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I lament King David lost his exaltation because of his murder of Uriah.  Doctrine & Covenants 132 verses 38 and 39 talks about this.  Verse 39 says:  " . . . he he hath fallen from his exaltation, and received his portion . . ."
He was a good ruler the most part of his life and was humble most of time.  I would not have had the faith at his age to face the mighty warrior Goliath and prevail.  I would have likely also killed Saul if he were hunting me and trying to put me to death.  David could have killed Saul a few times but said:  "Destroy him not, for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed and be guiltless?”  (I Samuel 26:9)
It is sad how any of us can work so hard our entire lives to build something then begin to make bad decisions and lose our exaltation.  Likely, David will receive the Telestial Kingdom because of his adultery and murder, but nothing has been revealed on his judgment.  He was not resurrected when Christ began the first resurrection of the just.

May you enter a room and forget what it was you came to the room to get.
May you repeat the above process several times in succession. 
 
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May your pillow be warm on both sides.
(For more intensity) May your pillow be warm and soggy on both sides.

My family is the holder of the best known copy of the Rules of the United Order.  For your fun and enjoyment I have printed out a copy (on my compurter not a photo copy) of the rules of the United Order.
 
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Number 11 is a big one in today’s society.  We love to buy our clothing at Cosco that relies on cheep imports from China and India that employ the essence of child slave labor.
 
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My family is the holder of the best known copy of the Rules of the United Order.  For your fun and enjoyment I have printed out a copy (on my compurter not a photo copy) of the rules of the United Order.
 
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For those that are wondering, there is not a penny left in the Social Security trust fund.  What is left in that trust fund is an IOU from the federal government.  Sadly, that IOU is not referenced nor considered when the national debt is calculated.   It is perhaps the happiest place for the federal government to borrow money because there is no interest paid on the money that is borrowed from Social Security.
I am sure if you ask anyone in the Social Security Administration – they will tell you that Social Security is as secure as our borders.
 
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My family is the holder of the best known copy of the Rules of the United Order.  For your fun and enjoyment I have printed out a copy (on my compurter not a photo copy) of the rules of the United Order.
 
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As I read through this, I found that my family and I are already doing most of these. A few still need a little more effort.

Free to Choose should be read by everyone. 

Greetings @JohnsonJones:
Back in the 80’s an international acclaimed economists (Milton Friedman) did an audit of the Social Security for then President Ragan.  His audit was somewhat unpopular – especially for the Democrats but it did upset Republicans as well.  Two of the biggest problems with the Social Security Department was the expanded use of the funds (for example the funding of Black Military Ops) and the exorbitant overhead costs (10 time the allowable overhead costs – by law – for privately funded retirement funds).
According to Friedman, there has never been a shortage of funds, rather poor management (including unfunded changes).  As near as I can tell - none of Milton's recomendations have been adopted.
 
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My family is the holder of the best known copy of the Rules of the United Order.  For your fun and enjoyment I have printed out a copy (on my compurter not a photo copy) of the rules of the United Order.
 
The Traveler

My family is the holder of the best known copy of the Rules of the United Order.  For your fun and enjoyment I have printed out a copy (on my compurter not a photo copy) of the rules of the United Order.
 
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Greetings @JohnsonJones:
Back in the 80’s an international acclaimed economists (Milton Friedman) did an audit of the Social Security for then President Ragan.  His audit was somewhat unpopular – especially for the Democrats but it did upset Republicans as well.  Two of the biggest problems with the Social Security Department was the expanded use of the funds (for example the funding of Black Military Ops) and the exorbitant overhead costs (10 time the allowable overhead costs – by law – for privately funded retirement funds).
According to Friedman, there has never been a shortage of funds, rather poor management (including unfunded changes).  As near as I can tell - none of Milton's recomendations have been adopted.
 
The Traveler

For those that are wondering, there is not a penny left in the Social Security trust fund.  What is left in that trust fund is an IOU from the federal government.  Sadly, that IOU is not referenced nor considered when the national debt is calculated.   It is perhaps the happiest place for the federal government to borrow money because there is no interest paid on the money that is borrowed from Social Security.
I am sure if you ask anyone in the Social Security Administration – they will tell you that Social Security is as secure as our borders.
 
The Traveler

My family is the holder of the best known copy of the Rules of the United Order.  For your fun and enjoyment I have printed out a copy (on my compurter not a photo copy) of the rules of the United Order.
 
The Traveler

My family is the holder of the best known copy of the Rules of the United Order.  For your fun and enjoyment I have printed out a copy (on my compurter not a photo copy) of the rules of the United Order.
 
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This is what the government shows me for my options. 
Im hoping the the 2nd coming occurs prior to Social Security failure.

