I was reading Alma 37 today and thinking about the counsels we have in the church because in Alma 37:12 it says, "for he (God) doth counsel in wisdom over all his works, and his paths are straight, and his course is one eternal round." Then I was thinking about the book counseling with out counsels that I started reading for my class that I really want to finish. It was teaching us about how to better our ward counsels and other meetings like it by having meaningful conversations and and topics. and with that "by small and simple things are great things brought to past;"
Heber J. Grant said "I have heard men and women say that they were going to let their sons and daughters grow to maturity before they sought to teach them the principles of the gospel, that they were not going to cram the gospel down them in their childhood, before they were able to comprehend it. When I hear men and women say this, I think they are lacking faith in the principles of the gospel and do not comprehend it as they should. The Lord has said it is our duty to teach our children in their youth, and I prefer to take His word for it rather than the words of those who are not obeying His commandments.. I may know that the gospel is true, and so may my wife; but I want to tell you that your children will not know that the gospel is true, unless they study it and gain a testimony for themselves. Parents are deceiving themselves in imagining that their children will be born with a knowledge of the gospel." (Richard O. Cowan, The Church in the Twentieth Century, p. 319)*...
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