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Other Spiritual Gifts and their purpose in our lives There are a great many spiritual gifts that we can receive and seek. Heavenly Father gives abundantly. He gives spiritual gifts to help us in our journey, both mortal and eternal. He desires our growth, our refinement, the change that the journey can cause in us. He desires our joy and…

This is Part 1 on a series of ‘living after the manner of happiness’. While doing my morning scripture study in 2 Nephi 1:21 – 27, Grace Freeman and David Butler from “Don’t Miss This” pointed out how vital these verses are in teaching us how we are to live. How we are to live is supposed to be different…

Holy Places, Holy People, Holy Truths Stand in Holy Places Elder Stevenson speaks of holy places, “Our temples and homes are the most sacred of these dedicated spaces. In them we more easily invite and recognize the Spirit.” It is easy for most of us to recognize the touch of the Holy Ghost while we are in the temple. When…

Learning the Language of The Spirit As we receive the Holy Ghost, we begin to learn a new language; the language of the Spirit. It is a language that I think we already know but we have to learn to remember. Like any other language that we learn, we need to use it daily, immerse ourselves in it, to truly…

How we invite and receive the Holy Ghost How we invite the Holy Ghost is found in the choices we make and how we live our lives. Doing the things that we know Heavenly Father wants us to do invite the Holy Ghost. Whether this is personal prayer, scripture study, service to others, attending the temple regularly, preparing for and…

This is based on the talk “Promptings of the Spirit” given by Elder Gary E. Stevenson. Part 1 Why we are given the Spirit, the gift of the Holy Ghost The gift of the Holy Ghost is a spiritual gift given by loving Heavenly Parents to their children when they make the covenant of baptism in the church of Jesus…

Inspired by the talk “The Imperfect Harvest” by Elder Vern P. Stanfill In the beginning of his talk, Elder Stanfill spoke of watching his father harvest their grain crop. He mentioned how he stopped and adjusted the machine and continued several times. He also remembered finding grain that the machine did not catch and the lesson his father taught him…

I was studying Come Follow Me this morning and 2 Corinthians 6 struck me. We are often told to live differently, but what struck me is that in chapter 6 we are told how to live. It has so often been my experience that we are to what we need to do but not how to accomplish it. Chapter 6…

Elder Pino’s talk, “Let Doing Good Be Our Normal” gave me time to reflect on traditions. Why we have them, where they came from, and what purpose they serve in our lives. Elder Pino started by talking about traditions, “We all have customs and traditions that are personal, from our family, or from the community in which we live, and…

This is based on the talk by President Russell M. Nelson, “The Power of Spiritual Momentum”. This was a very powerful talk for me. President Nelson begins by saying “None of us can control nations or the actions of others or even the members of our own families. But we can control ourselves. My call today, dear brothers and sisters,…