Seek Ye the Kingdom of God

Luke 12:13-34 Seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink... ... But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.  The book of Luke details an event where the Savior of the world teaches apostles and those gathered a parable about inheritance and worldly posession. He teaches of how we are not to seek for the worldly inheritance and riches, but to seek for the kingdom of God.The...

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What is the Book of Mormon?

What is the Book of Mormon? "Whatever our age, capacity Mormons believe the Book of Mormon does not replace the Bible; rather, they are companion works of scripture that together teach about God and Jesus Christ." As members of the Church we all know of the Book of Mormon and what it teaches. We would have gained testimony of it that lead to baptism in this church rather than an other. The power of the Book of Mormon is unprecedented to...

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Member Missionary Work

Member Missionary Work I've talked about it before, but I found something funny today about member missionary work. Me and my companion were investigating into community service and I found a post card that made me laugh. I related it to member missionary work. Don't think mental health, think about talking to friends about the gospel.   As missionaries, we understand that it can be hard to talk to friends about the gospel. I...

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We Are One

President Henry B. Eyring "Whatever our age, capacity church calling, or location, we are as one, called to the work to help Him in His harvest of souls until He comes again."   A talk from a conference of the church held in April 2013 motivates me. I am currently a religious missionary, but that will not last much longer (only 5 weeks infact!). That shouldn't and won't stop me from sharing the gospel message, and working in harmony...

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The Reason Behind Conversion

D&C 88:22 For he who is not able to abide the law of a celestial kingdom,  cannot abide a celestial glory.   A new mormon message came out from a 2006 talk by Richard G Scott about rock climbing. He likens how some people go soloing, and it's very dangerous, versus people who go in groups or together with the right equipment, which is quite safe. Just like rock climbing alone can be dangerous, living your life...

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Learning from Children

3 Nephi 17:21-23 And he took their little children, one by one,  and blessed them, and prayed unto the Father for them. And when he had done this he wept. And he spake unto the multitude, and said unto them: Behold your little ones.   Elder Ballard, one of the Lord's twelve apostles in our day said of this scripture: "Notice that He didn't say 'glance at them' or 'casually observe them' or 'occasionally take a...

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The Grain of Mustard Seed

Matthew 17:20 If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain,  Remove hence to yonder place and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. I think in our lives we have changing levels of faith displayed. For every moment we have an amount of faith in a person or a thing or a principle based on our experiences with it. The above scripture declares that all we need to move mountains...

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Give Thanks Daily

Alma 34:38 Take upon you the name of Christ... ...live in the spirit of thanksgiving daily,  for the many mercies and blessings which he doth  bestow upon you. I am trying at the moment to develop charity. I have realised this week a lot more of what charity is. Charity is essentially pure love, in the way that Christ would love somebody. When we do things for others without realising that it's either tasking our time...

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Fear Not What Man Can Do

Moroni 8:16-17 I fear not what man can do; for perfect love casteth out all fear.And I am filled with charity, which is everlasting love I was shown this scripture yesterday and I thought it was such a great scripture! It really helped me to reflect about just what our potentials in life can be. We can often get dragged down by the negative things, dwell on them too long and then fear. Many times in the scriptures and in modern revelation...

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I'll Go Where You Want Me To Go

  The bishop here in Maidstone has really felt the spirit from the World Wide Missionary Broadcast. As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we are taught to share good principles, morals and values that we personally have developed with our friends and family, to bring the same happiness into their lives that we enjoy. The church very recently broadcasted a meeting which presented and discussed multiple ways to...

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The Family is of God

Something I wanted to share about this week is the family. I think it's very important to consider the lesson taught by 'The Family: A Proclamation to the World'. When we think about the way we are as people, we cannot help but think that it is the way we were raised that has one of the biggest influences in our behavior, our attitude, even our thoughts. It's a good thing to live positively and happily, and that starts by how we think and...

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God Raises us by Miracles

Here's a great scripture I found in the Bible.  1 Corinthians 6:14 - "And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power."  I think this is remarkable, and there are two parts to this scripture, the first addressing the raising up of the Lord, the second of us.  God raised Christ in many different ways. He raised him in righteousness, literally teaching him and instructing him. He grew in strength,...

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Choose the Right

In our Church, there is a phrase that has become very common and well known over the years - "Choose the Right". It's so well known, that many people wear rings with "CTR" on it (standing for Choose the Right), a small reminder that impacts decisions to live better daily. As a child I remember getting really angry with my parents at an LDS shop which sold lots of churchy things, including lots of styles of CTR rings. I thought they...

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God Lifts Us Up

In the April 2013 general conference of the LDS church, Preisdent Dieter F. Uctdorf provided and suggested three ways of 'opening our eyes to the hope of God's light'. He informs us that once we have found where we are, found our bearings in the path of the Lord, that we simply must 'walk in the light'. I made a graphic (which you're welcome to share) from what he instructed us, which said "he desires that you rise up and become...

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Open the Door

On LDS.org, finding Revelations chapter 3 has the header, right before it begins with scripture:  He who overcomes will retain his name in the book of life, reach godhood, and be with Jesus as He is with the Father. This is good information to remember, as Christians we know that we will be saved because of the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ. To overcome in this sense we can take to mean overcoming temptations, sin, all things negative...

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