By Alan on Feb 26 in Blog tagged children, commandments, Family, Father, God, home, legally and lawfully, man and woman, marriage, Merrill J. Baeman, mother, procreation powers, relationships, traditional | Comments Off

The Family – What Manner Ought We Be?

We are trying to preserve the traditional family—father, mother, and children—working together in love toward a common goal. In large measure we are succeeding against great odds.  

You are familiar with the fruits of broken homes.  ”I think the home is the answer to most of our basic social problems, and if we take care of things there, other things will take care of themselves.”   David Popenoe

We believe that society has a stake in marriage in that the physical, emotional, spiritual, and economic health of its citizens is determined by the quality and duration of marital relationships. We believe that procreation powers are sacred and are to be used only between a man and a woman legally and lawfully married. When they are used outside of marriage they may destroy relationships rather than build them.

In contrast, many people in the world treat marriage as merely an association by consenting adults. The association may or may not be based on a contract. Sexual relationships outside the association are widely seen as acceptable. Open marriages without a contract are more and more prevalent as young people live together on a trial basis. Some people are now asking that an association between partners of the same sex be recognized as marriage. It is clear that marriage is not considered a sacred relationship in many quarters. In fact, some argue that the state or society has no interest or stake in marriage.

What are the world’s views with regard to the family? There are many who assume that there is no plan because there is no God. Life is an accident. Marriage and the family are temporal associations. The association between consenting adults has as its purpose pleasure and individual satisfaction. If the association no longer serves that purpose, it should end regardless of the impact on one’s partner or children. Is it any wonder that marriages do not last given these views? More than half of all civil marriages in the United States end in divorce. Based on these philosophies, it is not difficult to propagate an argument recently heard in a Hawaiian court that children can be nurtured as well by two adults of the same sex as by the natural father and mother.  Also, if marriage is a temporary association that may end at any time, it is then simple to extrapolate that governments should assume primary responsibility for children’s training and education.

We believe that society has a stake in marriage in that the physical, emotional, spiritual, and economic health of its citizens is determined by the quality and duration of marital relationships. We believe that procreation powers are sacred and are to be used only between a man and a woman legally and lawfully married. When they are used outside of marriage they may destroy relationships rather than build them.

In contrast, many people in the world treat marriage as merely an association by consenting adults.  The association may or may not be based on a contract. Sexual relationships outside the association are widely seen as acceptable. Open marriages without a contract are more and more prevalent as young people live together on a trial basis. Some people are now asking that an association between partners of the same sex be recognized as marriage. It is clear that marriage is not considered a sacred relationship in many quarters. In fact, some argue that the state or society has no interest or stake in marriage.

A key purpose of God’s plan is the formation of eternal families. It is within the family that exaltation is achieved.  The family and its eternal nature are important. I am aware that some individuals do not have the opportunity to marry in mortality. For those who remain single on earth, there is still much that can be done to develop one’s talents, to help others, and to prepare for the blessings that will come. For the promise is that no blessing will be withheld eternally if a person is worthy (see Clyde J. Williams, ed., The Teachings of Harold B. Lee [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1996], p. 256).

When a man understands how glorious a woman is, he treats her differently. When a woman understands that a man has the seeds of divinity within him, she honors him not only for who he is but for what he may become. An understanding of the divine nature allows each person to have respect for the other. The eternal view engenders a desire in men and women to learn from and share with each other.

Men and women are created as complements. They complete one another. Paul told the Corinthians: “Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 11:11). Men and women complement each other not only physically, but also emotionally and spiritually. The apostle Paul taught that “the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband” and through them both the children are made holy (1 Corinthians 7:14). Men and women have different strengths and weaknesses, and marriage is a synergistic relationship in which spiritual growth is enhanced because of the differences.

The commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve to “multiply, and replenish the earth” remains in force (Genesis 1:28, Moses 2:28). Father and mother are important role models in nurturing and developing children. We believe that children’s self-respect and identity are partially determined by the love their father and mother have for each other.  “A father can do no greater thing for his children than to let them feel that he loves their mother”, said President David O. McKay.  My experience suggests that a child’s identity and feelings of security are threatened when parents argue and condemn one another. The home is the best place for children to experience the bonds of love and learn virtue, honesty, and good citizenship. The home is the primary place where children learn to treat others with respect.

