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Heavenly Father's Wants...

"God is infinitely more interested in our having a place in His kingdom than with our spot on a mortal organizational chart. We may brood over our personal span of control, but He is concerned with our capacity for self-control. Father wants us to come home, bringing our real resumes, ourselves!"
Ref. (Neal A. Maxwell, "The Tugs and Pulls of the World," Ensign, Nov. 2000, 37)

Do you have any feelings to share, changes you have made or ideals you have discovered concerning the above quote?

Wants Fathers Heavenly

Although I believe this, I often find myself having to remind my spirit of it during the day as many in the world bombard you with 'extra' duties that really have no bearing on the eternities.

Heavenly Father's Wants... Studies Doctrine Mormon

Our Priorities...

"You, my beloved sisters, know who you are and what God expects you to become. Your challenge is to bring all for whom you are responsible to a knowledge of this truth. The Relief Society of this, the Lord's Church, can be the means to achieve such a goal. " 'The first and foremost opportunity for teaching in the Church lies in the home,' observed President David O. McKay. (Priesthood Home Teaching Handbook, rev. ed. [1967], ii.)

'A true Mormon home is one in which if Christ should chance to enter, he would be pleased to linger and to rest.' (Gospel Ideals [1953], 169.)

"What are we doing to ensure that our homes meet this description? It isn't enough for parents alone to have strong testimonies. Children can ride only so long on the coattails of a parent's conviction. "President Heber J. Grant declared:

'It is our duty to teach our children in their youth. . . . I may know that the gospel is true, and so may my wife; but I want to tell you that our children will not know that the gospel is true, unless they study it and gain a testimony for themselves.' (Gospel Standards, comp. G. Homer Durham [1941], 155.)"
Ref. Thomas S. Monson, "If Ye Are Prepared Ye Shall Not Fear," Ensign, Nov. 2004, 115.