Give place in your hearts

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Give place in your hearts

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Now, some things to chew on
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• Note to internet readers
• Please read the comments beneath the first three
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Familiar Scripture

• There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven
  before the foundations of this world, upon which
  all blessings are predicated
• And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is
  by obedience to that law upon which it is
  predicated.

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Familiar Scripture
in heaven

• There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven
  before the foundations of this world, upon which
  all blessings are predicated
• And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is
  by obedience to that law upon which it is
  predicated.

A Law
All Blessings
Law of Sacrifice
Broken Heart And Contrite Spirit
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Alma Among the Zoramites

• Now, as Alma was teaching and speaking unto the
  people upon the hill Onidah, there came a great
  multitude unto him, who were poor in heart,
  because of their poverty as to the things of the
  world.
• And they came unto Alma and the one who was the
  foremost among them said unto him Behold, what
  shall these my brethren do, for they are despised
  of all men because of their poverty, yea, and
  more especially by our priests for they have
  cast us out of our synagogues which we have
  labored abundantly to build with our own hands
  and they have cast us out because of our
  exceeding poverty and we have no place to
  worship our God and behold, what shall we do?
• Therefore Alma did say no more to the other
  multitude but he stretched forth his hand, and
  cried unto those whom he beheld, who were truly
  penitent, and said unto them
• I behold that ye are lowly in heart and if so,
  blessed are ye.

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Humility

• And now, because ye are compelled to be humble
  blessed are ye for a man sometimes, if he is
  compelled to be humble, seeketh repentance and
  now surely, whosoever repenteth shall find mercy
  and he that findeth mercy and endureth to the end
  the same shall be saved.
• Yea, he that truly humbleth himself, and
  repenteth of his sins, and endureth to the end,
  the same shall be blessed
• yea, much more blessed than they who are
  compelled to be humble because of their exceeding
  poverty.

Why would they be more blessed?
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Elder Maxwell

• Meek individuals know they are set apart to
  serve, not merely set apart to observe. It is
  the proud, not the meek, who keep score. The
  meek are not playing games for those in the
  grandstand.
• The meek are slow to judge, whereas the proud
  are quick, even eager to judge. The meek will not
  withhold compassion or help, saying that 'the man
  has brought upon himself his misery.'
• Being more open to the truth, the meek are more
  free, while the proud are compassed about with
  the glitzed self-sufficiency that keeps them from
  grasping the hand of fellowship extended to all
  by the Lord's prophets." 
• (Meek and Lowly, p63-64)

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America, the Beautiful

• America! America!
• God mend thine evry flaw,
• Confirm thy soul in self control,
• Thy liberty in law

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Robert E. Wells

• In the lush pampas of Argentina I once
  visited a 100,000-acre ranch where the owner
  raised choice grass-fed beef. His hobby was
  raising and training thoroughbred horses to be
  used for racing, polo, and for use on the
  ranch by the gauchos (cowboys).
• The ranch had over one thousand of these
  beautiful animals, each with its pedigree, each
  well trained or in the process. The ranch's
  reputation was such that there was a demand for
  its horses all over the world at premium prices.
• I asked the owner if we would be able to see a
  rodeo, similar to the rodeos held in the western
  part of the United States, in which the gauchos
  would break horses. He was aghast. "Not on this
  ranch you won't!" was his emphatic response.
• "Since our horses, and especially the polo
  ponies, have to be lightning fast, fearless, and
  courageous on the playing field, instantly
  obedient to every hint of a command and superbly
  maneuverable, we would never 'break' a horsewe
  do not want to break his spirit.
• We love our horses and we work patiently with
  them until they are manso." Manso means meek, but
  here was a new meaning for the word. He
  explained, "Our manso horses are full of fire and
  spirit, but they are obedient and well trained.
• Mount and the Master, 28-41.