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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.

Ezra Taft Benson

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
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
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

Desire Determination Fatherhood
Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.
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Desire Lord Spiritual
“On my honor” – what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. From the Boy Scout’s Oath.
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Boy Character Honor Summation
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
Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive.
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Effort Goal May Unproductive
Gods’ payment is the best payment.
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Best God Payment
No man is truly free who is in financial bondage. ‘Think what you do when you run in debt’, said Benjamin Franklin, ‘you give another power over your liberty.’
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Financial Men Religious Run
Faith is the foundation upon which a godlike character is built. It is a prerequisite for all other virtues.
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Character Foundation Virtue
Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek to put away sin, we must first look to Him who is the Author of our salvation.
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First Jesus Meaningful
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.
EZRA TAFT BENSON

Children Grow Today
Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless. A man can be humble and courageous.
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Humble Humility Mean
When I think of how we show faith, I cannot help but think of the example of my own father. I recall vividly how the spirit of missionary work came into my life. I was about thirteen years of age when my father received a call to go on a mission.
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Father Thinking Year
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
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

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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