Are you letting vain imaginations steal your peace?

Vain imaginations are thoughts that are untrue and potentially damaging.
What if faith has nothing to do with hoping God helps us?
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Ashamed of things he had done, the young man wondered if there was hope for him.
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The sisters, who spent most of their lives on opposite sides of the United States, now serve as companions in Croatia.
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“I shared these thoughts with him, and it seemed to clarify for him the feelings he had experienced.”
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August 22, 2025 01:53 PM MDT
With softer, more open hearts, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can prepare for Jesus Christ’s Second Coming, taught Sister Kristin M. Yee, second counselor in the Relief Society general presidency, at BYU Education Week.
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August 19, 2025 02:15 PM MDT
The concerts will be held in arenas that can seat more than 9,000 people.
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August 18, 2025 02:50 PM MDT
The restored gospel answered Jozsef’s deepest questions. But embracing it would change nearly everything about his life.
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Podcasts

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August 18, 2025 02:05 PM MDT
After a brief hiatus from the building for needed renovations, the branch has returned to the pristine, like-new building.
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August 18, 2025 10:21 AM MDT
The Master Teacher knew and used this idea in some of His most well-known sermons.
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Read about the Church’s ongoing efforts to conserve water on meetinghouse properties in the Intermountain West in the US.
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June 10, 2020 09:29 PM MDT
In 2018, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles issued a charge to Brigham Young University’s Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship to “consecrate their academic work for the broader body of Latter-day Saints.”
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June 10, 2020 07:52 PM MDT
Brandon Flowers, frontman for The Killers and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, recently wrote some new lyrics to the song “Land of the Free” to address the death of George Floyd.
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June 10, 2020 07:37 PM MDT
Latter-day Saint chapel doors aren’t the only ones that have been closed due to COVID-19. In fact, all of the churches in England closed their doors for the first time since 1208, according to Archbishop Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Fun
June 10, 2020 12:30 PM MDT
Whether you’re trying to keep a goal to eat better this year or simply want to find healthy foods that even picky eaters will like, check out some new tasty recipes from Six Sisters’ Stuff.
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June 09, 2020 09:29 PM MDT
Sometimes service in the Church can feel that it is without fruits but service comes to mean more when you see the difference it has made in the lives of real people, especially people you love. On Tuesday afternoon, Seminary and Institute (S&I) teachers, employees and volunteers, in 150 countries joined together virtually for an annual training broadcast, and Elder Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles shared his greatest reminder of the influence of the S&I programs of the Church: His wife.
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June 09, 2020 08:56 PM MDT
What do you say when people’s hearts all over the world are hurting? What do you say to try to make up for the pain that has been felt over generations? Where do you start when you are determined to be better and do better? These are all questions we, at LDS Living, have asked ourselves over the past few weeks.
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June 09, 2020 07:18 PM MDT
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City temporarily closed its doors as a health precaution against COVID-19. But the closure of the building hasn’t stopped the Church from making the library's resources available. On the contrary, the Family History Library and FamilySearch have used this as an opportunity to make innovative changes to the services they can offer people around the world.
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June 09, 2020 05:37 PM MDT
Caleb Johnson and Cory Derfler met in junior high school when Johnson was a peer mentor and Derfler, a student with autism, was in the same class. Their special friendship lasted through high school and during Johnson’s mission.
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June 08, 2020 06:28 PM MDT
On Monday morning, President Russell M. Nelson joined with friends from the NAACP, including Derrick Johnson (NAACP president and CEO), Leon Russell (NAACP chairman of the board), and the Reverend Amos C. Brown (NAACP chairman emeritus of religious affairs), in penning an op-ed calling for racial harmony.
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