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“We are surrounded by those in need of our attention, our encouragement, our support, our comfort, our kindness,” said President Thomas S. Monson. “We are the Lord’s hands here upon the earth, with the mandate to serve and to lift His children. He is dependent upon each of us.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span><br />
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President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency, said: “A great change began in your heart when you came into the Church. You made a covenant, and you received a promise that began changing your very nature. …<br />
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“… You promised that you would help the Lord make [others’] burdens light and be comforted. You were given the power to help lighten those loads when you received the gift of the Holy Ghost.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span><br />
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“We want to use the light of the gospel to see others as the Savior does—with compassion, hope, and charity,” said Jean B. Bingham, Relief Society General President. “The day will come when we will have a complete understanding of others’ hearts and will be grateful to have mercy extended to us—just as we extend charitable thoughts and words to others. …<br />
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“Our obligation and privilege is to embrace improvement in everyone as we strive to become more like our Savior.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">3</span><br />
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As we bear one another’s burdens and keep our covenants, we open the way for Jesus Christ to heal others. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles taught: “Considering the incomprehensible cost of the Crucifixion and Atonement, I promise you He is not going to turn His back on us now. When He says to the poor in spirit, ‘Come unto me,’ He means He knows the way out and He knows the way up. He knows it because He has walked it. He knows the way because He is the way.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">4</span><br />
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Matthew 25:40; Galatians 6:2; Mosiah 2:17; 18:8–9<br />
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How does helping bear the burdens of others and keeping our covenants open the way for Jesus Christ to heal those in need?<br />
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1. Thomas S. Monson, “Serve the Lord with Love,” Ensign, Feb. 2014, 4.<br />
2. Henry B. Eyring, “The Comforter,” Ensign, May 2015, 18.<br />
3. Jean B. Bingham, “I Will Bring the Light of the Gospel into My Home,” Ensign, Nov. 2016, 6, 8.<br />
4. Jeffrey R. Holland, “Broken Things to Mend,” Ensign, May 2006, 71.<br />
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Enfolding with Love Those Who Stray<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></h1>
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“The reality is that there are no perfect families … ,” said President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency. “Whatever problems your family is facing, whatever you must do to solve them, the beginning and the end of the solution is charity, the pure love of Christ.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span><br />
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Of those who are not participating fully in the gospel, Linda K. Burton, former General President of the Relief Society, said: “Heavenly Father loves all His children. … No matter where they are—on or off the path—He wants them back home.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span><br />
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“However wayward [your children] might be, … when you speak or talk to them, do it not in anger, do it not harshly, in a condemning spirit,” taught President Joseph F. Smith (1838–1918). “Speak to them kindly.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">3</span><br />
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Elder Brent H. Nielson of the Seventy reiterated the Savior’s instruction to those who have 10 pieces of silver and lose one: “Search until you find it. When the lost one is your son or your daughter, your brother or your sister, … after all we can do, we love that person with all of our hearts. …<br />
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“May you and I receive the revelation to know how to best approach those in our lives who are lost and, when necessary, to have the patience and love of our Father in Heaven and His Son, Jesus Christ, as we love, watch, and wait for the prodigal.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">4</span><br />
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President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency, said: “I have prayed with faith that someone I loved would seek and feel the power of the Atonement. I have prayed with faith that human angels would come to their aid, and they came.<br />
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“God has devised means to save each of His children.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">5</span><br />
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Matthew 18:12; Alma 31:35; 3 Nephi 13:32; D&C 121:41–42<br />
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How can we continue to show charity to those who do not want to live the principles of the gospel?<br />
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1. Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “In Praise of Those Who Save,” Ensign, May 2016, 79, 80.<br />
2. Linda K. Burton, in Sarah Jane Weaver, “Sister Burton, Sister Wixom Visit Church’s Pacific Area,” Church News, Apr. 2, 2013, lds.org/church/news.<br />
3. Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith (1998), 254.<br />
4. Brent H. Nielson, “Waiting for the Prodigal,” Ensign, May 2015, 103.<br />
5. Henry B. Eyring, “To My Grandchildren,” Ensign, Nov. 2013, 71.<br />
