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Elder Eyring testified the Savior has always been the protector of whom?
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Those who accept His counsel
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The Lord's protection, His call to safety, will come by more than one means. It will, however, always include:
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Sending the message by the mouth of His prophets whenever the people have qualified to have the prophets of God among them
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In our day, prophets give warnings to help us find safety from sin and sorrow. What did Elder Eyring say is one of the keys to recognizing those warnings?
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That they are repeated
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Elder Eyring said that since the beginning of time, men and women have believed that to take counsel from the servants of God is to surrender God-given rights of independence. But this is false because it misrepresents reality how?
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When we reject the counsel from God, we aren't choosing to be independent. We are just choosing another influence.
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What three things did Elder Eyring say happens to us when we set aside prophetic counsel?
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1. We change the very ground upon which we stand (our faith)
2. we lessen our power to take inspired counsel in the future 3.we put ourselves in harm's way |
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One of the sweetest comforts a person could have in mortality is to know he/she has been an instrument in the hands of God to bring another to safety. What is required of those who desire to develop that kind of ability?
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Faith to follow counsel when it is hard to do.
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Sometimes we recieve counsel that we cannot understand or that seems to not apply to us. What did Elder Eyring counsel us to do on those occasions?
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Do not disregard it. Hold it close and be patient.
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How did Elder Scott define a "principle?"
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Concentrated truths, packaged for application to a wide variety of circumstances
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To acquire spiritual knowledge and to obey it with wisdom, what four things did Elder Scott say we must do?
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1. In humility, seek divine light
2. Exercise faith in Christ 3. Hearken to His counsel 4. Keep His commandments |
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As we seek spiritual knowledge and that knowledge begins to unfold to us, we must use it if we want to be blessed by it. Elder Scott suggested five things we should do when spiritual knowledge is given to us. Name them
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1. Understand
2. Value 3. Obey 4. Remember 5. Expand |
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Spiritual truths generally come a piece at a time as we exercise faith and exert diligent effort. At times, what else may be required before we are given precious truth?
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Great exertion and at times, wrenching struggles
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Powerful spiritual direction in our lives can be overcome or forced into the background unless we provide a way to retain it. What did Elder Scott suggest we do we if want to be able to have knowledge available to us in time of need?
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Carefully record it and remember it
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Using the scriptures and the declarations of the prophets is an excellent way to expand our knowledge, Elder Scott said. Another excellent way to increase our understanding and facilitate the flow of additional light is by doing what?
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Make efforts to share knowledge
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To keep life’s demands in balance, Elder Ballard suggested we do eight things.
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1. Use an eternal perspective to set priorities
2. Set reasonable short-term goals 3. Become financially secure 4. Build close relationships w/ family & friends 5. Study the scriptures 6. Rest, exercise, and relax 7. Teach one another the gospel 8. Pray often |
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All things, Elder Ballard said, must be done in wisdom and order. What three things did he say can throw us off-balance?
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1. Too much of anything
2. Too little of the important things 3. Lack of clear direction and goals |
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In the council in heaven, all of Heavenly Father’s spirit children were taught the plan of salvation—the great plan of happiness. Why was it so important for us to obtain a physical body and to have an experience in mortality?
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So that we could realize a fullness of joy. We progressed as far as we could without a body
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Towards what is Satan’s most strenuous opposition directed?
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At whatever is most important to the Father's plan
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What three things did Elder Oaks say are essential to the great plan of happiness?
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Gender
Marriage Childbearing |
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When Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden, they had bodies that lacked what two capacities? Why are both capacities essential in the plan of happiness?
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Death and procreation.
They needed to fulfill the first commandment of God, would have remained in a state of innocence if they did not have these capacities, knowing no joy and going no good |
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We live in a day, Elder Oaks said, when there are many political, legal, and social pressures for changes that confuse gender and homogenize differences between men and women. When we have an eternal perspective, how do we view those pressures for change?
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We are set against changes that negatively alter those separate duties and privileges of men and women that are essential to the plan of happiness
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Over the last generation or two, there have been significant increases in the number of working mothers of young children, which have signaled a reduced commitment of parents to nurture their young children. These reductions, Elder Oaks said, have led to rising numbers in four areas. Name them.
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Abortions
Divorces Child neglect Juvenile crime |
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To what did President Kimball refer as “an act of extreme selfishness”?
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For a married couple to refuse to have children when they are able to do so
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To any son or daughter of God who keeps the commandments, is true to his/her covenants, and desires what is right, what has the Lord promised?
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In the eternities, no blessing will be denied
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What did Elder Holland say are among the ultimate blessings the gospel of Jesus Christ brings to a troubled world and the troubled people who live in it?
