The Great Commandments | Marion D. Hanks | August 1988

About this episode

Marion D. Hanks discusses the importance of serving and loving one's neighbor as a path to joy and preparation to meet God.

To serve and "love thy neighbor" is the essence of joy and will prepare us to meet God. All of us can do something, and most of us more than we are doing. Click here to see the speech page. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Marion D. Hanks

Topics covered

• service
• love thy neighbor
• joy
• preparation for God
• personal action

Keywords

• great commandments
• joy
• service
• love
• neighbor
• God
• personal action

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