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Of One Heart</h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">“And the Lord called his people Zion, because they were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them” (Moses 7:18). How can we become one?<br /><br />Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said: “At the heart of the English word atonement is the word one. If all mankind understood this, there would never be anyone with whom we would not be concerned, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, or social or economic standing. We would strive to emulate the Savior and would never be unkind, indifferent, disrespectful, or insensitive to others.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span><br /><br />President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency, taught: “Where people have [the] Spirit with them, [they] may expect harmony. … The Spirit of God never generates contention (see 3 Nephi 11:29). … It leads to personal peace and a feeling of union with others.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span><br /><br />Speaking of family challenges, Carole M. Stephens, who served as First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency, said: “I’ve never had to live through divorce, the pain and insecurity that comes from abandonment, or the responsibility associated with being a single mother. I haven’t experienced the death of a child, infertility, or same-gender attraction. I haven’t had to endure abuse, chronic illness, or addiction. These have not been my stretching opportunities.<br /><br />“… But through my personal tests and trials … I have become well acquainted with the One who does understand. … And in addition, I have experienced all of the mortal tests that I just mentioned through the lens of a daughter, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend.<br /><br />“Our opportunity as covenant-keeping daughters of God is not just to learn from our own challenges; it is to unite in empathy and compassion as we support other members of the family of God in their struggles.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">3</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">How does unity with one another help us become one with God?<br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. M. Russell Ballard, “The Atonement and the Value of One Soul,” Ensign, May 2004, 86.<br />2. Henry B. Eyring, “That We May Be One,” Ensign, May 1998, 67.<br />3. Carole M. Stephens, “The Family Is of God,” Ensign, May 2015, 11–12. </span></span><br />
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Living a Consecrated Life<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">“To consecrate is to set apart or dedicate something as sacred, devoted to holy purposes,” said Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. “True success in this life comes in consecrating our lives—that is, our time and choices—to God’s purposes.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Elder Neal A. Maxwell (1926–2004) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said: “We tend to think of consecration only as yielding up, when divinely directed, our material possessions. But ultimate consecration is the yielding up of oneself to God.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">As we consecrate ourselves to the purposes of God, our faith in Jesus Christ and in His Atonement will increase. As we live a consecrated life, we can be made holy through those actions.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Carole M. Stephens, former First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency, said:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Elder Robert D. Hales taught, ‘When we make and keep covenants, we are coming out of the world and into the kingdom of God.’</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">“We are changed. We look different, and we act different. The things we listen to and read and say are different, and what we wear is different because we become daughters of God bound to Him by covenant.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">3</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Consecration is the covenant God makes “with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people” (Jeremiah 31:33). Living a consecrated life is in harmony with God’s plan for us.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 Thessalonians 1:3; Doctrine and Covenants 105:5; reliefsociety.lds.org </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">How does consecrating our lives to the Lord help us become more like Him? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Notes</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. D. Todd Christofferson, “Reflections on a Consecrated Life,” Ensign, Nov. 2010, 16.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. Neal A. Maxwell, “Consecrate Thy Performance,” Ensign, May 2002, 36.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. Carole M. Stephens, “Wide Awake to Our Duties,” Ensign, Nov. 2012, 115–16.</span></span><br />
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<br />Lesle Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277443027498165205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332740533726513472.post-32560567192666170172017-06-28T17:27:00.001+10:002017-06-28T17:27:28.238+10:00July 2017Prayerfully study this material and seek to know what to share. How
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">That They May Be One</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> “Jesus achieved perfect unity with the Father by submitting Himself, both flesh and spirit, to the will of the Father,” taught Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.<br /><br />“… Surely we will not be one with God and Christ until we make Their will and interest our greatest desire. Such submissiveness is not reached in a day, but through the Holy Spirit, the Lord will tutor us if we are willing until, in process of time, it may accurately be said that He is in us as the Father is in Him.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span><br /><br />Linda K. Burton, former Relief Society General President, taught how to work toward this unity: “Making and keeping our covenants is an expression of our commitment to become like the Savior. The ideal is to strive for the attitude best expressed in a few phrases of a favorite hymn: ‘I’ll go where you want me to go. … I’ll say what you want me to say. … I’ll be what you want me to be.’”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><br />Elder Christofferson also reminded us that “as we endeavor day by day and week by week to follow the path of Christ, our spirit asserts its preeminence, the battle within subsides, and temptations cease to trouble.”3<br /><br />Neill F. Marriott, Second Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency, bears testimony of the blessings of striving to align our will with God’s will: “I have struggled to banish the mortal desire to have things my way, eventually realizing that my way is oh so lacking, limited, and inferior to the way of Jesus Christ. ‘His way is the path that leads to happiness in this life and eternal life in the world to come’ [“The Living Christ”; emphasis added].”