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Latter-day Saint Life
When a Spouse Uses Pornography: 7 Ways You Can Find Healing
The heartbreak that comes after finding a spouse is using pornography is intense. To help members heal after this heartbreak, the Church released an article listing seven vital behaviors that can bring hope and comfort.
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Joseph Smith's Last Letter to Emma +More Important Documents from the Last Month of His Life
By Angela Thompson of the Joseph Smith Papers staff
This month, the Joseph Smith Papers Project reached an important milestone on the josephsmithpapers.org website. The site was updated to include more than one hundred new documents, including discourses, sermons, letters, and meeting minutes dating from June 1844, the final month of Joseph Smith’s life. Among these documents are items dealing with Joseph Smith’s arrest and imprisonment in Carthage, Illinois, and letters to and from his family members, friends, fellow church members, lawyers, and the governor of Illinois.
5 Talks That Helped Me on My Mission (And Could Help Your Missionary, Too)
By Aubrey Porter
The following article originally appeared on LDS Living in 2015.
Service animals and membership records for children of divorced parents are just 2 topics addressed in recent Church notices
By Danielle Christensen
Many notices were released for those in leadership callings over the course of September 2020.
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6 of the best dessert recipes we’ve found this year
By Haley Lundberg
If 2020 was the year we all made sourdough bread, 2022 has been the year for dessert baking for us.
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New Testament Lesson 23: "As I Have Loved You, Love One Another"
By Ted L. Gibbons
INTRODUCTION: Nephi wrote of the Lord in his remarkable psalm of praise and awe, “He hath filled me with his love even unto the consuming of my flesh” (2 Nephi 4:21). Nephi had just written “O wretched man that I am” and “My heart sorroweth because of my flesh” (2 Nephi 4:17) and “my soul grieveth because of mine iniquities, and I am encompassed about because of the temptations and the sins which do so easily beset me” (2 Nephi 4:18). But even so he was secure in the witness he had of the Lord’s improbable and immeasurable love. Paul wrote:
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9 Insightful Books to Better Understand the Priesthood
By LDS Living
The concept of priesthood in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is unique. A portion of God's power is delegated to "individuals who He knows perfectly well are imperfect." How does that work? As authors, Dale and Ruth Renlund ask, "How is it conceivable that His awesome, delicate power could be used by both an illiterate farmer and a rocket scientist—to equal effect—in the salvation of humankind?" Understanding the doctrine of the priesthood and the principles that govern its use is a pursuit worth of any member of the Church, but one that should be of special concern to those who hold or are preparing to hold the Melchizedek Priesthood. This careful explanation offers a perfect way to enhance your knowledge and appreciation of priesthood power and how to use it.
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A Beautiful Analogy to Help Us Focus on the Divinity Within Us, Not Our Imperfections
By Mary Ellen Edmunds
Carrot seeds don't look at all like carrots. They look to me like little specks of dirt. They’re not orange. They’re not shaped like carrots. You couldn’t take them to a picnic. Well, I guess you could, but there’s no way to make carrot sticks out of them, and those little seeds can sure get stuck in your teeth. I’ve tried eating carrots that way. Not satisfying. Those little specks aren’t full of vitamins and good stuff yet.
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When Blessings Don't Come, Heaven Feels Distant, and Prayers Remain Unanswered: Powerful Advice from Prophets
By LDS Living
We've all experienced heartbreaking moments when we plead and strive to feel our Heavenly Father near and to know His will for us, but for some reason, the heavens seem silent. What do we do in such situations? Here is incredible advice from prophets, apostles, and seers.
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Old Testament Lesson 45: "If I Perish, I Perish"
By Ted L. Gibbons
In the scriptures and in modern life we occasionally encounter people whose commitment to principle is so remarkable that they cannot be coerced, frightened, or bribed into doing something they believe is wrong. For example: