Pure Testimony

February 10, 2010

Monthly, on the first Sunday, without fail I feel like at least one of the people who gets up to share their testimony, needs to seriously review the classic conference talk by Elder Ballard (full reference below) entitled Pure Testimony.  For the most part members share things that are inspirational, however it is infrequent that [...]

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Focus

February 9, 2010

Did you ever used to melt crayons on paper with a magnifying glass?  The perfect example of the power of focus came when we were young, and melting things with the sun.  Spiritually you to can gain more power by gathering slightly more light and focusing that light into one small location.  One way you [...]

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Gospel Principles Lesson #3

February 9, 2010

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Pondering a lost art

February 2, 2010

What reasons have led to the minimization of pondering among the Latter-Day Saints?  The Brethren speak of it frequently, but as members we are far better at study and prayer than pondering.  However, pondering is essential to both prayer and study, and when left out removes much of the power of both. I’m not sure [...]

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Timed Study a Must

January 27, 2010

To borrow a phrase our lives are running over with things to do.  As we continue to fill up our lives, the Prophets have repeatedly counseled us to make room for the best things first.   The best way to keep from blasting through scripture study is not read for distance but for time.  Most [...]

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Follow Up

January 26, 2010

How do you track your progress when you renew your commitment to live a certain gospel principle? There are many good ways, however we often don’t use any of them,probably fearing that we might actually see that over time we actually aren’t doing much better.  Who do we tell about our commitments and ask to [...]

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Mealtime prayers

January 25, 2010

Yesterday I was discussing with an uncle of mine group prayer and we touched upon mealtime prayer for some time. He brought up the point that when a family member arrives late to the meal they might ask if the food has been blessed, but will almost immediately chow down. Why then not bless the [...]

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Value of Memorization

January 21, 2010

After yesterday’s post on how to memorize, I realized that although I speak of memorization on my dvd, I needed to first make a case for the need of memorization here. Most of us are quite good at paraphrasing classic scriptural references, but not nearly so good at actually using the exact words that were [...]

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Repetition is the Key to Memorization

January 20, 2010

Probably, the most common and best method to memorize scripture is repetition. I’ve found that I can learn it fastest with someone else prompting me. After a brief run through, I will begin and each time I can’t come up with the word I get prompted. Be sure to not get too much help, a [...]

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Theme from Conference

January 19, 2010

Among the many themes I heard a lot of talk about the need for us to listen individually to the Holy Ghost. Rather than deliver a message for all to follow these talks tried to teach us that the most important message wasn’t from them, but the Holy Ghost. Those custom crafted messages are far [...]

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