Family is more important in the Lord's eyes than our Career.

1. What are some reasons you believe that the commandment to multiply and replenish the earth is reemphasized by the First Presidency and the Twelve?
1. I believe that some of the reasons why we were told to multiply and replenish the earth is because of the idea that we do not. I know many people who don't want to get married and have a family. They talk about how they don't want or need kids. This day in age it is becoming a more popular idea for people to work and be stable and then they never come around to having children. I think the church wanted to recognize the importance of it and let people know that we are still commanded to do such. 
2. What are some factors in today's society that discourage a husband and a wife in fulfilling this commandment?
1. Careers are often a main focus of many couples, and they also want to be more financially stable. It also can come from a place of selfishness that they want to have time for themselves so if they don't have any kids or even just a few they will have more time to themselves. 
3. What does the phrase "sacred powers of procreation" mean?
1. The power and ability to procreate and have children is one of the greatest gifts from God. The phrase refers to the ability to reproduce sexually but emphasises that is it sacred meaning a blessings from God to be taken with gratitude and appreciation. Sex shouldn't be joked about, it is one of the many things that Satan can tempt us with but that it is because it is misusing one of the other greatest gifts we have, our bodies. 
4. Given what we have studied so far in the Proclamation, the scriptures, and the words of the prophets, what are some reasons that the sacred powers of procreation are only to be used between man and woman lawfully wedded as husband and wife?
1. Procreation is only to be used between man and woman wedded because it is a form of showing love and even more than that the purpose of it is to have children. If two people are not wed they run the risk of having a child out of that wedlock and it is a child's birth right to be born into a family with a father and mother. 
5. If someone came to you and said, "What does the line, 'We declare the means by which mortal life is created to be divinely appointed.' mean?" How would you respond?
1. I would respond with the fact that it is through the "sacred powers of procreation" and the power of God that life is created. I think there is purpose in all life and in God's eyes there are no "accidents". Each child has a purpose.