Real-Life Education
As a young man, Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon by divine revelation. Later, despite having little formal schooling, he hired a tutor to learn ancient languages. His conversion led him to seek learning to be more useful to God and others.
From the time of Joseph Smith to our own day, you can see evidence that conversion to the gospel of Jesus Christ brings a desire to learn. Joseph Smith, as a very young man, translated the Book of Mormon from plates inscribed with a language no one on earth understood. He did it by a divine gift of revelation. But he later hired a tutor to teach him and other leaders of the Church ancient languages. Joseph Smith had essentially no formal schooling, yet the effect of the gospel on him was to make him want to learn more so that he could be more useful to God and to God’s children.
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Book of Mormon
Conversion
Education
Joseph Smith
Revelation
Love Takes Time
A mother, suddenly widowed, raised three sons from early teens to near missionary age. Through example and hard work, she provided finances, encouragement, and unity, leading to her sons becoming strong missionaries, students, husbands, and fathers. She continues to show love and support as they pursue education and family life.
Let me share with you two examples, not too uncommon, of people who, hour by hour, day by day, and month by month, have taken the time to love one another. I say these examples are not too uncommon because, gratefully, all around on a daily and continuing basis, we see true love in action. I’m thinking first of a mother who, through death, suddenly was left without a husband. With her were three sons ranging in age from early teens to almost missionary age. Through the years by example and hard work she has independently provided finances, encouragement, and unity. The feeding and keeping processes have resulted in the development of three great missionaries, students, husbands, and fathers. One recently remarked, “Mother has always taken the time to show her love.” This mother continues the true processes of love today as her sons pursue higher education and the opportunities of their own families.
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👤 Parents
👤 Children
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Education
Family
Love
Missionary Work
Parenting
Self-Reliance
Single-Parent Families
Legacy of Faith through Missionary Service
After his wife's death, Archibald Campbell chose to serve a mission in his seventies. He traveled across the Australia Mission, demonstrating continued dedication. His example helped lay a foundation of faith for later generations.
Archibald Campbell was known for his dedication and stalwartness for the gospel of Jesus Christ. He served in numerous ways to build up the kingdom of God in Australia, including as a counsellor to previous mission presidents. After his wife died, he served a mission in his 70s and travelled over the entire Australia Mission. Little did President Archibald Campbell know in 1942 that he was laying a foundation of faith, dedication and service that would be followed several generations later.
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👤 Missionaries
👤 Church Leaders (Local)
Endure to the End
Faith
Family
Missionary Work
Service
Grandma’s Notebook
Mom explains that after Grandpa died, Grandma heard Primary children sing “Families Can Be Together Forever” in sacrament meeting. She felt the Spirit strongly and was comforted by the song’s message. The experience reaffirmed her testimony of eternal families.
“Did you sing that song when you were in Primary?” Jessica asked.
“No, ‘Families Can Be Together Forever’ hadn’t been written yet when I was in Primary. Several years after Grandpa passed away, Grandma heard the Primary children sing it in sacrament meeting. She felt the Spirit so strongly that she was sure Heavenly Father was speaking right to her. Grandma loved the words because they gave her comfort in knowing that her family could be together forever.”
“No, ‘Families Can Be Together Forever’ hadn’t been written yet when I was in Primary. Several years after Grandpa passed away, Grandma heard the Primary children sing it in sacrament meeting. She felt the Spirit so strongly that she was sure Heavenly Father was speaking right to her. Grandma loved the words because they gave her comfort in knowing that her family could be together forever.”
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Children
Death
Family
Grief
Holy Ghost
Music
Sacrament Meeting
Sealing
“His Life Was in My Hands”
Lee W. Johnson rescued his brother trapped under a fallen haystack after a prompting directed where to dig and warned him to put down a pitchfork. He later counseled calm, thoughtful action and summarized the shared feeling that the experience was spiritual but not one to repeat.
Lee W. Johnson, who was at the time Cubmaster of Pack 218, rescued his brother from underneath a fallen haystack. “My brother was covered by a haystack four feet deep and about 20 feet square. Where do you dig? In my mind a voice said, ‘Over here.’ I dug to within six inches of my unconscious brother, and the voice said, ‘Throw the pitch fork away.’ And there he was. You have to give somebody besides myself credit for something like that.” Brother Johnson is in the Benson Ward, Benson Utah Stake.
