Tag: Ardeth Kapp
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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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The Importance of a Christ-Focused Life
“It won’t matter if we play center stage or in the wings if our Lord and Savior is at the very center of our life.” -Ardeth Kapp Full resource: That We May Prepare to Do Our Part (BYU Devotional)
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The Atonement: A Moment-by-Moment Process
“The doctrine of grace and mercy through the Atonement is an ongoing, hourly, even moment-by-moment process.” -Ardeth Kapp Full resource: “Encircled in the Arms of His Love” (BYU Women’s Conference speech)
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Ardeth Kapp’s Wisdom: Embracing Our Inner Strength
“What lies behind us and what lies before us is not as important today as what lies within us.” -Ardeth Kapp Full resource: “Encircled in the Arms of His Love” (BYU Women’s Conference speech)
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Don’t Let Regrets Overpower Your Achievements
“Things don’t always turn out the way we plan, but don’t ever let what you haven’t done eclipse all the good you have done and are doing.”― Ardeth G. Kapp From the book, “Doing What We Came To Do: Living a Life of Love.”
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