Marriage is a sacred relationship. When performed in the right place by the right authority, an everlasting covenant is established between the man, the woman, and the Lord (see D&C 132:15–19). The covenant has the potential of creating an eternal unit.

The family is meant to be eternal. Each one of us may be part of an eternal family if we are obedient to gospel principles. A fullness of joy is found only within the framework of an exalted family. Some people may scoff at the seventh commandment, which requires chastity before marriage and fidelity afterward, but “political correctness” is not a substitute for the plan of happiness. Marriage is a sacred relationship between a man and a woman. May each of us live so that we may partake of the greatest blessing the Lord has in store for us, that of eternal life.  I ask these blessings on all of us in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Merrill J. Bateman

Merrill J. Bateman was the president of Brigham Young University when this devotional address was given on 6 January 1998.

For The Family

By Alan on Jan 07 in Blog tagged help, home, income, job, money, opportunity, residual income, work | Comments Off

Children Need Their Parents Back Home!

We at thefamily.com often learn where a Mother or Father, or both, have to work in order to make ends meet.

Suzanne and I publish various articles with ways to help “Strengthen The Family – Physically, Mentally, Socially, Spiritually and have now found a great way to help ‘Strengthen The Family – Financially!’

Here is something that you can do to make a living from home.   You can earn extra residual income that continues paying you even when you sleep.  It is one of the best opportunities we have found to get ahead, maintain your family life, and to meet the demands of the future!

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So, what are your needs and your why’s for having some extra income for your family?  Education? Vacations?  Health issues?  Sports, music lessons, and weddings?  Is your 401K and/or  Social Security going to be enough for your retirement as planned?  If you continue doing what you’re doing, will you be ahead, behind, or remain right where you are in five years?

We are living at a time when technology has blessed many lives and how we earn a living.  The world is moving faster with tele-communications that connects the world.  The internet speeds up learning and accesses of massive amounts of information quickly that would have been impossible before.

These services offered are things that everybody needs, what they have budgeted for, and won’t give up, even when they have lost their homes.  It is a job at home with your family where you are the boss and can’t get fired.  No one is holding you back on promotions and the sky is the limit!  You don’t have to be talented, outgoing, or be well-to-do in order to get into this business.  It’s a 1099 where you can write off those expenses at home pertaining to your business and be on the other side of money!

Yes, it takes some work but, what is there in the world that’s any good that doesn’t come without some effort?

Really, . . . isn’t it about time?

By Alan on Oct 30 in Blog tagged Family, fun, home, real, Romney | Comments Off

 THE REAL ROMNEY

 The Family President

Nathan Osmond
For The Family

By Alan on Oct 21 in Audio, Blog tagged evil, good, home, Jesus Christ, light, right, tdarkness, the devil, The Family, war, we are at war, wrong | Comments Off

WE ARE AT WAR

Through all the fast-paced changes occurring around us, we earnestly pray and work to ensure that the values of the gospel of Jesus Christ endure. Already some of them are in jeopardy of being lost. At the top of the list of these values and, therefore, prime targets of the adversary, are the sanctity of marriage and the central importance of families. They provide an anchor and the safe harbor of a home where each child of a loving Heavenly Father can be influenced for good and acquire eternal values.

Lessons taught in the home by goodly parents are becoming increasingly important in today’s world, where the influence of the adversary is so widespread. As we know, he is attempting to erode and destroy the very foundation of our society—the family. In clever and carefully camouflaged ways, he is attacking commitment to family life throughout the world and undermining the culture and covenants of faithful and religious families. Parents must resolve that teaching in the home is a most sacred and important responsibility. While other institutions such as church and school can assist parents to “train up a child in the way he [or she] should go” (Proverbs 22:6), this responsibility ultimately rests on the parents. According to the great plan of happiness, it is goodly parents who are entrusted with the care and development of Heavenly Father’s children.

The first instruction to Adam for his mortal responsibility is found in Genesis 2:24: “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”

“Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. ‘Children are an heritage of the Lord’ (Psalm 127:3). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, and to teach them to love and serve one another, observe the commandments of God, and be law-abiding citizens wherever they live. …

“… By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners.”