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Peace and good tidings. Solutions to personal struggles and a source for strength
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There are times, in all of our lives, when deep sorrow or suffering or fear or loneliness make us cry out for the peace which only God Himself can bring. Heavenly Father will send help through His Beloved Son, through ministering angels, and through prophets. Additionally, Elder Holland said, there are three things we can do to access that peace. What are they?
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Obedience
Repentance Forgive others |
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When problems, sorrows or sadness come and they don’t seem to be our fault, time and perspective will help us recognize that such problems do come for a purpose. What, according to Elder Holland, might that purpose be?
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To convince us that we really do need divine strength beyond ourselves
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What two things did Elder Holland say often follow those who feel no need for mercy?
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Usually never seek it and almost never bestow it
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What is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose?
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Gender
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What makes it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally?
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Sacred ordinances and covenants in the temple
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What was the first commandment given to Adam and Eve?
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Multiply and replenish the earth
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Marriage is ordained of God, the Proclamation says. What two assurances did Elder Eyring say a mother and a father can receive when they know that to be true and are willing to ask for God’s help?
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Resolve differences, love each other
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In the premortal world, said Elder Eyring, we were men or women with _____________because of our _______________.
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Unique gifts and gender
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We want eternal life as families whatever its cost in effort, pain, and sacrifice. To obtain eternal life, it must then be more than our hope. What must it be?
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Determination
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Some in mortality struggle with the idea of marriage. Some feel they are and would be happier living single throughout time and eternity than they would be if married. But, no matter how beautiful or perfect the place in which we live, we would not want to remain single if ________________?
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We knew what it was like being in a family
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Only in the highest degree of the celestial kingdom will there be families. That knowledge, said Elder Eyring, should motivate us to do what three things?
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Strive to become worthy
Find a potential mate who would become worthy Search for/look to the temple and ordinances |
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What caution did Elder Eyring give men and women and career preparation?
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Don't try to prepare for the worst and by doing so make the best less likely
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Parents have a responsibility, the Proclamation says, to teach their children to love and serve one another, to keep the commandments, and to be law-abiding citizens. Teaching our children is one of the most important responsibilities we will ever have. While we cannot control what our children (or our spouses) choose to do nor can we force our children (or our spouses) to heaven, what can we be determined to do?
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What we will do and call upon the powers of heaven
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To what two things are all children entitled?
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To birth within the bonds of matrimony and to be reared by a mother and father who honor marital vows with complete fidelity
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What are the three primary duties of a father?
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Preside in love and righteousness, Provide necessities and Protect
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What is the primary duty of a mother?
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Nurture children
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When is happiness in family life most likely to be achieved?
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When founded upon the teachings of Christ
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Elder Hales said that an eternal bond doesn’t just happen through sealings. It depends upon our conduct. Specifically, what two things did Elder Hales say will determine whether or not we receive the blessings of the sealing?
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Keep commandments and conduct ourselces in a way so our families will want to live with us forever
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Because of the importance of the family to the eternal plan of happiness, what three things did Elder Hales say Satan does to destroy the family?
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Demean roles of men and women, encourage moral uncleanliness, and discourage rearing of children as a priority
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God’s highest blessings can be received only within an eternal family. Being a member of a family brings what great responsibility to each one of us?
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Caring, loving, lifting and strengthening each member
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How did Elder Hales define eternal life?
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Returning to live with God and Jesus Christ, having eternal increase and reuinted with family
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When troubles come in marriage, there is a difference between the reactions seen from the parties to a contractual marriage and those who are part of a covenant marriage. What is the difference?
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Contract seek happiness by walking away
Covenant are bound to eachother and to God |
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What did Elder Hafen say a contract companion gives in comparison to a covenant companion?
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Contract gives 50% each and covenant gives 100% each
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Elder Hafen said covenant marriage requires a total leap of faith that includes what two things?
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Keep covenants and unconditional obeying and sacrificing
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Identify/describe each of the 3 “wolves” Elder Hafen said test every marriage?
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Natural adversity (hardships)
Personal Imperfection Excessive Individualism |
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What did Elder Hafen say we discover when we observe the covenants we make at the altar of sacrifice?
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Hidden reservoirs of strength
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In selecting a companion for life and for eternity, said President Kimball, certainly the most careful _____ and _____ and _____ and ____ should be done to be sure that, of all the decisions, this one must not be wrong.
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Planning, thinking, praying and fasting
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President Kimball referred to divorce as “an ugly dragon.” Yet, divorce itself, he said, does not constitute the entire evil. What else did he say is a serious sin of this generation?
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The accpetance of divorce as a cure
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Some think of happiness as a glamorous life of ease, luxury, and constant thrills, observed President Kimball. But true marriage is based on a happiness which is more than that, one which comes from what five things?
