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this post should take approximately five minutes to read from start to finish.
This post focuses on a October 2014 General Conference talk, and it is called "Make the Exercise of Faith Your First Priority" by Elder Richard G. Scott. This post is part two. I would like to share with you some highlights while I was reading the talk.
Elder Scott has mentioned the following; "Family Home Evening
While you are working to strengthen your family and cultivate peace, remember this third tool: weekly family home evening. ... Decide that on Monday night your family will be together at home for the evening. Do not let employment demands, sports, extracurricular activities, homework, or anything else become more important than that time you spend together at home with your family.
... The gospel should be taught both formally and informally. Make it a meaningful experience for each member of the family. Family home evening is a precious time to bear testimony in a safe environment; to learn teaching, planning, and organizational skills; to strengthen family bonds; to develop family traditions; to talk to each other; and more important, to have a marvelous time together! ...
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| "Despite all of the negative challenges we have in life, we must take time to actively exercise our faith." |
Temple Attendance
The fourth tool is to go to the temple. We all know there is no more peaceful place on this earth than in the temples of God. If you don’t have a temple recommend, qualify to get one.
When you have a recommend, use it often. Schedule a regular time to be in the temple. Don’t let anyone or anything prevent you from being there. While you are in the temple, listen to the words of the ordinances, ponder them, pray about them, and seek to understand their meaning. The temple is one of the best places to come to understand the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
... Remember that many more blessings come from providing your own family names in the temple. ... When we are consistently praying morning and night, studying our scriptures daily, having weekly family home evening, and attending the temple regularly, we are actively responding to His invitation to “come unto Him.”
The more we develop these habits, the more anxious is Satan to harm us but the less is his ability to do so.Through the use of these tools, we exercise our agency to accept the full gifts of His atoning sacrifice. I am not suggesting that all of life’s struggles will disappear as you do these things. We came to mortal life precisely to grow from trials and testing. Challenges help us become more like our Father in Heaven, and the Atonement of Jesus Christ makes it possible to endure those challenges. ..."
If you would like to read the whole talk either now or in your own time, here is the link below.
Stay Tuned until next time.
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