cchrissys1

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  1. if your looking for excuses not to believe, satan will help you find them. If your looking for reasons to beleive and pray about it the lord will help you find it. UNless once you found out the truth and became accountable you would NOT follow the gospel on a serious level. or the spirit is witnessing and you don't listen , that could become a problem. the cain thing. well obviously they met what ever condition needed to be met. but didn't at first. God is unchanging so are his laws BUT we are always changing and need to be delt with differently at different times. he is not making mistakes. naturaly. but just like caffine. it used to be unlawfull. then a lady had health issues that actually called for caffine. the rules changed for her even though God new ahead of time she would need it. well if we all are about our fathers buisness we will understand that caffine is basicaly bad but there are exceptions to the rule and to be grownups and understand. a lesson we would not have known otherwise. big truths are revealed to the heavy hitters. have faith in God on the big stuff and gain a testimony of the basic stuff that's all i can say.
  2. 1. we are christians. a christian is a follower of Jesus Christ. 2. Most people know us as mormons and think we beleve in strange books. and they either want to save us from our demise or don't want anything to do with it instead of knowing we are members of the true church having more testements of Christ. If i was an outsider i wouldn't want to join some sect either if i was actually looking for God. call Jesus's church by it's name it will help. will satan stir people up to prosicute us? ya if he can. you've gotto learn not to let it bother you. sounds like you don't have a real testimony about the church. You can gain one. when you can say you know you belong to the true church then you call things for what they really are and have the Lord help you solve problems like that.
  3. hey john doe, you got you self all in a whirl and offended while you should have nicely answered the inocent question of an outsider. you could have planted some seeds for that gospel to grow. treat all investigators who many may be antimormon like that and you'll give the church it'self a bad name to them just by being a bad example. every church member is suppost to be an example of the gospel. a light unto the world. a patient person who puts every thing aside and helps spread the truth instead of his piece of mind. thanks to the lady who finally answered the question nicely.
  4. a massacure isn't about numbers. it is about the nature of the murder. but can include a multitude of people. I bet if you were a victim you'd feel massacured.
  5. his calling is of the inspiration of God. It was given by Christ to the Athoritys of the church in the temple and then he was offered the calling. He holds the mantle of bishop. you must put aside any personality problems and support him in his calling knowing that he is moved on by the Lord on your behalf and his advice should always be followed as if it came from the Lord. the end of subject. The one who has to bend is you.
  6. if your parents new what was good for them they would active and so forth. please don't let them steal from you as well. you are a grown woman and they need to except the choices you make just as you have to except the fact that they are not active and that is their choice. don't be manipulated over things that are eternal. The Lord will be with you if you make the proper choices. and he can help mend what needs to be mended amongst your family. you shouldn't have to choose between your spiritual worthiness and parents. you can let them pull you down the drain or you can help guid them from going down the drain.
  7. i was told that they are born with disabilitys becouse they fought valiantly against satan in the premortal and this way they are protected from him and not accountable. they are special. the church teaches not to sympathize with the other church's. we are the church. say we didn't have any more church buildings and couldn't go to meetings becouse of a catastriphy we are to hold church in our own home. we are the church. teach him Christs full gospel in the home. He will be just fine. Christs peace will be with him. don't hear the gospel from those who are not led by the spirit. you are inviting trouble into your home not the oposite.
  8. first of all know that it is not your fault and you are not being insecure by having an issue with this. your bishop is always the best step. your fasting and praying may need to be aimed at him becoming more devoted to the Lord becouse he is following after his cardel self and his agency can not be interfered with. it get's technical. he has to admit with in that he is wrong. as long as he is in denial you have a mess. i'm sorry your stuck dealing with this. Have faith in the Lord and strengthen your own devotion to the gospel and that can help bring the result you need or give you the strength and knowlege to deal with it. it is an addiction new to our times. strengthening the Gospel in your home will pave the way for him to change.
  9. 1. stop calling it mormonism. it is Jesus' complete gospelism. 2. Call it his church and you'll know what to do. 3. if you don't have a testemony that it's his true church you can gain one by living the gospel and asking in prayer if it's true. it may not come all at once, or suddenly but eventually.
  10. cchrissys1

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    i have had my problems with being as active as i should. start with sunday meetings, then work up to every thing else like morning and evening prayers. then family home evening, then daily scripture reading, ect. do it before the kids come along. if you don't do everything start by doing something and keep from back sliding on that one thing and that should keep you from becoming inactive. it does me. I make sure i say my prayers even if i start to miss suday meetings, ect.
  11. don't trade the blessings that being a return missionary will have on mortal existance not to mention your eternal one for a few bucks the marines would get you for the 2 years. it's not worth it. it would not only be your blessings but your wife and childrens as well. not to mention the blessings for each soul you lead to Christ yours and thiers. talk to your bishop and follow the advice he has just for you.
  12. refer to the church your going to join by it's name, The Church of Jesus Christ of the latter-day saints. don't say mormon. it'l more than likely freak em out and we are not really supposed to refer to it as mormon. we are supposed to stand tall and tell em it is Jesus' Church. please people don't right me saying i'm wrong ensighn dec. 1983 Dean B Cleverly " I have a Question" states " when refering to members it is generaly better to say laterday saints or members of the church rather than mormons. " good luck. ya know even if things don't go well they may except it in time. I am a convert too and the only member in my family.
  13. i admire the omish who can live in this world and still be so devoted to their God that they do not partake of the things this world has to offer, while I am always "working on it". always needing to work a little harder to alighn myself with the gospel teachings. the gospel is easy to live compared to what they believe and deal with. I don't condone doing with out modern medicine and electricity, cars, ect. I know they are a blessing bestowed on us and just need to be used proberly. i just admire thier devotion.
  14. Ensign- may 1990 "Thus shall my church be called" Ensign_dec 1983 "questions of general gospel interest" ensign- april 1998 "the peaceable followers of Christ" Gospel lesson 42 teachers manual, "book of Mormon Gospel" Ensign Dec. 1983 "I have a question" Dean B. Cleverly states " when refering to members it is generaly better to say later day saints or members of the church rather than "Mormons."" All say please don't refer to the church as "mormon". Try to limit using the nick name Mormon. www.mormon.org is set up for the world as an explanation and testimony. that's what a lot of them know us as for some wierd reason. They may need to be explained to that we are actually the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter day saints. I don't get offended to be known as a mormon i am proud of it just as anyone of the church should be. But that is not the point. they ( the people of the world) are much less likely to except the gospel of Jesus Christ with the word Mormon hiding it's beautifull light. They may want to join Jesus' Church, but not the mormon church. Members of the church don't count. it's the rest of the world we are responsible for that matters when using the word mormons, ect.
  15. as an ugly woman i am not amused. as an ugly single middle aged woman i think i should consider steping on a duck.