coyotemoon722

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  1. I'm sorry you are going through pain. I will pray for you. Know that your suffering is not in vain, and that Heavenly Father loves you and it is a blessing to lean on Him during times of suffering. You're a stronger soul than I. Keep your faith strong and commune with the Holy Spirit as much as possible. I love you sister. -Chris
  2. Wow I'm sorry, I think I forgot to mention it's in the August Ensign. That would help! XD
  3. I looked on LDS.org and couldn't find it. I'm not very familiar with how to use the site, but it only had links to the major articles. If someone else knows where it is, then that would help.
  4. Elder Walter F. González of the Presidency of the Seventy wrote a talk on receiving prompting and revelation from prophets and the Holy Spirit. I really enjoyed the article and feel it is helpful to condition us to be better listeners to our Father in Heaven. If you haven't given it a read yet, I'd strongly suggest it.
  5. You told him not to stop thinking about sex. No need in writing a full essay about it, I just felt it was the wrong advice. He said he had a problem where he couldn't stop thinking about sex. While it's typical in most males, it shouldn't be a "normal" thing for a Saint STRIVING for perfection. I never said we would reach perfection in mortal life, that's obviously absurd. "Perfecting the Saints" is an ideal that stems from curbing such behavior has thinking of sex or any sin for that matter, whenever one feels like it. Unfortunately I don't remember exactly which General Authority spoke about it; I'd have to do a little research. You didn't just try to defend your point, but misconstrued what I actually wrote entirely. In your original post, you essentially told him not to change that part of his behavior {Thinking about sex(In his case it would be all or most of the time)}. There's no changing that, that's what you said. We definitely have to change to become more like Christ, and to become perfected over the course of this lifetime and beyond. Again, a LONG process that STARTS in this life, and continues through into the next; But one that shouldn't be completely disregarded for the sake of "normalcy".
  6. I don't agree with this. Though it is 'typical' for males to think about sex, they shouldn't just use that as a cop out to think about sex whenever they want. Impure thoughts, committing adultery in your heart, is not something that we should consider 'normal' and advocate. Those thoughts, upon entering, should be chased out as quickly as possible. Obviously the process can take years to master, but there's no reason to advocate such behavior, thereby stunting someone's ability to become perfected.
  7. Yeah Porn is a problem for almost all males outside the church, and many within. I feel that the church and the prophets and high counsel do everything they can to give talks on porn, but it's such an amazingly strong influence that it's often not enough. It's unfortunate. There's a new website called Combating Pornography, and it's fairly helpful in that it has a lot of talks from General Authorities on pornography. I really sympathize with you. I've had the problem most of my life as a NON-member, and only recently became a member less than a year ago. Every time I think I have my thoughts in check, a spell comes over me and I become practically mindless, seeking out something to quench the fires of lust. It happens much less frequently as a member, but it happens. It also happens less the more I have PEOPLE in my life. I moved out to an area where I don't know anyone, and loneliness seems to be a strong trigger. Still, I have faith that if I do everything I'm supposed to be doing, I can curb it. And the next time the thoughts arise, I should immediately grab my scriptures. (2Nephi 4 is a great one) I also believe in casting out devils through prayer and fasting. Lustful thoughts a lot of times happen in the bedroom. If you cast out any demons that could be lingering, that's a help. Good luck, I'll keep you in my prayers. Edit: Sorry, I wanted to quickly address the topic title. I personally don't believe that God punishes people for looking at porn or whatever. However, I do think that when someone is living unrighteously, the Holy Priesthood can be withdrawn from them, even if temporarily. And not being strong in the priesthood could cause you to not be able to properly receive guidance from the Holy Spirit, which could cause things to go wrong in your life. Through repentance and proper behavior, the Priesthood can be restored. Living worthily is the surest way to spiritual success as a living Saint on this Earth.
  8. You're comparing the FAA to Obama? First off, most planes flying today are 40-50 years old. I don't have time to research the flight you're referring to, I'm assuming it's the one that had to land in the Hudson? Anyway, I think this is a pretty far stretch of an example of why Obama's a terrible leader, a Muslim (or the Anti-Christ) because you have a conspiracy on why it wasn't the fuel feeder that they apparently blamed it on. You need to show me more, and not just the sketchy propaganda stuff either.
  9. The part of Obama telling the the Egyptian Prime Minister he's Muslim is most likely not true, and propaganda. The video of him slipping up I'm totally fine with. He's made a few weird slips of the tongues before. Like the time he said he visited 57 states, when he was most likely referring to the number of CITIES he'd been to, and was counting cities and states in is head and the word states came out. I've seen someone in my church accidentally slip up and refer to God as Satan because they had been talking about Satan for a while, and the words got interchanged. I've done the same thing, interchanged words that were extreme opposites simply because they were both being thrown around in a conversation. It's not uncommon at all.
