“I wondered why such bad things happened to the very people restoring the gospel. And then I stepped outside the jail.”
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“Far from cursing them, the Eden story cites God blessing both Adam and Eve with ‘sorrow.’”
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In the Book of Mormon, God repeatedly promises prosperity to those who keep His commandments.
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Featuring stunning shots across New Zealand, the video honors a relative who passed away from terminal brain cancer.
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“In such tender times, feeling the presence of God or His angels is not uncommon.”
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Grow from your challenges by writing through them.
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Elder Stevenson recently shared some beautiful counsel from the Doctrine and Covenants.
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The Book of Mormon repeats this word at least six times.
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“I remember when she walked in the door,” Travis says. “She was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen in my life.”
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Here are 5 phrases to use instead of “let me know how I can help.”
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“Do not abandon the ship when the waves are a little high.”
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You'll be turning to this verse in the Doctrine and Covenants for years.
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“In Primary, we sang about how ‘no one likes a frowning face.’ So I used to think that if I wanted to be righteous, I needed to be happy no matter what.”
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In some ways, the phrase ‘everything happens for a reason’ is merely a platitude. But there is an empowering truth in the statement.
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Beyond the obvious sand-versus-rock analysis, this story teaches us something essential about building a testimony.
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Think of these women in the scriptures as a girlfriend telling you her story.
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Here are six quotes Elder Uchtdorf has shared recently on social media that are too beautiful to miss.
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Champion sprinter and RTÉ’s Dancing with the Stars winner Jason Smyth shares two scriptures that changed his perception of adversity.
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Find comfort in what literal storms in the Book of Mormon remind us about life.
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I’ve realized Amulek is poignant inspiration to anyone feeling like their life is falling apart even though they chose to do what was right.
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Maybe in the biggest moments of our lives, we see a clear path to the Savior. But the real battle is won in the daily challenges of life.
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After a long battle with cancer, Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye recently passed away. We share this excerpt from her recent book as a tribute to her incredible life of scholarship and discipleship, for which we will be forever grateful.
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Reviewing the bigger trials in my life, I realized that while our personal trials are often for our learning, they can also benefit those around us.
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“I had to figure out a way to believe that God existed and that He still loves me while understanding the reality of my situation.”
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If for whatever reason your Christmas doesn’t look like everyone else’s, don’t worry. Own it. You are unique, which means you can “keep Christmas” your way.
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Melissa Inouye shares five truths to help Latter-day Saints understand life's struggles and find joy and peace in their choice to be on “Team Jesus.”
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81-year-old Fran Anderson isn’t one to back down from a challenge.
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Here are six takeaways about the ministry of angels that can inspire us in our lives today.
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“There is hope in purposeful action. It provides us a measure of control, meaning, and determination that is very different from the feelings that come from passively waiting.”
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“I concluded that I was doing it all wrong. I had this challenging trial, dramatic enough to describe in firesides and stake conference, but my response was far from inspiring. Who would be inspired by this puddle of tears?”
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Seen any squirrels splayed out on the ground lately? Our bushy-tailed friends might be offering a simple lesson.
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We did everything right, but God didn’t spare my husband. Now, when I hear of others’ miracles, I’m learning to respond with faith.
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In January 2021, 7'6" Latter-day Saint and 1993 No. 2 NBA draft pick Shawn Bradley became a quadriplegic. Here’s how he and his family have been managing their new life.
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The book of Job is the perfect place to go for a case study of someone who was visited with problems that just plain didn’t make sense.
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Sometimes life doesn't make sense—especially if we expect God to simply “deliver the goods” once we’ve made some required spiritual deposit. These five scriptures can help make sense of things while we wait for our “eventually.”
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Of all the places 12-year-old Karin slept when the sun slipped beneath the horizon at night, the Oakland California Temple grounds were her favorite.
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Everyone had a distinct, life-altering experience that day, offering us something to remember when we hear the admonishing phrase to “never forget” September 11.
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Notwithstanding all Joseph Smith went through, he never turned against God and never denied his testimony that God and Christ had spoken to him.
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The birth of Cameron and Rebecca King’s second daughter isn’t the birth story that most young parents imagine, but it is a story of how the hand of the Lord is always visible, even during hard times.
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President Jean B. Bingham, Relief Society General President, recently penned a piece for the Ensignwhere she recalled childhood memories of getting caught in rain storms.
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‘Our ultimate quest in life’: New video shares President Nelson’s advice on enduring personal trials
A new video released by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shares a powerful reminder from President Russell M. Nelson about enduring life’s trials.
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When I was about 13 years of age, a new family moved into our ward. They had a 12-year-old son. He and I had some things in common. He was the oldest in his family; I was the oldest in my family. He had an alpha male personality; I had an alpha male personality. But perhaps the thing we had most in common was a very strong dislike for one another. I don’t know why—we didn’t even know each other well enough to be enemies. Yet it was true that we did not get along at all.
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This article is written by Dr. David T. Morgan, who writes for LDS Living under the title of “Latter-day Saint Psychologist.” He has a special connection with the person featured in this post.
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Christopher Clark, a husband, father, and theater director, was recently honored by the BYU football team as one of their True Blue Heroes.
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This week's FHE lesson topic comes from the Come, Follow Me reading of 1–3 John and Jude. Check out this week's Come, Follow Me study ideas on LDS Living for additional resources and suggestions.
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When it comes to heavenly communication, does it ever feel like the Lord has everyone else on speed dial—and you’re just sitting there hoping for any little bit of communication, even a generic “new phone, who dis” text?
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While I was growing up, my mother frequently reminded me and my siblings not to toss garbage into the wastebasket but to walk over and carefully drop it into the can.
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Forty hours before leaving to comfort Latter-day Saints who lost the neighborhoods, woods, homes, and church houses that built many of their family memories in Paradise, California, President Russell M. Nelson lost his daughter, Wendy Nelson Maxfield, to cancer.
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As part of an essay we wrote several years ago exploring what the four Gospels have to say about Jesus and suffering, we could easily have begun with any number of historical or scriptural references—from Liberty Jail and the Prophet Joseph in the winter of 1838-39 to Job, whose friends blamed his afflictions on his supposed sins, to the multiple souls described in the Gospels who were plagued by disease, misfortune, natural disasters, or simply the consequences of bad or even impetuous decisions.
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The concept of grace can be hard to understand. Just the word itself can have many different meanings—it can be a title, it can mean a prayer, it can denote style, refinement, or civility. It can mean different things in different religions.
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Taysom Hill knows a thing or two about adversity.
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