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Where do you meet Jesus? Where do you have “singular focus” on Him?
Can you think of a time when you felt really close to Jesus Christ? I mean really close. Perhaps you were at your wit’s end trying to figure out a solution to an unsolvable problem. Or maybe a loved one’s life hung in the balance. Per chance, you were struggling to know whether God even…
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How do your temple covenants empower you?
I attended my stake conference over the weekend, and at the Saturday evening session for adults, they asked a similar question about being spiritually empowered by our temple covenants. Referring to Doctrine and Covenants 109 – the dedication of The Kirtland Temple – President Nelson said, “Joseph Smith’s dedicatory prayer of the Kirtland Temple is…
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Can you be happy when it seems the world is falling apart and life is hard?
The theme for a recent Come, Follow Me lesson comes from 2 Nephi 5:27 “And it came to pass that we lived after the manner of happiness.” The leading paragraphs in the manual says that Nephi and his people “also learned that happiness does not come easily or without periods of sorrow. It ultimately comes from…
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I always feel awkward meeting and talking to new people, do you?
Last week I had two interesting experiences that were somewhat similar. First, I attended a patriotic program (week of President’s Day) at my girls’ elementary school. It was so cute, and all the kids did a great job. I love that our school emphasizes patriotism and goes above and beyond to teach the children respect…
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Dad, Are You Awake?
There is so much content for Come, Follow Me this week. For only covering two chapters in The Book of Mormon (2 Nephi 1-2), there are so many rich doctrinal truths and principles we can learn. Lehi must have been quite the prophet and speaker. Someday when we have the original Book of Lehi again,…
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Birthday Season and Other Thoughts
First, I have to apologize for not posting in a while. Between having my birthday, my daughter’s birthday, and then having an unscheduled, fast-track surgery last week, I was not super focused on posting to this blog. But, I do want to share some thoughts and experiences from this past week. First, I have had…
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Becoming the Works of God – Reflections and Insights from Elder Bednar’s BYU Speech January 2024
Have you listened to Elder Bednar’s talk that he gave this week at BYU? If not, visit “Consider the Wondrous Works of God” (Job 37:14) | David A. Bednar | BYU Speeches and listen to it. You can also follow the Recent BYU Speeches Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts, which is what I like to…
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To know is to do … or can we do to know?
I joined John Hilton III’s Book of Mormon Masterclass. I have heard Brother Hilton on a couple of different podcasts in the past and followed him on social media, so when he posted about this masterclass I was excited to join. And it has been more value-add to my life than I thought it could…
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Repentance not just for sin – overcome the Natural, Fallen State
We know that repentance means change, but when I think of that change, I usually limit my definition of repentance to sin and overcoming sin. My eyes were opened to a new way of thinking about repentance last week when I listened to The Scriptures are Real podcast with Dr. Kerry Muhlestein and guest Phil…
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“The Podcast”
Okay, so I mentioned that I love podcasts, especially podcasts about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But, I have to highlight my favorite one simply because it brings me so much joy. I found this podcast a few years ago, just a couple months after it launched. The podcast is called The…