by Donna G | May 27, 2008 | Home and Family
As daughters of God, “our lives have meaning, purpose, and direction”. (Relief Society Declaration) God loves all of us, His spirit daughters, and has a plan for our lives, a plan of happiness, also known as the plan of salvation. “Questions like, Where did we come...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | May 27, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
When Nephi, whose writings are the first we have in the Book of Mormon, was a teenager, his father had a great vision. Nephi longed to know for himself that what his father had said was true, so he went off alone and asked God for confirmation. In response, he...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | May 27, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
The Book of Mormon prophet Nephi experienced his first vision as a teenaged boy. An angel instructed him in many aspects of the gospel, including the importance of the Bible, which of course, was not yet complete, since the vision happened around 600 BC. In this...
by Cindy B | May 26, 2008 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
It seems nearly every day there is something else astonishing in the news–most of it bad or repugnant. Short of hiding our heads in the sand or hibernating in a cave until the Second Coming, we will be faced with crass or even overtly sick material in the media from...
by Alison P | May 24, 2008 | Finding Truth
Let’s talk for just a minute about some of the first disciples of Christ; the first people to recognize His divinity and walk away from their own lives to find out about His. Though the scriptures identify one of these gentlemen as Andrew and goes on to discuss some...
