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Our challenge is not getting the Lord to speak to us our challenge is understanding what He has to say.
Sheri L. Dew
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Sheri L. Dew
Age: 70
Born: 1953
Born: November 21
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Without the presence of the Spirit, it is impossible to comprehend our personal mission or to have the reassurance that our course is right.
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Lucifer whispers that life's not fair and that if the gospel were true, we would never have problems or disappointments. ... The gospel isn't a guarantee against tribulation. That would be like a test with no questions. Rather, the gospel is a guide for maneuvering through the challenges of life with a sense of purpose and direction.
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No marriage or family, no ward or stake is likely to reach its full potential until husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, men and women work together in unity of purpose.
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The Lord has set no limits on what He is willing to teach us and give us. We are the only ones who set limits--through our neglect our disobedience or ignorance. We are in large measure the ones who determine what we will learn and experience in mortality, and what we will receive eternally.
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For the Holy Ghost blesses us with optimism and wisdom at times of challenge that we simply cannot muster on our own.
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I can't imagine pain greater than stepping across the veil and realizing I had not done what I came here to do - or realizing that I had given up my life to little or nothing, only then to find that it was gone. p 3
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There is one thing the power of God and the power of Satan have in common: Neither can influence us unless we allow them to.
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Because again, if Lucifer can make an aberration seem normal- or better yet, evil seem normal, he has made striking inroads.
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Speaking of our unkind labeling of each other with, she is divorced, she used to be inactive, etc, asked, Can't we get over this hardening of the categories?.
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I always felt big and unattractive.
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Am I the woman I think I am, the woman I want to be? More importantly, am I the woman the Savior needs me to be?
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The compelling truth of the Restoration is that the heavens are open. This Church is a Church of revelation. Our challenge is not one in getting the Lord to speak to us. Our challenge is learning to hear what He has to say.
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There isn't anyone who wants to see me married more than I do.
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