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Youth Theme Insight: The Words That Helped Me Understand My Identity

Michelle Wilson - Over the next several months, we will be sharing insights from authors Michelle Wilson and Dennis Gaunt on this year's youth theme, "If ye love me, keep my commandments." Watch for them under "Lesson Helps" on  LDS Living's  homepage each month and share them with your teens! It’s 1986. I’m a 14-year-old Mia Maid with a neon unicorn shirt and a bi-level haircut (#totalmullet), sitting in my Sunday Young Women class. The leaders are reading a new mantra that I am not only supposed to memorize but am supposed to repeat every week of my entire life. Okay—not my entire  life,...

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"Come, Follow Me" January 21–27: “We Have Found the Messiah”

LDS Living Staff - This week’s readings: John 1 Don’t forget to record your impressions and read the ideas an outline in the new  Come, Follow Me  manuals on  lds.org . Bible Video Scripture Insight This week’s scriptural insight comes from Verse by Verse: Volume 1  by Andrew C. Skinner and D. Kelly Ogden. In the Gospel of John, the name "John" always refers to John the Baptist. Though we do not refer to John the Baptist as an apostle, he is one who was sent, which is the meaning of the Greek apostolos . His mission was to bear witness of the Light, so...

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Public Open House and Dedication Dates Announced for the Haiti Temple

Newsroom - The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced dates for the open house, youth devotional, and dedication for the Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple. The free public open house for the Haiti Temple will begin Saturday, August 3, and go through Saturday, August 17, 2019, except for the Sundays of August 4 and 11. A youth devotional will be held Saturday, August 31, and broadcast to meetinghouses within the temple district. The temple will be dedicated the next day on Sunday, September 1, in three sessions, 9:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Additional details about the...

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FHE: Patience

Shauna Gibby - Conference Talk  For more information on this topic read “The Atonement Covers All Pain” by Elder Kent F. Richards, Ensign, May 2011, 15. Thought "No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude, and humility. ... It is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire.”  (Elder Orson F. Whitney, quoted by President Spencer W. Kimball in Faith Precedes the Miracle [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1972]) Song “Teach Me to Walk,”...

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Watch: Church Releases New Video About Finding Hope in the Resurrection

LDS Living - "I was 8 years old when mum died. And probably not realizing it at the time, but I think that started, for me, a lifelong pursuit to find out about her and where she is and where I need to be to be with her," a man says on the Mormon Channel's new video "Finding Hope Through the Resurrection." ► You'll also like: What Does It Mean to "Come Forth in the Morning of the First Resurrection"? Through the gospel, we know the answers to these pursuits. And through this 4-minute video, the Church explains how we can find hope through...

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Watch: What Do the Gifts of the Wise Men Symbolize in Matthew 2?

LDS Living Staff - As we study Luke and Matthew 2 this week in the Come, Follow Me curriculum, here is a video by Daniel Smith from Messages of Christ that might provide insight into the wise men who visited Jesus and the symbolism of their gifts. ...

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Ask a Latter-day Saint Therapist: My Family Wants Me to Take Sides in a Divorce

Jonathan Decker, LMFT - For daily gospel-based relationship insights, join Jonathan’s Facebook group . To submit a question for Jonathan, click here .  Q:  Someone I love is going through a separation and most likely a divorce. These situations are always more complicated than they appear on the surface. I want to be loyal to all  of my family, not pick sides. Yet I feel I am often placed in positions where I am asked to condone or condemn someone's behavior, in effect taking sides. How would you handle these situations if you wanted to maintain relationships with everyone involved? A:  Thank you so much...

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10 Things We Know About the Urim and Thummim

Jay A. Parry and Larry E. Morris, adapted from "The Mormon Book of Lists" - The Urim and Thummim consists of  two seer stones or interpreters used by selected prophets throughout the ages. In ancient Israel the stones were part of the breastplate worn by the high priest of the Aaronic Priesthood. According to lds.org , the Urim and Thummim is “an instrument prepared of God to assist man in obtaining revelation from the Lord and in translating languages.” The website also states that the name Urim and Thummim is Hebrew for “lights and perfections” and that “there is more than one Urim and Thummim, but we are informed that Joseph Smith had the one used...

