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  1. Trust in the Lord

    Dallin H. Oaks October 2019 Saturday Morning Session

    Open paragraph (1)

    The spirit-world bondage that applies to righteous converted souls is their need to await—and perhaps even be allowed to prompt—the performance of their proxy ordinances on earth so they can be baptized and enjoy the blessings of the Holy Ghost (see Doctrine and Covenants 138:30–37, 57–58).

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  2. Our Good Shepherd

    Dale G. Renlund April 2017 Saturday Morning Session

    Open paragraph (1)

    The impact of distinguishing between the outward characteristics of an individual and the individual himself is central to the novel Les Misérables, by the French author Victor Hugo.

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  3. A Summer with Great-Aunt Rose

    Dieter F. Uchtdorf October 2015 General Women’s Session

    Open paragraph (1)

    When she realized this, she felt a special prayer swell within her heart.

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  4. Roots and Branches

    Quentin L. Cook April 2014 Saturday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (1)

    At the dawn of the Restoration, Moroni reemphasized this message in his initial instruction to young Joseph Smith in 1823.

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  5. TheWhyof Priesthood Service

    Dieter F. Uchtdorf April 2012 Priesthood Session

    Open paragraph (1)

    Thomas Edison, the man who bathed the world in glowing electric light, said that “the value of an idea lies in the using of it.” In a similar way, gospel doctrine becomes more precious when it is put to use.

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  6. Feed My Sheep

    Silvia H. Allred October 2007 General Relief Society Meeting

    Open paragraph (1)

    “Give spiritual instruction through a monthly message.”

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  7. “Mom, Are We Christians?”

    Gary J. Coleman April 2007 Sunday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (1)

    Another restored truth of the gospel I became acquainted with was the restoration of priesthood authority, or the power to act in God’s name.

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  8. The Bishop and His Counselors

    Boyd K. Packer April 1999 Sunday Morning Session

    Open paragraph (1)

    “Quorums, auxiliaries, programs, and activities in the Church should strengthen and support the family.

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  9. Covenant Marriage

    Bruce C. Hafen October 1996 Saturday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (2)

    Marriage is by nature a covenant, not just a private contract one may cancel at will.

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  10. Come unto Christ—Together

    Taniela B. Wakolo April 2026 Sunday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (2)

    The Lord has also declared that “marriage is ordained of God … that the earth might answer the end of its creation,” and without the sealing authority needed to enter these eternal covenants that unite families forever, “the whole earth would be utterly wasted at his coming.”

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  11. The Sealing Power

    D. Todd Christofferson October 2023 Saturday Morning Session

    Open paragraph (2)

    Without the sealings that create eternal families and link generations here and hereafter, we would be left in eternity with neither roots nor branches—that is, neither ancestry nor posterity.

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  12. Preparing for the Lord’s Return

    D. Todd Christofferson April 2019 Sunday Morning Session

    Open paragraph (4)

    Also vital to the preparation for the Second Coming is the great redemptive effort on behalf of our ancestors.

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  13. Prepare to Meet God

    Quentin L. Cook April 2018 Sunday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (1)

    Third, Elijah committed the sealing keys of this dispensation.

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  14. Nurturing Marriage

    Russell M. Nelson April 2006 Saturday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (2)

    But these things I do know: I know “that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children.” I know that the earth was created and that the Lord’s Church was restored so that families could be sealed and exalted as eternal entities.

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  15. The Redemption of the Dead and the Testimony of Jesus

    D. Todd Christofferson October 2000 Saturday Morning Session

    Open paragraph (1)

    The vicarious ordinances we perform in temples, beginning with baptism, make possible an eternal welding link between generations that fulfills the purpose of the earth’s creation.

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  16. The Atonement

    Russell M. Nelson October 1996 Saturday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (1)

    The Creation required the Fall.

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