Tag: testimony
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Easter Joy
Last night Laura and I watched the first part of Season 5 of The Chosen. Asking the first scenes was the triumphal entry into Jerusalem and I really noticed the exuberance of both the apostles and the people as Jesus rode into the city. I thought that was the kind of joy that we should…
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What do I ACTUALLY know?
The knowledge that a person cannot be shaken from, that which they know “independent of any other person” is what I would say they “actually know.” It will not be swayed by the tides of popular opinion or shaken if specific other trusted people begin to disbelieve it. This is the category of Joseph’s first…
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A chance to testify
Emma and I had to run some errands this evening and while we were out I realized that it was her week for a meal so we went to Olive Garden. I’ve been thinking over the last couple of days about various peaceful memories related to gospel-centered activities and music from my youth and while…
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An interesting testimony meeting
Today our testimony meeting was opened up (after Ben Dalton gave his testimony as part of conducting) by a woman who is not part of our ward and who said she was not an active member. That’s all fine but he’s testimony was a cryptic call for people to do their own research and avoid…
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A flood of inspiration
As well might man stretch forth his puny arm to stop the Missouri river in its decreed course, or to turn it up stream, as to hinder the Almighty from pouring down knowledge from heaven upon the {head of David Miller}. Doctrine & Covenants 121:33 This is apparently true today and lately. I practiced the…
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Exploring joy
The above list of bullet points were a quick outline this morning of an analogy comparing testimony or the light of Christ within us to fire. I had planned to flesh it out tonight but it’s late enough that I don’t want to do that right now. I have been thinking throughout the day about…
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If the gifts of God be done away among you…
Moroni knew what it was like for the gifts of God to be done away among a people because he surely saw that among the Nephites before they were destroyed. He would have seen that whenever a person among the Nephites did good they did so by exercising godly gifts. On a separate note I…
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A testimony of apostles
I don’t even know exactly where to start here. Yesterday we got news that President M. Russell Ballard, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, had passed away. I first heard the news while driving in to work and I knew even before I heard any word of his death because as I…
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The voice of the Lord
The words of 1 Samuel 3:7 really struck me as I read tonight: Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him. 1 Samuel 3:7 They made me think of Mariah who is as yet unfamiliar with the Lord or His voice. I talked to her…