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Fatherhood is not a matter of station or wealth; it is a matter of desire, diligence, and determination to see one’s family exalted in the celestial kingdom. If that prize is lost, nothing else really matters.

Ezra Taft Benson

The proud wish God would agree with them. They are not interested in changing their opinions to agree with God’s.
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Offended Opinion Pride Wish
We live in a day of slick, quiet and clever sins.
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Clever Quiet Sin
If we do not feel like praying, then we should pray until we do feel like praying.
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Bless Divine Feel Praying
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do a great deal if we choose our goals well and work diligently to attain them.
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Deal Generosity Goal
It is not enough simply to try to resist evil or empty our lives of sin. We must also fill our lives with righteousness
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Evil People Resist Simply Sin Trying
Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
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Communication Humility Kids
Take care of yourselves physically. Guard your health carefully. It is one of our greatest blessings. I especially encourage some type of exercise program so you can stay physically fit and physically capable in proportion to the demands on your body.
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Blessing Body Exercise
When you are tempted to look elsewhere for greener pastures, just remember someone else is probably looking at yours. And if another pasture looks greener, perhaps it is getting better care and attention. Grass is always greener . . . where it is watered.
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Better Get Justice Temptation
One of the trials of life is that we do not usually receive immediately the full blessing for righteousness or the full cursing for wickedness.
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Bless Trial Wickedness
A father’s calling is eternal and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity.
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Calling Eternity Father
We will not know Him, until we become like him.
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Becme Country Know People
Our enmity toward God takes on many labels, such as rebellion, hard-heartedness, stiff-neckedness, unrepentant, puffed up, easily offended, and sign seekers. The proud wish God would agree with them. They aren’t interested in changing their opinions to agree with God’s.
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Offend Wish Proud
Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It is the sharp and keen awareness that our behavior caused the Savior, He who knew no sin, even the greatest of all, to endure agony and suffering.
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Agony Father Godly
Records, radio, television, movies, magazines-all are monopolized by the money managers who are guided by one ethic, the words wealth and power.
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Magazine Record Television
What would God have me do with my life?
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God Happen Life Miracles
The leisure time of children must be constructively directed to wholesome, positive pursuits. Too much time viewing television can be destructive…It is estimated that growing children today watch television over twenty-five hours per week.
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Children Grow Today

Fatherhood is not a matter of station or wealth; it is a matter of desire, diligence, and determination to see one’s family exalted in the celestial kingdom. If that prize is lost, nothing else really matters.

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