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">4</span> Let us strive humbly to become one with our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Additional Scriptures and Information</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">John 17:20–21; Ephesians 4:13; Doctrine and Covenants 38:27; reliefsociety.lds.org</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Consider This</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">How does doing the will of God help us to become more like Him?<br /> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Notes</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. D. Todd Christofferson, “That They May Be One in Us,” Ensign, Nov. 2002, 72, 73.<br />2. Linda K. Burton, “The Power, Joy, and Love of Covenant Keeping,” Ensign, Nov. 2013, 111.<br />3. D. Todd Christofferson, “That They May Be One in Us,” 71.<br />4. Neill F. Marriott, “Yielding Our Hearts to God,” Ensign, Nov. 2015, 32.</span></span><br />
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Priesthood Power through Keeping Covenants<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">“My message to … all is that we can live every hour ‘blessed by the strength of priesthood power,’ whatever our circumstance,” said Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">“… As you worthily participate in the ordinances of the priesthood, the Lord will give you greater strength, peace, and eternal perspective. Whatever your situation, your home will be ‘blessed by the strength of priesthood power.’”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">How do we invite priesthood power into our lives? Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles reminds us that “those who have entered the waters of baptism and subsequently received their endowment in the house of the Lord are eligible for rich and wonderful blessings. The endowment is literally a gift of power … [and] our Father in Heaven is generous with His power.” He reminds us that men and women “are both endowed with the same power” in the temple, “which by definition is priesthood power.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Linda K. Burton, former Relief Society General President, said: “Since priesthood power is something we all desire to have in our families and homes, what do we need to do to invite that power into our lives? Personal righteousness is imperative to having priesthood power.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">3</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">“If we will humbly present ourselves before the Lord and ask Him to teach us, He will show us how to increase our access to His power,” said President Russell M. Nelson, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">4</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 Nephi 14:14; Doctrine and Covenants 121:36; 132:20; reliefsociety.lds.org</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Consider This</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">How does keeping our covenants bless us with priesthood power?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Notes</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. Neil L. Andersen, “Power in the Priesthood,” Ensign, Nov. 2013, 92, 95.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. M. Russell Ballard, “Men and Women and Priesthood Power,” Ensign, Sept. 2014, 32.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. Linda K. Burton, “Priesthood Power—Available to All,” Ensign, June 2014, 39.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">4. Russell M. Nelson, “The Price of Priesthood Power,” Ensign, May 2016, 69.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” (Philippians 4:13). “Though we all have weaknesses, we can overcome them,” says President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency. “Indeed it is by the grace of God that, if we humble ourselves and have faith, weak things can become strong.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span><br /><br />Our Savior says in the Doctrine and Covenants, “I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up” (D&C 84:88).<br /><br />“Nephi is an example of one who knew, understood, and relied upon the enabling power of the Savior,” says Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. “Nephi’s brothers bound him with cords and planned his destruction. Please note Nephi’s prayer: ‘O Lord, according to my faith which is in thee, wilt thou deliver me from the hands of my brethren; yea, even give me strength that I may burst these bands with which I am bound’ (1 Nephi 7:17).<br /><br />“… Nephi did not pray to have his circumstances changed. Rather, he prayed for the strength to change his circumstances. And I believe he prayed in this manner precisely because he knew, understood, and had experienced the enabling power of the Atonement.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />“I do not think the bands with which Nephi was bound just magically fell from his hands and wrists. Rather, I suspect he was blessed with both persistence and personal strength beyond his natural capacity, that he then ‘in the strength of the Lord’ (Mosiah 9:17) worked and twisted and tugged on the cords, and ultimately and literally was enabled to break the bands.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span><br /> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Isaiah 41:10; Ether 12:27; reliefsociety.lds.org</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">How can the enabling power of Jesus Christ and His atoning sacrifice help our weaknesses be made strong?<br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “The Gift of Grace,” Ensign, May 2015, 108.<br />2. David A. Bednar, “Strength beyond Our Own,” New Era, Mar. 2015, 4.</span></span><br />
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Christ’s Atonement Is Evidence of God’s Love
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Understanding that our Heavenly Father gave His Only Begotten Son that we might have immortality and the potential for eternal life helps us feel of God’s infinite and incomprehensible love for us. Our Savior also loves us.<br />
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Christ has “graven [us] upon the palms of [His] hands” (Isaiah 49:16). Linda K. Burton, Relief Society General President, says, “That supreme act of love ought to send each of us to our knees in humble prayer to thank our Heavenly Father for loving us enough that He sent His Only Begotten and perfect Son to suffer for our sins, our heartaches, and all that seems unfair in our own individual lives.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span><br />
