In Moroni God invites us to act. He cares about little ole you, rather you know it or not. Take a step of faith and trust that maybe there is a Heavenly Father out there. Moroni 10:29 I was afraid of praying to ask God if gospel is true but I wanted to know, so I knelt and prayed. Is this real, is Christ really my Savior, did Moroni really exist? I want to know. I didn’t just realize that God would let me know but that he knew who I was and He cared about a little person like me. When the time came to go on a mission, I prayed about and people told me I was serving one with my voice and I had a career that if I left, people would forget me. But I’m ready for the change. I’m not afraid to leave it all behind. I knew it would be alright.
My music career was doing well, I kinda stopped going to church. But my pianist (a member), invited me to go. I told her I didn’t have time but she said she had looked at the schedule and we could make it to sacrament. During the sacrament prayer, I listened to the promises I had made and realized we wasn’t keeping them. You’ve made a committed to always remember him and I had forgotten him, not that I meant too I just got busy. My friend invited me again, then a friend invited me to the temple, and I went. I started sharing these things with my mom and before long, she started going again. Change can be hard but I’ve learned to let the Lord guide me. It can be very powerful who you surround yourself with, what music you listen to...
John Bytheway (7/12/19)
A great matter of the church- pray to get home in safety. Anywhere you drive people concerned about your safety (no u turn, speed limit, no right turn, way ... even showed comical ones from restaurants, church, etc) there’s also traffic signs that express love (comical signs).
Heavenly Father sometimes he says “I love you”, other times it’s “Thou she not”, parents very similar, “I love you”, other times “where are you going”, “who are you going with”, etc.
The most important commandment (615 in Old Testament) is the one you are having the most difficult with today. What is the doctrine behind the standards? He compared it to a tree: the leaves are the rules, trunk is the principle, and the roots are the doctrine. The he went on: the rule- Don't view vulgar, immoral, violent, or pornographic entertainment, the principle- whatever you read, listen to, or look at has an effect on you, and the doctrine- God wants us to become like him. He gives us the Holy Ghost as a guide and protection, but he cannot dwell in unclean places. (Nephi 10:21)
Curtis Jacobs (7/12/19)
#1 temptation facing youth today in church- chastity. Satan hates us because we have a body and he doesn’t. We’ve had a spirit body forever and have learned to control it but we must learn to control our physical bodies. Necking are things you do from the neck up and petting happens waste down.
Spencer W Kimball once said: :He (Satan) knows that if he can get a boy and a girl to sit in the car late enough after the dance, or to park long enough in the dark at the end of the lane, the best boy and the besyt girl will finally succumb and fall. He knows that all have a limit to their resistance."
Pornography destroys a person. If you know how to access it, get rid of it. Don’t say I’m not going to look at, then why do you have it?
What about kissing? Little mermaid and Eric on boat with song but boat tipped. However in end, a “Disney kiss”, quick and innocent, that’s appropriate for a date kiss.
D&C 121:45-46 If you wish to be the best of yourself, keep your virtue (strength)
John Bytheway (7/12/19 devotional)
Sometimes you are in a game situation and the home crowd is trying to distract you. Satan tries to distract you too. Don’t let all the things you know become eclipsed by the things you don’t know. Don’t forget all your answered questions, because all you can see is your unanswered questions. Focus on what you know and not what you don’t know.
D&C 50:24-25 “continueth in God”
When a Nephi leads, a Sam will follow.
Heavenly Father gives us spiritual wrestling messages because we will get stronger.
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