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Dear friends, the road ahead may be bumpy, but our destination is serene and secure. So, fasten your seatbelt, hang on through the bumps, and do what's right. Your reward will be eternal.
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We are witnesses to the process of restoration. If you think the Church is fully restored, you’re just seeing the beginning. There’s much more to come. Wait until next year, and then the next year. Eat your vitamins, get your rest. It’s going to be exciting!
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Wendy and I were vaccinated today against COVID-19. We are thankful for the countless individuals who performed the work required to make this possible. We have prayed for this literal godsend. Receiving the vaccine is part of our personal efforts to be good global citizens.
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Today I shared an important message about a remedy for our current situation: the healing power of gratitude. I invite you to watch this video and follow the invitations given.
#GiveThanks
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I testify that God is our Father. Jesus is the Christ. His Church has been restored to the earth. His truth, covenants, and ordinances enable us to overcome fear and face the future with faith!
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On this glorious Easter Sunday, I invite you to find joy in one of the most significant of all scriptural phrases: “He is not here: for he is risen” (Matthew 28:6).
I know Jesus Christ lives. And because He lives, we too can live again.
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Pray in the name of Jesus Christ about your concerns, your fears, your weaknesses—yes, the very longings of your heart. And then listen! Write the thoughts that come to your mind. Record your feelings and follow through with actions that you are prompted to take.
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We join with many throughout this nation and around the world who are deeply saddened at recent evidences of racism and a blatant disregard for human life.
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I invite all, including those not of our faith, to fast and pray in two days on Good Friday, April 10, that the present pandemic may be controlled, caregivers protected, the economy strengthened, and life normalized. Let us prayerfully plead for relief from this global pandemic.
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You may have heard a rumor that someone saw me somewhere using a walker or a wheelchair. Well, it’s not a rumor.
From time to time, I’m having a small challenge with my balance. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised when little issues arise as I near the century mark.
Gratefully, my…
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I testify of Jesus Christ, the Master Healer. I am thankful for His loving kindness and for His open invitation to come unto Him. I marvel at His matchless power to heal each of us.
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My dear friends, our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ know us, love us, and are watching over us. Of that we can be certain.
These unique challenges will pass in due time. I remain optimistic for the future.
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Love the Lord with a firm foundation of faith. Let it be the base upon which you stand and from which you climb. That love will provide power for you to love your neighbors and to help them.
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Pour out your heart to your Heavenly Father. Turn to Him for answers and for comfort. I assure you that God has not forgotten you.
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As a special witness of His holy name, I testify that Jesus is the divine Son of the living God. He will love you, lift you, and manifest Himself unto you if you will love Him and keep His commandments.
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On this beautiful Easter day, I extend greetings to each of you and express personal gratitude for the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. He is the living Christ—our Savior and Redeemer. Thanks to Him, no condition is hopeless. Brighter days are ahead, both here and hereafter.
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Today we honor women in all circumstances around the world.
Dear sisters, I say to you as I have said before: We need you! We need your strength, your conversion, your conviction, your ability to lead, your wisdom, and your voices. I love you and pray for you each day.
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On November 20, I offered a message and prayer of gratitude for the world and everyone in it. I am grateful and humbled that you would join in thanking God for His countless blessings to each of us. Thank you for your faith.
#GiveThanks
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I invite you to join with me in a worldwide fast—for all whose health permits—to pray for relief from the physical, emotional, and economic effects of this global pandemic.
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Life without God is a life filled with fear. Life with God is a life filled with peace.
#GeneralConference
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I
#GiveThanks
for Jesus Christ. He can heal us from heartache, sadness, and sin. And He will bless us with peace. I assure you that Jesus Christ is our Savior and our Master Healer.
Artwork by Carl Heinrich Bloch, Christ Healing the Sick at Bethesda, 1883
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I recently celebrated my 99th birthday and thus commenced my 100th year of living. I am often asked the secret to living so long. A better question would be, “What have I learned in nearly a century of living?”
I have learned that Heavenly Father’s plan for us is fabulous, that…
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Jesus Christ is risen! He loves you! And
#BecauseofHim
, you can experience the joy and miracle of forgiveness.
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Jesus descended below all things in order to rise above all things. He expects us to follow His example. Yoked with Him, we can rise above all challenges, no matter how difficult they may be.