  10. On Topic: The Antichrist (in my opinion) is a being, most likely either completely a demon spirit, or something along those lines that works through every mass-medium to brainwash people into rejecting Christ. He started with the printing press, worked through radio and TV, and now the Internet. He has the ability to influence millions of people into preaching secular, demonic-like behavior is acceptable. Slight Derail: The fact that some people feel that Obama is the Anti-Christ is so absurd it's obnoxious. The guy is a Christian (and also a good person with a loving family) for crying out loud. The Anti-Christ is NOT a Christian by very definition. I think it's a travesty that people can think of someone of Obama's character as such. The guy did pro-bono roots work for the poor in inner-city Chicago slums for Pete's sake. Is that behavior of an Anti-Christ?? Those people need to seriously get a life when throwing around terms like "Anti-Christ" as a casual label for someone.
  11. Brief stop, not a derail but I never realized how powerful this verse of scripture is, thank you. It's amazing how you can miss out on the meaning of a single verse when you're just reading through the scriptures.
  12. I'm not reading through the pages of text to see if this has been mentioned yet, but when it refers to God the Father and God the Son being "one" it refers to them being singular in purpose. Quoting from John 17:21-22: That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou has sent me. And the glory which though gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one. So you see, Jesus himself said that he wished for all of God's children to be united as one, as He and the Father are united as one in purpose. No offense to anyone here, but I'm really surprised this notion hasn't caught on with other Christian faiths. It's pretty spelled out in the scriptures.
  13. Did this happen recently? I'm curious because for me it did, last summer. I had practically the same situation, down to the serious alcohol, drugs, lust, etc. and one night went into a space that was EXTREMELY dark spiritually. I felt like I was entering Hell, and losing my soul at the same time. It really was a terrible, scary feeling. I rode it out, and eventually got to sleep that night. Next day felt fine, but the episodes would happen again. I prayed a few times, but one night I really prayed as fervently and honestly as possible and promised to God that I would be a good Christian if he saved me. PLEASE SAVE ME I BEG YOU. The next day or so, I was walking around in my lobby and there were some missionaries walking in, I just grabbed one of them and asked them for a card. I didn't know anything at all about the church, only that I needed help, and just something (The Holy Spirit) prompted me to ask them. They came a day or two later, and one of them gave me a Priesthood Blessing. I felt for the first time in a while that I was okay, that I was in good hands. I also just felt a connection with God growing inside me. They left, and I fell to the floor and cried and felt such a profound connection with God as if he was washing away my pain with his mercy. I started meeting with missionaries, going to church, and got baptized about a month later. I'm currently active in church, go every Sunday and even type and print out the weekly program. I love the gospel, the Priesthood Authority, and the restoration of Christ's church. I never went to church much before, but prayed every night and did believe in God and Jesus Christ. But now, everything makes so much sense to me. However, my new found awareness like you has come at a price. I'm still not out of the woods so to speak mentally. I've made a lot of improvement, but my life was so bad before coming to Christ that my mind is in disrepair. In a way, life was much easier when I was blissfully, ignorantly going down the road to Hell. Now that I'm aware of the dark forces out there, Satan's constant mission, and the perils that can plague the mind, I have to work hard to keep those things at bay, including taking medication that I need to keep a calm mind. I'm looking to move from where I've grown up and am now, in Washington DC, to Utah or Idaho and go to school at BYU, since I never went to college. I think this will help things dramatically being surrounded by more and more church members. It's also just part of the plan to turn my life around. Life is a daily struggle, but I know with God's grace, and the Holy Spirit as my guide, I will make it through this. If anyone reads this, I humbly ask that you keep me in your prayers. Thanks brethren. I love you all. ------------------ Jonathan Christopher Miller
  14. Funny, that's the example I thought of when I first started debating the topic on my head. It's probably true unfortunately, at least on the level that he has. It's definitely an interesting debate to be had. Do we let the times we live in dictate our actions? Every action you commit has at least some type of result to it, whether you are acutely aware of that result, or whether it happened indirectly from your action.
  15. Yeah, I wasn't really asking for judgement per say; more or less what your opinion on the matter is in relation to Gospel Doctrine, the WoW, and other such LDS doctrines. And while you're not obliged to judge, I feel that it's beneficial to give sound advice if it is within one's power. Healthy discussions on the subject help you grow as a person spiritually as well, and allow you insight into what Christ would want. With that said, I like the discussion that's taking place. I feel that people have a wide range of interesting opinions on the subject.