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Though our trials are diverse, there is one thing the Lord expects of us no matter our difficulties and sorrows: He expects us to press on.
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Average leaders inspire people to punch a time clock. Great leaders inspire industry and passion.
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The people who misuse the Sabbath lose the blessings of spiritual food and growth promised to those who keep this commandment.
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The Resurrection is at the core of our beliefs as Christians. Without it, our faith is meaningless.
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Every day is an adventure.
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Perhaps the best-known Old Testament example of perseverance is the story of Job.
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The Lord compensates the faithful for every loss. That which is taken away from those who love the Lord will be added unto them in his own way. While it may not come at the time we desire, the faithful will know that every tear today will eventually be returned a hundredfold with tears of rejoicing and gratitude.
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Fasting, coupled with mighty prayer, is powerful.
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When some people have a difficult job to do, they give up everything else until that job is finished. Others just give up.
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Yes, the fullness of the gospel is a pearl of great price worth any effort.
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My own great-grandfather suffered so much from asthma that he had to walk a mile or two behind the covered wagons crossing the plains to avoid the dust. However, he always arrived at his destination and did his share of the work.
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Yes, education is the catalyst that will hone and sharpen our talents, skills, and abilities and cause them to blossom.
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My beloved Elisa, my companion and wife, whom I love and revere, is one of the most noble of our Heavenly Father's handmaidens.
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Having received the Spirit of Christ to know good from evil, we should always choose the good.
Joseph B. Wirthlin
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Many years ago, large packs of wolves roamed the countryside in Ukraine, making travel in that part of the world very dangerous. These wolf packs were fearless. They were not intimidated by people nor by any of the weapons available at that time. The only thing that seemed to frighten them was fire.
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Fast offerings are used for one purpose only: to bless the lives of those in need.
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The Spirit is as operative today in communicating the gospel to all who seek the truth as it was on the day of Pentecost anciently.
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Indeed, the world is a better place because there was such a leader as President Gordon B. Hinckley.
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We are commanded to seek out those who are lost. We are to be our brother's keeper.
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The Godhead consists of three separate, distinct personages who are one in purpose. The Father and the Son have tangible bodies of flesh and bone while the Holy Ghost is a personage of spirit.
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God's commandments are not given to limit or punish us.
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Nets are generally defined as devices for capturing something. In a more narrow but more important sense, we might define a net as anything that entices or prevents us from following the call of Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God.
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Too many sit at the banquet table of the gospel of Jesus Christ and merely nibble at the feast placed before them. They go through the motions - attending their meetings perhaps, glancing at scriptures, repeating familiar prayers - but their hearts are far away.
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The Holy Ghost is a personage of Spirit: a separate and distinct member of the Godhead.
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