Family History and Temple Work: Sealing and Healing

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1. Mark 10

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   Orson wrote to Parley, “Now my dear brother, there are none among all the descendants of our Ancestor, Lieut[enant] William Pratt, who have so deep an interest in searching out his descendants as ourselves.” Orson was one of the first to understand that Latter-day Saints have an obligation to research and compile family histories so that we can perform vicarious ordinances for our ancestors.

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2. 1 Samuel 29

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   As Church members, we do have a divinely appointed responsibility to seek out our ancestors and compile family histories.

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3. Doctrine and Covenants 109:15

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   Increased influence of the Holy Ghost to feel strength and direction for our own lives;

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4. Doctrine and Covenants 109:21

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   Increased ability and motivation to learn and repent because of an understanding of who we are, where we come from, and a clearer vision of where we are going;

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5. Ezekiel 47:8

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   “And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: … for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.”

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6. Isaiah 41:10

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   God will strengthen, help, and uphold us; and He will sanctify to us our deepest distress.

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