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Posted in Deliverance, Forgiveness, Offense, Patience, Rescuing Wayward Children on Mar 7th, 2010
Our capacity to forgive is linked to our capacity to love; and our capacity to love is linked to our capacity to become like God. Perhaps more than any other virtue, forgiveness—our willingness to thoroughly and “frankly forgive,”[i] as did Nephi—demonstrates redeeming, reconciling, Christlike love.
Posted in Endure to the End, Rescuing Wayward Children on Jan 25th, 2010
Elder Neal A. Maxwell wrote, “Apparently it is necessary for us on occasion to be brought to a white-knuckles point of anxiety so as to be reminded, when rescued, of who our Rescuer is!”[i]
Posted in Covenants, Holy Ghost, Rescuing Wayward Children, Sacrament on Jan 13th, 2010
Sometimes we do things so often that they become commonplace and lose significance in our lives. The sacrament is a case in point. But worthily partaken of and understood, the sacrament can serve to sanctify and empower us so that we might better rescue wayward souls.
Posted in Covenants, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit of Promise, Marriage, Rescuing Wayward Children, Sealing on Dec 17th, 2009
A parent’s love is a powerful saving agent, but the sealing of that love is what is required to fully and finally save our children and cement our marriages.
Posted in Charity & Charitable Service, Gospel Definitions, Love, Rescuing Wayward Children on Dec 11th, 2009
There is a vast difference between being in love and being loving. True love is built on the three pillars of complete loyalty, complete sacrifice, and complete trust. Moreover, true love is patient. As we have discussed, patience promises, “I will wait for you; I will wait with you; I will wait upon you.” True [...]
Posted in Covenants, Easiness of the Way, Holy Ghost, Rescuing Wayward Children, Sacrament on Nov 17th, 2009
When we are beset by a complex challenge, the natural man part of us often searches his environment for methods, cures and experts that match his anxiety. But this thinking is contrary to the plan of salvation, which Nephi and Alma described as “easy.”
Posted in Angels, Rescuing Wayward Children on Nov 4th, 2009
As we work to reclaim our wayward children, we are not alone. Often angels are dispatched to help us. These angels include our ancestors, whose love and concern for the child equals ours.
Posted in Faith, Miracles, Rescuing Wayward Children on Oct 22nd, 2009
The story of Jairus and his dying daughter is a perfect example of Jesus’ ability to save a spiritually dying child even when all seems lost.
Posted in Gospel Definitions, Purification, Rescuing Wayward Children, Sanctification on Sep 20th, 2009
(Note: This article is adapted from Rescuing Wayward Children. Follow this link to learn more.)
In his great intercessory prayer, the Savior taught that personal sanctification is the principle by which one person might help to save another. Just moments before Gethsemane, Jesus made the following statement: “For their sakes I sanctify myself that they also might [...]
Posted in Rescuing Wayward Children, Sanctification on Sep 11th, 2009
Despite what we might view as evidence to the contrary, parents are uniquely endowed to become saviors to their wayward children. Elder Mark E. Petersen taught parents: “You are ministers of the Lord unto your children, and if you will do your duty by your children, you will be as saviors on Mount Zion to [...]