More Than a Comic

This comic gives the primary steps from the Book of Mormon in Moroni 10:3-4 which explain what God expects us to do before he will give us an answer whether the Book of Mormon is true.  To apply this challenge, which I know for myself works, order a free copy of the Book of Mormon.
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Who do I pray to?

When I was a young man in DeMolay (a masonic group for boys), we would start every meeting, activity, and meal together with a prayer.  This was much like the practice that we carried on in my home of regular prayer as a family.  Many young men in the group, did not have a tradition of prayer in their homes, were not as familiar with it, and were far from a relationship with our Father in heaven.
When the time came to ask for God's blessing on our activity, sometimes one of those young men had never prayed before.  I loved the first question that would often arise when we talked about prayer.  "Who do I pray to?"

How Many Mormons Does it Take to Change a Light-bulb

None, Mormons don't use electricity!

Oh, c'mon, I'm blogging.

Four.

One to say opening prayer.
One to switch the bulbs.
One to say closing prayer.
One to serve refreshments.

Read more: How many Mormons does it take to change a lightbulb? | Answerbag http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/9344#ixzz15hGg5vxS


In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, even changing a light-bulb, can be a group effort.  To some, this may seem extreme, and it probably is, but we really do try to involve others in what we do.  It's strengthened my family so much, when everything from changing a light-bulb, to raking up all the leaves in our yard becomes a group effort.  At Church and in our homes, we try to include everyone so that nobody is left out when they need help.  I remember dozens of times when I went with my dad and brothers and I went to help other people move.  Didn't matter if they were Mormons or not.  True to form there would always be refreshments too, so that everyone got a treat for helping out.
The most important part, we say a prayer and ask for our Heavenly Father's help. It's not a good group, if you haven't asked for the most loving helper for his support.

What are some ways you've involved others in your project, or better yet, turned someone else's need into a project that supported everyone?

"How can i get a closer relationship with God?"

God is our Father heaven and he is more than willing to come closer to us, when we reach out to him.

As we often hear quoted "use it or lose it." Increasing our faith has also been described this way: "Faith is like the muscle of your arm. If you exercise it, it grows strong. If you put it in a sling and leave it there, it becomes weak." -True to the Faith

It doesn't take much faith to get more faith. The Book of Mormon teaches that if you will exercise even a particle of faith it will grow in you to become massive within you [Alma 32]. Concerning the Book of Mormon, the prophet Joseph Smith said, "a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book." The Book of Mormon teaches that the commandments Christ gave in his ministry give us an avenue for building that trust. When we keep the commandments that Christ gave we will receive the blessings in our lives he promised in return.

"But if ye keep the commandments of God, ...God is powerful to the fulfilling of all his words. For he will fulfill all his promises which he shall make unto you, for he has fulfilled his promises which he has made unto our fathers." (Alma 37:16)

As time passes, we can see that if he can keep those promises, that he can keep his other promises. That promise is that his grace is sufficient to erase our shortcomings in the eyes of our Eternal Father and allow us to return to live with him.

Some of the first things we can do to exercise our faith are to start praying and opening communication between us and our Father in heaven. As in any relationship, our trust increases when we have to rely on him.

Mighty Prayer

There are 8 occurrences of "mighty prayer" in the Text of the Scriptures.
The powerful phrase only occurs in modernly revealed sources of God's word.

Preparing for conference

This is an email I sent to an investigator to help her prepare for the General Conference broadcast of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints last April.  I hope it can help you prepare for conference too.

Getting Help!

Tonight I chatted with a member of the Church who had fallen away from the church a few years ago. She had done some things she regretted, and then endured some hard times that reminded her how much she needed Christ, and even some support from people along the way.  She wanted to change and really needed some help.  As a missionary I can't help much besides offering encouragement and suggesting they talk to their bishop who's called to offer them the guidance they really need.  She was so scared that he would be judgmental about her situation.