Pray Always, and Do Not Faint

  2 Nephi 32: 9 "But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always and not faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ, that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul." Do not perform anything unto the Lord SAVE in the first place ye shall pray. And why do we do that? Because our performance...

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Finding the Will

Finding the will to live the gospel, serve a mission, give up an addiction, it all is based on our past experiences and our relationship with God. My whole life I've planned on serving a mission, I just always expected it of myself. Growing up my biggest worry was how long it was. Could I really give up all of this to serve? Could I give up music? Could I give up movies, video games, my family, friends, etc.?  As I got closer...

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True Conversion

I was listening to Elder Hollands MTC talk and he talked about how the missionaries need to become converted before they can convert others, so I went to the scriptures to figure out what true conversion was. Laman and Lemuel came to mind and thinking of their story I realized they had some pretty awesome spiritual experiences. First, they had a prophet of God as their dad. Second, they had their little brother beat them up by the power of...

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Liken Faith Unto a Seed

Alma 32 is one of my favorite chapters in the Book of Mormon for two reasons: 1.It has profound doctrine on faith 2.It teaches it in a simple way! I'll share my thoughts and hopefully inspire! I challenge you that as you read you read the chapter yourselves and share your insights also! Every verse can mean something different to every person and thats the magic of the scriptures. To explain the setting before we dive in to the doctrine,...

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