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How can we express our gratitude and love to God and to Jesus Christ for the gift of our Savior’s Atonement?<br />
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1. D Todd Christofferson, “Redemption,” Ensign, May 2013, 110.<br />
2. Linda K Burton, “Is Faith in the Atonement of Jesus Christ Written in Our Hearts?” Ensign, Nov. 2012, 114 <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> “In the words of [the Primary song] ‘The Family Is of God,’… we are reminded of pure doctrine,” said Carole M. Stephens, First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency. “We learn not only that the family is of God but also that we are each part of God’s family. …<br /><br />“… The Father’s plan for His children is a plan of love. It is a plan to unite His children—His family—with Him.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span><br /><br />Elder L. Tom Perry (1922–2015) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said: “We also believe that strong traditional families are not only the basic units of a stable society, a stable economy, and a stable culture of values—but that they are also the basic units of eternity and of the kingdom and government of God.<br /><br />“We believe that the organization and government of heaven will be built around families and extended families.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span><br /><br />“Everyone, no matter what their marital circumstance or number of children, can be defenders of the Lord’s plan described in the family proclamation,” said Bonnie L. Oscarson, Young Women General President. “If it is the Lord’s plan, it should also be our plan!”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">3</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sister Julie B. Beck, former Relief Society General President, taught that the theology of the family is based on the Creation, the Fall, and the Atonement of Jesus Christ:<br /><br />“The Creation of the earth provided a place where families could live. God created a man and a woman who were the two essential halves of a family. It was part of Heavenly Father’s plan that Adam and Eve be sealed and form an eternal family.<br /><br />“… The Fall made it possible for them to have sons and daughters.<br /><br />“[Christ’s] Atonement allows for the family to be sealed together eternally. It allows for families to have eternal growth and perfection. The plan of happiness, also called the plan of salvation, was a plan created for families. …<br /><br />“… This was Christ’s doctrine. … Without the family, there is no plan; there is no reason for mortal life.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">4</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. Carole M Stephens, “The Family Is of God,” Ensign, May 2015, 11, 13.<br />2. L Tom Perry, “Why Marriage and Family Matter—Everywhere in the World,” Ensign, May 2015, 41.<br />3. Bonnie L Oscarson, “Defenders of the Family Proclamation,” Ensign, May 2015, 15.<br />4. Julie B Beck, “Teaching the Doctrine of the Family,” Ensign, Mar. 2011, 32, 34.</span></span><br />
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<br />Lesle Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277443027498165205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332740533726513472.post-26005233539149329492016-08-28T10:26:00.001+10:002016-09-30T17:33:59.455+10:00September 2016Prayerfully study this material and seek to know what to share. How
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our Heavenly Father established families to help us teach correct principles in a loving atmosphere. President Thomas S. Monson said: “Give your child a compliment and a hug; say, ‘I love you’ more; always express your thanks. Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span><br /><br />Susan W. Tanner, former Young Women general president, taught: “Our Father in Heaven exemplifies the pattern we should follow. He loves us, teaches us, is patient with us, and entrusts us with our agency. … Sometimes discipline, which means ‘to teach,’ is confused with criticism. Children—as well as people of all ages—improve behavior from love and encouragement more than from fault-finding.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span><br /><br />“If we faithfully have family prayer, scripture study, family home evening, priesthood blessings, and Sabbath day observance,” said Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “our children will … be prepared for an eternal home in heaven, regardless of what befalls them in a difficult world.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">3</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">“I was reading the newspaper when one of my young grandsons snuggled up to me,” said Elder Robert D. Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. “As I read, I was delighted to hear his sweet voice chattering on in the background. Imagine my surprise when, a few moments later, he pushed himself between me and the paper. Taking my face in his hands and pressing his nose up to mine, he asked, ‘Grandpa! Are you in there?’<br /><br />“… Being there means understanding the hearts of our youth and connecting with them. And connecting with them means not just conversing with them but doing things with them too. …<br /><br />“We must plan and take advantage of teaching moments. …<br /><br />“… The more I live, the more I recognize that the teaching moments in my youth, especially those provided by my parents, have shaped my life and made me who I am.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">4</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Why is the gospel best taught by the language and example of love?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. Thomas S. Monson, “Love at Home—Counsel from Our Prophet,” Ensign, Aug. 2011, 4.<br />2. Susan W. Tanner, “Did I Tell You … ?” Ensign, May 2003, 74.<br />3. Quentin L. Cook, “The Lord Is My Light,” Ensign, May 2015, 64.<br />4. Robert D. Hales, “Our Duty to God: The Mission of Parents and Leaders to the Rising Generation,” Ensign, May 2010, 96, 95.</span></span><br />
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<br />Lesle Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277443027498165205noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332740533726513472.post-6309623327337136662016-07-24T16:01:00.000+10:002016-07-24T16:01:29.243+10:00August 2016Prayerfully study this material and seek to know what to share. How
