Eternal Plan of Happiness

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Eternal Plan of Happiness

• Khinckley1_at_yahoo.com

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Nursery Leadersafter church
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Look, its the Sunbeams!
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Deacons Quorum After Church
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Nursury Kids- during church
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8 year old boyafter church
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Priests-at the Stake dance
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Familiar Story

• In the premortal life, we wanted to have
  physical bodies like Heavenly Father. So,
  there was a large council to decide what to
  do.
• Jesus had one plan. He would be our Savior. Some
  would make it and some wouldnt.
• Lucifer had another plan. Everyone would be saved
  but he would force us to be good and he would get
  the glory.
• We voted and Jesus plan won. Those who voted for
  Lucifers plan were mad and were cast out.

Question Whats wrong with this story?
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Revelation 12

• And there was war in heaven
• Michael and his angels fought against the dragon
  and the dragon fought and his angels,
  And prevailed not
• And the great dragon was cast outwhich deceiveth 
  the whole world
• And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is
  come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of
  our God, and the power of his Christ
• for the accuser of our brethren is cast down,
  which accused them before our God day and night.
• And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb,

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Elder Neal A. Maxwell

• How can we truly understand who we are
  unless we know who we were and what we have the
  power to become? How can there be real identity
  without real history?
• How can one understand his tiny, individual plot
  without knowing, even a little, about Father's
  grand, galactic plans?
• (Ensign, May 1986, p. 35.)

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Question

• If you could reduce
  the Great Plan of Salvation
  to just one or two
  words, what would it be?

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Self Questions

• Do we have a testimony of the Plan of
  Happiness?
• Do we trust it?
• Do we trust it will bring us more happiness than
  any other plan of happiness we might try?
• If all this is true, why, then, do we rebel, or
  disobey, or attempt to find happiness in any
  other way?

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Elder Richard G. Scott

• you may be disturbed because
  your life may not now fit the mold. I promise
  you that through your obedience and continuing
  faith in Jesus Christ along with your
  understanding of the whole plan of happiness,
  even if important parts of the plan aren't
  fulfilled in your life now a fulness of
  blessings will be yours in the Lord's due time.
• I also promise you that you can have significant
  growth and happiness now. As a daughter or son of
  God, live whatever portion of the plan is
  available to you the best you can.
  Finding Peace, Happiness, and
  Joy (Salt Lake City 2007)

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Elder Bruce Hafen

• I talked earlier about our daughter. I said
  I want to be with her always. For me, the
  words with you capture the Atonements
  meaning in its simplest terms.
• If we do our part, Christ makes us at
  one with God, overcoming whatever separates us
  from Him. He is with me, with you, not only at
  the end of our lives but every day of our lives.
  And without Christ we could not be with our
  family and our friends.
• Once our daughter Emily had to leave her
  three-year-old boy Clark with a babysitter. As
  she began leaving, little Clark ran to her and
  cried poignantly, Go with you, Mom. With you.
• No longing runs deeper in us than our desire to
  be with those we love.
• A Disciples, Journey Feb 2008