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How to Let Go of Anxiety When Making Hard Decisions + 4 Steps to Replace Fear with Faith

After changing my major three times in college, I was sold on journalism as my career goal. However, while I was looking at the job salary for journalists, I realized that I would not be able to save much money in my newly chosen career. My anxiety rose and my mind started spinning. “Should I change my career goal? Is it too late to become a nurse or engineer?” While my brain was filled with fearful thoughts about the future, the advice I’d received from my therapist reminded me that I need to calm down and realize that it was my fear that was creating these doubts in my mind.

SPONSORED: Kendra Burton Art & the Compassionate Christ

By Kendra Burton

Painting a portrait of our Savior, that would be universally meaningful, and would convey His ultimate compassion, has been artist Kendra Burton’s desire as long as she can remember. A significant influence for the painting came when a friend of Kendra’s shared a scene from a film that was especially touching and inspiring:

Sponsored: Easily Grow Delicious Probiotics Overnight With LDS Dad's Invention

By Emily Burgon for EZ Yogurt Maker

When I first heard about the EZ Yogurt Maker about a year ago, I had been searching and searching for an affordable way to add probiotics to our family routine. I knew that regular doses of these beneficial bacteria have been proven in numerous studies to improve digestion, immunity, and mental health, help with allergies and weight-loss, and even prevent and fight cancer. I wanted ALL these benefits from probiotics for myself and my family.

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10 Things You May Not Have Known About the Newly Dedicated Payson Utah Temple

By Jeff Hampton

The open house took 20,000 volunteers to put together. The temple will serve approximately 93,000 members. The foliage on the stained glass represents the local Payson apple orchards. Some believe that the higher up you go in the temple, the more significant the ordinances. Marriages take place on the top floor. The flowers on the stained glass start as buds but bloom as you go up the temple.-->See the stained glass in the official photos of the Payson temple's interior

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6 food storage pitfalls you might be falling into (+ tips to avoid them)

By Lucy Stevenson

For decades, we have been counseled to be prepared by having food storage for our families. But even with so many resources available to us, there are still a few pitfalls we might be falling into. Here are some common food storage mistakes to look out for and tips to avoid them.

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When Life Feels Out of Control: 4 Ways to Turn Our Burdens into Blessings

By Robert L. Millet

I knew one man who claimed that he would be perfect by the age of thirty. He set out on a deliberate program, organized his goals according to a ten-year, five-year, one-year, monthly, weekly, and daily plan. He pushed and pulled and stretched and reached spiritually, as much as any person I have known. But he was not perfect at thirty. You cannot force spiritual things. I am acquainted with a woman who announced to several of our friends that she would make her calling and election sure by the time she was fifty years old. She has been faithful in the Church. She has long since passed the age of fifty and is terribly discouraged because the goal of her existence, so far as she knows, has not been realized. You cannot force spiritual things.

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27 Latter-day Saint LEGO Creations You Have to See to Believe

By LDS Living

We've seen a few Latter-day Saint lego creations—like a 13,500 Lego-block Bountiful temple and a nine-years-in-the-making Salt Lake temple, complete with wedding groups crowding the stairs.

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What It Feels Like When a Spirit Leaves Its Body + Other Insights on Death and the Spirit World

By Duane S. Crowther

In 1981, a Gallup poll reported, “Nearly one-third of all Americans—or about 47 million people—have had what they call a religious or mystical experience. Of this group, about 15 million report an otherworldly feeling of union with a divine being. They describe such things as special communications from deceased people or divine beings, visions of unusual lights, and out-of-body experiences.”1

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16 Award-Winning LDS Games and Apps

MR says: The LDS Gospel App and Game Contest just ended, where 89 apps from developers in 7 countries were submitted. Find out who won and where you can see their award-winning apps!

Old Testament Lesson 10: Birthright Blessings & Marriage in the Covenant

By Ted L. Gibbons

INTRODUCTION: No episode in the Bible teaches the importance of marriage in the covenant better than the experiences of Isaac and Rebekah. These are followed closely in the text by the accounts of the marriages of Jacob and Esau, which also teach powerful lessons about this subject.