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We are here on earth to be tested, to see if we will choose to follow Jesus Christ, to repent regularly, to learn, and to progress. Our spirits long to progress. And we do that best by staying firmly on the covenant path.
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We do not need to let our fears displace our faith. We can combat those fears by strengthening our faith.
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When you are faced with temptation—even if the temptation comes when you are exhausted or feeling alone or misunderstood—imagine the courage you can muster as you choose to let God prevail in your life and as you plead with Him to strengthen you.
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We can pray as Jesus prayed. We can strive to learn the knowledge that Jesus knew and knows. We have the scriptures, and we can study them, and we can learn to endure to the end. Jesus was and is our great Exemplar.
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Our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, love us! They care for us! They and Their holy angels are watching over us. I know that is true.
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I pray that we as a people are using this unique time to grow spiritually. I pray that you will choose to lay hold upon the word of God as it is declared during this
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To each of you I say, foster your faith. Fix your focus with an eye single to the glory of God. “Be strong and of a good courage” (Joshua 1:6), and you will be given power and protection from on high.
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My dear friends, as we near the end of a challenging year, one that may feel to many as a time of uncertainty and darkness, let us never forget that the light of hope still shines brightly. Jesus Christ is the light, the life, and the hope of the world.
#LightTheWorld
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How you deal with life’s trials is part of the development of your faith. Strength comes when you remember that you have a divine nature, an inheritance of infinite worth.
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During this unprecedented year, when virtually every person in the world has suffered the effects of a global pandemic, there is nothing more important we can do this Christmas than to rivet our focus on the Savior and on the gift of what His life really means to each of us.
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Today President M. Russell Ballard and I met with His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican. He is a wonderful, gracious man.
We have much in common. The differences in doctrine are real—and they’re important—but they’re not nearly as important as the things we have in common.
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The life of Jesus Christ neither began in Bethlehem nor ended on Calvary’s cross. He lives! Jesus the Christ stands ready to help, heal, and strengthen each of us in His divinely commissioned way.
May you have a Christmas filled with peace, love, and joy.
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Today we often hear about “a new normal.” If you really want to embrace “a new normal,” I invite you to turn your heart, mind, and soul increasingly to our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. Let that be your “new normal.”
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We can pray as Jesus prayed. We can strive to learn the knowledge that Jesus knew and knows. We have the scriptures, and we can study them, and we can learn to endure to the end. Jesus was and is our great Exemplar.
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Seek to be increasingly pure in thought, word, and deed. Minister to others. Keep an eternal perspective. Magnify your callings. And whatever your challenges, my dear brothers and sisters, live each day so that you are more prepared to meet your Maker.
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Dear brothers, sisters and friends, we have the cherished opportunity this coming weekend to attend or watch our semiannual general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! General conference weekends are two of my favorite weekends of the year. How I love…
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My call to you this
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morning is to start today to increase your faith. Through your faith, Jesus Christ will increase your ability to move the mountains in your life, even though your personal challenges may loom as large as Mount Everest.
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You can know the mind and will of the Lord for your own life. You do not have to wonder if you are where the Lord needs you to be or if you are doing what He needs you to do. You can know! The Holy Ghost “will tell you all things what ye should do” (2 Nephi 32:3).
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This New Year’s Day, make one of your resolutions to be more resolute in being kind to others and strengthening your own spiritual foundation.
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The first gift of Christmas was neither gold, nor frankincense, nor myrrh. It was the gift from a loving God of His Only Begotten Son.
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This Christmas season, may you be blessed with peace, with an increased ability to hear the voice of the Lord, and receive revelation with an enhanced capacity to feel how much our Father and His Son love you, care for you, and are ready to guide all who seek after Them.
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Today, we commemorate the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Book of Mormon teaches that “black and white, bond and free, male and female . . . all are alike unto God.” May God continue to bless us as we labor together to abandon attitudes and actions of prejudice.
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Turbulent times are opportunities for us to thrive spiritually.
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I wish to express my gratitude to all who participated in the recent fast on Good Friday. As we look forward together toward a recovery from this worldwide pandemic, I pray that we will find a stronger relationship with our Savior, Jesus Christ. He is our Master Healer.
#HearHim
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Thank you for your prayers for me during the last two months. My recovery from my fall in September when I injured the muscles in my back has been rigorous. I have needed your prayers.
The apostle James taught that the effectual fervent prayers of righteous men and women…
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Jesus asked us to love one another as He has loved us (see John 13:34). Is that possible? Can our love for others really approach divine love?
