Gerrit W. Gong Quotes
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Our Heavenly Father wants us to receive God’s greatest gift—His joy, His eternal life.
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Temple mirrors of eternity remind us that each human being has "divine nature and destiny"; that "sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally"; and that, growing together in love and faithfulness, we can give children roots and wings.
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To belong with God and to walk with each other on His covenant path is to be blessed by covenant belonging.
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When we covenant all we are, we can become more than we are.
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When we come to God’s great commandments to love Him and those around us by covenant, we do so not as stranger or guest but as His child at home.
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Covenant belonging gives us place, narrative, capacity to become. It produces faith unto life and salvation.
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We are His greatest handiwork even though we are still a work in progress.
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This world is full of mirage, illusion, sleight of hand. So much seems transitory and superficial. When we put aside the masks, pretense, crowd-sourced likes and dislikes, we yearn for more than fleeting veneer, ephemeral connection, or the pursuit of worldly self-interest.
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Heavenly Father does hear every child’s prayer. With infinite love, He beckons us to come believe and belong by covenant.
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In losing our worldly self through covenant belonging, we find and become our best eternal self—free, alive, real—and define our most important relationships.