We believe it is by divine design that the role of motherhood emphasizes the nurturing and teaching of the next generation. But it is wonderful to see husbands and wives who have worked out real partnerships where they blend together their influence and communicate effectively both about their children and to their children.

The onslaught of wickedness against our children is more subtle and brazen than it has ever been. Building a strong family culture adds another layer of protection for our children, insulating them from worldly influences.

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”  Proverbs 22:6

Alan & Suzanne Osmond
For The Family

By Alan on Sep 02 in Blog tagged church, Family, friends, fun, home, kids, life, marriage, Osmonds, Utah | 2 Comments

Osmonds Sing “Hello Utah”!!!

Hello Utah!

From all the Osmonds, we thank UTAH for being our home!

We were born here, we left to launch our music careers but,

we came back to Utah to build them.

We found our eternal companions and got married, started

businesses, events, and build our TV and recording studios.

We recorded many hit records, raise our kids, hiked the mountains

and went to church to give thanks to God.

To all of our many, many friends, relatives, and neighbors,

THANK YOU!

WE LOVE YOU!

and

“WE LOVE UTAH!“

Alan Osmond

For The Family

By Alan on Jul 16 in Blog tagged a sacred time, adjustments being married, Alan's poem, ball parks, bannana splits, being in demand, Big Al, birthdays, BYU Cheerleader, chores, Christmas Eve, clean their rooms, consequences, cousins, deprive something, discipline, eight sons, family traditions, gives me order, grandparents, His Gal and His Pals, home, interview, large family, life began after I fell n love with you, live very normally, measure up, moment's notice, mother, Nativity set and story, non-profit charity, odd hours, One Heart, pajamas, people watching, plays violin, responsibility, reunions, ride horses, schedules, sent to room, soccer games, Suzanne Osmond, temple ordinance workers, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The World, time for dinner, time-out, traditions, traveling, Valentines Day, water and snow skiing | 6 Comments

Today is Suzanne’s and my 38th Wedding Anniversary!  I repost this article which I wrote a while back about how Suzanne and I met and how the Lord brought us together to create an eternal marriage and family.   Oh how I love my wife Suzanne!

An interview with Suzanne Osmond given several
years ago as she was raising her family.

Suzanne was born on May 11, 1953 in Payson, Utah. She is the third oldest of seven children born to Kenneth J. Pinegar and Ruth Richardson Pinegar. She married Alan Osmond on July 16, 1974 and together have eight sons.

As a young woman, her favorite sports were water and snow skiing. She also loved to ride horses.  Suzanne is also a very good piano player and Alan really loves to hear her play.  She is also playing violin in a local orchestra.

She was really active in school. She was a baton twirler and a cheerleader for her high school band and also a BYU cheerleader.

Suzanne is 5’5″ tall and she has blue eyes and blonde hair.

Suzanne remembers, “Seven days before they were married, Alan sent Suzanne seven red roses with a note that said:

“For every day there is a rose,

For every rose there is time;

And when they’ve all been counted for,

I’ll come and make you mine.”

Isn’t that romantic?”

While in Europe, Alan and Suzanne celebrated being married for one month by sending a postcard to themselves at their new home in Provo, Utah telling each other how much in love they were and then signing it “Big Al and His Gal.” After having several sons, they have also added more words to it that reads,  ”Big Al, His Gal, and His Pals.”

The first time Suzanne saw Alan perform was the day  they were married!  She sat in the audience with her “mouth wide open.”   Afterwards she called her mother to tell her about it.  All she could say was, “I’m so amazed, I can’ t even talk!”

Suzanne said, “There’s never a dull moment being married to Alan. Alan is one who is always busy and involved doing all kinds of projects. He has such a creative mind. Its fun to watch him create and see his creations come about.

I’m a very structured person and like my schedules. Alan has taught me to be more spontaneous and just flow with what’s happening or with what his ideas might be. Being married to an Osmond, I’ve been able to do a lot of traveling and see the world, and experience things in that realm that I never had before. I’ve met interesting people too. I remember when we were in the Middle-East and able to meet with Mrs. Sadat. We also met with Prime Minister Begin, President Reagan and other people. That’s been interesting for me, to be in circles where there have been influential and important people. To be able to meet them and see them first-hand.