One concerning incident I was involved with as a teacher was a family trying to get their kid declared disabled in order to get SSI. No one in the family worked (Mom, Dad, and Grandma) and relied on an assortment of programs to survive.
Kid had ADHD, which, if extreme enough, can qualify for a disability, sure.
The parents' strategy was to enroll him in online school to manipulate his school work and use that to try for an IEP (which apparently can help with SSI cases).
Kid didn't qualify for IEP because our only evidence of any learning issue was the parents not sending him to class and then obviously manipulating his school work.
Mom threw a tantrum, then complained in a mutual Facebook group how concerned she now was about finances since they couldn't rely on a 6-year-old's SSI.

Just for fun – a long time ago, when the wife and I were still raising our children, I kept a notebook of stupid things I said.  All with the idea of perhaps someday publishing a book of humor.   Some examples: 
“Your mother is coming over today?  Does she need to borrow your broom?”
“Your sister is on another diet?  Did she break her Richter scale?”
The husband comes home from work and the wife is in the kitchen fixing hamburgers for dinner.  
    Husband: “Why are the hamburgers so big?”
    Wife: “Because I got big buns.”
     Warning!!!! Whatever cute and fun thing you are thinking of saying could be damaging to your health.
 
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I have a daughter that left the Church because she has concluded that women are 2nd class citizens within the society of Latter-day Saints.  For a number of years this controversy caused divisions (sometimes angry exchanges) within our family and particularly between myself and my daughter.  Over the years I have come to the conclusion that angry exchanges are harmful to both myself and my daughter so for a while I avoided such topics.  Currently, I am able to discuss things without becoming angry or responding to her anger and things have gotten much better --- but there is another side to all this.  Her 4 children (my grandchildren) have continually drifted and have become quite confused over morals.  For a while the grandkids would attend church with us when we visited, or they visited us.  It has been a long time since they have chosen not to go with us to church.
It was decided by my daughter and her husband that kids should figure out their own moral directions and religious connections.  This has been most difficult for the kids and as they are reaching adulthood in this confusing world they have not done well.  Two of the children have become lost and developed addictions.   The addictions have resulted in severe mental illness issues to the point that it is doubtful that they will ever be able to ever live on their own without some assistance.   Sadly, daughter is coming to her senses and realizing that leaving the church and the moral mooring living standards bring – is the primary factor in her children succumbing to damaging temptations – just not enough yet to return to protections of living by covenant.
 It is important that each person develop their own faith in G-d but if a person determines to become an agent unto themselves – it is not just their lives that are affected.  It is not uncommon for innocent children (or others) to suffer consequences sometimes for many generations.  With such damage I marvel that the atonement of Christ is able to unravel whatever damage we can do to ourselves and others.
 
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It would have been very helpful if you had mentioned this earlier! I've been trying to work out what I've been doing wrong. Perhaps I should start trying to go through trees instead of trying to go around them. I'll have to think about that a bit. 

Just for fun – a long time ago, when the wife and I were still raising our children, I kept a notebook of stupid things I said.  All with the idea of perhaps someday publishing a book of humor.   Some examples: 
“Your mother is coming over today?  Does she need to borrow your broom?”
“Your sister is on another diet?  Did she break her Richter scale?”
The husband comes home from work and the wife is in the kitchen fixing hamburgers for dinner.  
    Husband: “Why are the hamburgers so big?”
    Wife: “Because I got big buns.”
     Warning!!!! Whatever cute and fun thing you are thinking of saying could be damaging to your health.
 
The Traveler

Just for fun – a long time ago, when the wife and I were still raising our children, I kept a notebook of stupid things I said.  All with the idea of perhaps someday publishing a book of humor.   Some examples: 
“Your mother is coming over today?  Does she need to borrow your broom?”
“Your sister is on another diet?  Did she break her Richter scale?”
The husband comes home from work and the wife is in the kitchen fixing hamburgers for dinner.  
    Husband: “Why are the hamburgers so big?”
    Wife: “Because I got big buns.”
     Warning!!!! Whatever cute and fun thing you are thinking of saying could be damaging to your health.
 
The Traveler

I'm would think it is the same process that Abraham followed on an individual level, except with the city it was a collective decision accomplished by individual choices by each member of the society (Abraham 1:2). I also think it helps to have a leader to who lived as long as Enoch.
If we were to take the 10 commandments, and every one in a society/village decided to follow those ten commandments (with full purpose of heart and with real intent) imagine in three generations how strong that society would be/become. There would be no:
Adultery Fornication (including rape) Stealing Lying Dishonoring parents (one of the great doorways of our society toward evil) Perversions of Sex/Gender Murder War Welfare Occupation This is a society that can only be accomplished through a belief in Jesus Christ, and we would start seeing:
Stronger families Honesty in all dealings Service Industry Forgiveness Repentance