Posted on 09/20/2009 2:46:15 PM PDT by Colofornian
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Sharing testimonies is an important part of the Latter-day Saint experience. We bear testimonies in many settings — in the home with family and among friends and associates or in missionary experiences. In Church, one Sunday is set aside every month for the bearing of testimonies during sacrament meetings.
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In his address at the October 2004 general conference, Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve...said that his experience throughout the Church leads him to worry that too many members' testimonies linger on "I am thankful," and "I love," and too few are able to say with humble but sincere clarity, "I know." As a result, he noted, meetings sometimes lack the testimony-rich, spiritual underpinnings that stir the soul and have meaningful, positive impact on the lives of all those who hear them.
He...counseled, "We need to replace stories, travelogues and lectures with pure testimonies. Those who are entrusted to speak and teach in our meetings need to do so with doctrinal power that will be both heard and felt, lifting the spirits and edifying our people."
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As we listen to general conference this October, we will hear many bear pure testimony. Numerous times over the years, we have heard President Thomas S. Monson, first as an apostle and now as president of the Church, bear such testimony. May we, as Primary children sing, be inclined to "follow the prophet" in our endeavor to nurture, strengthen and share our testimonies that we have a Heavenly Father who loves us, that Jesus is the Christ, Joseph Smith was the prophet who was raised up to restore the fullness of the everlasting gospel...
(Excerpt) Read more at ldschurchnews.com ...
Goodnight all...this old lady is heading for the bedroom. Have a good one.
Get a life.
I’ve said what I’ve said, and I’m not going to argue about it.
You can spew doctrine and scriptures until the cows come home.
“I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant is faithful, 100%!”
Ok, now I have a question, and while I don't expect a straight forward answer, hope springs eternal.
You believe that the Father is god according Mormon doctrine, and while it is hard to really tell it appears he is god of this planet.(and we know from LDS doctrine each planet has its own.) You also say above Jesus the son is your god. With all the non trinity effort you guys put out, that has to mean, as it very readily appears to, that these are two distinct beings, presences and gods. Yet when we so called "antis" point put that Mormonism is Polytheistic we get either no answer or a "no we are not" with little follow through.
So who among those two is god when you guys tell us there is only one god you worship? Which of these two guys gets the short straw?
I know both the father and son are venerated and you go to great pains to let us know they are separate. So which of these is the one who is "not the god until we want him to be" the most when the LDS says there is only "one god". Is there some rotation schedule or what.
It is all very "confusing" when taken at face value, which of course would be the first mistake.
The CROSS (fyi) is a symbol of death,
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Yes, and through His death, we now have life..
To Christians, the Cross signifies, the life, the hope we have in the Jesus of the Bible..
He died on the cross that we might live...
There is a message in the cross...a message of new beginnings...of salvation..of power...
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18
And no mention of the wonderful cross of our savior, Jesus Christ would be complete without a song about it...
The Old Rugged Cross...sung by Jim Nabors...
A song about the cross of Jesus..
as fresh and inspring today as it was when it was written 100 years ago...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAB41b3gNU0
Gospel music rocks! I love it all, and listen to Christian stations when I can.
Thanks, Nana, for the link!
BTW.. you claim you love Jesus...
Please tells us what you know of the way He thinks of you...
How does God feel towards you ???
You’re welcome...
I love songs about the cross ...
:)
(Almost sounds like I might be more omnipresent than the Mormon god, who can only be in one place at one time!)
He like posting contenion let him be...
It is like a buffet...
Take all the gods you want but please worship all the gods you take...
You're LDS alright...
Jesus thinks of me as a Child of God, just as He does the rest of you/us. If I knew how God feels towards me, I’d be a prophet, wouldn’t I?
So do I! Johnny Cash had some really good Gospel songs...
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
A Chinese buffet...
If you dont worship all the gods you select...
The GAPD will get after you...
No temple recommend for you...
You are SO misinformed.
And for that, you ROCK!!
Funny, we in the True Church and Body of Christ know how God feels about us. Above all else simply coming among us as he did proves his love for us. We have no need for self appointed prophets to tell us this.
It is in the Bible and in our hearts.
For a faith based so much on a book and burning bosoms, you'd think you would have some idea how your god feels about you.
I’m falling over with the idiocy of your comment.
We are all God’s children, and He loves us unconditionally.
My query is this: If Jesus is THE CHRIST, and we, as “Mormons” believe it to be true, what is YOUR PROBLEM????
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