Brent advised hikers to always travel with a partner and not to take shortcuts. “Stay on the trail or you’ll get in trouble,” he said. Daniel warned swimmers to know the water they’re swimming in and not to swim in conditions beyond their capability. Kristin advised everyone to learn how to swim and to become familiar with lifesaving techniques. Brother Crockett advised those who find themselves in an emergency to do something, rather than just watch, which complemented Brother Johnson’s advice to “be quick and alert, but think things out before you act. Keep calm and don’t panic. Move as quickly as possible and listen for guidance from the Lord.” Mike Poppleton said Scouts should pay attention during classes on lifesaving techniques so that when an emergency does arise, they’ll be able to think of what to do. And the entire group agreed that proper training is vital and that people should be careful about what they do if they have had no training.
But perhaps it was Brother Johnson who summed up the most common sentiment: “It was a spiritual experience,” he said, “but I wouldn’t want another one of this kind.”
Brent advised hikers to always travel with a partner and not to take shortcuts. “Stay on the trail or you’ll get in trouble,” he said. Daniel warned swimmers to know the water they’re swimming in and not to swim in conditions beyond their capability. Kristin advised everyone to learn how to swim and to become familiar with lifesaving techniques. Brother Crockett advised those who find themselves in an emergency to do something, rather than just watch, which complemented Brother Johnson’s advice to “be quick and alert, but think things out before you act. Keep calm and don’t panic. Move as quickly as possible and listen for guidance from the Lord.” Mike Poppleton said Scouts should pay attention during classes on lifesaving techniques so that when an emergency does arise, they’ll be able to think of what to do. And the entire group agreed that proper training is vital and that people should be careful about what they do if they have had no training.
But perhaps it was Brother Johnson who summed up the most common sentiment: “It was a spiritual experience,” he said, “but I wouldn’t want another one of this kind.”
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Courage
Emergency Preparedness
Emergency Response
Holy Ghost
Miracles
Revelation
Service
Young Men
I Will Share the Gospel with All of God’s Children
Eight-year-old Maria saw missionaries in Ecuador and asked them to teach her. They taught her family, and Maria was baptized first. Eventually, her whole family joined the Church, bringing her great happiness.
Eight-year-old Maria saw the missionaries on the streets of Ecuador. She asked them if they would teach her the gospel. The missionaries came to Maria’s home to teach her family. Maria was the first in her family to be baptized. She was very happy when her whole family eventually joined the Church too.
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Baptism
Children
Conversion
Family
Happiness
Missionary Work
Teaching the Gospel
A Legacy of Testimony
In South America, Eyring greeted hundreds of missionaries and felt a powerful confirmation that they, as children of Lehi and Sariah, were serving because God honors His promises to families. Reflecting on Lehi’s efforts and subsequent tragedy among descendants, he felt assurance that God reaches out to covenant children across generations. He applied that assurance to modern families as well.
We have all seen evidence of that in families we have known. I saw it in South America as I looked into the faces of missionaries. Hundreds of them passed by me, shaking my hand and looking deeply into my eyes. I was nearly overwhelmed with the confirmation that these children of Father Lehi and of Sariah were there in the Lord’s service because our Heavenly Father honors His promises to families. To nearly his last breath, Lehi taught and testified and tried to bless his children. Terrible tragedy came among his descendants when they rejected his testimony, the testimonies of other prophets, and of the scriptures. But in the eyes and faces of those missionaries I felt confirmation that God has kept His promises to reach out to Lehi’s covenant children and that He will reach out to ours.
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👤 General Authorities (Modern)
Apostasy
Book of Mormon
Covenant
Family
Missionary Work
Testimony
A Champion Again
A girl told Diane she had heard her speak four times and made life-changing decisions after each. She chose not to commit suicide, decided not to fail school, set a goal to make the honor roll, and was on her way to achieving it.
Diane says, “It makes me feel really good when people tell me they’re going to try harder after they’ve heard my talk. One girl came to me once and told me she’d heard me speak four different times. The first time, she decided not to commit suicide. The second time, she decided that she didn’t have to flunk out of school. The third time, she made a goal to make the honor roll, and the last time she was on her way to that goal.” Another champion in the making, thanks to Diane.
