Divine Nature

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Nature"><U><B><U>Back to Top</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="25522210.gif" border=0 width="34" height="33" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="divine_nature_music_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Divine Nature Music</B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> A * by the artist name indicates a link to a website.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> A + by the title indicates a link to listening or download.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="563" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="250"><div> My Nature Is Divine</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="45"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="45" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="248"><div> *<U>Janice Kapp Perry</U></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="250"><div> I am a Child of God</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="45"><div> <A HREF="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="I Am A Child Of God"><U><U>Lyric</U></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="248"><div> Primary Songbook #</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <U>+What Heaven Sees in You</U></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="45"><div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What Heaven Sees In You"><U><U>Lyric</U></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="248"><div> Doug Walker</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> Walk Tall You're a Daughter of God</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="45"><div> <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Walk Tall Youre A Daughter"><U><U>Lyric</U></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="248"><div> Jamie Glenn</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD 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TITLE="The Woman I Was Before"><U><U>Lyric</U></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="248"><div> Doug Walker</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="250"><div> Beautiful</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="45"><div> <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Beautiful"><U><U>Lyric</U></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="248"><div> Cherie Call</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="250"><div> Keeper of The Flame</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="45"><div> <A HREF="id69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Keeper of the Flame"><U><U>Lyric</U></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="248"><div> Julie deAzevedo</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="250"><div> <U>Ninety and Nine</U>+</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="45"><div> <A HREF="id138.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ninety and Nine"><U><U>Lyric</U></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="248"><div> Michael McLean</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="250"><div> God Created 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HREF="http://ce.byu.edu/cw/cwwomens/archive/2001/dew_sheri.html" target="_blank" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://ce.byu.edu/cw/cwwomens/archive/20"><U><B><U>talk</U></B></U></A> ......that's all I have to say!<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> (ok, read it prayerfully)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#anchor" TITLE="Divine Nature"><U><B><U>Back to Top</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="259c6190.gif" border=0 width="198" height="25" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="scriptures_and_quotes"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Scriptures and Quotes</B></div> <bR> <div> <I>Be partakers of the divine nature. . . . Giving all diligence,</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience;</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness;</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>and to brotherly kindness charity (2 Peter 1:4?7).</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="25522210.gif" border=0 width="34" height="33" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <div> <I>My dear young sisters, I know of no truer description of you than that expressed by the First Presidency on April 6, 1942: "How glorious and near to the angels is youth that is clean; this youth has joy unspeakable here and eternal happiness hereafter.</I> </div> <div> <I>(Pres. Thomas. S Monson, General Young Women Mtg., March 2002)</I> </div> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="25522210.gif" border=0 width="34" height="33" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <div> <I>You are creatures of divinity; you are daughters of the Almighty. Limitless is your potential. Magnificent is your future, if you will take control of it.</I> </div> <div> <I>(President Gordon B Hinckley, Young Women Mtg., March 2001)</I> </div> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="25522210.gif" border=0 width="34" height="33" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <div> <I>Never forget that you came to earth as a child of the divine Father, with something of divinity in your very makeup. The Lord did not send you here to fail. He did not give you life to waste it. He bestowed upon you the gift of mortality that you might gain experience—positive, wonderful, purposeful experience—that will lead to life eternal. He has given you this glorious Church, His Church, to guide you and direct you, to give you opportunity for growth and experience, to teach you and lead you and encourage you, to bless you with eternal marriage, to seal upon you a covenant between you and Him that will make of you His chosen daughter, one upon whom He may look with love and with a desire to help. May God bless you richly and abundantly, my dear young friends, His wonderful daughters.</I> </div> <div> <I>(President Gordon B Hinckley, General Young Women Mtg, March 2001)</I> </div> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="25522210.gif" border=0 width="34" height="33" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <div> <I>I challenge every one of you who can hear me, to rise to the divinity within you. Do we really realize what it means to be a Child of God, to have within us something of the Divine Nature?</I> </div> <div> <I>(President Gordon B Hinckley, General Conference, Oct.2002)</I> </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#anchor" TITLE="Divine Nature"><U><B><U>Back to Top</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="259c6190.gif" border=0 width="198" height="25" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="stories"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Stories</B></div> <bR> <div> Divine Nature<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I>“The Bulletin Board: Worldwide Values,” New Era, Nov. 1999, 38</I> </div> <div> “Knowing I am a daughter of God and that I have inherited divine qualities gives me a firm foundation for my existence and purpose here on earth,” said a young woman of the Aua First Ward at the ward’s New Beginnings program. Dressed in the colors of the Young Women values, these girls of American Samoa demonstrated their divine nature as they shared their testimonies, musical talents, and achievements in Personal Progress. </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#anchor" TITLE="Divine Nature"><U><U>Back to Top</U></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>