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The Golden Plates and the Feast of Trumpets https://www.lds.org/languages/eng/content/ensign/2000/01/the-golden-plates-and-the-feast-of-trumpets The Prophet Joseph Smith received the Nephite plates on the annual day when Jews throughout the world celebrated the...

Fasting with Power https://www.lds.org/languages/eng/content/ensign/2009/04/fasting-with-power Fasting is a principle of power. It changes lives. What if there were a way to overcome our habits, addictions, and burdens? What if there were a way to gain sufficient...

Charity Never Faileth https://www.lds.org/languages/eng/content/general-conference/2010/10/charity-never-faileth Rather than being judgmental and critical of each other, may we have the pure love of Christ for our fellow travelers in this journey through life. Our...

3 Ways Women Have Priesthood Authority in the Church https://ldsmag.com/3-ways-women-have-priesthood-authority-in-the-church/ Sign up for Meridian's Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE Cover image: "Light Bearers" by Annie Henrie Nader Some may wonder...

"The Touch of the Master's Hand" https://www.lds.org/languages/eng/content/ensign/2001/05/the-touch-of-the-masters-hand President Boyd K. Packer We all make mistakes. … It is then in our nature to feel guilt and humiliation and suffering, which we alone...

In the Strength of the Lord https://www.lds.org/languages/eng/content/general-conference/2004/04/in-the-strength-of-the-lord We need strength beyond ourselves to keep the commandments in whatever circumstance life brings to us. When I was a young man, I served as...

A Man After God's Own Heart https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/vaughn-j-featherstone_man-gods-heart/ I am delighted to be with all of you here this morning. I appreciate your being here. I would like to speak about having a heart like unto God's own heart, and I...

"According to the Desire of [Our] Hearts" https://www.lds.org/languages/eng/content/general-conference/1996/10/according-to-the-desire-of-our-hearts Brothers and sisters, the scriptures offer us so many doctrinal diamonds. And when the light of the Spirit...

Our Relationship with the Lord https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/bruce-r-mcconkie_relationship-lord/ I shall speak of our relationship with the Lord and of the true fellowship all Saints should have with the Father. I shall set forth what we must believe relative to the...

Of Souls, Symbols, and Sacraments http://www.familylifeeducation.org/gilliland/procgroup/Souls.htm 

Jeffrey R. Holland was president of Brigham Young University when this devotional address was delivered on 12 January 1988 in the Marriott Center. ©1989 by...