Author: Sherrie Gavin
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The Joy of Our Redemption
“The redeeming power of Jesus Christ is one of the greatest promised blessings of our covenants. Ponder this as you participate in sacred ordinances. Without it, we could not return home to the presence of our Father in Heaven and those we love.” -Kristin M. Yee This quote is taken from the October 2024 General Conference…
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The Joy of Our Redemption
“Repenting allows us to feel God’s love and to know and love Him in ways we would never otherwise know.” (Alma 22:18) -Kristin M. Yee This quote is taken from the October 2024 General Conference talk, The Joy of Our Redemption. The link is here.
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The Joy of Our Redemption
“Just as the depth of my gratitude for the Savior grew as He mercifully helped me to repair the “unrepairable” painting, so has my personal love and gratitude for my Savior intensified as I’ve sought to work with Him on my weaknesses and to be forgiven of my mistakes.” -Kristin M. Yee This quote is…
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Trusting the Lord in Uncertainty
“Even with my questions, I decided to move forward and trust that the Lord would help me. But I had to keep moving and leave the possibilities to Him.” (Matthew 19:26) -Kristin M. Yee This quote is taken from the October 2024 General Conference talk, The Joy of Our Redemption. The link is here.
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Understanding the Covenant Path
“Maybe when we take the sacrament each week or attend the temple, we could ask ourselves these questions: How have my efforts to keep my covenants transformed me? How have they helped me to know and love God in new and different ways? How have my covenants helped me to love others abundantly? “How we…
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Your Unique Covenant Path
“Your covenant path should look different and will look different from mine. Even though our covenant paths are different, there is much that is the same. The Savior is very aware of our needs as we stumble and walk along our different covenant paths. He really is okay with whatever progress we are making. He…
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Fulfilling Your Divine Potential
“I love that we learn in the temple that living things are created to fulfill the measure of their creation. God created me to fulfill the measure of my creation—not the measure of your creation or anyone else’s creation.” -Ellie L. Young This quote is taken from a BYU devotional titled “The Transformative Power of…
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The Good Samaritan: Lessons in Charity and Boundaries
“Temple covenants ask us to build the kingdom of God, which is sharing the joy and peace of the Savior’s love. From this perspective, we can’t be charitable, benevolent, tolerant, and pure in a vacuum; relationships are where we practice being benevolent, tolerant, and pure. “There are no qualifiers on the charge to whom we…
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The Power of Showing Up in Faith
“Maybe the essence of being a covenant-keeping Saint is nothing big or grandiose. Rather, it is the small simple act of showing up with love and empathy. Baptismal covenants, as taught in the Book of Mormon, are essentially asking us to show up for each other, to be aware of each other’s needs, and to…
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The Power of Covenants in Trust
“In the book At the Pulpit: 185 Years of Discourses by Latter-day Saint Women, there is a record of Matilda Dudley Busby, who helped organize the Salt Lake City Thirteenth Ward Relief Society in 1854. Matilda suggested a “covenant” for Relief Society members that was similar to the covenant suggested by Emma Smith in the Nauvoo Relief…
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Understanding God’s Love Through Covenant Relationships
“How can we trust God if we don’t know Him? We certainly can know God in an academic way, but that feels rather one-dimensional and not very compelling. The Savior wants something much more fulfilling for us. He wants us to share our hearts with Him—our whole hearts, even the unbelieving, unknowing, selfish, worried, or whining…
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Understanding the Love of Christ
“Being bound to Christ means that we know Him. We feel His comforting love. We feel His guiding hand in our lives. Because we feel His amazingly generous and compassionate love, we have a desire to love as He does.” -Ellie L. Young This quote is taken from a BYU devotional titled “The Transformative Power…
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Understanding Spiritual Growth
“The Lord’s method of teaching is ‘line upon line, precept upon precept.’ (2 Nephi 28:30) We may be required to ‘wait upon the Lord’ (Isaiah 40:31) in the space between our current line of understanding and the next yet to be delivered. This sacred space can be a place where our greatest spiritual conditioning can…
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Embracing God’s Mercy: Finding Guidance in Jesus Christ
“God’s plan is merciful toward the limitations of our humanity; provides us with our Savior, Jesus Christ, to be our Good Shepherd; and inspires us to use our agency to choose Him.” -Tracy Y. Browning The source for this quote is found in Tracy Y. Browning’s talk, “Seeking Answers To Spiritual Questions” which was given…
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Understanding Heavenly Father’s Plan for Happiness
“Heavenly Father’s plan of happiness for all of us is designed to help us progress despite our limitations and accomplish what we cannot accomplish on our own, even without a complete knowledge of all things.” -Tracy Y. Browning The source for this quote is found in Tracy Y. Browning’s talk, “Seeking Answers To Spiritual Questions” which…
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