Precious Gifts from God

M. Russell Ballard April 2018 Saturday Morning Session

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  1. Doctrine and Covenants 88:70

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    My brothers and sisters, we have just participated in a solemn assembly, a practice that can be traced back to the Bible when ancient Israel gathered to feel the Lord’s presence and celebrate His blessings.

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  2. Doctrine and Covenants 21:4

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    “For his word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth, in all patience and faith.”

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  3. John 20:21

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    said, “Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.”
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  4. Matthew 17:20

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    “For verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto
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  5. Philippians 4:13

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    “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
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  6. Psalms 46:10

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    Too many allow themselves to almost live online with their smart devices—screens illuminating their faces day and night and earbuds in their ears blocking out the still, small voice of the Spirit.

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  7. Luke 10:25

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    Many opportunities to serve are informal—without assignment—and come as we reach out to others we meet in life’s journey.

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  8. Matthew 20:28

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    “even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”
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  9. Acts 10:38

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    Peter may have given the best description of the Savior’s mortal ministry in five words when he referred to Jesus, “who went about doing good.”

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  10. John 14:6

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    Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
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  11. 2 Nephi 25:26

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    talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins.”
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  12. Doctrine and Covenants 20:77

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    We should remember that it is His name that appears on our places of worship; we are baptized in His name; and we are confirmed, ordained, endowed, and sealed in marriage in His name.

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  13. Doctrine and Covenants 20:79

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    We should remember that it is His name that appears on our places of worship; we are baptized in His name; and we are confirmed, ordained, endowed, and sealed in marriage in His name.

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  14. Doctrine and Covenants 81:5

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    “be faithful; stand in the office which I have appointed unto you; succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees.”
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  15. James 1:27

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    This is the Church in action!

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  1. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 27: Continuation of the Perean and Judean Ministry

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    • Luke 10:25

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      Jesus was accosted on the way by a young man, who came running to meet or overtake Him, and who knelt at His feet, inquiring: “Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” The question was asked in earnestness; the questioner was in very different spirit from that of the lawyer who made a similar inquiry with the purpose of tempting the Master.y Jesus said: “Why callest thou me good?

    • Matthew 17:20

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      In Jesus the Christ:
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      From the Pharisees, Jesus turned to His disciples and admonished them to diligence.

  2. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 14: Continuation of Our Lord’s Ministry in Galilee

    1 shared verse

  3. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 19: “He Spake Many Things unto Them in Parables”

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  4. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 20: “Peace, Be Still”

    1 shared verse

    • Matthew 17:20

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      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (Matthew 17:20)

      That Jesus Christ, in the exercise of His powers of Godship, should speak directly to the wind or the sea and be obeyed, is no less truly in accord with the natural law of heaven, than that He should effectively command a man or an unembodied spirit.

  5. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 24: From Sunshine to Shadow

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  6. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 26: Our Lord’s Ministry in Perea and Judea

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    • Luke 10:25

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      We have seen that the Pharisees and their kind were constantly on the alert to annoy and if possible disconcert Jesus on questions of law and doctrine, and to provoke Him to some overt utterance or deed.y It may be such an attempt that is recorded by Luke in immediate sequence to his account of the joyous return of the Seventy,z for he tells us that the “certain lawyer,” of whom he speaks, put a question to tempt Jesus.

  7. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 37: The Resurrection and the Ascension

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