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" The Lord knows who we really are, what we really think, what we really do, and who we really are becoming. "
David A. Bednar
Becoming
Knows
Lord
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" Learning by faith and from experience are two of the central features of the Father's plan of happiness. The Savior preserved moral agency through the Atonement and made it possible for us to act and to learn by faith. "
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" One of my favorite activities as a priesthood leader is visiting members of the Church in their homes. I especially enjoy calling upon and talking with members who commonly are described as 'less active.' "
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" The most meaningful and spiritual prayers I have experienced contained many expressions of thanks and few, if any, requests. "
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" Disciples who are steadfast and immovable do not become fanatics or extremists, are not overzealous, and are not preoccupied with misguided gospel hobbies. "
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" If all opposition were curtailed, if all maladies were removed, then the primary purposes of the Father's plan would be frustrated. "
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Then
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" Faithfully obeying God's commandments is essential to receiving the Holy Ghost. We are reminded of this truth each week as we listen to the sacrament prayers and worthily partake of the bread and water. "
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Week
Bread
" In the strength of the Lord we can do and endure and overcome all things. "
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Things
" A home with a loving and loyal husband and wife is the supreme setting in which children can be reared in love and righteousness and in which the spiritual and physical needs of children can be met. "
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Family
" Prayer is a privilege and the soul's sincere desire. We can move beyond routine and 'checklist' prayers and engage in meaningful prayer as we appropriately ask in faith and act, as we patiently persevere through the trial of our faith, and as we humbly acknowledge and accept 'not my will, but Thine, be done.' "
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Prayer
Faith
Soul
" The Father's plan is designed to provide direction for His children, to help them become happy, and to bring them safely home to Him with resurrected, exalted bodies. "
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Happy
Home
Direction
" The Savior is the perfect example of praying for others with real intent. In His great Intercessory Prayer uttered on the night before His Crucifixion, Jesus prayed for His Apostles and all of the Saints. "
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Prayer
Perfect
Night
" A pattern is a guide or a model. Patterns are used in sewing and knitting, in wood and metalworking, and in a wide variety of other productive pursuits, activities, and jobs. Patterns help to avoid waste and unwanted deviations and facilitate uniformity that is appropriate and beneficial. "
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Wood
Help
Patterns
" The ancient Apostles were common men, and that was part of their credential. "
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Part
Apostles
Common
" The knowledge and spiritual conviction we receive from the Holy Ghost are the result of revelation. "
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Result
Spiritual
Knowledge
" I will go where the Lord and the leaders of His Church want me to go, I will do what they want me to do, I will teach what they want me to teach, and I will strive to become what I should and must become. "
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Teach
Church
Me
" Righteousness and faith certainly are instrumental in healing the sick, deaf, or lame - if such healing accomplishes God's purposes and is in accordance with His will. Thus, even with strong faith, many mountains will not be moved. And not all of the sick and infirm will be healed. "
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Healing
Faith
God
" We should remember that saying 'I love you' is only a beginning. We need to say it, we need to mean it, and most importantly we need consistently to show it. We need to both express and demonstrate love. "
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Beginning
Love
You
" A covenant is an agreement between God and His children upon the earth, and it is important to understand that God determines the conditions of all gospel covenants. "
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Children
Earth
" Inviting children as gospel learners to act and not merely be acted upon builds on reading and talking about the Book of Mormon and bearing testimony spontaneously in the home. "
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" Our sincere desire should be to have both clean hands and a pure heart - both a remission of sins from day to day and to walk guiltless before God. "
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" Assurance, action, and evidence influence each other in an ongoing process. This helix is like a coil, and as it spirals upward it expands and widens. These three elements of faith - assurance, action, and evidence - are not separate and discrete; rather, they are interrelated and continuous and cycle upward. "
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Faith
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Action
" Conversion is an offering of self, of love, and of loyalty we give to God in gratitude for the gift of testimony. "
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Gift
Gratitude
Love
" Receiving the authority of the priesthood by the laying on of hands is an important beginning, but it is not enough. Ordination confers authority, but righteousness is required to act with power as we strive to lift souls, to teach and testify, to bless and counsel, and to advance the work of salvation. "
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Important
Beginning
Hands
" Often as we teach and testify about the law of tithing, we emphasize the immediate, dramatic and readily recognizable temporal blessings that we receive. And surely such blessings do occur. Yet some of the diverse blessings we obtain as we are obedient to this commandment are significant but subtle. "
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Law
Teach
Subtle
" We will not attain a state of perfection in this life, but we can and should press forward with faith in Christ along the strait and narrow path and make steady progress toward our eternal destiny. "
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Life
Progress
Destiny
" A spiritual 'spurter' is one who is given to short bursts of spectacular effort followed by frequent and lengthy periods of rest. "
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Who
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" The Savior knows people by name, He knows their circumstances, and He directs us in our work to bless the lives of individuals. "
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People
Us
" Interestingly, simple and ordinary experiences often provide the most important learning opportunities we ever have. "
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Opportunities
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Learning
" Parents should be vigilant and spiritually attentive to spontaneously occurring opportunities to bear testimony to their children. Such occasions need not be programmed, scheduled, or scripted. In fact, the less regimented such testimony sharing is, the greater the likelihood for edification and lasting impact. "
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Parents
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