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Elder Cook: "Excess Wealth Is Not Promised to Faithful Members, Nor Does It Usually Bring Happiness"

Recently on Facebook, Elder Quentin L. Cook shared principles that will bring prosperity in our lives. While so many measure their success based on their wealth, Elder Cook says that there is so much more to the idea of prosperity than riches and what we own.

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Elder Holland Tells Boy Scouts of America Leaders Duty to God Is a Way of Life

“In a day when some people are using religious faith to divide the human family, this little gathering is a bold declaration that commitment to deity can and should be a powerful, uniting force in this world,” said Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during a national meeting of Scout leaders. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is holding its annual gathering in San Diego, California, where Elder Holland was the keynote speaker during a breakfast meeting Thursday, May 26, 2016.

Taufa family shows faith in wake of LDS missionary's death

President Elini Kinikini of the Tongan North Stake and Bishop Siosaia Tu’itupou of the Riverside 2nd Ward were invited to the living room where they somberly and directly shared the tragic news that their second child and second missionary son, Elder Siosiua Andrew Taufa, had lost his life in Guatemala earlier that evening. Sulieti let out a cry that brought their daughters running into the room, but Ivan remained stoic and steadied himself by bracing the armrest of the couch. With the help of their priesthood leaders, he calmed his family’s tears and their anguish.

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May 2015 Primary Sharing Time Helps & Ideas

Monthly Theme: Principles ad Ordinances of the Gospel Lead Me to Jesus Christ.

LDS Student Awarded One of the World's Most Prestigious Scholarships, Credits Faith

What an incredible achievement by Lauren Jackson, who recognizes she couldn't have done it without her faith. “Being a member of the church has always given me a very strong support network and community within which I’ve been able to explore, fashion and understand my own identity,” she says. “Being a Mormon really colors everything I do.”

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"The Savior Covers This": After Baby Son's Death, LDS Convert Finds Comfort in New Faith

“My husband Dallin and I decided if we have even two minutes with our son, we’re going to take the chance and carry him as long as we can,” Sue Butterworth said. “That’s all we hoped for. All we hoped for was just a minute or two minutes of him just taking a breath.”

NPR: How Mormonism could affect a U.S. President's foreign policies

When Joseph Smith, the religious genius and sometime-treasure hunter who founded the Mormon faith, announced in 1844 that he was running for president of the United States, international affairs were not his top priority. In a pamphlet outlining his campaign platform, Smith quoted James Madison's inaugural address declaring that he would "cherish peace and friendly intercourse with all nations." But he never got the chance to elaborate on his foreign policy: Later that year, while Smith was in jail awaiting trial on charges that he had ordered the destruction of an anti-Mormon newspaper, a mob of armed men stormed his cell and fatally shot him as he jumped out of the window.

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How General Conference Helped Me Join the Church of Jesus Christ

"I soon learned that this was only the beginning of my conversion story, that true faith comes by choosing the right in every moment," Mo Crockett writes in an article featured on lds.org.

Young Women Lesson 32: Personal Purity Through Self Discipline

Manual 1; Excerpt from "The Transforming Power of Faith and Character," by Richard G. Scott

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President Nelson Answers Why God Allows Us to Suffer

While speaking to nearly 24,000 Saints on Sunday, President Nelson answered a question many have wondered throughout history: Why does God allow His children to suffer?