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 share this joy with others, and how to become involved in the missionary program which is recognised world-wide.

Do you want to try and share your beliefs with others, or find more joy in serving? Do you know friends who could really use a better reason to smile, or chat? I feel that there isn't ever a good enough reason to not want others to enjoy the same blessings that you personally enjoy. I wish everybody I knew had the same happiness that I enjoy from my beliefs, and I want to be able to share it with everybody; however I recognise that comes little by little, not from big displays but from small examples and kind acts.

Watch a video from the broadcast on missionary work.
Without words, it teaches and speaks loudly of the ways

we as children of God can share joy with those around us.

Missionary work becomes easy when we see how normal it can be.

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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, maturity and spirituality, all to become our example. He was raised in an environment of spirit, because the role of the Savior is completely key in eternal life for all living people. 

He knew he was a man, and physically surrounded by negative influence which could make him stumble like we all do, but because of this, God sent angels and teachers to Him from birth so that he would be able to withstand any influence of evil, which he did many many times. 

Because of the Father's constant watchful care of the Savior, his Son, he became the Messiah who saved us all. 

He cares about his all of his children. He raises us up through inspiration, scriptures, prophets, angels (including those mortals around us), action of service and so forth. All of these are ways for us to grow and learn and develop, and he nurtures and nourishes us all. 

If you have children, you could understand better the scope of Heavenly Fathers love for us. If you don't have children, try imagine what it would be like to have a child you love unconditionally, and the desires and wishes you would have for that child. It's something that I can only imagine, and for me it seems like a rewarding prospect spiritually for personal development. 

I think that the powers by which God works by, as stated in this scripture, are miracles. He provided a Savior for us all that we can be saved, and he provides that we can all return to live with him in peace and happiness which lasts forever. There were many miracles in the life of
Jesus, and there are many miracles in our life too. We ought to seek these out, and thank God for the many miracles he provides for us daily. 

Watch this video comparing the role of this father 

on earth to that of our Heavenly Father. He believes

his children teach him lessons which he

can relate to his personal relationship with God.

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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 were awesome, and particularly liked the look of one of them. Being the child I was, I would not quit until I got it (never mind it was an adult size, and about £75!), and so I blew the store down whining for about 20 minutes. They said I couldn't have it, tried to show their case, but I wouldn't give up until we left the store, and I had nothing at all, despite my brothers and sisters getting stuff.

Just a year ago I went to a similar shop down in the south where I live now, looking at these rings again. I was reminded of this story, and chuckled a bit! Despite not getting the ring I wanted, I got a different one later; and I always remembered the phrase, Choose the Right, which I know this impacted my life.

I now understand that each day when I choose the right, I am getting closer and closer to happiness, and our Father in Heaven. It's not about setting a goal of perfection and then striving to do it, it's about improving a little each day, and being happy with reaching the goals set.

Here's a great video about Jeremy. He believes
each persons life is important to God, 
and it's important what we personally do each day.

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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 the person you were designed to be". I think this is a great thought we can all draw help from. When we remember what God has done for us, all that he has provided, (quite literally everything!) we can hardly be grateful enough. All he wants in return, is for us to use it all to rise up and be happy! He wants us to follow the Savior, Jesus Christ, and be good. He wants us to see His expectations for us, and try our best to meet those.

Much like the graphic above, we need help to rise up. It's not enough to desire to just rise up, we won't get much higher than we ever have been! We need tools, much like the hang glider. The hope of God's light is the hope we need to lift us higher. If we want to become great, we cannot do it on our own! We must rely and trust on the instruments the Lord provides for us, and they can lift us as high as we want to go. 

I hope we realise in our lives that the tools are there, we can rise high, but we cannot do it on our own. He wants to help us through our mistakes, and help us indeed to be the person we were designed to be.

The Will of God is an inspiring video about how 

God cuts us down, but he will lift us up each time.

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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 and indeed things evil. Google provides with suggestions of what the word "overcome" might mean:

• Succeed in dealing with
• Defeat; prevail

What do these mean? I understand them to mean that through overcoming sin, which of course is only possible through the Savior, we are succeeding in fulfilling God's plan and vision for us - to become happy, to gain eternal life. Also to defeat sin is interesting visually, in our lives we can defeat sin through prayer, scripture study, and all the good stuff we've been taught from being young, and even are still being taught today.

20 verses in there is a very informative scripture:

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him...

I find this part of the verse very important - back to what I said a second ago about defeating Sin, we must first open the door (so to speak) between us and the Savior, before we can be with him. Letting him in is very important, it is essentially allowing change in our lives, and helping us to overcome troubles and trials we have every day. Until we open the door, as a famous painting by Warner Sallman and many others have depicted, we cannot overcome the mountains in our life that are too often too hard to climb.

I know that strength comes from an unseen source, when we humbly open the door to the Savior in our lives.

Mountains to Climb is a humbling video about how the Savior 

gives strength through all of our hard times, if we open to him.

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