Whether by Mine Own Voice: Personalizing General Conference
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The Importance of Tools
We all use tools in this life. Tools help us to accomplish tasks that we cannot do by ourselves. As we look to better ourselves, we must use the tools provided to us and take advantage of their help in order to improve our lives. The importance of tools cannot be underestimated in living a…
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Happily Ever After
You see it in almost every fairy tale “And they lived happily ever after”. For us, it can seem that “happily ever after” is only available to those who live in fairy tales. In reality, it is our goal in life to attain. Elder Gerrit W. Gong helps us understand this in his “Happy and…
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Faith Crisis and Testimony
“Defining moments in life come often and unexpectedly, even when you are still young.” So states Elder Gary E. Stevenson in his October 2022 General Conference address “Nourishing and Bearing Your Testimony“. A day doesn’t go by that I don’t see someone that I know or who knows someone in a “faith crisis.” No one…
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Nearer to Thee
One of the ways in which we can stay on the covenant path is by getting to know the Savior and living our lives in a manner similar to His. In “Drawing Closer to the Savior“, Elder Neil L. Andersen gives us ways to do this. Nearer My God to Thee In the hymn “Nearer…
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A Sense of Belonging
Everyone wants to feel as though they belong. Often we call this “fitting in”. It’s important to our health that we feel as though we are part of something greater. Elder D. Todd Christofferson discussed “The Doctrine of Belonging” and how we as Latter-day Saints can belong and help others feel like they belong in…
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Of Symbols and Focus
In his address, “Lifted Up upon the Cross“, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland discusses why the cross is not a part of Latter-day Saint iconography. However, many symbols of Christianity, including the cross, can center our focus on the Savior. What is a symbol? The word symbol is defined as “a mark or character used as…
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Guiding Principles and Changing Behavior
In the October 2022 General Conference, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a new version of the “For the Strength of Youth” guidebook. This was announced by Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf in “Jesus Christ Is the Strength of Youth“. The subtitle of the pamphlet is “A Guide for Making Choices”. The intent…
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How Do I Walk?
In “Follow Jesus Christ with Footsteps of Faith“, President M. Russell Ballard discusses the legacy his ancestors left as they walked in faith. He discusses the hope that exists as we walk in faith. Reading his words, the question came to my mind “how do I walk?”. Footprints I believe that most of us are…
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Attributes of Discipleship
In “Legacy of Encouragement“, President Henry B. Eyring discusses the attributes of the two most important women in his life. His mother and his wife. Through those attributes of discipleship, both women created a legacy that encourages disciples of Christ to walk on the covenant path. In like manner, my mother left me a legacy…
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Anxiously Engaged
In “Helping the Poor and Distressed“, President Dallin H. Oaks quotes Doctrine and Covenants 58:27 which says that “men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause”. The phrase “anxiously engaged” has made me ponder what the Lord is asking and if I am living up to that request. Anxious Let us look at the…
Whether By Mine Own Voice 