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Find Peace Through Temple Attendance

If you are struggling with a decision or you are just feeling like your life is out of balance, you may want to consider going to the temple. The temple is a place where you can go to seek comfort, personal revelation, and it allows you to serve others. Temple attendance can give you the strength to deal with the difficult times of you life. It is important to make temple trips a priority. You should go to the temple as often as possible. If you are about an hour away from the temple you may want to try for … Continue reading →

Focus on the Temple

It is important to make time to regularly attend the temple. Most people now have a temple within about three hours of their homes now. This helps to eliminate the excuses for not attending the temple. It also seems that something always comes up when it is time to go. It is important to make temple attendance a priority. If you live far away from the temple you may decide to plan an entire day to visit the temple every three or four months. When we lived three hours from a temple, we always went to more than one session. … Continue reading →

Committing to Eternal Marriage

Eternal marriage is a wonderful blessing of being a Latter-Day Saint. It is important to remain worthy, so that you will be able to marry in the temple when the time comes. Once you have achieved the goal of a temple marriage, it is important to continue to live so that you are temple worthy. Here are five ideas to help you to strengthen your eternal marriage. 1) Once you are married in the temple go regularly. You should also take time to remember the covenants you made in the temple. You can easily do this by doing sealings around … Continue reading →

Courthouse Genealogy

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The first time I remember feeling the Spirit was when I learned that families could be sealed together for all of eternity. It should not be surprising, then, that I have a deep love of genealogy and truly enjoy researching my family tree. As a young mom, however, I have restricted most of my efforts thus far to the internet. A recent courthouse trip – my first – taught me a few lessons. For years, I have found nothing but a solid brick wall in regards to my great-great-great grandparents. I did not even know their name, only that of … Continue reading →

Marriage Fights: In-Laws

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In contemporary culture, in-laws (especially mother-in-laws) are regarded on the same plane as lawyers and used car salesmen. Though we might know one and think well of them, as a group, they take a lot flak. As Latter-day Saints, we know that we are sealed to our in-laws for eternity. If for no other reason, we need to work to make our relationships with our spouses’ parents work. Here are some suggestions for helping. Don’t move in. When you are first married and struggling to get started, you might consider moving in with one set of parents or the others. … Continue reading →

Realizing My Body Is a Temple

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In my effort to be healthy and look healthy to achieve the new me before the end of the year, I realized I had a lot of house cleaning to do—and I’m not talking about my stick built house, I’m talking about my body. I’ve had to become really honest with myself and begin to view myself differently than I have been. I need to view my body as a temple of the Holy Spirit. My body is mine on loan and I really need to be taking better care of it. “Or do you not know that your body … Continue reading →

Gospel Doctrine: The Ordinance of Baptism

I’m sure you didn’t think it was possible, but I finished up Matthew 3 today. In the last few verses (13-17), Christ goes down to the waters of Jordan to be baptized by John who, you’ll remember, held the Aaronic priesthood. If Christ, who was perfect, had need to be baptized, what does that say for us? When Christ approached John about the baptism, John asked how Christ could need to be baptized by him, a mortal man. Obviously, John recognized the divine nature of the Savior. I am sure that, as he grew, Elizabeth testified to him of the … Continue reading →

Taking the Temple for Granted

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You’ve probably heard the statement, ‘you never know what you have until you lose it.’ Well, count me among the lost and repentant. After living just over nine years in Atlanta, within a thirty minute drive from the temple (a good hour with traffic), I moved in November to Pennsylvania. The nearest temple is now a three hour drive away, assuming no traffic. Of course, on my first Sunday in our new branch, the subject of the sacrament meeting was temple worship. As I listened to the brother and sister who spoke extol the blessings and joys of temple work, … Continue reading →

Strengthen Your Marriage with Temple Attendance

One great way to strengthen your marriage is regular temple attendance together. There are times in everyone’s life that it becomes difficult to find the time to attend the temple, but by making it a priority, and scheduling in advance, you will be able to strengthen your marriage and your family. Here are five tips for having regular temple attendance as a couple. 1) You may want to decide on a set date each month. You may find that the first Wednesday of the month works for you, or maybe it is easier over the weekend. Once you find a … Continue reading →

General Conference: “The Temple Is about Families”

In his talk “The Temple Is about Families” Elder Richard H Winkel speaks about temples. He talks about the recent building and dedication of the Sacramento Temple. He speaks of how your love for your family will increase as you attend the temple. Elder Winkel shares how his love for his immediate and extended family has increased as he has increased his temple attendance. Elder Winkel shares the story of trying to schedule an activity with one of his sons. He realized that he would not be able to do anything him for two weeks. Eventually they decided to go … Continue reading →