Friday, October 29, 2010
Another Brainwashed Mormon
This video reminded me of so many things my parents and the Church has taught me that I had to share it.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
"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.
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.
Monday, October 25, 2010
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.
The powerful phrase only occurs in modernly revealed sources of God's word.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Our Example Jesus Christ
"Do what I say, not what I do."We can all be guilty of this sort of hypocrisy at times when we expect more from others than from ourselves. Instead we should be an example in all that we do.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Dirty Laundry
"I live every day like it's my last. That's why I don't have any clean socks. 'Cause c'mon, who really wants to do laundry on the last day of their life?"