Recent Blog Posts
Power of the Priesthood is needed
"We have done very well at distributing the authority of the priesthood. We have priesthood authority planted nearly everywhere. We have quorums of elders and high priests worldwide. But distributing the authority of the priesthood has raced, I think, ahead of...
Let Nothing Go To Waste
President Brigham Young said:"My faith does not lead me to think the Lord will provide us with roast pigs, bread already buttered, etc.; he will give us the ability to raise the grain, to obtain the fruits of the earth, to make habitations, to procure a few boards to...
Holy Ghost the gatekeeper
Reading "With the Tongue of Angels": Angelic Speech as a Form of Deification in Voice Dream http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/with-the-tongue-of-angels-angelic-speech-as-a-form-of-deification/What an amazing article and powerful understanding of the Book of Mormon and...
Educational institutions destroying youth and the family
As a watchman on the tower, I feel to warn you that one of the chief means of misleading our youth and destroying the family unit is our educational institutions. President Joseph F. Smith referred to false educational ideas as one of the three threatening dangers...
To know God
Reading 160701-Bradshaw-Faith, Hope, and Charity-s in Voice Dream295 Cf. D&C 132:23–24. The Prophet Joseph Smith further explained: "No one can truly say he knows God until he has handled something, and this can only be in the holiest of holies" (J....
Taking_Name_Christ.html Highlights
52.2%: Willingness to take upon us the name of Jesus Christ can therefore be understood as willingness to take upon us the authority of Jesus Christ. According to this meaning, by partaking of the sacrament we witness our willingness to participate in the sacred...
Melchizedek Priesthood prepares for seeing Christ and God
D&C 107:18-1918 The power and authority of the higher, or Melchizedek Priesthood, is to hold the keys of all the spiritual blessings of the church--19 To have the privilege of receiving the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, to have the heavens opened unto them,...
Gift of discernment and live worthy of it
"Seeking to learn, understand, and recognize truth is a vital part of our mortal experience... Plead with the Lord for the gift of discernment. Then, live and work to be worthy to receive that gift so that when confusing events arise in the world you will know exactly...
Fullness of Priesthood obtained same as Christ did
Joseph Smith"If a man gets a fullness of the priesthood of God, he has to get it in the same way that Jesus Christ obtained it, and that was by keeping all the commandments and obeying all the ordinances of the house of the Lord." (Documentary History of the Church,...
Get woken up and live up to our full potential and privileges
What a great quote. We need to do whatever it takes to get woken up and live up to our full potential and privileges.Ezra Taft Benson (President)Every generation has its tests and its chance to stand and prove itself. Would you like to know of one of our...
Top Three Spiritual Gifts to As For
For all of those who are seeking after spiritual gifts, here's a good article talking about gifts. It's the authors opinion that the first three gifts we should seek after, are the gift of faith, charity, and discernment. We would all do well if we had these three...
To Receive the Holy Ghost requires action
Just because you've been confirmed a member of the church doesn't mean the Holy Ghost is operative in your life:"The simplicity of this ordinance [confirmation] may cause us to overlook its significance. These four words—'Receive the Holy Ghost'—are not a passive...
Why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say
“And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” (Luke 6:46.)Is it really that simple? I really think it is. If we are not following our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, then who are we following?Alma 5:38-3938 Behold, I say unto you, that the good...
Zion a process as well as a destination
Robert D. Hales (Presiding Bishop of the Church)Zion is characterized in scripture as a city in which the people “were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them.” (Moses 7:18.) Zion is “every man seeking the interest of...
Zion: best description I have seen
http://scottwoodward.org/zion_gatheringplace.htmlBruce R. McConkie (Quorum of the Twelve)If we can identify what Zion is and find the place or places of its locale, such may do more than almost anything else to put into a true perspective what is meant by a literal...
In last days many will walk to Zion
One of the quotations I hear frequently repeated is part of a sermon by Joseph F. Smith in 1882: “When God leads the people back to Jackson County, how will he do it? Let me picture to you how some of us may be gathered and led to Jackson County. I think I see two or...
Separated from Temple
Salt lake temple dedicatory prayer Wilford Woodruff:Heavenly Father, when Thy people shall not have the opportunity of entering this holy house to offer their supplications unto Thee, and they are oppressed and in trouble, surrounded by difficulties or assailed by...
Orson Pratt: The Earth—Its Fall, Redemption, Etc
Another great article. May we all be found among the meek who will inherit the earth.Reading Orson Pratt: The Earth—Its Fall, Redemption, Etc (Journal of Discourses) in Voice Dream https://journalofdiscourses.com/1/47
What I Have Learned about Mighty Prayer, Mary Jane Woodger
A good article on how to improve our prayers with our Heavenly Father.Reading What I Have Learned about Mighty Prayer - Ensign Dec. 2006 - ensign in Voice Dream https://www.lds.org/ensign/2006/12/what-i-have-learned-about-mighty-prayer?lang=eng
Testimony of Spencer (Visions of Glory)
A great testimony of Spencer (Visions of Glory).AN ACCOUNT OF A MEETING WITH SPENCER http://woodyoubelieveit.blogspot.com/2016/10/an-account-of-meeting-with-spencer.html