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👤 Youth
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Education
Hope
Mental Health
Suicide
They Set Aside Their Trials
During a difficult year marked by financial strain, illness, and anxiety in their young son, a mother prayed for help while her husband was out of town. A neighbor, Kendra, visited and, despite her husband Brent’s battle with cancer, offered priesthood blessings for the family. Brent, frail and near the end of his life, blessed the son, while their son Tyson blessed the mother. The family felt God’s love through this ministering, and Brent passed away two weeks later.
Illustration by Trent Gudmundsen
We all experience ups and downs in life, but 2013 was a particularly difficult year for our family. We experienced many unexpected and costly home and auto repairs. My husband, Ryan, lost his job, and our youngest son was born with complications and had to spend a few weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit. I also struggled with postpartum depression. These circumstances, combined with being parents of four young children, strained us financially and emotionally.
Ryan found new employment, but he worked long hours and was out of town for weeks at a time. Our five-year-old son, Wesley, began having anxiety about his dad being gone so often. He constantly woke up during the night from nightmares.
Our extended family supported me when they could, but I still felt exhausted and alone most of the time. I knew that Heavenly Father loved and was aware of my family, but I felt like we were drowning.
One afternoon, while Ryan was out of town for work, I drove my kids home from school and desperately prayed for help. Later that night, my neighbor Kendra knocked on our door. She knew about our situation and asked how I was doing. I had no intention of complaining to her, and she was the last person I would have asked for help. Her husband, Brent, had been battling cancer for the past four years.
I told Kendra I was fine, but she sincerely asked again. Tearfully, I opened up to her about my struggles. When I told her about Wesley’s anxiety and nightmares, she asked if I would like Brent to give Wesley a blessing.
A while later, Kendra, Brent, and their oldest son, Tyson, came to our door dressed in church clothes. Brent was frail. I’m sure it took all the energy he had to come to our house. He gave Wesley a blessing, and Tyson gave me a blessing.
That day, Kendra, Brent, and Tyson were true examples of Christlike ministering. They set aside their own trials to sincerely offer us love and compassion. I felt blessed that Heavenly Father answered my prayer in this tender way. Brent died two weeks later.
That day in our home, Brent stood as a witness of God through righteously exercising the priesthood (see Mosiah 18:9). To me, it is sacred that his ministering to our family was one of his last acts on earth.
We all experience ups and downs in life, but 2013 was a particularly difficult year for our family. We experienced many unexpected and costly home and auto repairs. My husband, Ryan, lost his job, and our youngest son was born with complications and had to spend a few weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit. I also struggled with postpartum depression. These circumstances, combined with being parents of four young children, strained us financially and emotionally.
Ryan found new employment, but he worked long hours and was out of town for weeks at a time. Our five-year-old son, Wesley, began having anxiety about his dad being gone so often. He constantly woke up during the night from nightmares.
Our extended family supported me when they could, but I still felt exhausted and alone most of the time. I knew that Heavenly Father loved and was aware of my family, but I felt like we were drowning.
One afternoon, while Ryan was out of town for work, I drove my kids home from school and desperately prayed for help. Later that night, my neighbor Kendra knocked on our door. She knew about our situation and asked how I was doing. I had no intention of complaining to her, and she was the last person I would have asked for help. Her husband, Brent, had been battling cancer for the past four years.
I told Kendra I was fine, but she sincerely asked again. Tearfully, I opened up to her about my struggles. When I told her about Wesley’s anxiety and nightmares, she asked if I would like Brent to give Wesley a blessing.
A while later, Kendra, Brent, and their oldest son, Tyson, came to our door dressed in church clothes. Brent was frail. I’m sure it took all the energy he had to come to our house. He gave Wesley a blessing, and Tyson gave me a blessing.
That day, Kendra, Brent, and Tyson were true examples of Christlike ministering. They set aside their own trials to sincerely offer us love and compassion. I felt blessed that Heavenly Father answered my prayer in this tender way. Brent died two weeks later.
That day in our home, Brent stood as a witness of God through righteously exercising the priesthood (see Mosiah 18:9). To me, it is sacred that his ministering to our family was one of his last acts on earth.
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👤 Parents
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👤 Church Members (General)
Adversity
Charity
Children
Death
Employment
Faith
Family
Grief
Kindness
Love
Mental Health
Ministering
Parenting
Prayer
Priesthood
Priesthood Blessing
Service
Faithful First Believers
During a typhus epidemic, all of Joseph and Lucy's children fell ill. Their daughter Sophronia's life was spared after her parents prayed by her bedside in grief and supplication. The family also faced young Joseph's severe bone infection and other hardships.
