“[God] knew we were going to be in this position, and He prepared us for it.”
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“Maybe silence is what heaven knows you need most.”
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A life-threatening experience after the birth of my first baby led me to think more deeply about God’s role in hardships.
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Reading about the Atonement is one thing but truly feeling it is another. This visual could make a difference.
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“Doing hard things allows us to rely on God," said one young man. “Challenges like this are opportunities to build confidence.”
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“I didn’t know how to properly thank Heavenly Father for that experience. It had softened my heart so deeply.”
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Everything changes when we face adversity at the Lord’s side.
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The image depicts the Savior gently placing His hands on the shoulders of a discouraged man.
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This idea can encourage you to drink more deeply of the Savior’s living water.
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“I could not be more grateful for what this experience has brought to our family and to me personally.”
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“Teenagers don’t always get credit for being empathetic, but that’s all this was—pure love and the desire to minister like Christ.”
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Ready for an inspiring perspective shift?
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“Humbled, I did my best to accept the pain, to believe in what I couldn’t imagine—that God would make something out of this.”
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“When I called the doctor’s office and explained what I’d seen, they told me to bring Reuben in right away.”
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“I’ll admit that when I first heard the sentence, I felt intimidated. But as I’ve pondered more, I’ve come to realize it teaches a profound truth.”
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Alicia couldn’t hold or nurse the newborn because of her radiation treatments.
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“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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Even in the midst of suffering we can turn to the Savior and let Him heal us spiritually and emotionally. Here are two powerful examples:
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This month's edition of weekly FHE lessons is based on the new family movie Trek, which follows a young Mormon teenager named Tom and his friends on their handcart journey. Each lesson includes a scene from movie to watch and discuss. Your whole family will laugh along and be inspired by Trek: The Movie, available at Deseret Book stores and deseretbook.com.
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This month's edition of weekly FHE lessons is based on the new family movie Trek, which follows a young Mormon teenager named Tom and his friends on their handcart journey. Each lesson includes a scene from the movie to watch and discuss. Your whole family will laugh along and be inspired by Trek: The Movie, available at Deseret Book stores and deseretbook.com.
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Maybe you feel your prayers aren’t being answered—or even heard. Perhaps you feel you have strayed beyond the Father’s ability to forgive. Maybe you’re struggling to trust that the Atonement of Jesus Christ really works in your life. Perhaps you are awash in fear, grappling to stay on top of adversity. Maybe you have been betrayed in the deepest way by one who should have treasured you. Or maybe you’re just trying to be patient, waiting for promised blessings and starting to lose faith that they will come.
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We each have our own “favorite sins” that, for some reason, we can’t seem to shake. So when we lose hope and feel like change is impossible, how do we conquer the weaknesses that hold us back?
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As I lie here in quite a lot of pain, confined to this terrible prison of a reclining chair, I wonder at the millions who endure worse. They travel the same mental deserts of pounding pain. Dave did. And there are so many Daves.
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