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Primary Talks
Jennifer Smith
June 19, 2008
A family consisting of my grandmother, my mother, and two or three of the younger children were seated before an open door, watching the great display of nature’s fireworks as a severe thunderstorm raged near the mountain where our home was located. A flash of chain lightning followed by an immediate loud clap of thunder indicated that the lightning had struck very close. I was standing in the doorway when…
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Jennifer Smith
June 19, 2008
I am a child of God. We are all children of our Heavenly Father. He loves us and we love Him. He wants us to learn, and grow, and do what is right, so that we can become like Him. How do we know that we can become like Him? Here is an example by Elder Boyd K. Packer: For a number of years we have lived outside of the…
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Jennifer Smith
June 19, 2008
Hannah was a righteous woman who loved God. She was very sad because she could not have a baby. Hannah went to the temple and promised God that if he would allow her to have a baby, so would dedicate him to God’s service. Not long afterward, Hannah was overjoyed to find that she and her husband were expecting a child. When he was born, she named him Samuel and…
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Jennifer Smith
June 19, 2008
I am a child of God. I know that he created me, and that he created me to look like Him. I’d like to share with you part of a conference talk by Elder M. Russel Ballard. To truly reverence the Creator, we must appreciate His creations. We need to take time with our families to share the miracle of buds changing into fragrant blossoms, to sit on a hillside…
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Jennifer Smith
June 19, 2008
“Hurray!” we cried. “Hurray!” We shouted for joy! Have you ever been so happy in a meeting that you wanted to shout for joy? Did you know that you attended a very big meeting before you were born? It was called the Council in Heaven. All of Heavenly Father’s spirit children were there. Jesus Christ was there, and each one of us was there. Jesus was Heavenly Father’s Firstborn Son…
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Jennifer Smith
June 19, 2008
I love my Book of Mormon. It is Holy Scripture given to us by God. I love to read it and hear stories from it. Many prophets have asked us to read the Book of Mormon. Here are some examples of what they have said.Ezra Taft Benson ““There is a book [that] we need to study daily, … namely the Book of Mormon. I love that book. … “I bless…
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Jennifer Smith
June 19, 2008
“After the prophet Lehi and his family left Jerusalem, and the family of Ishmael joined them in the wilderness, Laman, Lemuel, and some of Ishmael’s family began to rebel against those who were living righteously. Lehi’s son Nephi was sad that his brothers were being rebellious. He said, “How is it that ye are so hard in your hearts, and so blind in your minds, that ye have need that…
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Jennifer Smith
June 19, 2008
Because Heavenly Father loves us and wants us to return to live with Him, He had His Son Jesus Christ create the earth and establish His church on it. Then Heavenly Father called special men, known as prophets, to teach and guide His people according to His plan. And when people strayed from His counsel and destroyed His church, He called more prophets to help us because He loves us…
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