When they moved to Palmyra, New York, in 1816, they had been tried in every possible way. Two of their 10 children had died. They had been impoverished by a national economic downturn and a dishonest business associate. Poor weather had caused crop failures three seasons in a row. Lucy came near death from the consumption that had killed her two sisters. A typhus epidemic attacked all of Joseph and Lucy’s children. Little Sophronia’s life was spared only after her parents poured out their hearts on their knees by her bedside with “grief and supplication.” And young Joseph, age seven or eight, suffered a bone marrow infection—a complication that required almost-crippling surgery. The family’s good reputation had also suffered along with their fortunes, and they were “warned out” of the Vermont village where they lived so that the town would not be required to provide assistance.
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👤 Parents
👤 Children
👤 Joseph Smith
Adversity
Children
Death
Family
Grief
Health
Honesty
Joseph Smith
Prayer
Never Lose Hope!
Adjusting to a new culture, Muriel’s family received practical and social help from Church members, who taught them about devices and language and became friends. Inspired by this fellowship, Muriel later served in Young Women and supported activities, teaching, and bearing testimony. She continues to strengthen friends with her faith and encouragement.
A lot of what she learned at church was familiar to Muriel, who’d been taught about God and Jesus Christ her whole life. Other topics were new. “I’d never heard of Joseph Smith or Brigham Young or the Book of Mormon,” she said.
Those weren’t the only new things. There was a whole new culture to learn. Here, Church members made a big difference. They taught the family how to use some of the electronic devices and appliances that were different from back home. They helped with the language. And they helped most of all by simply being friends.
Muriel encourages youth today to do the same thing. “Refugees need friends too. Our family didn’t have any friends when we came to this country, but once we joined the Church, we had so many people visit us! Now we have many friends.”
Over the years, Muriel has been able to help serve those same friends who blessed her life early on.
After she entered Young Women, Muriel served in class presidencies and assisted with all kinds of youth activities. She served and taught and shared her testimony.
But one of the best ways she continues to help her friends is by lending her strength in the gospel and her faith in God.
“Some of my friends are struggling to find hope right now,” she says. “But I always tell them, nothing bad lasts forever. For me, I feel like there’s nothing God can’t get you through.
“Sometimes all I can pray for is courage to hold on longer. To keep pushing on. God has always helped me find that courage. For the most part, the blessing of courage to keep pushing ahead is all you really need.”
Those weren’t the only new things. There was a whole new culture to learn. Here, Church members made a big difference. They taught the family how to use some of the electronic devices and appliances that were different from back home. They helped with the language. And they helped most of all by simply being friends.
Muriel encourages youth today to do the same thing. “Refugees need friends too. Our family didn’t have any friends when we came to this country, but once we joined the Church, we had so many people visit us! Now we have many friends.”
Over the years, Muriel has been able to help serve those same friends who blessed her life early on.
After she entered Young Women, Muriel served in class presidencies and assisted with all kinds of youth activities. She served and taught and shared her testimony.
But one of the best ways she continues to help her friends is by lending her strength in the gospel and her faith in God.
“Some of my friends are struggling to find hope right now,” she says. “But I always tell them, nothing bad lasts forever. For me, I feel like there’s nothing God can’t get you through.
“Sometimes all I can pray for is courage to hold on longer. To keep pushing on. God has always helped me find that courage. For the most part, the blessing of courage to keep pushing ahead is all you really need.”
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👤 Church Members (General)
👤 Youth
👤 Friends
👤 Children
Adversity
Conversion
Courage
Diversity and Unity in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Faith
Friendship
Hope
Ministering
Service
Teaching the Gospel
Testimony
Young Women
How to Be Friends with Your Family
Ezra from Australia had a big argument with his sister. Instead of keeping a grudge, he apologized immediately. He felt relief as the anger left and the conflict ended.
If you get into an argument with a family member, hug and make up! Ezra A. from Australia, says, “When you get into a fight, rather than keeping a grudge, just be a bigger person and say sorry—straight afterward. One time I was fighting with my sister. We had a big argument, and instead of holding a grudge I just said sorry and ended it there. It felt good to get rid of the anger and not feel a grudge anymore.”
