Seven Year Mountain: Recent Episodes
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Pick one of the challenges, or make up your own. These challenges certainly might not be easy, but the point of this is to stretch yourself and do more than what you’ve done before. 1. Figure out the highest number … Continue reading →
Sheri Dew: My dear friends, here is the sobering reality: our constitution was written for a moral people. It will not survive a people who collectively lose their virtue. Sheri Dew, No One Can Take Your Place The Everlasting Decree … Continue reading →
Alma 26 8 Blessed be the name of our God; let us sing to his praise, yea, let us give thanks to his holy name, for he doth work righteousness forever. Psalms 136 1 O give thanks unto the Lord; … Continue reading →
In her song called Reaching, Katherine Nelson says, “Our dreams are meant to guide us to the things we’re reaching for.” Our ambitions are an essential part of our being, because they remind us that there is something greater than … Continue reading →
I was thinking a while back about my mission and about the time I first arrived in my first area. I was so overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy that it seemed I’d never be an effective missionary. I felt like … Continue reading →
This life is not the beginning of our existence, and death is not the end of it. In fact, this life is a very short part of our eternal existence. It is an eternal principle that family consists of a … Continue reading →
It’s interesting to me to see how the Book of Mormon demonstrates a pattern that can be seen in today’s society of preparation for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The pride cycle, the secret combinations, the people’s trusting in … Continue reading →
What would it feel like to look upon the Savior, He who gives us purpose, hope, joy, life, everything? A long time ago the Savior came to America and visited the people here. He blessed their children. He took each … Continue reading →
Life flows like a river, deep and rich, without beginning and without end. Sometimes it’s so cold that I feel the pain of it in my bones. It seems as though I will be overcome as my mind fills itself … Continue reading →
I’ve been trying to find a way for us to be able to share insights on the scriptures in a format that would allow the pages themselves to be a method of studying the scriptures. This is a challenge, because … Continue reading →
We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression. -Joseph Smith, Article of Faith 2 Believe it or not, I have been reading the Old Testament with my beautiful better half for the … Continue reading →
The sun reaches out with arms of light, dazzling fingers of blinding white that peirce the black of endless night with the frenzied power of fiery might and bends it’s will to His. The rolling clouds of thundering grey claw … Continue reading →
This is an excerpt of a talk given by Elder Gene R. Cook of the 1st quorum of the seventy at Ricks College several years ago. He tells of an experience where he sat next to Mick Jagger of Rolling … Continue reading →
This is a pencil drawing that I did of Abraham from the bible. He’s holding his son Isaac. I wanted to portray the joy that I imagine Abraham must have experienced at the birth of his miraculous son. Can you … Continue reading →
I love the temple, and have always had a positive experience there. It is so so SO important to go as often as we can. Not only is it essential to those we do the work for, it is essential … Continue reading →
Title Page – THE BOOK OF MORMON AN ACCOUNT WRITTEN BY THE HAND OF MORMON UPON PLATES TAKEN FROM THE PLATES OF NEPHI Have you ever wondered why the prophets in the Book of Mormon used gold for the plates? … Continue reading →
Alma 56:47-49 Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if … Continue reading →
The Work and Purpose of the Millennium Behold, I will liken these kingdoms unto a man having a field, and he sent forth his servants into the field to dig in the field. And he said unto the first: Go … Continue reading →
Conditions During the Millennium What will life be like during the thousand years that Christ reins on earth? Both modern and ancient prophets have told us much about life during the millennium. We know “that Christ will reign personally upon … Continue reading →
I’m in a single adult branch and every so often my branch president sends out little uplifting emails to everyone in the branch. I thought I’d share the one he sent today. “In a premortal council at which we were … Continue reading →
Zion And the Lord called his people Zion, because they were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them. Moses 7:18 The establishment of Zion is a major part of the … Continue reading →
Three Comings Jesus Christ’s second coming will be a world event, but there are at least two other appearances that He will make prior to making Himself known to the entire world. Though we do not know if there will … Continue reading →
Excerpt from my Young Women’s lesson on Sunday. Why must there be opposition in all things? D&C 24:8 D&C 29:39 D&C 58: 2-4 D&C 136:31 D&C 78: 17-18 12 Ways You Can Overcome Sorrow and Disappointment President Ezra Taft Benson … Continue reading →
The Day is at Hand 1. Prophets declare that the time is close 2. The Gospel to reach every nation 3. Prophecy of the Rainbow 4. Silence for Half an Hour 5. Two witnesses 6. Our responsibility to prepare for … Continue reading →
Destruction of the Wicked What do we know about the destruction of the wicked that is to occur at the second Coming of Jesus Christ? The Lord and His prophets have told us a great deal about this part of … Continue reading →
"Women of God can never be like women of the world. The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are … Continue reading →