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Elder Christofferson Shares Why Watergate Made Him Question His Profession: "It Was Like a Punch to the Gut"

Danielle B. Wagner - During the   Deseret News  event "Integrity & Trust: Lessons from Watergate and Today ," Elder D. Todd Christofferson detailed the experience that "put an end to [his] life of crime." At around 5 years old, Elder Christofferson snuck to the grocery store across the street and stole a candy bar—an incident that might have passed into obscurity if not for what happened next. "My mother found me a little later with the evidence on my face—chocolate it was," Elder Christofferson says. "She carried me back across the street with a dime she loaned me to pay that I had to...

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Gladys Knight to Sing National Anthem at 2019 Super Bowl

Danielle B. Wagner - Latter-day Saint Gladys Knight, the Empress of Soul, will be singing at the 2019 Super Bowl on February 3, 2019. Gladys Knight is a seven-time Grammy Award-winner with a star on the Hollywood walk of fame , and she converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1997, after her daughter joined the Church and invited her to Relief Society.  “After a while, Kenya told me, ‘Mom, it’s time for you to talk to the missionaries,’” she says. And so she did. ► You'll also like:  How Gladys Knight Became a Latter-day Saint “When the missionaries came to...

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First Presidency Calls 164 New Mission Presidents to Begin Serving in 2019

Church News - The First Presidency has called 164 new mission presidents and companions who will begin service in July 2019. Mission presidents and their companions will serve in various locations across the world. View their new assignments here. Additionally, four newly created missions were announced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Jan. 2, with 12 existing missions being realigned with neighboring missions. These changes will take place July 1, at which time the Church will have a total of 399 missions worldwide. Lead image from Church News ...

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Watch: Michael McLean's Raw, Honest Insights on When He Couldn't Feel God or Heaven

LDS Living Staff - What happens when you can no longer feel your Heavenly Parents or Savior near? When you can't feel the Spirit? When you can't find the answer to the questions troubling soul? Michael McLean discusses such a time in an honest and beautiful video from the Mormon Channel. ► You'll also like:  Michael McLean Opens Up About His 9-Year Faith Crisis and How He Found His Testimony Again For more about how Michael McLean overcame his years of faith crisis, click here. ...

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Why I’m Not Afraid of Mental Health Counseling Anymore

LDS.org - "Getting the help you need is not a sign of weakness or failure. Heavenly Father wants us to be healthy, mentally and physically, and has given us many 'marvelous gifts' to help us cope with the mental and emotional challenges of mortality," writes Dave Clarke.  The  Ensign r ecently published an honest, inspiring article by Dave Clarke about seeking professional help concerning mental health.  For more information about how to find the best mental health care provider for your needs, click here. “You should go talk to a mental health counselor.” This advice came as a huge surprise. I had just...

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Learn the Symbolism Behind the Statues in the Rome Temple Visitors' Center

Church News - Keys. A bag of money. An eagle. And numerous instruments representing a martyr’s death. Those are some of the symbols found on the 12 ancient apostles statues by Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, which have been featured in The Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen, Denmark, for nearly 200 years and now at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Rome Italy Temple Visitors’ Center. Each base bearing an apostle statue has inscribed a Greek equivalent of that apostle’s name. The larger Christus statue, has a shorter base with “Venite a Me” and “Matteo 11:28” — Italian for “Come unto Me”...

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16 Games and Books to Help Your Kids Learn (and Stay Quiet) During Church

LDS Living Staff - The Atonement of Jesus Christ Is for Me This reverent, rhyming picture book teaches that the Atonement of Jesus Christ can help us overcome any challenge we face, whether we’ve made a bad choice or feel lonely or scared.   Learn More Bible-Ites Learning Cards Get to know people in the Bible. Each "ite" teaches a lesson that will help your family make good decisions.   Learn More My Book of Mormon Friends This book helps bring Book of Mormon characters and their attributes to life for young children who are just getting to know their stories and examples. Learn More...

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9 Hilarious Stages of Giving a Talk at Church

Jannalee Sandau - Have you ever had to stand in the spotlight at the podium, nervously adjusting the microphone as you try to say something profound and spiritual? You're not alone! Everyone who speaks at a sacrament meeting goes through some variety of these nine funny, and sometimes painful, stages. 1. A few days (or if you're lucky, weeks) before Sunday, a member of the bishopric asks you to speak. You, of course, nonchalantly agree. "You got it, dude." 2. A few days go by, and though you keep telling yourself you've been thinking about it, you still haven't actually  started. 3. Saturday night...