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👤 Youth
Children
Family
Forgiveness
Kindness
The Aurora Ward Primary joined their stake’s challenge to read the Book of Mormon. Throughout the year, the children added links to a chain to mark their reading progress.
The Aurora Ward Primary participated in the Springfield Missouri Stake’s challenge to read the Book of Mormon. The children kept track of their progress throughout the year by adding links to their “Scripture Reading Chain.”
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👤 Children
👤 Church Members (General)
👤 Church Leaders (Local)
Book of Mormon
Children
Scriptures
The Blessing of Work
President Henry B. Eyring studied physics at the University of Utah and asked his father, Henry Eyring, for help with a difficult problem. Noting his son's lack of sustained interest, his father tenderly counseled him to pursue something he loved so much he would think about it naturally. This guidance led President Eyring to change his career direction.
Heavenly Father has given us all talents and gifts that can help us provide for ourselves and our families. Learning to recognize our talents and gifts—and interests—is an important first step in career preparation. President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency, learned from his father, Henry Eyring, to choose a career that complemented his interests.
Because of his love for science, Professor Henry Eyring encouraged his sons to major in physics as preparation for a career in science. While President Eyring was studying physics at the University of Utah, he had an exchange with his father that changed his career direction. He asked his father for help with a complex mathematical problem. “My father was at a blackboard we kept in the basement,” President Eyring recalls. “Suddenly he stopped. ‘Hal,’ he said, ‘we were working this same kind of problem a week ago. You don’t seem to understand it any better now than you did then. Haven’t you been working on it?’”
A little chagrined, President Eyring admitted he had not. President Eyring recalls his father’s response: “When I told him no, my father paused. It was really a very tender and poignant moment, because I knew how much he loved me and how much he wanted me to be a scientist. Then he said, ‘Hal, I think you’d better get out of physics. You ought to find something that you love so much that when you don’t have to think about anything, that’s what you think about.’”2
Because of his love for science, Professor Henry Eyring encouraged his sons to major in physics as preparation for a career in science. While President Eyring was studying physics at the University of Utah, he had an exchange with his father that changed his career direction. He asked his father for help with a complex mathematical problem. “My father was at a blackboard we kept in the basement,” President Eyring recalls. “Suddenly he stopped. ‘Hal,’ he said, ‘we were working this same kind of problem a week ago. You don’t seem to understand it any better now than you did then. Haven’t you been working on it?’”
A little chagrined, President Eyring admitted he had not. President Eyring recalls his father’s response: “When I told him no, my father paused. It was really a very tender and poignant moment, because I knew how much he loved me and how much he wanted me to be a scientist. Then he said, ‘Hal, I think you’d better get out of physics. You ought to find something that you love so much that when you don’t have to think about anything, that’s what you think about.’”2
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👤 General Authorities (Modern)
👤 Parents
Education
Employment
Parenting
Self-Reliance
Rosa de Tintí:
When her twin sons were very ill in their youth, Rosa pledged to the Lord that if He would heal them, she would dedicate them to His service. Years later, she remembered that promise when they were of age to accept mission calls in 1980.
When the twins were young, long before she knew of the Church, Mauro and Estuardo were very ill. Sister Tintí recalls that she pledged to the Lord then that if he would heal her sons, she would dedicate them to his service. She remembered that pledge in 1980 when they were of age to accept mission calls.
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👤 Parents
👤 Children
Consecration
Faith
Family
Miracles
Missionary Work
Parenting
We Can Do Hard Things through Him
After longing for many children, the speaker reflects that the Lord fulfilled this desire differently than expected. He and his wife served in the Ghana Cape Coast Mission with several hundred missionaries from many countries. Those missionaries became as dear to them as their own children.
I know that the Lord always compensates our righteous desires. Remember the many children I was promised in my patriarchal blessing? That blessing is being fulfilled. My wife and I served with several hundred missionaries, from more than 25 countries, in the Ghana Cape Coast Mission. They are as dear to us as if they were literally our own children.
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👤 Missionaries
👤 Parents
👤 Church Leaders (Local)
Diversity and Unity in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Family
Missionary Work
Patriarchal Blessings
Testimony
“How do I resist temptation?”
Emelyne describes facing an unexpected, tricky situation. Because she had already decided not to back down from her standards, the outcome was positive. Her family also practices role-playing to prepare her for such moments.