The toughest adjustment to being married into a family that’s in the entertainment field is being in demand a lot.  You have to be able to pick up and go at a moment’s notice sometimes. The spontaneity has been the thing that I’ve probably had to adjust most to and learn to accept the most. They sometimes keep odd hours, which has been another thing with which to adjust. It’s also having people who are probably watching every move that you make, and feeling like there are always eyes observing everything that you do. You really feel an obligation to set a good example at all times.

I think each one of our boys has the knowledge that there are a lot of people watching what they do and expect a certain standard out of them. So, I think that has actually helped. They have more than just their parents expecting them to measure up to those standards. There are a lot of other people who are leaning on them and watching them. They feel that and they are aware of that responsibility.

Being the mother of eight boys is very, very busy. Boys are very loud and very physical and always hungry! So you’re always running to keep up with them and making sure their stomachs are full. We’ve spent many, many hours at ballparks and soccer games. I don’t know what it would be like to have a daughter. I just can’t imagine that because our home is so boy-oriented.

As a family, we live very normally at home. Our boys do chores. They come home and do their homework and help out with younger brothers. They have to get up, make their beds, and clean their rooms just like any other teenager. It’s the same kind of normal life around this household as what I grew up with so I don’t think there’s anything different here than any other home.”

How do you handle discipline?

Suzanne explains, “There are always consequences for everything that we do. There are good consequences for good things and not-so-good consequences for when we do things that are wrong. The best thing is to take away something, deprive them of an activity or something they want to have. It makes them stop and think. For the little boys, usually they’re tired and so they are sent to their room and have to sit on their beds. A lot of times I’ll have books there that they can sit, read and calm down; think about what’s going on. A lot of people refer to that as a time-out period and I think it helps to take that time to let tempers settle down and think about what the problem is and find solutions.

It is important to manage your time with a large family.  That’s why I like schedules. If I don’t have a schedule then I get frustrated. I have to have order and know what the next move is going to be so that I can plan. You have to control your time. It’s the only way you can get through without having the chaos that can come so easily. With a lot of people going a lot of different directions, that can happen very easily. There’s usually a set time for dinner that we like to gather for every evening as a family. That’s an important time and a sacred time in our home, to have dinner together. That keeps me on track. It gives me order in my life.“

What are some of your family traditions?

“We love birthdays. We always celebrate birthdays and make it really fun for the person who is having the birthday. My mother always calls on the telephone with a certain song she always played for us when I was growing up. Now she does it with the grandkids on their birthdays.

Christmas is probably our very favorite season of all. On Christmas Eve, everyone gets to open one gift and it’s always pajamas so they always look nice for the family videos the next morning. We always read the Christmas story and have a Nativity set that we use as we tell that story. Alan started a tradition several years ago of having banana splits on Christmas Eve, so that’s the last thing we do is have banana splits. Then everybody hustles off to bed so that Santa can come. On Christmas morning, the kids get up and they’re filmed walking into Christmas for the first time and all the excitement with that.

We also have family reunions throughout the year and that’s always fun to see everyone and catch up on brothers and sisters and cousins.”

Currently . . .

Now, after Alan and I have spent 38 wonderful married years together, we have 8 sons, 7 daughters-in-law and have become grandparents to 20 grandchildren with 2 on the way!  We continue having family nights with many of the same family traditions today and we love life.

Several years ago, we started a non-profit charity called One Heart for Strengthening Families.  One Heart truly describes the kind of marriage and family that Alan and I share together and know that our family will be together for all eternity .”

Alan and Suzanne serve as temple ordinance workers in one of the temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”

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Alan & Suzanne Osmond
For The Family

By Alan on Jul 12 in Blog tagged Donny and Marie Osmond, Family, happineess, home, love, marriage, simple, The Good Life, video | Comments Off

The Good Life!

The Family

My brother and sister, Donny and Marie Osmond, really hit the ‘nail on the head’ with this music video, ”The Good Life”.

Life’s greatest joys are found in the family. Strong family relationships require effort, but such effort brings great happiness in this life and throughout eternity. In our Heavenly Father’s plan of happiness, a man and a woman can be sealed to one another for time and all eternity. Those who are sealed in the temple have the assurance that their relationship will continue forever if they are true to their covenants. They know that nothing, not even death, can permanently separate them.