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">A “husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span> “The home is to be God’s laboratory of love and service,” said President Russell M. Nelson, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.<br /><br />“Our Heavenly Father wants husbands and wives to be faithful to each other and to esteem and treat their children as an heritage from the Lord.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span><br /><br />In the Book of Mormon, Jacob said that the love that husbands had for their wives, the love that wives had for their husbands, and the love that both had for their children was among the reasons the Lamanites were at one point more righteous than the Nephites (see Jacob 3:7).<br /><br />One of the best ways to invite love and harmony into our homes is by speaking kindly to our family members. Speaking kindly brings the Holy Ghost. Sister Linda K. Burton, Relief Society general president, asked us to consider: “How often do we intentionally ‘speak kind words to each other’?”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">3</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles shared a childhood experience that impressed upon him the importance of a loving family. When he and his brothers were boys, their mother had radical cancer surgery that made it very painful for her to use her right arm. With a family of boys, there was a lot of ironing, but as his mother ironed, she often stopped and went into the bedroom to cry until the pain subsided.<br /><br />When Elder Christofferson’s father realized what was happening, he secretly went without lunches for almost a year to save enough money to buy a machine that made ironing easier. Out of his love for his wife, he set an example of nurturing within families for his boys. Of this tender interaction, Elder Christofferson said, “I was not aware of my father’s sacrifice and act of love for my mother at the time, but now that I know, I say to myself, ‘There is a man.’”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">4</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">How does loving and caring for one another invite the Spirit into our homes?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. “The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Ensign, Nov. 2010, 129.<br />2. Russell M. Nelson, “Salvation and Exaltation,” Ensign, May 2008, 8.<br />3. Linda K. Burton, “We’ll Ascend Together,” Ensign, May 2015, 31.<br />4. D. Todd Christofferson, “Let Us Be Men,” Ensign, Nov. 2006, 46.<br /> </span></span><br />
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Our Potential for Parenthood</h1>
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“It was essential that God’s spirit children have mortal birth and an opportunity to progress toward eternal life,” taught Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. “In light of the ultimate purpose of the great plan of happiness, I believe that the ultimate treasures on earth and in heaven are our children and our posterity.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span><br />
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Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said:<br />
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“We believe in families, and we believe in children. …<br />
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“‘… God said unto [Adam and Eve], Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth’ [Genesis 1:28]. …<br />
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“This commandment has not been forgotten or set aside in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span><br />
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Though not all of us become parents in this life, we can nurture children of every age. We enjoy the blessings of being part of Heavenly Father’s family, and we experience the joys and challenges of being part of an earthly family. And for many, parenthood awaits them in the eternities ahead.<br />
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Additional Scriptures</h3>
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Psalm 127:3; Matthew 18:3–5; 1 Nephi 7:1; Moses 5:2–3<br />
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Living Stories</h3>
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“Many voices in the world today marginalize the importance of having children or suggest delaying or limiting children in a family,” said Elder Andersen. “My daughters recently referred me to a blog written by a Christian mother (not of our faith) with five children. She commented: ‘[Growing] up in this culture, it is very hard to get a biblical perspective on motherhood. … Children rank way below college. Below world travel for sure. Below the ability to go out at night at your leisure. Below honing your body at the gym. Below any job you may have or hope to get.’ She then adds: ‘Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling. You do not collect children because you find them cuter than stamps. It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for.’”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">3</span><br />
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Consider This</h3>
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In what ways is our earthly family like our heavenly family?<br />
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Notes</h3>
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1. Dallin H. Oaks, “The Great Plan of Happiness,” Ensign, Nov. 1993, 72, 75.<br />
2. Neil L. Andersen, “Children,” Ensign, Nov. 2011, 28.<br />
3. Neil L. Andersen, “Children,” 28.<br />
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“There are special blessings from God for every worthy person who is baptized, receives the Holy Ghost, and regularly partakes of the sacrament.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><sup class="noteMarker">2</sup></span></div>
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covenants are eligible to receive personal revelation, to be blessed by
the ministering of angels, to commune with God, to receive the fulness
of the gospel, and, ultimately, to become heirs alongside Jesus Christ
of all our Father has.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><sup class="noteMarker">3</sup></span></div>
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Living Stories</h3>
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Nash of the Seventy met branch president Wenceslao Conde and his wife,
Pamela. “Elder Nash asked Sister Conde how her little children were.
