Care for the Life of the Soul
Neal A. Maxwell April 2003 Sunday Morning Session
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Within the swirling global events—events from which we are not totally immune—is humanity’s real and continuing struggle: whether or not, amid the cares of the world, we will really choose, in the words of the Lord, to “care … for the life of the soul” (D&C 101:37).
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When we strive to keep God’s commandments, “the inward man is renewed day by day” (2 Corinthians 4:16).
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When we strive to keep God’s commandments, “the inward man is renewed day by day” (2 Corinthians 4:16).
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When we strive to keep God’s commandments, “the inward man is renewed day by day” (2 Corinthians 4:16).
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When we strive to keep God’s commandments, “the inward man is renewed day by day” (2 Corinthians 4:16).
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When we strive to keep God’s commandments, “the inward man is renewed day by day” (2 Corinthians 4:16).
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When we strive to keep God’s commandments, “the inward man is renewed day by day” (2 Corinthians 4:16).
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At other times, however, the interplay of outward and inward things is more visible.
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Even though nations shall rise against nations, such turbulence does not justify business partners rising against their partners or against their stockholders by stealing or bearing false witness, thereby violating both the eighth and ninth commandments—for which there are no excusing footnotes (see Exodus 20:15–16).
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Our own intellectual shortfalls and perplexities do not alter the fact of God’s astonishing foreknowledge, which takes into account our choices for which we are responsible.
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Our own intellectual shortfalls and perplexities do not alter the fact of God’s astonishing foreknowledge, which takes into account our choices for which we are responsible.
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Our own intellectual shortfalls and perplexities do not alter the fact of God’s astonishing foreknowledge, which takes into account our choices for which we are responsible.
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Our own intellectual shortfalls and perplexities do not alter the fact of God’s astonishing foreknowledge, which takes into account our choices for which we are responsible.
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He will be with us, brothers and sisters, “in [our] time of trouble” (D&C 3:8), including through the guidance of His living prophet, President Gordon B.
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We may experience hunger, for instance, but if so, we can still respond as did the widow who used the last of her meal to feed Elijah (see 1 Kings 17:8–16).
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When pondering “the life of the soul,” it helps to strive for our own full conversion whereas the gospel seed first falls on “good ground”—which is defined by Jesus as those with an “honest and good heart” (Luke 8:15).
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When pondering “the life of the soul,” it helps to strive for our own full conversion whereas the gospel seed first falls on “good ground”—which is defined by Jesus as those with an “honest and good heart” (Luke 8:15).
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When pondering “the life of the soul,” it helps to strive for our own full conversion whereas the gospel seed first falls on “good ground”—which is defined by Jesus as those with an “honest and good heart” (Luke 8:15).
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When pondering “the life of the soul,” it helps to strive for our own full conversion whereas the gospel seed first falls on “good ground”—which is defined by Jesus as those with an “honest and good heart” (Luke 8:15).
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When pondering “the life of the soul,” it helps to strive for our own full conversion whereas the gospel seed first falls on “good ground”—which is defined by Jesus as those with an “honest and good heart” (Luke 8:15).
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When pondering “the life of the soul,” it helps to strive for our own full conversion whereas the gospel seed first falls on “good ground”—which is defined by Jesus as those with an “honest and good heart” (Luke 8:15).
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When pondering “the life of the soul,” it helps to strive for our own full conversion whereas the gospel seed first falls on “good ground”—which is defined by Jesus as those with an “honest and good heart” (Luke 8:15).
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When pondering “the life of the soul,” it helps to strive for our own full conversion whereas the gospel seed first falls on “good ground”—which is defined by Jesus as those with an “honest and good heart” (Luke 8:15).
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When pondering “the life of the soul,” it helps to strive for our own full conversion whereas the gospel seed first falls on “good ground”—which is defined by Jesus as those with an “honest and good heart” (Luke 8:15).
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The outcomes of this ongoing process include having “no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually” (Mosiah 5:2).
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The outcomes of this ongoing process include having “no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually” (Mosiah 5:2).
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Truly converted disciples, though still imperfect, will pursue “the life of the soul” on any day, in any decade, amid any decadence and destruction.
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Truly converted disciples, though still imperfect, will pursue “the life of the soul” on any day, in any decade, amid any decadence and destruction.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 32: Further Instruction to the Apostles
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (Matthew 13:20, 23)
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The Bridegroom is the Lord Jesus; the marriage feast symbolizes His coming in glory, to receive unto Himself the Church on earth as His bride.n The virgins typify those who profess a belief in Christ, and who, therefore, confidently expect to be included among the blessed participants at the feast.
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (Matthew 13:21)
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The Bridegroom is the Lord Jesus; the marriage feast symbolizes His coming in glory, to receive unto Himself the Church on earth as His bride.n The virgins typify those who profess a belief in Christ, and who, therefore, confidently expect to be included among the blessed participants at the feast.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 18: As One Having Authority
1 shared verse
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (Luke 2:49)
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The incident reminds one of the answer He made to His mother, when she and Joseph had found Him in the temple after their long and anxious search: “How is it that ye sought me?
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 24: From Sunshine to Shadow
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (Luke 22:32)
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Even the apostles were in need of conversion;s respecting the matter at issue their hearts were turned, partly at least, from God and His kingdom.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 27: Continuation of the Perean and Judean Ministry
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (Moses 1:39)
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The three parables, which appear in the scriptural record as parts of a continuous discourse, are as one in portraying the joy that abounds in heaven over the recovery of a soul once numbered among the lost, whether that soul be best symbolized by a sheep that had wandered afar, a coin that had dropped out of sight through the custodian’s neglect, or a son who would deliberately sever himself from home and heaven.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 3: The Need of a Redeemer
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (Moses 1:39)
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So, for the advancement of man from his present fallen and relatively degenerate state to the higher condition of spiritual life, a power above his own must cooperate.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 33: The Last Supper and the Betrayal
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (Luke 22:32)
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The Lord’s reference to His impending separation from them troubled the brethren.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 34: The Trial and Condemnation
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (Luke 23:12)
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Herod Antipas, the degenerate son of his infamous sire, Herod the Great,k was at this time tetrarch of Galilee and Perea, and by popular usage, though without imperial sanction, was flatteringly called king.
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The Articles of Faith
Article 1
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- In this talk:
- Open paragraph (Exodus 20:14)
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- Open paragraph (Ex. 20:14)
President Spencer W.
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