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Paisley: Hey everybody, its
Paisley imperfect. And I am not

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on camera today because I came
down with something, probably

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just a summer cold. But it is
flooring me and so I'm going to

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keep today's message super short
and not make you look at my

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super puffy eyeballs.

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This scripture popped up we
talked a little bit in a couple

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of the most recent episodes
about missionary work and about

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sharing the gospel. And this
quote, or the Scripture rather

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sorry, popped up on my my gospel
Library app today as the verse

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of the day

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Its Alma 31:5 and the word
versus the sword so and now as

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the preaching of the Word, had a
great tendency to lead the

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people to do that which was just
yea, it had had more powerful

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effect upon the minds of the
people than the sword, or

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anything else which had happened
unto them. Therefore Alma

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thought it was expedient that
they should try the virtue of

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the Word of God.

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What if, you know, there's a lot
of, there's a lot of stuff going

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on right now. A lot of very
divisive things that are

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happening right now. That's not
by accident. Satan is working

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really, really hard on us,
because he knows what's coming.

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But, you know if Satan is
delighting in our misery, and

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He knows that Jesus is coming
again. And he knows. He just he

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right now, it seems as though
people are trying to persuade by

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using the proverbial sword,
sniper rifle. Insert weapon of

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choice. I thought that this, the
Scripture was very relevant.

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wants to get as many of us to
fall away and be with him as he

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What if we changed just a couple
of words to make it maybe even a

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little bit more relevant?

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What if instead of Alma we put
in, we put in the Prophet, the

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can. I still have that sticky
note. Kind of means it's got

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apostles, so that it said
something more like, and now as

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the preaching of the Word, had a
great tendency to lead the

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people to do that, which was
just yeah, it had had more

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dual meanings for me at the
moment. I saw that sticky note

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powerful effect upon the minds
of the people than a snipers

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weapon, or anything else which
had happened unto them.

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Therefore, President Nelson
thought it was expedient that we

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up on my wall that says Satan
delights in your misery. It's a

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should try the virtue of the
Word of God.

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What if instead of fighting
violence with violence, we

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fought violence with the Word of
God? I went to a women's

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conference years ago now, and
their theme at the time was what

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quote from President Nelson. And
I have been miserable today. Not

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if your only motive was love?
And that has stuck with me and

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made a very powerful impact on
some of the choices that I make?

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And on the way that I treat
other people. What if my only

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motive was love? What if our
only motive was love, we would

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specifically because of the
goings on around the world. Just

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be more likely to share the Word
of God share the gospel with our

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friends, invite them to come to
Christ with us.

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Anyway, I just want to leave you
that short message today.

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Hopefully I will be feeling
better by next week so that I

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because I'm sick and I I've just
been miserable.

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can get back to my regular
schedule. I appreciate you

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hanging out here with me today.
And being patient while I get

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better. Thank you so much. You
guys all be back on Monday.