Author: Sherrie Gavin
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Mother’s Day Reflections: Celebrating Women We Love
“The months of March and May are times when we celebrate mother’s days (in the UK and USA, respectively); and International Women’s Day is on March 8. I believe it is healthy to celebrate women and to express love and thanks for them. Women are necessary in the Lord’s work and to society. There are…
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The Restoration and Human Errors: A Reflection
“As a child, I used to think that because the Restoration was all about fixing errors, our church was error-free. But then I learned that we, the Latter-day Saints, are not immune to errors, bad judgement, social pressures, and sin. So often, we make mistakes, just like any other group of God’s children. We are…
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Finding Strength Through Suffering
“Having experienced suffering, one develops power over it — not the power to stop it, or take it away from someone you love, but to know its sorrows fade. Having experienced suffering, one receives power from it — the power to share others’ burdens and be humble, to see one’s own burdens and be kind.…
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Jesus’ Experience with Human Pain: A Spiritual Perspective
“Christ shrank from none of the bitter indignities of mortality, in order to be someone who is not insulated from our difficult lived reality. If you only live in a beautiful, prosperous world in which the beautiful and righteous prosper, then people who spent the day curled up in pain are not for you, and…
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Reaching Out: The Power of Encouragement
“May our lights be bright without a flicker, as we tend the lights along the shore. Let us each one reach out and touch another. Let us help carry one another’s burdens. In cooperation we can overcome great odds. Let us rejoice with one another. It may be just a smile, a note, a call,…
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Understanding Doctrine Through Trials
“There will continue to be much opposition to true doctrine; but by and by the storm subsides, the clouds disperse, the sun breaks forth, and the rock of truth is seen again, firm and lasting. There never was a true principle that was not met by storm after storm of opposition and abuse, until that…
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The Importance of Doctrine in Faith Practices
“We can follow the Brethren blindly, as one of my non-Mormon friends claims that we do—and I might add that it is far safer and better to follow them blindly than not at all—but that could be an abdication of our responsibility to direct our own lives and become spiritually independent. Again, following the practices…
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Building True Faith Through Practice and Revelation
“Being faithful does not necessarily develop faith. The first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ. To have faith in him is to know him, to know his doctrine, and to know that the course of our life is in harmony with and acceptable to him. It is relatively easy to…
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The Importance of Applying Doctrines in Daily Life
“Following the practices, doing the right thing but without coming to know, understand, accept, and apply the saving principles and doctrines, we may be compared to one who spends his entire life stringing the instrument—never once hearing the music for which the instrument was created or incapable of recognizing it if he did.” -Ardeth Kapp…
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The Impact of Choices on Our Dreams
“Choices must be decisive so that dreams and actions can be in harmony with each other. When we do something different than we know we should, it is like going into a final examination and putting down the wrong answer, even though we know the right one.” -Ardeth Kapp Full Resource: Drifting, Dreaming, Directing, given…
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The Power of Keeping Covenants
“Honoring our covenants is the only way to swim against the escalating opposition of our day.” -Ardeth Kapp Full Resource: BYU Speeches, “Pray Not for Light Burdens but for Strong Backs”
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Navigating Life’s Challenges with Scriptures
“As you become more and more familiar with the scriptures, they can eventually become your favorite stories, easy to read; and they will help you have determination to stand firm for righteousness, even when it’s hard.” -Ardeth Kapp Full Resource: General Conference October 1985 “The Holy Scriptures: Letters from Home”
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The Importance of Daily Scripture Reading
“Learning to study the scriptures is like learning to walk. When you first begin reading them, you feel unsure; you’d much rather read something familiar, like a favorite story. But I can tell you from my experience, if you will try reading the scriptures every day, just as you kept trying to walk, these precious…
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Don’t Give Up: Praying Brings Direction
“Perhaps you are praying for blessings for your family and others you love. Don’t give up! Heavenly Father will show you what you can do.” -Susan H. Porter Full resource: April 2024 General Conference talk, “Pray, He is There.”
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Finding Blessings Amidst Life’s Trials
“Sometimes you may want to know why something hard is happening in your life or why you didn’t receive a blessing you prayed for. Often the best question to ask Heavenly Father is not why but what.” -Susan H. Porter Full resource: April 2024 General Conference Talk, “Pray, He is There.“
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