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Quotation from Pres. N. Eldon Tanner from manual. Clipart from Microsoft clipart. Doctrine and Covenants 6:33

Seagull and Crickets Memory Game

Natasha J created these memory cards saying, “I have made Memory Cards about the Pioneers’ experiences with the crickets and seagulls in the Salt Lake Valley.” Here are the instructions she submitted: Seagull and Cricket Memory Cards Purpose: To teach that Heavenly Father hears and answers our prayers just as he heard and answered the prayers of the pioneers. Summary: Create small groups to play memory, finding the picture and…
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LDS Printables

fhe, LDS games, pioneer, pioneer songs, seagull, Sunbeam

Saving the Book of Commandments by Clark Kelley Price

Book of Commandments, church history, Doctrine and Covenants, heroes, Mary Elizabeth Rollins, women in the church

Fifteen-year-old Mary Elizabeth Rollins and her thirteen-year-old sister Caroline lived in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, in 1833. At this time, revelations Joseph Smith had received were being printed by William W. Phelps, who had opened a print shop and newspaper office on the upper floor of his home. The printed revelations were to be bound into a book called the Book of Commandments. By July the non-Mormons in the area…
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Emma Smith by Lee Greene Richards

D&C 25 Hearken unto the voice of the Lord your God, while I speak unto you, Emma Smith, my daughter. D&C 25:1 Emma Hale Smith was the wife of Joseph Smith, prophet of the Restoration. She was born 10 July 1804 to Isaac and Elizabeth Lewis Hale, who were the first permanent settlers in Harmony, Pennsylvania. Emma met Joseph when he boarded at her father’s inn while working near Harmony….
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LDS Printables

biography, church history, Emma Smith, women in the church

I can share the gospel with my family and friends.

And if it so be that you should … bring, save it be one soul unto me, how great shall be your joy (D&C 18:15). The Apostle Paul was a great missionary. He said, “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ” (Romans 1:16). Paul traveled to many places to share the gospel. He found joy in sharing the gospel and helping people be happy. The Prophet Joseph Smith’s…
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Joseph Smith Jr, McKay David O, member missionary, missionary, paul, Samuel Smith

Heavenly Father wants me to marry in the temple and have an eternal family.

In this latter day the promise of eternal families was restored in 1829 when the powers of the Melchizedek Priesthood were restored to the earth. Seven years later, in the Kirtland Temple, the keys to perform the sealing ordinances were restored, as recorded in the Doctrine and Covenants: “Elijah the prophet, who was taken to heaven without tasting death, stood before us, and said: “Behold, the time has fully come,…
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eternal marriage, general conference, Mosiah

When I repent, I can be forgiven.

Repentance is turning from doing wrong to doing right. The Savior wants you to turn away from wrong and turn to Him. (See 3 Ne. 30:1 – 2.) He gave His life to pay for your sins so that if you repent, you can be forgiven and be clean again. When you disobey the commandments or hurt others, the Holy Ghost cannot be with you and you may feel sad,…
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forgiveness, repentance

If I live worthily, the Holy Ghost will help me choose the right.

Elder LeGrand Richards made this statement: “I would rather have my children and my children’s children enjoy the companionship of the Holy Ghost than any other companionship in this world because if they will heed the promptings of that Spirit, he will lead them into all truth and see them safely back into the presence of their Father in heaven” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1966, 112; or Improvement Era, June…
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