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Giving
Serving Sharing Sacrificing Selflessness |
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President Kimball taught a never-failing formula for successful marriage which begins with a proper approach to marriage that includes what two things?
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Selection of a spouse who reaches as nearly as possible the pinnacle of perfection in all the matters most important to the individuals and then they must come together to the altar in the temple realizing that they must work hard
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Besides a proper approach to marriage, what were the other 3 ingredients in President Kimball’s never-failing formula for successful marriage?
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Great unselfishness, continued courting and expressions of love and kindness, and complete living of the commandments of the Lord
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Every divorce, President Kimball said, is the result of what?
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Selfishness on the part of one or both of the parties
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What two things did President Kimball say we should do if we want to transform ourselves and our marriage from a selfish relationship into an unselfish one?
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Submit to frequent self-analysis and measure our oen imperfections, then set about to correct self in every deviation found rather than try to fix the other person
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President Kimball counseled us to plan our lives carefully to ensure there are no impediments to proper and successful marriage, obstacles which might block the way to eternal life and godhood—our ultimate destiny. Conversely, the great happiness which accompanies eternal life and godhood would surely come, he said, if couples would do what?
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Love the Lord more than our own lives and love each other more than our own lives
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Stormy weather (e.g. finances, sickness, accidents, death, and rebellious children) occasionally hits every household, said President Hinckley. Those storms bring physical, mental, and emotional pain. They lead to stress and struggle, fear and weary. The remedy, said President Hinckley, for most of that stress is not separation or divorce. Rather, it is in ________.
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Repentance (the golden rule)
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Marriage is beautiful, said President Hinckley, when beauty is looked for and cultivated. It can be ugly and uncomfortable when one is looking for faults and is blinded to virtue. Both husband and wife must recognize the solemnity and sanctity of marriage and the God-given design behind it. That includes inviting and working to have the Spirit of God in the home and recognizing that each is a child of God. What other three things did President Hinckley say couples should be willing to do?
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A willingness to overlook small faults (forgive and forget), a willingness to hold one's tongue, self-discipline that constraints against the abuse of family
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In the King Follet discourse, what does JS say is the first principle of the gospel
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to know of a certainty the character of God and know that we can talk to Him
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When we understand the character of God
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-we understand ourselves
-we come to understand the past and future better -We learn better how to approach God |
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What does doctrine do for us?
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1. no longer troubled by beliefs of the world (discern truth and right)
2. witness from spirit that we are on the right path 3. cleanse, sanctify and edify us 4. improves attitudes and behavior |
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3 components of a principle
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1. if then format
2. universal 3. timeless |
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Application of principles
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1. come through holy ghost individually
2. vary person to person 3. link between pondering and application |
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Three promises to those who follow prophets
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1. the gates of hell will not prevail
2. the lord will disperse the powers of darkness 3. the heavens will shake for our good |
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From tree of life, if we follow prophets:
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1. adversary will have no power to tempt beyond strength
2. see clesrly and make good decisions 3. not get discouraged 4. capicity to discern good from evil will increase 5. in darkness, light at end seen through light of prophetic teachings. disperses fear, doubt, pessimism, hopelessness or hegative thoughts |
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Three questions to yourself about eternal perspective
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1. what do you think about when you don't have anything to think about
2. are your thought pos. or neg. 3. are you thinking more about things of the world or eternity |
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An eternal perspective is:
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1. Know God has a plan it its purpose is to help us reach our devine potential
2. Put God first, want what he wants and see what he sees 3. Make decisions on eternal truths and not circumstances |
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Patterns:
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help us achieve consistency
Leads us to safety Gives us confidence |
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3 pillars of eternity
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creation
fall atonement |
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doctrines of the creation in relationships
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1. part of the overall plan
2. took time 3. a process of organization |
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Romance pyramid
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Friendship
Time Understanding Respect Restraint Romance |
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in order for agency to exist there must be:
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Eternal laws
oppoaition knowledge of good and evil freedom to choose |
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Look at enabling power on 3 different basis:
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1. weekly
2. area 3. stage of life to stage of life |
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Unique-ness of the savior
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1. sinless
2. power over death |
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responsibilities of parents
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1. ensure family is center of ourlives
2. husbands and lives need to love each other 3. care, love and rear in righteousness 4. provide physical and spiritual needs 5. sacred duty to teach 6. help each other as equal partners |
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How do you train your desires?
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1. know and understand truth
2. live the turth 3. love the truth |
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blessings of obedience
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1. first ressurrection
2. eternal marriage 3. become gods 4. continuation of seed |
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Conditions of the law (new and everlasting covenant)
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1. the covenant must be made
2. covenant of marriage must be entered into 3. ceremony performed by one who is anointed 4. must be sealed by holy spirit of promise 5. receive Christ |
