Church Services This Week at Oak Ridge Ward Layton North Stake Layton Utah 17 Jul 2022

Sacrament Service 

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Spiritual Momentum

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"I come to you today with a plea to strengthen our families." 

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“President Joseph F. Smith said: ‘To be a successful father or a successful mother is greater than to be a successful general or a successful statesman …, ‘”

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“President Harold B. Lee said only yesterday, 'The Church must do more to help the home carry out its divine mission.’”

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“President Joseph Fielding Smith has stated that never ‘in the history of the Church have there been so many temptations, so many pitfalls, so many dangers, to lure away the members of the Church from the path of duty and from righteousness as we find today.’ (Take Heed to Yourselves, p. 127.)” (“A Plea to Strengthen Our Families”, Elder Ezra Taft Benson. General Conference, October 1970)

“We, the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children.”

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“Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children.”

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“Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations.” (THE FAMILY A PROCLAMATION TO THE WORLD)

“During the recent war years 108,787 boys and girls under eighteen years of age were under arrest, more than those

of any other age group. Behavior of this type is not natural in youngsters; it grows out of some cause. As J. Edgar

Hoover puts it: ‘The actions of the majority of them were--and are--directly related to the conduct of their parents.

….parental, not juvenile delinquency.’ (John Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau ofInvestigation, U. S. Department of Justice, How Good a Parent Are You? Reprinted from and with permission of This Week Magazine, April 20, 1947)” (“Christian Education in the Family”, Myrna I. Bertels,Butler University, 1-1-1948)

“the actions of a majority of [juvenile delinquents] were, and are, directly related to the conduct of their parents.” - J Edgar Hoover

“No nation rises above its homes. In building character the church, the school, and even the nation stand helpless when confronted with a weakened and degraded home. The good home is the rock foundation—the cornerstone of civilization. There can be no genuine happiness separate and apart from a good home, with the old-fashioned virtues at its base. If your nation is to endure, the home must be safeguarded, strengthened, and restored to its rightful importance” (Elder Ezra Taft Benson, in Conference Report, April 1966, 130).

Dnc 53:2

2 Behold, I, the Lord, who was crucified for the sins of the world, give unto you a commandment that you shall forsake the world.

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