Reading Turn On Your Light – By Sharon Eubank in Voice Dream http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2017/10/turn-on-your-light?lang=eng
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Turn On Your Light – By Sharon Eubank Highlights
10.3%:
Much of the major growth that is coming to the Church in the last days will come because many of the good women of the world … will be drawn to the Church in large numbers. This will happen to the degree that the women of the Church reflect righteousness and articulateness in their lives and to the degree that the women of the Church are seen as distinct and different—in happy ways—from the women of the world.
13.7%:
Among the real heroines in the world who will come into the Church are women who are more concerned with being righteous than with being selfish.
15.8%:
It will be … female exemplars of the Church [who] will be a significant force in both the numerical and the spiritual growth of the Church in the last days.”
24.5%:
Well, how do we play our part? What should we do? President Kimball refers to five things:
25.3%:
The first is to be righteous. Being righteous doesn’t mean being perfect or never making mistakes. It means developing an inner connection with God, repenting of our sins and mistakes, and freely helping others.
27.1%:
Women who have repented change the course of history.
34.6%:
The second is to be articulate. Being articulate means to clearly express how you feel about something and why.
46.5%:
As the Apostle Peter said, “Be not afraid … ; but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you.”
48.2%:
The third is to be different
59.5%:
Innovation and creation are spiritual gifts. When we keep our covenants, it may make us different from others in our culture and society, but it gives us access to inspiration so we can think of different solutions, different approaches, different applications.
61.7%:
We aren’t always going to fit in with the world, but being different in positive ways can be a lifeline to others who are struggling.
69.8%:
we need to practice living the gospel before the emergency so that, unafraid, we will be strong enough to help when others are being swept away by the current.
74.2%:
Gordon B. Hinckley placed where I see it every day. He said: “You don’t … build out of pessimism or cynicism. You look with optimism, work with faith, and things happen.”
88.4%:
Doctrine and Covenants 49:26–28
90%:
“Behold, I say unto you, go forth as I have commanded you; repent of all your sins; ask and ye shall receive; knock and it shall be opened unto you.
“Behold, I will go before you and be your rearward; and I will be in your midst, and you shall not be confounded.
“Behold, I am Jesus Christ, and I come quickly.”
96.9%:
Will your happiness in spite of your trials draw others who are good and noble and who need your friendship? Will you turn on your light?
99.1%:
Thomas S. Monson: “My dear sisters, this is your day, this is your time.”
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