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• Relief Society
  Relief Society sisters may participate in additional meetings. These may include service, classes, projects, conferences, and workshops. According t Meetings may be held either quarterly or as local circumstances dictate and are intended
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• Doctrine and Covenants
  ...and finally arrived in [[Independence, Missouri|Independence]] on January 5, 1832. In June, W. W. Phelps began setting the type for the book. The first {| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
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• Ministering of Angels
  ...imes of need. Angels who minister in our behalf—whether seen or unseen—may include departed loved ones who are aware of our circumstances and are conc ...e manifest concerning the coming of Christ” (Moroni 7:22; see also Moses 5:58);
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• Spiritual Death
  ...Helaman 14:18–19; Doctrine and Covenants 63:17; 76:37). This terminology may have been chosen because it refers to the sequence in which the two deaths ...nce; they could converse with him in prayer, but "they saw him not" (Moses 5:4). Elder [[Earl C. Tingey]] explains,
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• Are We Not All Mothers?
  ...e of our labor, for our work is to help the Lord with His work. How, then, may we as Latter-day women of God best help the Lord with His work? ...teous women were endowed premortally with the privilege of motherhood.⁵ Motherhood is more than bearing children, though it is certainly that
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• Let God Prevail
  The word ''willing'' is crucial to this interpretation of ''Israel''.⁵ We all have our agency. We can choose to be of Israel, or not. We can ...y welcoming them with open arms and hearts. And some to whom we may be led may have always felt there was something missing in their lives. They too are l
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• Good, Better, Best
  ...est. Even though a particular choice is more costly, its far greater value may make it the best choice of all. ...on the lawn and looked at the stars and talked.” Super family activities may be good for children, but they are not always better than one-on-one time w
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• Gathering of Israel
  ...the world, and from each he shall send forth his proclamations as occasion may require. Jerusalem shall be the gathering place of Judah and his fellows of ...arance” (Joseph Smith, ''Documentary History of the Church'' (DHC), vol. 5, p. 337).
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• War in Latter-day Saint Belief
  ...nd, it was former United States President Jimmy Carter, who stated, “War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an ...nd pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you” (Matthew 5:44); “And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the othe
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• Chastening
  ...e fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby (Hebrews 12:5–7, 11). ...Lord unto you whom I love, and whom I love I also chasten that their sins may be forgiven, for with the chastisement I prepare a way for their deliveranc
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• Blood Atonement
  ...that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their inf ...or example, [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ex/12.5?lang=eng#4 Exodus 12:5]). These requisites were also symbolic of the eventual sacrifice of the spo
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• Mormon Beliefs: True Church
  ...eated spiritually by God before they were created physically. In Genesis 2:5 it reads: In the Pearl of Great Price, Moses 3:5, it reads,
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• But if Not . . .
  ...Him because they knew His plan, and they knew that He does not change.⁵ They knew, as we know, that mortality is not an accident of nature. I ...Him as to the purpose of mortality: “We will make an earth whereon these may dwell; And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things w
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• Barbara B. Smith
  ...e Proposed Equal Rights Amendment: A Closer Look,]" ''Ensign'', Mar. 1980, 5), Church officials raised concerns related to potential effects from the am :5. Conserve energy resources and reduce the nonessential costs required for m
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• Enoch
  ...ley, “A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 5,” ''Ensign'', Apr 1976, 60.</ref> ...he earth, unto a place which I shall prepare, an Holy City, that my people may gird up their loins, and be looking forth for the time of my coming; for th
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• Law of Chastity
  .... Millet]], ''Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon'', 4 vols., vol 3:5-6, originally in the ''Improvement Era'', vol. 20, p. 739.</ref> ...l functions, and so render the body receptive of any distemper to which it may be exposed, and at the same time lower the powers of resistance even to fat
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• Quotes from the Prophets
  ...urely I have contemplated the things of God.” (''History of the Church'' 5:554 ) ...ome the recipients of His law and ordinances." (''History of the Church'', 5:135.)
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• Born Again
  ...a deeper significance than many people attach to it. This changed feeling may be indescribable, but it is real.” (In Conference Report, Apr. 1962, p. 7 ...be baptized unto repentance, that ye may be washed from your sins, that ye may have faith on the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, who i
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• Priestcraft
  ...iptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/26/29#29 (2 Nephi 26:29)] While the term "preach" may suggest a religious context, the Book of Mormon does not specifically limit ...to "prove all things" [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_thes/5/21#21 (1 Thes 5:21)]. As [[Nephi]] puts it, "Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man ..
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• Godliness
  ...e ‘having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof’ [2 Tim. 3:5]; but what I refer to is the power of godliness. Have you ever seen it mani ...vealed to Joseph Smith that “there is not a place found on earth that he may come to and restore again that which was lost unto you, or which he hath ta
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