Summary: When missionaries are in the right place at the right time, they will have the Spirit of the Lord with them which will bear testimony that what they are teaching is true, a crucial element of the conversion process. The principle of being in the right place at the right time applies to all [...]
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I was in a recent stake conference priesthood leadership meeting where Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve presided and spoke. He opened up the meeting to questions, and one brother asked for his advice in preparing young people for a mission. Elder Nelson gave two pieces of advice: one, study the [...]
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Summary: Understanding why keeping the law of chastity is important will help young people see the divine purpose behind this commandment and inspire them to live it. In the April 2012 General Conference, in a talk called The Why of Priesthood Service, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf said ”Understanding the why of the gospel and the why of the [...]
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Funny stories and jokes from the Lord’s living prophets and apostles during the April 2013 LDS General Conference, including President Monson’s story about taking matches and burning the weeds, an event which taught him the importance of obedience.
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Welcome to Conference, by President Thomas S. Monson “With the young men now being able to serve at age 18 and the young women at 19, the response of our young people has been remarkable and inspiring. As of April 4—two days ago—we have 65,634 full-time missionaries serving, with over 20,000 more who have received [...]
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I was recently doing a project for work that required me to come up with a list of attributes or characteristics of Christ. It occurred to me that being Christ-like was an important part of becoming an effective missionary, so I thought I’d share the list. If the missionaries of the world could more fully adhere to [...]
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Elder Richard G. Scott explains some of the blessings of missionary work, what a mission meant to him, and why he is anxious to motivate every young man to be a missionary. From his May 2006 General Conference talk, Now Is the Time to Serve a Mission! “May I speak from my heart of what an honorable [...]
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Updated: The Gaining a Desire to Serve a Mission webinar was a big success. Click here to watch this recording or the other webinars. Gaining a Desire to Serve a Mission is the first of a series of webinars on LDS Missionary Preparation by Jimmy Smith of MormonMissionPrep.com. In this online seminar, we will discuss [...]
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Teaching by the Spirit is one of the most important skills you can learn as a missionary. If you have the Spirit of the Lord with you in all your mission activities, teaching, tracting, reactivating, etc., you will be a more effective instrument for God. President Ezra Taft Benson once said: “The Spirit is the [...]
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