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What Religious Leaders and Others Are Saying After Touring the Rome Italy Temple

LDS Living Staff - "Everyone who is a believer in Christ Jesus should come, come and experience what God is doing here through the Latter-day Saints," Rev. Dr. Chris Zacharias said after touring the Rome Italy Temple. Rev. Dr. Zacharias and his wife, Kim Zacharias, visited the temple as part of the VIP tours hosted by the Church from Jan. 15 to 22 before the public open house tours begin Jan. 28.  For some, the experience had a lasting impact.  "Everything was beautiful and I kind of felt a special spirit and it's something that touched me," Olympic gold medalist Paolo Cecchetto said.  Watch the...

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Church Releases What the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple Will Look Like

Newsroom - An artist rendering of the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was released January 12, 2019. Rendering of the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple. The rendering features a single-story temple with an end spire reflective of the architectural styles in the area. The temple will be located at 123 Calle Ronda Urb Villa Andalucía in the Trujillo Alto area of San Juan. This will be the first temple in Puerto Rico and the third temple in the Caribbean (following the dedication of the Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple later this year). The Puerto Rico temple...

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Church Announces 2 Temple Rededications for May 2019

Newsroom - The Memphis Tennessee and Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been renovated and will be rededicated in May. Memphis Tennessee Temple Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will preside over the rededication of the Memphis Tennessee Temple on Sunday, May 5, 2019. Attendance to the session will be by invitation. There will be no open house or youth devotional scheduled. The Memphis Tennessee Temple. The temple was dedicated April 23, 2000, by President James E. Faust, then second counselor in the First Presidency of the Church. Latter-day Saints...

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Latter-day Saint Sculptor Shares How He's Helped Thousands See the Beauty in the Rome Italy Visitors' Center

Katie Lambert - "What do you want to be?" a middle-aged woman asked from behind a desk. Standing at the front of a long line of fellow middle-school students, 14-year-old Bronson Evertsen froze at the question. "I haven't really thought about that yet," Bronson admitted. It wasn't exactly the wrong answer. At least it was truthful. But Bronson's fellow students looked at him in disbelief and the woman, who was there to assign Bronson to the right high school, stared. In Italy, asking a middle-school student to choose a career is mandatory. But before that awkward moment standing in line and having no idea...

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A New Resource for Studying the Book of Mormon That Can Help You Understand the Scriptures at a Deeper Level

Grant Hardy - Over thirty years ago President Benson challenged Church members to keep reading the Book of Mormon daily , along with their other scripture studies. Similarly, President Hinckley invited Latter-day Saints in August 2005 to read the Book of Mormon by the end of the year , and President Nelson extended the same invitation to the women of the Church in the last October Conference. If we add in our regular reading of the Book of Mormon in Sunday School, Seminary, Institute, and missionary scripture study, that’s a lot of times through 1 Nephi to Moroni. While the witness of the Spirit...

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Kidnapped Missionaries Sent Text for Help: "Some Crazy Dude with a Gun Is Making Us Buy Stuff"

Deseret News - A man accused of forcing four missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to give him money — essentially kidnapping and robbing them at knife and gunpoint — now faces eight first-degree felonies. Michael Jon Willie, 25, of West Jordan, was charged Tuesday in 3rd District Court with four counts of aggravated kidnapping and four counts of aggravated robbery, all first-degree felonies. On Friday, while at an apartment complex in West Jordan, Willie approached the four missionaries and pointed a gun at them, according to charging documents. Lead image from Getty Images ...

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"It Was Glorious": Apostle Leads Catholic Delegation, Faith Leaders on Tour of Rome Temple

Deseret News - "My father was a Catholic," Elder Bednar said after many toured the Rome Italy Temple, including a Catholic delegation. "As a young man, he aspired to be a priest. And I have an aunt who's a nun, Sister Rosario, my Aunt Mary. So all my life I've been answering questions about, now what is it you do? And why do you do that? So today to take these really sincerely interested journalists through the temple and respond to their questions, questions of the soul, questions about living the gospel on a daily basis, we simply tried to explain to them that...

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6 Ways to Improve Your Temple Experience

Arianna Rees - This article recently appeared in the  September/October 2018 issue  of  LDS Living magazine . A few weeks ago, I had a very mediocre temple visit. I was stressed about all of the things on my to-do list and had a nasty headache. Needless to say, by the time I went inside, I felt frazzled. I drummed my fingers impatiently on my armrest, and when the session ended, I zipped out as fast as I could. It wasn’t until I was in my car driving home that the remorse set in, and I realized I had spiritually wasted my trip. I’ve tried...

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