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Based on the talk given by Emily Belle Freeman Part 2 To continue, I would like to circle back to something that was said earlier. “Did she also wonder about her place in the plan, her purpose in His kingdom, and her potential in the eyes of God?” 1 Her place in His plan The Lord reminded Emma and indeed…

Based on the talk given by Emily Belle Freeman’ Part 1 This is a talk that stuck with me and I have been pondering on for a while now. I think a lot about covenants and the power they bring into our lives when we live them on a daily basis. Sister Freeman teaches us not only of the importance…

There’s a lot to be said about the miracles of Jesus, and that’s putting it rather lightly. I could recount the many miracles He performed while in His mortal ministry, but that isn’t my focus. I want to focus on how you can have His miracles in your life. In his conference talk “Holiness to the Lord in Everyday Life”,…

Based on the talk by Elder David P. Homer In his talk, Elder Homer tells a story of Louisa Pratt and the choices that she faced. Whether it was the daily decisions in caring for her family with her husband serving a distant mission, or the decision to travel on her own with her small children across the country.  Each…

Thinking celestial is “being spiritually minded”. We are told this by President Nelson in his talk Think Celestial. So what is being spiritually minded? How do we think celestial in our day to day lives? The place my mind went when told to think celestial was to think like Christ. In Isaiah 55:8-9 we are told, “For my thoughts are…

In Jacob 1:5 Jacob is talking to the people and he says, “Because of faith and great anxiety.” That these two words were put together struck me deeply. I work to have great faith and I live with anxiety. We are told continually in the scriptures to fear not. I have always taken this to mean not only fear but…

What Living in Brave Trust Looks Like In 1 Nephi 4, Nephi and his brothers are in the process of trying to retrieve the brass plates, as the Lord had commanded them. While I was watching the podcast “Don’t Miss This” as part of my personal scripture study they mentioned the phrase, “brave trust” regarding Nephi and what he had…

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…