I think it is important to make up my mind ahead of time about choices I will be faced with. I was unexpectedly faced with a tricky situation, and the outcome was positive because I had already made up my mind that I would not back down from my standards. Even though I am sometimes uncomfortable, my family practices role-playing so I know what to say or do when faced with temptations.
Emelyne P., age 14, Wyoming, USA
Emelyne P., age 14, Wyoming, USA
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👤 Youth
👤 Parents
Agency and Accountability
Courage
Family
Temptation
Young Women
Let the Holy Spirit Guide
While on a tight assignment schedule in South America after a devastating earthquake in Ecuador, he felt prompted to visit affected members despite road difficulties. They reached the cities, found chapels filled, and he gave an apostolic blessing, feeling as if his hands were on each person’s head. He then felt prompted to speak to them as the Savior had ministered to the children, emphasizing their divine worth.
Last June, I was on an assignment to South America. We were on a tight 10-day schedule visiting Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador. An enormous earthquake had killed hundreds, injured tens of thousands, damaged and destroyed homes and communities in the Ecuadorian cities of Portoviejo and Manta. I felt prompted to add to our schedule a visit to members living in those cities. With damage to the roads, we weren’t sure we could get there. In fact, we had been told we could not get there, but the prompting would not go away. Consequently, we were blessed and were able to visit both cities.
With such short notice, I expected that only a few local priesthood leaders would attend the hastily organized gatherings. However, we arrived at each stake center to find the chapels filled all the way back to the stage. Some who attended were the stalwarts of the region, the pioneers who had held fast to the Church, encouraging others to join them in worship and to feel the Spirit in their lives. Sitting on the front rows were the members who had lost loved ones and neighbors in the earthquake. I felt prompted to bestow an apostolic blessing upon all who were in attendance, one of my very first given. Though I was standing at the front of that room, it was as if my hands were on each of their heads, and I felt the words of the Lord pouring forth.
It didn’t end there. I felt prompted to speak to them just as Jesus Christ had done when visiting the people in the Americas. “He took their little children … and blessed them, and prayed unto the Father for them.” We were in Ecuador, we were about our Father’s business, and these were His children.
With such short notice, I expected that only a few local priesthood leaders would attend the hastily organized gatherings. However, we arrived at each stake center to find the chapels filled all the way back to the stage. Some who attended were the stalwarts of the region, the pioneers who had held fast to the Church, encouraging others to join them in worship and to feel the Spirit in their lives. Sitting on the front rows were the members who had lost loved ones and neighbors in the earthquake. I felt prompted to bestow an apostolic blessing upon all who were in attendance, one of my very first given. Though I was standing at the front of that room, it was as if my hands were on each of their heads, and I felt the words of the Lord pouring forth.
It didn’t end there. I felt prompted to speak to them just as Jesus Christ had done when visiting the people in the Americas. “He took their little children … and blessed them, and prayed unto the Father for them.” We were in Ecuador, we were about our Father’s business, and these were His children.
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👤 General Authorities (Modern)
👤 Church Members (General)
Adversity
Apostle
Death
Emergency Response
Faith
Grief
Holy Ghost
Ministering
Prayer
Priesthood
Priesthood Blessing
Revelation
Service
Forgiveness Will Change Bitterness to Love
Brigham Young compared being offended to a rattlesnake bite. One can either chase the snake in anger or quickly remove the venom; only the latter course preserves life. The analogy teaches the urgency of letting go of offense.
President Brigham Young once compared being offended to a poisonous snakebite. He said that “there are two courses of action to follow when one is bitten by a rattlesnake. One may, in anger, fear, or vengefulness, pursue the creature and kill it. Or he may make full haste to get the venom out of his system.” He said, “If we pursue the latter course we will likely survive, but if we attempt to follow the former, we may not be around long enough to finish it.”
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👤 Other
Forgiveness
Judging Others
Mercy
Remembering Elder Richard G. Scott
Some warned Richard that serving a mission would hurt his job prospects. After his mission, he was hired as an engineer for the first nuclear-powered submarine. He testified that the Lord blessed him for setting proper priorities.
Some people said Richard wouldn’t find a job if he served a mission. But Richard was hired as an engineer for the first nuclear-powered submarine. He said, “The Lord blessed me as I put my priorities straight.”
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👤 General Authorities (Modern)
👤 Missionaries
👤 Other
Employment
Faith
Missionary Work
Obedience
Sacrifice