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Forward Focused
01 year ago
yourLDSneighborhood News for Wednesday, 2 November, 2011
Twelve Months of 2012
by Marie Calder Ricks
The new year is just around the corner, and it’s time to start thinking ahead. Here are some tips for “pre-organizing” 2012. (more…)
Doing What’s Needed
01 year ago
yourLDSneighborhood News for Wednesday, 5 October, 2011
Doing the Best We Can With What We Don’t Know
by Marie Ricks
Are we always sure of what we’re going to do? Do we have doubts about our abilities?
Do we feel trapped sometimes, not knowing where to go or what to do? (more…)
Honest to Goodness
01 year ago
Welcome to the yourLDSneighborhood News for Wednesday, 21 September
Honesty: I Have Set an Example for You
by Marie Ricks
Have you found easy at times to tell a “white lie”?
Is it hard to be completely honest all the time?
Marie gives us 8 tips on how to teach our children about honesty. (more…)
Ready for What’s Next?
01 year ago
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When we make plans to take a trip, there are a lot of discussions on the subject, what way we’re going to go, if we’re going to fly or drive, and what we’re going to pack.
Planning is part of life. We plan to go to school, or go on a mission, or go to the temple, we plan on doing our spring cleaning, or end of summer activities.
Did you ever plan on becoming inactive? Is that something we plan, or does it just happen? How about coming back to the church, is that planned? (more…)
Is This Joy?
01 year ago
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Joy is more than happiness. Joy is the ultimate sensation of well-being. It comes from being complete and in harmony with our Creator and his eternal laws.
Elder Dallin H. Oaks
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We all know the scripture that says: “Men are, that they might have joy.” (2 Nephi 2:25) (more…)
Finding Strength
01 year ago
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Have you ever had a dream that felt very real? Granted that in the dreaming state, they all do. But there are times when dreams take a different aspect and you can almost taste and feel what you see. (more…)
Be Thou an Example
01 year ago
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Giving service is a good habit that most of us should cultivate. (more…)
Helpful Reminders
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Through the years, we members of the LDS Church have received plenty of reminders about preparedness. There have been enough General Authorities, including prophets, giving us advice and reminding us of what’s expected of us. (more…)
Get It Done
01 year ago
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In May 2011 Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve visited Mexico. (more…)
Organize Yourselves
22 years ago
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“The difference between God and the Devil is that God creates and organizes, while the whole study of the Devil is to destroy”
(Discourses of Brigham Young, p. 69)
When we read the account that the Lord said to Joseph Smith that we should organize ourselves, we probably think that it refers only to Church matters. What if it goes beyond that? Remember that the Lord doesn’t give just temporal laws, they’re always spiritual. So maybe organization can be applied to our spiritual growth, not just to temporal matters. (more…)