Yes, it can! The pure love of Christ is granted to all who seek and qualify for it. Such love includes service and requires obedience.
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The hope of the world is the Prince of Peace—our Creator, Savior, Jehovah, and Judge. He offers us the good life, the abundant life, and eternal life. Peaceful—even prosperous—living can come to those who abide His precepts and follow His pathway to peace.
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My dear friends, I thank you for your efforts and your contributions during this COVID-19 pandemic. To date, the Church has participated in 757 projects in 137 countries. More time and effort will be required. Together we will overcome this difficult time.
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Dear friends, I express my love for you. During this time of tension and uncertainty, I bless you with peace and increasing faith in the Lord.
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#HearHim
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I plead with you to take charge of your testimony of Jesus Christ. Work for it. Own it. Care for it. Nurture it so that it will grow. Then watch for miracles to happen in your life.
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Dear brothers, sisters, and friends, how grateful I am that we can watch, listen to, or attend general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints this weekend. I know that the General Authorities and General Officers of the Church who will speak to us have…
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The Savior loves you and knows you personally. He knows of your challenges. He knows your circumstances. He knows the profoundest concerns of your souls. He also knows your faith and your desire to serve Him.
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The Atonement of Jesus Christ can help us cope with the grief, sadness, weakness, fear, and anxiety that are part of mortality’s trials.
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I
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for my family. As I look back on my life, I can honestly say that my family and my membership in the Lord’s Church have brought me the greatest joy. Thanks to the Lord’s great plan of happiness, we can look forward to the future with faith.
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I have reflected many times on the miracle of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Today we commemorate the 200thanniversary of the angel Moroni’s first visit to the Prophet Joseph Smith. What a remarkable visitation this was! Moroni was a messenger sent from God to teach…
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Jesus Christ lives! At this Easter season, let us worship and praise Him for the peace, hope, light, and truth He brings to us.
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Let this Easter Sunday be a defining moment in your life. Choose to do the spiritual work required to enjoy the gift of the Holy Ghost and hear the voice of the Spirit more frequently and more clearly.
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Jesus Christ came to make immortality a reality and eternal life a possibility for all who would ever live. Every one of us will be resurrected—including those dear to you who have departed during this turbulent year.
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The challenges that we face as fellow global citizens are immense, but our ability to feel hope and seek healing in Jesus Christ remains strong. Please join me for a special message of hope and healing on Nov. 20 at 11 a.m. MST.
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I promise that if you will make time to be in the temple regularly, it will change your lives. It will bless your families, strengthen your faith and open the windows of heaven for you.
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Today I joined with friends and leaders from the
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Sisters, please know the heavens are just as open to women who are endowed with God’s power flowing from their priesthood covenants as they are to men who bear the priesthood. I pray that truth will register upon each of your hearts because I believe it will change your life.
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God does not love one race more than another. He invites all to come unto Him, “black and white, bond and free, male and female” (2 Nephi 26:33).
The question for each of us, regardless of race, is the same. Are you willing to let God prevail in your life?
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The Lord stands at the head of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As modern-day Apostles of Jesus Christ, the message we share today is the same that Apostles shared long ago—that God lives and Jesus is the Christ.
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If you will sincerely and persistently do the spiritual work needed to develop the crucial, spiritual skill of learning how to hear the whisperings of the Holy Ghost, you will have all the direction you will ever need in your life.
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As we commemorate the 200th anniversary of the First Vision, we, the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, issue the following proclamation.
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Contrary to the doubts of some, there really is such a thing as right and wrong. There really is absolute truth—eternal truth.
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Learn for yourselves who you really are. Ask your Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, how He feels about you and your mission here on earth. If you ask with real intent, over time the Spirit will whisper the life-changing truth to you.
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Just as God listened to Joseph’s prayer in 1820, He listens to you and yearns to speak with you through the Spirit. We invite you to be a major part of sharing the message of the ongoing restoration of the Savior’s gospel.
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The Lord has promised that if we will ask, we may receive “revelation upon revelation” (D&C 42:61). I promise that as you increase your capacity to receive revelation, the Lord will bless you with increased direction for your life and with boundless gifts of the Spirit.
#HearHim
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Present restrictions on gathering will eventually end. However, your commitment to make your home your primary sanctuary of faith should never end. As faith and holiness decrease in this fallen world, your need for holy places will increase.
