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Ponderize – Ephesians 6:13
Ponderize – Ephesians 6:13 “Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” The next few verses help us to know what "stand" means: 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with...
Podcast – Prepared to Obtain Every Needful Thing
Lesson: Prepared to Obtain Every Needful Thing Podcast by: Craig Conover Some key topics discussed:- We have an individual responsibility to learn and live the Lord’s teachings.- How will you learn for yourself?- We are all entitled and expected to seek and obtain all...
The Power of Testimonies
Revelations 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; In the pre-mortal life, we fought Satan with our testimonies. We all know the end result, we won. If our testimonies conquered Satan in the pre-mortal...
Live the life you have imagined
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. Henry David Thoreau
Grace doesn’t grease the wheels of the law.
Adam S. Miller puts it well: “Grace doesn't grease the wheels of the law. Grace isn't God's way of jury rigging a broken law. It's the other way around. The law is just one small cog in a world animated entirely--from top to bottom, from beginning to end--by...
Satan’s Most Convincing Lure
“Who are we going to believe in our search for happiness and well-being?” Will it be Satan, the author of all lies and deceit, whose single objective is to destroy us? Or are we going to believe a loving Heavenly Father, who is the source of all truth and happiness,...
Sow to the Spirit – Reap life everlasting
Galatians 6:8–9 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
“Becoming True Millenials” (Quotes by Russell M. Nelson and Wendy Watson Nelson)
True Mellinnials Back in 2016, Russell M. Nelson gave a BYU Devotional that was directed at this generation. I listened to it repeatedly, read it often, and have thought about every day since. This talk has made such a huge impact on my life, that I have decided to go...
Elk Valley Latter Day Saint – Inspired Women in the Gospel
I recently was listening to Emily Belle Freeman and David Butler and their 'Don't Miss This' Come Follow Me Lesson on YouTube. And Emily was relating a story where she was talking with a non-member friend and was explaining some of the structure of the church,...
Podcast – Letter to my Younger Self!
Letter to my Younger Self! By: Elk Valley Latter Day Saint In this post, I share a letter a recently wrote to my younger self, 20 years ago. Without ruining the future, I try and encourage myself to be better, look for the good and avoid precarious situations....
Live to Love God, Not Man; Come, Follow Me Weekly Challenge (Galatians)
Galatians 1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. 11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 12 For I neither...
Be still, and know that I am God
Psalm 46:10–11 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. In a world that is in such commotion, with evil forces all around us, this...
Spirit of the Lord is different from all other spirits
“They can tell the Spirit of the Lord from all other spirits will whisper peace and joy to their souls; it will take malice, hatred, strife and all evil from their hearts, and their whole desire will be to do good, bring forthrighteousness, and build up the...
Come Follow Me – Bible Study (Galatians)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hVbbxtusWzQ This week in Galatians we talk about letting go of the old and moving forward with faith in Jesus Christ. We also talk about how we can all become heirs to the blessings of Abraham. And lastly we talk about the fruit of the...
Ponderize – Galatians 5:16
Galatians 5:16This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. There it is my friends! That is the formula we have all been searching for. To control the lusts of our flesh we must walk in the Spirit. I have been working on this...
I Am
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. I love this scripture, it is all encompassing. Everything we want and need is in Christ. We want to get back to the Father, and He is the way. We want...
Cultivate a Spirit of Happiness and Optimism by Gordon B. Hinckley
Even when many people are negative and pessimistic, we can cultivate a spirit of happiness and optimism. There is a terrible ailment of pessimism in the land. It’s almost endemic. We’re constantly fed a steady and sour diet of character assassination, faultfinding,...
Lesson – Prepared to Obtain Every Needful Thing
Video with full commentary. https://youtu.be/92YDNSgQqgg Podcast with full commentary. Full Presentation: https://sway.office.com/xwSZjta6tvI7PW2p?ref=Link Lesson - Prepared to Obtain Every Needful Thing By David A. Bednar President Russell M. Nelson has counseled us:...
Choose to Win the War: Come, Follow Me Weekly Challenge (2 Corinthians 8-13)
2 Corinthians 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;). This is such a difficult concept to grasp, because we...
Podcast – Know Who You Are
Know Who You Are By: Sherri Jorgensen - Know who we are and why we are here - Help our children know who they are - What is the Gathering of Israel? - How we can accept the Lord invitation to be a part of the Lord’s Battalion - Mental...