With a smile, she replied that through the goodness of God they were all
safe and well. He asked about the Condes’ home.</div>
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“‘It’s gone,’ she said simply.</div>
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“… ’And yet,’ Elder Nash noted, ‘you are smiling as we talk.’</div>
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“’Yes,’
she said, ‘I have prayed and I am at peace. We have all we need. We
have each other, we have our children, we are sealed in the temple, we
have this marvelous Church, and we have the Lord. We can build again
with the Lord’s help.’ …</div>
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“What
is it about making and keeping covenants with God that gives us the
power to smile through hardships, to convert tribulation into
triumph … ?”</div>
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“The source is God. Our access to that power is through our covenants with Him.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><sup class="noteMarker">4</sup></span></div>
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C<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">onsider This</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">How do temple ordinances and covenants strengthen and empower us?<br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Notes</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. Linda K. Burton, “The Power, Joy, and Love of Covenant Keeping,” Liahona, Nov. 2013, 111.<br />2. Neil L. Andersen, “Power in the Priesthood,” Liahona, Nov. 2013, 92.<br />3. M. Russell Ballard, “Men and Women in the Work of the Lord,” Liahona, Apr. 2014, 48–49.<br />4. See D. Todd Christofferson, “The Power of Covenants,” Liahona, May 2009, 19, 20–21.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Daughters of Our Eternal Father<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The scriptures teach us that “we are the offspring of God” (Acts 17:29). God referred to Emma Smith, wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith, as “my daughter” (D&C 25:1). The family proclamation teaches us that we are each “a beloved spirit … daughter of heavenly parents.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span><br /><br />“In [the premortal] realm, we learned about our eternal female identity,” said Carole M. Stephens, first counselor in the Relief Society general presidency.<br /><br />“Our mortal journey to earth did not change those truths.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span><br /><br />“Your Father in Heaven knows your name and knows your circumstance,” said Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. “He hears your prayers. He knows your hopes and dreams, including your fears and frustrations.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">3</span><br /><br />“We each belong to and are needed in the family of God,” said Sister Stephens. “Earthly families all look different. And while we do the best we can to create strong traditional families, membership in the family of God is not contingent upon any kind of status—marital status, parental status, financial status, social status, or even the kind of status we post on social media.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">4</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">In his account of the First Vision,<span style="font-size: xx-small;">5</span> the Prophet Joseph Smith verifies many truths—including that our Heavenly Father knows our name.<br /><br />Young Joseph struggled to know which church to join and found guidance in James 1:5. Joseph concluded he would ask God.<br /><br />One spring morning in 1820, he went to the woods to pray but was immediately seized upon by some dark power. Of this he wrote:<br /><br />“Just at this moment of great alarm, I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me.<br /><br />“It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which held me bound. When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!” (Joseph Smith—History 1:16–17).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">How does knowing you are a daughter of God affect your decisions? </span></span><br />
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<li class="footnote " id="footnote1-13184_000_006"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="1-13184_000_006"> </a>“The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” <span class="emphasis">Ensign,</span> Nov. 2010, 129.
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<li class="footnote " id="footnote2-13184_000_006"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="2-13184_000_006"> </a><span class="label"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="footnote2-13184_000_006"></a></span>Carole M. Stephens, “The Family Is of God,” <span class="emphasis">Ensign,</span> May 2015, 11.
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<li class="footnote " id="footnote3-13184_000_006"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="3-13184_000_006"> </a>Jeffrey R. Holland, “To Young Women,” <span class="emphasis">Ensign,</span> Nov. 2005, 28.
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<li class="footnote " id="footnote4-13184_000_006"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="4-13184_000_006"> </a>Carole M. Stephens, “The Family Is of God,” 11.
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<li class="footnote " id="footnote5-13184_000_006"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="5-13184_000_006"> </a>See Gospel Topics, “First Vision Accounts,” <a href="http://topics.lds.org/">topics.lds.org</a>.
