Make the Exercise of Faith Your First Priority

Teaching about our premortal life, Heavenly Father referred to Jesus Christ as “my Beloved Son, which was my Beloved and Chosen from the beginning.” When the Father created the earth, He did so “by [His] Only Begotten” Son.

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“If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments”

Robert D. Hales April 2014 Saturday Afternoon Session

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Then Jesus expressed His commitment to obey, saying, “Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever.” Throughout His ministry, “he suffered temptations but gave [them] no heed.” Indeed, “he [learned] obedience by the things which he suffered.”

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Where Is the Pavilion?

Henry B. Eyring October 2012 Sunday Morning Session

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In the depths of his anguish in Liberty Jail, the Prophet Joseph Smith cried out: “O God, where art thou?

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Willing and Worthy to Serve

Thomas S. Monson April 2012 Priesthood Session

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Let us learn and contemplate our duty.

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Waiting upon the Lord: Thy Will Be Done

Robert D. Hales October 2011 Sunday Morning Session

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His preparation began in the premortal life as He waited upon His Father, saying, “Thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever.” Beginning in that moment and continuing today, He exercises His agency to accept and carry out our Heavenly Father’s plan.

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Agency: Essential to the Plan of Life

Robert D. Hales October 2010 Saturday Afternoon Session

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Then Jesus Christ, Heavenly Father’s “Beloved and Chosen [Son] from the beginning,” exercised His agency to say, “Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever.” He would be our Savior—the Savior of the world.

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Lessons from the Lord’s Prayers

Russell M. Nelson April 2009 Saturday Afternoon Session

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The practice of Church members is to kneel in family prayer each morning and evening, plus having daily personal prayers and blessings on our food.

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True to Our Priesthood Trust

Thomas S. Monson October 2006 Priesthood Session

Open paragraph (Moses 4:2)

Brethren, let us learn our duties.

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The Plan of Salvation

L. Tom Perry October 2006 Sunday Morning Session

Open paragraph (Moses 4:2)

“Behold, my Beloved Son, which was my Beloved and Chosen from the beginning, said unto me—Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever”

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The Gift of Agency

Wolfgang H. Paul April 2006 Saturday Afternoon Session

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Our great example, the Lord Jesus Christ, set the perfect example for all of us as to how to use our agency.

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What’s in It for Me?

James E. Faust October 2002 Saturday Morning Session

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In the Grand Council in Heaven, when the great plan of salvation for God’s children was presented, Jesus responded, “Here am I, send me,” and “Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever.” And thus He became our Savior.

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Our Father’s Plan

Christoffel Golden Jr. October 2001 Saturday Afternoon Session

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Jesus Christ, as the chosen of the Father from the beginning, possessed all the qualifications and attributes required to harmonize the laws of justice and mercy through His Atonement.

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Deep Roots

Joseph B. Wirthlin October 1994 Sunday Afternoon Session

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Jesus Christ is infinitely more than a great teacher and philosopher.

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“My Servant Joseph”

Neal A. Maxwell April 1992 Priesthood Session

Open paragraph (Moses 4:2)

Most significantly, through the Prophet Joseph came translations and revelations which confirmed and described, as never before, the reality of the glorious Atonement, in which, alas, so few really believe today.

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Put Off the Natural Man, and Come Off Conqueror

Neal A. Maxwell October 1990 Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (Moses 4:2)

Jesus put everything on the altar without fanfare or bargaining.

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Choices

Russell M. Nelson October 1990 Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (Moses 4:2)

That precious privilege of choice—man’s agency—was decreed before the world was created (see D&C 93:29–31).

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“Neither Boast of Faith Nor of Mighty Works”

Marvin J. Ashton April 1990 Sunday Morning Session

Open paragraph (Moses 4:2)

We would all do well to take a lesson from the Savior, who repeatedly acknowledged and gave credit to the Father in all things.

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Irony: The Crust on the Bread of Adversity

Neal A. Maxwell April 1989 Sunday Morning Session

Open paragraph (Moses 4:2)

Furthermore, even after treading the winepress alone (see D&C 76:107), which ended in His stunning, personal triumph and in the greatest victory ever—majestic Jesus meekly declared, “Glory be to the Father”!

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Never Give Up

Joseph B. Wirthlin October 1987 Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (Moses 4:2)

From the time of the premortal council, in which Jesus became the Christ, the Messiah, the Savior of all mankind, through his millennial reign, he has and will persevere in perfection, doing all that his Father commanded.

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