EFY - "The Terra Firma Academy"
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The Terra Firma
AcademyA survival guide
byBen Bernards
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#1Discover
WHY you are
here
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Once you discover why you’re here,
EVERYTHING changes
#1Discover
WHY you are
here
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#2Trustthe
rules
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“Christ ’s doctrines pertaining to the plan of salvation stand like sentinel scriptures to mark and light the w a y . H i s g o s p e l guardrails l ine the strait and narrow path to steady us, nudge us, and even jar us for the sake of our spiritual safety!”
Neal A. Maxwell
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Rules,
commandments,
and programs are
WHAT we do.
Doctrine is WHY
we do it.
(Life is much easier when
you discover the WHY
behind the WHAT)
#2Trustthe
rules
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#3Remember: It’s SUPPOSED
to be HARD
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"Unsurprisingly, therefore, this mortal school produces some soaring triumphs but also a history filled with individual mistakes. But we should not blame the school, nor the curriculum! Least of al l , the Schoolmaster! Furthermore, we dare not lecture Him on the plight of His students!
Meanwhile, brothers and sisters, no one ever promised us that discipleship in the last days would be a picnic in the park."
Neal A. Maxwell
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He expects
and allows
you to get it
wrong...
so you can
learn how to
get it right.
(Keep calm
and
expecto patronum)
#3Remember: It’s SUPPOSED
to be HARD
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#4Make-up work is available,
on one condition...
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...that we
join His club
and follow
His rules.
(the longer you wait to do make-up work, the harder it is...)
#4Make-up work is available,
on one condition...
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#5The only way
to know if this really works is
to give it a shot
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“ I should ______”
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Try it
and see.
But be
patient.
#5The only way
to know if this really works is
to give it a shot
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#6When all else
fails, remember your Heavenly Parents love
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“Remember this! The line ‘And they all lived happily ever after’ is never
written into the second act [of a play]. That line belongs in the third act, when
the mysteries are solved and everything is put right. …
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“Do not suppose that God willfully causes that which, for His own purposes, He
permits. When you know the plan and the purpose of it all, even these things will
manifest a loving Father in Heaven”
Boyd K. Packer“The Play and the Plan”
CES Broadcast, May 1995
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“Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting:
The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star,
Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar:
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God, who is our home:”
“Ode: Intimations of Immortality”, by William Wordsworth
#6When all else
fails, remember your Heavenly Parents love
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The Terra Firma
AcademyA survival guide
byBen Bernards
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For a copy of this presentation, follow me @benbernards or visit
benbernards.com/efy
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