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When you were baptized, your ancestors looked down on you with hope. … They rejoiced to see one of their descendants make a covenant to find them.

You felt His love at least to some degree when you were baptized. Years ago I took a young man... into the waters of baptism. My companion and I had taught him the gospel. ​As I brought that young man up out of the waters of baptism, he  
surprised me by throwing his arms around my neck and whispering in my ear, tears streaming down his face, “I’m clean, I’m clean.” 

​That same young man, after we laid our hands on his head with the authority of the Melchizedek Priesthood and conferred on him the Holy Ghost, said to me, “When you spoke those words, I felt something like fire go down from the top of my head through my body, all the way to my feet.”  Link

stand for family

Time with your children is fleeting. Do not put off being with them... Help your sons learn manners and respect for women and children.      Link

temple the reason

The joyful day will come when we shall meet our ancestors once again and be able to say to them, “We did this for you.”
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personal roots

Simply summarized, life’s greatest blessings will come to us if our love of Jesus Christ is rooted deeply in our hearts.                           Link

Link to full discourse
​Begin to unlock the knowledge of who you really are by learning more about your forebears...

​Alex Haley, the author of the book Roots, said: “In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage—to know who we are and where we have come from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life, there is still a vacuum, an emptiness, and the most disquieting loneliness.”
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