The covenant of eternal marriage is necessary for exaltation. The Lord revealed through Joseph Smith: “In the celestial glory there are three heavens or degrees; and in order to obtain the highest, a man must enter into this order of the priesthood [meaning the new and everlasting covenant of marriage]; and if he does not, he cannot obtain it. He may enter into the other, but that is the end of his kingdom; he cannot have an increase” (D&C 131:1-4).

After receiving the sealing ordinance and making sacred covenants in the temple, a couple must continue in faithfulness in order to receive the blessings of eternal marriage and exaltation. The Lord said:

“If a man marry a wife by my word, which is my law, and by the new and everlasting covenant, and it is sealed unto them by the Holy Spirit of promise, by him who is anointed, unto whom I have appointed this power and the keys of this priesthood; . . . and if [they] abide in my covenant, . . . it shall be done unto them in all things whatsoever my servant hath put upon them, in time, and through all eternity; and shall be of full force when they are out of the world” (D&C 132:19).

Those who are married should consider their union as their most cherished earthly relationship. A spouse is the only person other than the Lord whom we have been commanded to love with all our heart (see D&C 42:22).

Marriage, in its truest sense, is a partnership of equals, with neither person exercising dominion over the other, but with each encouraging, comforting, and helping the other.

Because marriage is such an important relationship in life, it needs and deserves time over less-important commitments. Couples can strengthen their marriage as they take time to talk together and to listen to one another, to be thoughtful and respectful, and to express tender feelings and affection often.

Marriage partners must be loyal to one another and faithful in their marriage covenants in thought, word, and deed. The Lord has said, “Thou shalt love thy wife with all thy heart, and shalt cleave unto her and none else” (D&C 42:22). The phrase “none else” teaches that no person, activity, or possession should ever take precedence over the marriage relationship.

Married couples should stay away from anything that could lead to unfaithfulness in any way. Pornography, unwholesome fantasies, and flirtations will erode character and strike at the foundation of marriage.

Couples should work together to manage their finances and cooperate in establishing and following a budget. Wise money management and freedom from debt contribute to peace in the home.

Finally, couples must center their lives in the gospel of Jesus Christ. As couples help one another keep the covenants they have made, attend church and the temple together, study the scriptures together, and kneel together in prayer, God will guide them. Their companionship will sweeten through the years; their love will strengthen. Their appreciation for one another will grow.

Marriage
For The Family

By Alan on Apr 24 in Blog tagged cost, Family, food, garden, gardener, grow, herbs, home, Master, money, nutrition, organic, own, prices, Produce, save, small area, vegetables, why? corn soy beans | 10 Comments

This is Dennis Adamson, a Master Gardener to help “Strengthen The Family .”

This Monday I started my 2nd year of Advanced Master Gardener training.  It is a 4 year follow-on to the Master Gardener program and has extensive requirements beyond that of the Master Gardener program.  You have gotten to know me through my articles (links below) on my cold frame, greenhouse and tomatoes ripening in my workroom.  I plan on writing a weekly gardening article for TheFamily to try to get each of you excited about the upcoming gardening season. Gardening can be one of the most rewarding hobbies that you can have.  My grandchildren say that they like to come to my farm and pick the fruits and vegetables.  My ‘farm’ is a 1/3 acre lot where I have maximized my growing space.

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Why garden? (Alan says, “We should all return to our roots”.   Ha! )

In this Friday’s newspaper was an AP article by Christopher Rugaber and Jeannine Aversa showing how high food prices will soon spur inflation.  Corn, soybeans, wheat and other grains have shot up since last summer.  This raises the cost of feeding livestock which in turn raises the price of beef, poultry and dairy products.  Bread and produce will also follow suit.   Grocers who contained prices last year are expected to increase them this year.  While most of us don’t have the land, time or energy to produce grain or livestock, we can grow fruit, herbs and vegetables, even if we live in apartments or have homes on small lots.

There are many other reasons, besides economics, to grow our own gardens:

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1. ..Nutrition: studies have shown that our nutrition improves when we grow our own produce
2. Exercise
3. Gives us a sense of accomplishment and helps individual development
4. Decreases stress
5. Improves our environment
6. Can ensure that our produce is grown organically, if so desired
7. A positive way to bond with your children and spouse
8. Helps build neighborhoods and communities, especially through shared excess produce or community gardens  (yes, you too can learn to find hundreds of ways to use zucchini)
9. Teaches children responsibility and how nature works
10. Being out in nature has been found to increase our satisfaction with life

Isa. 51: 3 …”he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.”

