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Thinking of others instead of ourselves
When I was a teenager I read a book series called Children of the Promise by Dean Hughs. In one of the books I read something that stuck out to me and has never left me. I memorized it and quote it often, especially when I'm having a hard...
Do you love me? Jeffrey R. Holland
Do you love me? Jeffrey R. Holland"In short, we have a life of devoted discipleship to give in demonstrating our love of the Lord. We can’t quit and we can’t go back. After an encounter with the living Son of the living God, nothing is ever again to be as it was...
Overwhelming desire to return back to our Heavenly Father
Overwhelming desire to return back to our Heavenly Father Ponder the Path of Thy Feet, By President Thomas S. Monson "I am certain we left our Father with an overwhelming desire to return to Him, that we might gain the exaltation He planned for us and which we...
Fear is dispelled through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ
Fear is dispelled through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ Therefore They Hushed Their Fears - By Elder David A. Bednar https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/therefore-they-hushed-their-fears?lang=engWhat a great Conference talk. In case you don't have time to...
Fan the flame of their spiritual core
Fan the flame of their spiritual core"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create...
Revelation requires serious mental effort
Revelation requires serious mental effortJulie Beck "It was prophesied that in the latter days the Lord would pour out His Spirit upon His handmaids. This will happen as we allow ourselves to be still enough and quiet enough to listen to the voice of the Spirit. Elder...
Spiritual Crusade – Come Join the Crusade
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We must pass through every ordeal appointed for intelligent beings
I don't know about you, but I would not want a heart surgeon to operate on me, that has not been thoroughly tested through experience with that particular procedure. And as a matter fact, I would want that surgeon to be well experienced in all procedures dealing with...
Nephi like unto David who slew Goliath and Ammon
I have always loved Nephi for his great faith, and this verse is a great example of that faith. To quickly set the stage, all of the families bows broke and the family is desperately in need of food.1 Nephi 16:23...I, Nephi, did make out of wood a bow, and out of a...
Pact with God
Have you ever tried making a pact with God? One day when I was in high school, I was driving home wondering if something that I was doing was inappropriate. I had never heard anyone say specifically that this thing was or wasn't so I was pondering it. Just then my...
Why I share
Yesterday a good friend of mine told me that he appreciated all of my posts and thought that they were wonderful. Then he asked me why I was posting them. It never occurred to me that people might not understand why I was making my posts. I gave him a quick answer,...
Obtaining Spiritual Knowledge
One of the most interesting things that I have learned is that I already knew most of the things that I have been learning, I’ve just come to understand them at a higher level. Things that I could have heard in church and said, “well I already know that”. In other...
Joseph Smith
I grew up a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and always believed what I was taught, I never really questioned the veracity of it. One day I found myself in Santiago, Chile as a missionary in the home of a very humble family that appeared...
Big Brother
Growing up I wasn’t ever really sure what I wanted to do for work, but I was sure about one thing, whatever it was, I wanted to be doing it with my older brother John. He was always there to give me counsel when I was being an idiot, and guidance when it was...
Free Market
Here is an example of how the free market has benefited some of the people here in Utah, as well as around the country. When I started as a dentist, I purchased a very nice office from the bank because the previous dentist had gone under due to the competitive...
Willing Heart and Mind
Our Father in Heaven needs valiant servants, and the requirements are a willing heart and mind, that is all. He can turn us into whatever he needs to if our hearts and minds will do His will. 1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of...
6th Sense
I had a dream last night where I was up on the stage of a talk show, and the host asked me to explain why I believe in the church on a stage in front of a lot of mocking people. My response was something like this.We all have a 6th sense, our conscience that...
Turn to the Lord with All Our Heart, Soul, and Might
From my reading this morning, I came across this Scripture that just grabbed me...2 Kings 23:2525 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of...
The Faithful Shall be Made Strong
Saturday night, Kiera and I ran to the Temple and made it there 5 minutes till 8:00 pm, just in time to do initiatories. We love doing initiatories because with 9 kids it gets tough to make it to a full endowment session every week. After initiatories we decided to...
Prayer
I have thought a lot about prayer lately as well. That talk on the atonement from Cleon Skousen (http://www.josephsmithacademy.org/inspira/audio/the-meaning-of-the-atonement/) has truly impacted my life and my ability to exercise greater faith in my prayers. As I...
