abolishes Enmity“, he describes how to put our discipleship of Christ first, especially when contention arises. One way we can do that is by having empathy. Definition Empathy is “the ability to understand…
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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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Who Or What Do You Love?
In his talk, “Lovest Thou Me More Than These“, President M. Russell Ballard relates how Christ’s question to Peter is relevant to us today. As I read and listened to the talk, the following questions came to mind: How would I answer the question? How confident would I be in the answer? Would it be…
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K.I.S.S – Keep It Simple Saints
In “Simply Beautiful – Beautifully Simple“, Elder Gary E. Stevenson discusses two elements of the restored gospel. They are divinely appointed responsibilities and the gospel is plain, precious, and simple. He goes on to give four accounts of these two elements. As I have stated before, one of the conference themes is around the everyday…
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What are my 8, 9, and 10?
In his talk “The Things of My Soul“, Elder Rasband listed seven things that “prepare [one] to hear promptings, that lift[s] [one’s] sights beyond the ways of the world, that give purpose to [one’s] work in the gospel and to [one’s] very life . . . These things apply to all who seek to be…
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The Power of God in My Life
In his talk “With the Power of God in Great Glory“, Elder Bednar shares examples of people “armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory.” It got me thinking about the power of God in my life and where I have been a recipient and where I have utilized it. Missionary…
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Why I Go to Church
In his talk “The Need for a Church“, Elder Oaks discusses why having an organization such as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is necessary. As I listened to, and read, his words the question I had was simple, “Why do I go to church?”. Why I Go to Church In my ponderings…
Whether By Mine Own Voice 