Jeremiah is a contemporary of Lehi.
Gathering is not just a place, but a state of mind.
Unrightousness is a terrible form of bondage.
Juggling three balls.
1) work
2) children
3) marriage
One of theseballs it seems always ends updroped.
It is a false doctrine that women are less because they choose to stay home.
We will regret even spreading doctrine or appearing to support ideas that belittle mothers or grandmothers.
Part of our duty is to stay out of bondage of any type.
Priesthood power is not owned by the man, like a man who opens drapes to let sun in they perform the duty but do not make the sun shine.
We cannot understand all things so if we do not understand the priesthood it is entirely it is ok.
Make sure women are asked, afterall they are the mothers.
A woman made money to send her children to church. It was that important.
Our destiny is to prepare the earth for the return of the Savior.
A teacher's success is a secret that will be shared.
1) recognize that you are an agent of the Lord.
2) teach only the truth.
3) teach from sanctioned sources.
It is a duty of a teacher to seek the gift of the Holy Ghost, through your own personal gospel study.
Though study of the materials is important, eloquence just happens with the spirit, which comes from first deserving that blessing. We must put in an effort to be prepared the best we can, but be willing then to let go and let God, giving up and not trying cause the spirit will teach anyway, that will be about as effective as socialism.
An effective teacher is also a student.
It ought to present itself to you as being true, and that feeling can teach others that it is true.
I loved referring to people as rather than missionaries and investigators call them teachers and students.
(Coming to Utah is like a reward for holding fast to the rod and I have eaten now, it is a matter of staying strong and enduring now even of peer pressure tries to make me doubt or belittle the whole matter, peer pressure is still peer pressure good or bad and choice must be ours.)
We are always blessed for our choice to attend all of our meetings.
It even is usually a choice between staying or a seemingly as good option, but we are commanded and have covenanted to attend all meetings.
Children will be blessed from our everyday descions.
So absorbed in what we were doing that we failed to see signs.
Don't forget to look up.
We might miss less obvious spiritual occurrances.
Do not judge a thing's validity by it's obvious acceptance. But, by their fruits Ye may know them!
There is saftey in a strong testimony.
If we love the Lord he loves us and protects us. A great story about a grandchild being asked how he accomplished a thing, he explain it was probably just a gift from Grandpa who is looking out for him cause he loves him.
Heavenly father could stop anything hurtful, so if we suffer it is part of an expression of love.
Our soul desires things that have been placed.
Stellar spirits are housed in infirm bodies.
Age is one of the gifts from our father in heaven.
Premature death only comes when one is not prepared.
We were chosen because of our spiritual attributes.
Self mastery is ability to put reason over instincts. Fasting is an example of this...
The spirits born now were spirits with the proper aptitudes. We did not even have bodies yet...
True change only comes through use of the atonement.
True liberation comes from freeing ourselves and changing so that we master our desires. It CAN be done.
Regardless of what is acceptable, doctrine is not going to change and it will be the only way for us to be truly happy is by accepting, living or applying that doctrinal principle.
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