Next week: Why it is important to know something about plant classification.

My mentor, Larry Sagers, says that there are only 2 kinds of people, “Those that are Master Gardeners and those that want to be Master Gardeners”.  For those of you interested in the Master Gardener program, read the following:

The Master Gardener program was started by Washington State University in 1973 and is now found in all 50 US states and at last count in 3 Canadian provinces.  The programs are usually administered by the county Extension Services.  Utah County is fortunate to have 2 programs.  The ones in Utah County start in September.  The afternoon one is given at the Utah County Extension Service in Provo, UT under the direction of Adrian Hinton, the USU Extension Horticulturist.  The evening program is at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, UT under the direction of Larry Sagers, the USU Extension Horticulture specialist at Thanksgiving Point.  He also writes a weekly article on gardening for the Deseret News, a Salt Lake City newspaper and he has a garden program on KSL radio on Saturday mornings where individuals can call in to have their gardening questions answered.  I did the Thanksgiving Point Master Gardener program in 2007.

The American Horticultural Society states: The Master Gardener program, conducted throughout the United States and Canada, is a two-part educational effort, in which avid gardeners are provided many hours of intense home horticulture training, and in return they “pay back” local university extension agents through volunteerism. Master Gardeners assist with garden lectures, exhibits, demonstrations, school and community gardening, phone diagnostic service, research, and many other projects.

Master Gardeners in Utah must complete 40 hours of classroom training, complete comprehensive worksheets and a final exam and do 40 hours of volunteer service to gain a certificate.  The title is used only when providing unpaid service for the Extension Service or projects supported or approved by them.  It is not intended for private gain or to promote a product, business or individuals.  If you are interested in doing the Master Gardener program (no previous experience is needed, just a desire to learn more about gardening) contact your local Extension Service for the times and location of the closest ones to where you live.

Until next week,

Dennis Adamson
Master Gardner
For The Family

Links to Previous articles:
http://thefamily.com/2010/11/be-prepared-build-a-greenhouse/
http://thefamily.com/2010/11/greenhousecold-frame-follow-up/
http://thefamily.com/2010/11/greenhouse-and-cold-frame-update-its-winter/
http://thefamily.com/2011/01/lettuce-and-spinach-grown-during-winter-with-cold-frame-update/

By Alan on Jan 25 in Blog tagged act in line with theri religious beliefs, believe in God, civic engagement, contribute to society, convictions, devotion place of worship, enjoyed by many, fabric of society, freedom of religion, fundamental human right, generosity, guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution, home, improve society, inward activities, moral conscience, moral convictions, moral speech, moral truth, neighborliness, preach of Christ, private, profound worth, prophesy of Christ, raise families, rejoice in Christ, religious freedom protects, right to think and believe, service, talk of Christ, The Family, the way people behave, to express and act upon, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, What religious Freedom means | Comments Off

What Religious Freedom Means

By Alan on Dec 04 in Blog tagged about God, baptism, be like Jesus, Book of Mormon, eternity, faith, family home evening, Fathers and Mothers, fight and quarrel, gospel learning, home, Jesus Christ, love one another, Obey the commandments, parents, sin be upon parents, teach their children, The Holy Ghost, understand repentance | Comments Off

Fathers and mothers are responsible to teach their children about God, their Heavenly Father . They should show by example that they love Him because they keep His commandments. They also need to be taught about Jesus Christ who is the Son of God and their Savior who gave His live for all mankind and makes it possible for all to live again.

Parents should also teach their children to pray and to obey the commandments.  Inasmuch as parents have children that teach them not to understand the doctrine of repentance, faith in Christ the Son of the living God, and of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands when eight years old, the sin be upon the heads of the parents.

As parents come to know God and strive to be like Him, they will teach children to love one another. In the Book of Mormon, King Benjamin explained:  “Ye will not suffer your children … [to] fight and quarrel one with another.”

The home is the most important place for gospel learning. No other organization can take the place of the family.  Spending time each week as a family in a family home evening together will help protect our families against the evils of our time and will bring us abundant joy now and throughout the eternities.

“Strengthening The Family – Spiritually”