Can my family still be together forever if my children leave the Gospel?
Mormons who are faithful to their Temple covenants can expect their families to be together forever, even when some of their children stray.
Will I ever be sealed to my children if I haven’t remarried after a divorce?
Mormon doctrine teaches that children cannot be sealed to unmarried parents. If a parent doesn’t remarry in this life, they will find an eternal companion later, and their temple work will be done during the millennium.
How do I balance dealing with chronic illness and family problems?
We cannot control our relatives lives and must respect their choices, even if we disapprove. God will reward us for patient service and enduring.
Can newborns remember their pre-earth life?
Personal experience seems to agree that newborns and toddlers may remember something of their pre-earth life.
Does Mormonism teach at what exact time a fetus receives its spirit and becomes a living child?
Mormonism does not reveal at what point a fetus receives its spirit and becomes a separate organism. It may be different for each person.
How can I persuade my husband to help out more at home?
In Marriage Mormons should make sacrifices for the sake of their spouse. They must follow Jesus’ example to love and serve others always. Both husband and wife should be willing to make sacrifices to strengthen the marriage.
If a single Mormon sister adopts an orphan, can the child be sealed in the Mormon temple to her?
Although only married couples can be sealed together as families in a Mormon temple, Mormons believe that all worthy members will have an opportunity for marriage during the Millenium.
How does a sealing work when family members aren’t active?
Question Dear Gramps, My parents were baptized into the church, but were never sealed. They are divorced and both are inactive. Who am I sealed to other than my husband? Since my parents are divorced, do I seal myself to my inactive father after he dies and...
Can children be sealed to only one parent?
Question Gramps, I am an active Mormon and my husband is a member also but inactive and doesn’t keep the Word of Wisdom. I am getting ready to take my endowments and we have two children, one of which has been married in the temple and I have one grandson. Can...
To be a “patriarch in the home” does a man need to be sealed in the temple?
According to Mormon doctrine, the priesthood is divided into two functions: apostolic and patriarchal. The patriarchal duties of a priesthood holder in the Mormon church are to oversee the leadership and discipline of the home.
