Let it grow

One of the best ways faith is described is by a Book of Mormon prophet by the name of Alma. He compares faith to a seed. Here are his words. They are found in verses 27 and 28. If you take a look at it your faith really is like a seed. It starts off small and as you have experiences, for example you struggle with something or you read your scriptures, these help you faith become stronger. As you work and help your faith grow it will become stronger. So keep working and growing that seed.

Prayer Time

Prayer is good and it can bring many things. In the recent Ensign President Henry B. Eyring has an article about prayer. It is called Exhort Them to Pray. Please take the time to read it. Prayer is really important. When you think you don't need it that is the time you need to pray. There is always time to pray. So now I am just babbling read the article I promise you will enjoy it.

Temples. Yes they are that important

Temples I know I have already done one on Temples before but they are extremely important to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. This video by President Thomas S. Monson tells why. Also why many make the sacrifice to go and how to get to the temple. Hope everyone enjoys it.

http://www.lds.org/pages/mormon-messages?lang=eng

The Good and the Bad

When really good times come there is always bad times to follow. God will give you a really powerful spiritual experience and then Satan will come in to deceive you or try to dissuade you. This is shown in the scriptures with the prophet Moses. Elder Holland of the 12 Apostles does a great job narrating the story. Here is the video.

http://lds.org/media-library/video/old-testament-visual-resources?lang=eng&query=moses#2010-06-50-moses

Enjoy and know God will always help you and be with you.

Wearing out but looking good

I was looking at the bottom of my shoes this morning and noticed that they were starting to crack. This was interesting to me because it made me realize that I have really been out in Western New York for 12 months. It brought back a lot of memories. It also made me think that I can relate life to these shoes. We go around as missionaries and get yelled at sworn at and all kinds of things. We may crack just like the bottom of my shoes but we keep going. I put my shoes on every morning and walk out the door. I keep going every time something or someone yells or may do something offensive. It is a cool to think that my shoes are wearing out because I know that the last 12 months have been good.

Service

As member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints we offer service. For me it is one of the things that I enjoy. As we go and help those in need and then when we are done to see the joy on their faces it is priceless. For more on what the Church offers and what our values our of it here is a link to mormon.org

http://mormon.org/service/

Service is great and it is a wonderful opportunity to get to people and help them. When I was younger I never wanted to go and do service but as I have gotten older and seen what service can do I jump at every opportunity to help. I know that as you finds the opportunity to serve it will be great.

A new perspective

There is always perspectives in life. Someone has this one someone has that one. There is also perspectives about life. Here is a story of how the Book of Mormon changes a mans perspective on life.

http://lds.org/pages/mormon-messages?lang=eng#a-book-of-mormon-story

The Book of Mormon can do this. I have seen people in the worst spot possible in their life and we ask them to read and pray about the Book of Mormon and their life changes. It is an amazing thing to watch happen. I know it can happen with any one. So if you are not reading the Book of Mormon read it and pray about it and receive your answer for yourself. If you have read the Book of Mormon great, hopefully you have prayed and received your answer. The key though is to pray sincerely and with real intent. I know that the Book of Mormon is true and it has helped me greatly in my life. I know it can do the same thing for you. So please read the Book of Mormon and come to know for yourself that it is true.