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Created in the Image of God</h2>
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“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. …<br />
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“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them” (Genesis 1:26–27).<br />
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God is our Heavenly Father, and He created us in His image. Of this truth, President Thomas S. Monson said: “God our Father has ears with which to hear our prayers. He has eyes with which to see our actions. He has a mouth with which to speak to us. He has a heart with which to feel compassion and love. He is real. He is living. We are his children made in his image. We look like him and he looks like us.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span><br />
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“Latter-day Saints see all people as children of God in a full and complete sense; they consider every person divine in origin, nature, and potential.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span> Each is “a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">3</span><br />
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“[The Prophet] Joseph Smith also learned that God desires that His children receive the same kind of exalted existence of which He partakes.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">4</span> As God said, “For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man” (Moses 1:39).<br />
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Genesis 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 3:17; Doctrine and Covenants 130:1<br />
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The brother of Jared in the Book of Mormon sought for a way to light the eight barges designed to carry the Jaredites across the waters to the promised land. He “did molten out of a rock sixteen small stones” and prayed that God would “touch these stones” with His finger “that they may shine forth in darkness.” And God “stretched forth his hand and touched the stones one by one.” The veil was taken from the eyes of the brother of Jared, and “he saw the finger of the Lord; and it was as the finger of a man. …<br />
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“And the Lord said unto him: Believest thou the words which I shall speak?<br />
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“And he answered: Yea, Lord.”<br />
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And “the Lord showed himself unto [the brother of Jared]” and said, “Seest thou that ye are created after mine own image? Yea, even all men were created in the beginning after mine own image.” (See Ether 3:1–17.) <br />
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How does knowing that each person is created in God’s image help us in our association with others?<br />
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1. Thomas S. Monson, “I Know That My Redeemer Lives,” in Conference Report, Apr. 1966, 63.<br />
2. Gospel Topics, “Becoming Like God,” topics.lds.org; see also Moses 7:31–37.<br />
3. “The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Liahona, Nov. 2010, 129.<br />
4. Gospel Topics, “Becoming Like God,” topics.lds.org; see also Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith (2007), 221.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Prophets, apostles, and leaders continue to “solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator’s plan.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><br />Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said: “A family built on the marriage of a man and woman supplies the best setting for God’s plan to thrive. …<br /><br />“… Neither we nor any other mortal can alter this divine order of matrimony.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span><br /><br />Bonnie L. Oscarson, Young Women general president, said: “Everyone, no matter what their marital circumstance or number of children, can be defenders of the Lord’s plan described in the family proclamation. If it is the Lord’s plan, it should also be our plan!”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">3</span><br /><br />Elder Christofferson continued: “Some of you are denied the blessing of marriage for reasons including a lack of viable prospects, same-sex attraction, physical or mental impairments, or simply a fear of failure. … Or you may have married, but that marriage ended. … Some of you who are married cannot bear children. …<br /><br />“Even so, … everyone can contribute to the unfolding of the divine plan in each generation.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Brother Larry M. Gibson, former first counselor in the Young Men general presidency, remembered when Shirley, now his wife, said:<br /><br />“‘I love you because I know you love the Lord more than you love me.’ …<br /><br />“That answer struck my heart. …<br /><br />“… [And] I wanted her to always feel that I loved the Lord above all else.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">5</span><br /><br />Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles taught: “The Lord Jesus Christ is the focal point in a covenant marriage relationship. … [Imagine that] the Savior is positioned at the apex of [a] triangle, with a woman at the base of one corner and a man at the base of the other corner. Now consider what happens in the relationship between the man and the woman as they individually and steadily ‘come unto Christ’ and strive to be ‘perfected in Him’ (Moroni 10:32). Because of and through the Redeemer, the man and the woman come closer together.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">6</span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">How am I individually and steadily striving to “come unto Christ”?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. “The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Ensign, Nov. 2010, 129.<br />2. D. Todd Christofferson, “Why Marriage, Why Family,” Ensign, May 2015, 52.<br />3. Bonnie L. Oscarson, “Defenders of the Family Proclamation,” Ensign, May 2015, 15.<br />4. D. Todd Christofferson, “Why Marriage, Why Family,” 52.<br />5. Larry M. Gibson, “Fulfilling Our Eternal Destiny,” Ensign, Feb. 2015, 21–22.<br />6. David A. Bednar, “Marriage Is Essential to His Eternal Plan,” Ensign, June 2006, 86.</span></span><br />
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<br />Lesle Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277443027498165205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332740533726513472.post-43862571248480492942015-12-20T12:04:00.003+11:002016-01-07T11:48:23.120+11:00January 2016Prayerfully study this material and seek to know what to share. How
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The Family: A Proclamation to the World