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For me, deep-sea fishing has been infrequent but instructive. Success requires patience, persistence, and prayer.
As we begin this new year and make resolutions to improve things in our lives, these three requisites for successful fishing can help us.
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Daily prayer is the best way to remember that you are a son or daughter of God. He will guide and watch over you as you pour out your heart to Him.
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If most of the information you get comes from social or other media, your ability to hear the whisperings of the Spirit will be diminished. Make your spiritual foundation firm and able to stand the test of time by doing the things that allow the Holy Ghost to be with you always.
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I love you, dear brothers and sisters, and assure you that wonderful days are ahead. As we cautiously move forward to a more normal way of life, Church leaders will continue to monitor information and assess how soon we may again gather in our meetinghouses and temples.
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This was a remarkable
#GeneralConference
. The Church of Jesus Christ is a global Church. The Savior is our Leader. Even a pandemic has not been able to slow the onward march of His truth. His gospel is exactly what is needed in this confused, contentious, and weary world.
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This year, we commemorate the 200th anniversary of the appearance of God the Father and His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to Joseph Smith. During that singular vision, God the Father pointed to Jesus Christ and said: “This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!”
#GeneralConference
#HearHim
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The Babe of Bethlehem, the Lord Jesus Christ, is our Savior and our Redeemer. He is the Son of God, the Holy One of Israel. He is the Anointed One.
Let us live in the spirit of “Hallelujah,” ever praising the Lord God Jehovah. At this glorious Christmas season, come let us…
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Years ago, Sister Nelson and I visited Machu Picchu high in the mountains of Perú. We marveled at what we experienced.
While we marvel at the accomplishments of men and women, all of that pales when compared with the creations and works of our loving Heavenly Father and His…
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The gospel of Jesus Christ is a gospel of repentance. Because of the Savior’s Atonement, His gospel provides an invitation to keep changing, growing, and becoming more pure. It is a gospel of hope, of healing, and of progress. The gospel is a message of joy!
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What we choose to do here will determine the kind of life we have throughout all eternity. We are never living just for today.
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To help us remember Jesus Christ and to identify The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the Lord’s Church, we are pleased to introduce a symbol that will signify the central place of Jesus Christ in His Church.
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Sometimes it may feel as though some of our most fervent prayers go unanswered. I know that feeling! But I also know that our prayers are heard. And our faith is strengthened by prayer.
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I promise that if we will do our best to restore the correct name of the Lord’s Church, He whose Church this is will pour down His power and blessings upon the heads of the Latter-day Saints, the likes of which we have never seen.
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It takes consistent, daily effort to develop personal habits to study the gospel, to learn more about Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, and to seek and respond to personal revelation.
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I pray that we will believe and receive the love the Savior has for each of us. His infinite and perfect love moved Him to atone for you and me.
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We love our modern mobile phones and other means by which we can have good communication with others. But we can communicate with Heavenly Father at any hour of any day or night, and there are no service fees or batteries to be charged. This is an important truth for all of us.
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The Lord Jesus Christ atoned for us. As we repent, He has the power to forgive, redeem us from sin, change our hearts, strengthen us, and keep us on the path to our Heavenly Father.
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Take your questions directly to your Heavenly Father in prayer. Ask Him, in the name of Jesus Christ, to guide you. You can learn for yourself—right now—how to receive personal revelation. And nothing will make a bigger difference to your life than that!
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My dear brothers and sisters, Jesus Christ invites us to take the covenant path back home to our Heavenly Parents and be with those we love. He invites us to “come, follow me.”
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Regular temple worship will enhance the way you see yourself and how you fit into God’s magnificent plan.
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Jesus Christ is our ultimate exemplar, “who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross” (Hebrews 12:2).
He lives! He is our Advocate with the Father and our Redeemer.
Without His Resurrection, death would be the end. Our Savior’s Atonement made eternal life a…
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Dear friends, today I wish to share with you a special invitation. In this remarkable year as we commemorate the 200th anniversary of the First Vision, I invite you to think deeply and often about this key question: How do you hear Him?
#HearHim
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#GeneralConference
in April will commemorate the bicentennial of the First Vision. It will be different from any previous conference. Until then, I hope all will prepare for a unique conference that will commemorate the very foundations of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ.
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How much better it would be if we all could be more aware of God’s providence and love and express that gratitude to Him. Our degree of gratitude is a measure of our love for Him.
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