Inklings with Emily Belle Freeman Ulisses Soares: Adorned with the Virtue of Temperance
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Dec 30, 2025 They discuss the meaning of temperance, including steadiness, modest holiness, and ‘strength in a thing’. Holiday traditions and picking favorite conference quotes add light, personal moments. Conversations link temple restoration and extraordinary measures to steady spiritual foundations. Practical ideas for making scripture study and service sustainable round out the talk.
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Temperance As Steady Strength
- Temperance means being steady and strong in a thing rather than swinging to extremes.
- Emily Bell Freeman links the Greek sense of temperance as "strong in a thing" to strengthening the temple foundation as a metaphor for spiritual steadiness.
Make Spiritual Goals Exciting And Remove Temptations
- Strengthen your spiritual foundation by eliminating temptations and choosing exciting, sustainable goals.
- Grace recommends practical tweaks like reading scriptures while walking or pairing reading with a friend to make the habit appealing.
Daily Question Sparked Major Church Work
- Emily Bell Freeman began waking up each morning and asking, How can I build the kingdom today? and then acted on that prompting.
- That daily practice led to projects like Don't Miss This and Inklings and prepared her for future callings.