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Of the general Relief Society meeting in 1995, when President Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008) first read “The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Bonnie L. Oscarson, Young Women general president, said: “We were grateful for and valued the clarity, simplicity, and truth of this revelatory document. … The proclamation on the family has become our benchmark for judging the philosophies of the world, and I testify that the principles set forth … are as true today as they were when they were given to us by a prophet of God nearly 20 years ago.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span><br />
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“From the family proclamation,” adds Carole M. Stephens, first counselor in the Relief Society general presidency, “we learn, ‘In the premortal realm, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshipped God as their Eternal Father’<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2 </span>…<br />
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“… We each belong to and are needed in the family of God.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">3</span><br />
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We live in a time when parents must protect their homes and their families. “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” can guide us.<br />
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Additional Scriptures</h3>
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Mosiah 8:16–17; Doctrine and Covenants 1:38<br />
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Living Stories</h3>
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“Lee Mei Chen Ho from the Tao Yuan Third Ward, Tao Yuan Taiwan Stake, said the proclamation has taught her that family relationships help develop divine characteristics such as faith, patience, and love. ‘When I try to improve myself according to the proclamation, I can experience real happiness,’ she said.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">4</span><br />
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Barbara Thompson, who was present when the proclamation was read for the first time and later served as a counselor in the Relief Society general presidency, said: “I thought for a moment that [the family proclamation] really didn’t pertain too much to me since I wasn’t married and didn’t have any children. But almost as quickly I thought, ‘But it does pertain to me. I am a member of a family. I am a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a cousin, a niece, and a granddaughter. … Even if I were the only living member of my family, I am still a member of God’s family.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">5</span><br />
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How is “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” a document for our day?<br />
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Notes</h3>
1. Bonnie L. Oscarson, “Defenders of the Family Proclamation,” Liahona, May 2015, 14–15.<br />
2. “The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Liahona, Nov. 2010, 129.<br />
3. Carole M. Stephens, “The Family Is of God,” Liahona, May 2015, 11.<br />
4. Nicole Seymour, “‘The Family: A Proclamation to the World’ reaches 10-Year Milestone,” Liahona, Nov. 2005, 127.<br />
5. Barbara Thompson, in Daughters in My Kingdom: The History and Work of Relief Society (2011), 148.<br />
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<br />Lesle Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277443027498165205noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332740533726513472.post-56002787543558067682015-11-22T18:45:00.001+11:002015-11-22T18:45:03.571+11:00December 2015Prayerfully study this material and seek to know what to share. How
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Attributes of Jesus Christ:</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Compassionate and Kind
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> “In the scriptures, compassion means literally ‘to suffer with.’ It also means to show sympathy, pity, and mercy for another.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span><br /><br />“Jesus provided us many examples of compassionate concern,” said President Thomas S. Monson. “The crippled man at the pool of Bethesda; the woman taken in adultery; the woman at Jacob’s well; the daughter of Jairus; Lazarus, brother of Mary and Martha—each represented a casualty on the Jericho road. Each needed help.<br /><br />“To the cripple at Bethesda, Jesus said, ‘Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.’ To the sinful woman came the counsel, ‘Go, and sin no more.’ To help her who came to draw water, He provided a well of water ‘springing up into everlasting life.’ To the dead daughter of Jairus came the command, ‘Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.’ To the entombed Lazarus, ‘Come forth.’<br /><br />“The Savior has always shown unlimited capacity for compassion. … Let us open the door of our hearts, that He—the living example of true compassion—may enter.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Psalm 145:8; Zechariah 7:9; 1 Peter 3:8; Mosiah 15:1, 9; 3 Nephi 17:5–7</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">“My husband and I knelt by the side of our 17-year-old daughter and pleaded for her life,” said Linda S. Reeves, second counselor in the Relief Society general presidency. “The answer was no, but … we have come to know … that … [the Savior] feels compassion for us in our sorrows.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">3</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><br />“One of my favorite stories from the Savior’s life is the story of Lazarus. The scriptures tell us that ‘Jesus loved Martha, … her sister [Mary], and [their brother] Lazarus.’”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">4</span> When Lazarus became ill, word was sent to Jesus, but when He arrived Lazarus had already died. Mary ran to Jesus, fell down at His feet, and wept. When Jesus saw Mary weeping, “he groaned in the spirit, and … wept” (John 11:33, 35).<br /><br />“That is our charge. We must feel and see for ourselves and then help all of Heavenly Father’s children to feel and see and know that our Savior has taken upon Himself not only all our sins but also our pains and our suffering and afflictions so that He can know what we feel and how to comfort us.”<span style="font-size: xx-small;">5</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Who could be blessed by your compassion?</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Notes</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. Guide to the Scriptures, “Compassion,” scriptures.lds.org.<br />2. Thomas S. Monson, “The Gift of Compassion,” Ensign, Mar. 2007, 6–7, 10.<br />3. Linda S. Reeves, “The Lord Has Not Forgotten You,” Ensign, Nov. 2012, 120.<br />4. Linda S. Reeves, “The Lord Has Not Forgotten You,” 118.<br />5. Linda S. Reeves, “The Lord Has Not Forgotten You,” 120.<br /></span></span><br />
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