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I have never in my thirty plus years as a member of the Latter-Day Saint church had a Bishop yell at me. Many times my experience with a Bishop is one of accountability and the LORD calling me to be a better Saint. I believe some of my weaknesses will be lifelong that will go with me through this mortal life. But everything will be able to be overcome in the LORD so long as we humble ourselves and call on Him and strive to put Him first. Praise the LORD for his mercy and long suffering toward us.

When I was ninteen I wonder if I could have turned down $400,000 plus dollars to serve a mission. Cale Iorg I gave up his chance in the Major League Baseball to serve the Lord Jesus Christ. He never made it to the Major Leagues. You do not take money or the finest gold with you when your spirit departs this life. He and all who sacrifice for Heavenly Father have laid up treasures for themselves in the paradise of God.

Did you know that three Latter-Day Saints turned down six-figure signing bonuses or more in order to serve a mission? And in doing so, they made history in a unique way. These three were Jeremy Guthrie, McKay Christensen and Cale Iorg. Read more on the article here: http://www.ldsliving.com/3-Major-League-Baseball-Players-Who-Turned-Down-1-Mill-or-5-Mill-to-Serve-Missions/s/85767

The movie short is funded for The Title of Liberty. $171,000 is what they have raised thus far. This is great news!

JoCa you seem to be misunderstanding same sex attraction temptation with practicing homosexuals. If I am tempted to commit adultery but do not give in am I an adulterer? If I am tempted to steal but do not am I a thief? President Hinckley taught this about people who have a same sex attraction: "They may have certain inclinations which are powerful and which may be difficult to control. Most people have inclinations of one kind or another at various times. If they do not act upon these inclinations, then they can go forward as do all other members of the Church. If they violate the law of chastity and the moral standards of the Church, then they are subject to the discipline of the Church, just as others are." -- Gospel Principles, Chapter 39 -- The Law of Chastity. Those who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints who practice homosexual acts or who violate the law of chastity are subject to church discipline which can include excommunication if they do not repent.

There are nine days left to contribute to back the movie. Spread the word and chip in $5 if you can afford it. I gave some money to this cause. It is close to $103,500 in funding for the movie right now.

If you get on YouTube and search for "Highway to Heaven" all the episodes of that television series are on there. I really like many of them.

I am starting to pray Carborundum that these rains be stopped. Please everyone reading this petition the LORD that the rain will stop in Texas.

I was just watching the flooding Texas footage on the news. It is horrible. Is there a specific church fund that can be donated to for Texas relief?

This is one of the reasons why I do not like letting my gasoline tank get below half level in our cars. I try to keep them over half full. In a bad situation like this if the gasoline stations run out you may not have gasoline for your car and lose your ability to travel. It is a way of laying up in store.

I have watched footage of people going out on helicopters in Texas and shooting dozens of wild feral hogs with rifles in one flight. Even with this type of attempted control they are still not able to get a handle on the situation down there (atleast from what I have read). Wild hogs also attack people sometimes.

Start praying that you will find joy on Sundays. You might need revelation on what to do. Sunday is likely my favorite day of the week with all the spiritual power I usually feel. But I pray for joy a lot, for spiritual nourishment and that burdens placed upon my back to bear will feel light. Our LORD is a God of joy. He wants us to find happiness in this life.

I took some IBProfen last night. The pain from my sternum was keeping me awake. The pain went away and I slept for around seven hours. We shall see how the day goes. Thanks to all who prayed for me.

I am lying awake in bed unable to sleep. I feel very sick and weak. I felt okay yesterday but not anymore. Please pray for me.

I am happy to see the Church doing charity work with the LORD's resources. I only wish we could do more. The resources of the church are so limited compared to the needs of 7 billion people on this planet. But we do our best I believe.

I also thought the Book of Mormon movie was terrible. "17 Miracles" and "Ephriam's Rescue" were good movies in my opinion especially for the amount of money they had to work with. I could tell they were low budget but they told the story well in my opinion. I have heard of many people who were touched by the trials they saw the old Saints had to endure. They are hoping to make a short movie with the $150,000 and then get a lot more money for the full movie production with: "Reign of Judges: Title of Liberty."

Seashmore, if you have no funding to support this movie share it with as many people as possible. I want to see the "Reign of Judges: Title of Liberty" movie succeed. I think this will do some good in our telestial world.

I wish we could go into a church classroom we many of the members on this church forum and have a discussion on the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the many opportunities, joys and blessings it will give you if you follow His commandments. I am sorry you were hurt and feel used. Do not talk with this missionary anymore and begin to focus your life on the way of happiness. Begin a prayer strategy with your Heavenly Father who wants you to succeed in your life. Set goals in prayer, begin to dream, find joy (pray for joy of the LORD to fill your life) and work toward those goals.

"Reign of Judges: Title of Liberty" looks like it would be a great movie and a missionary tool. If anything it is a message of liberty like "The Patriot" movie was. I know freedom is not free. The creators of the movie are asking for $150,000 in funding to start. Right now they have close to $22,100. I may donate some funds to this. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darinsoutham/reign-of-judges-title-of-liberty-concept-film-shor?ref=327578&token=ca4a9ad0

I had an accident happen to a car that was parked on the side of the road. It was hit twice with no one in it. The car had around 130,000 miles on it. We ended up with about $3,600 after my wife fought with the insurance companies which is more that what we would have gotten had we tried to sell it. I am glad to hear your wife was not hurt in the accident.

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I just watched The Shack movie. There were some good lessons on forgiveness in the movie. But the writer should have read the Bible more regarding the nature of God. I did not like the portrayal of God and the Holy Spirit as women. We as Latter-Day Saints know God is a Man of Holiness. He is our Father and the Father of Jesus Christ. Edit: I also did not like the detachment from justice that the shack god showed. The main character murdered his drunk dad by poisoning him and did not receive any condemnation from the shack god. With other serious sins justice seems to just be swept aside. The Shack fails to represent God as having authority and genuinely sovereign. God cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance. (See Doc. and Cov. 1:31.)

A lot of the Old Testament is accurate. It is what is missing that is the real problem. Many plain and precious prophecies of the Messiah were taken out from the Old Testament. Most of these were restored in the Book of Moses which is contained in the Pearl of Great Price.

I figure I would bring back this thread seeing it is not too old. Windows 10 inspired me to begin using Linux Mint 17 64-bit. I only use Windows 7 pretty much now to play video games. Linux Mint 17 works great for me.

Hi Kimberley. I hope you find more joy in the Latter-Day Saint religion than me. I am very happy to be a member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It is not easy being a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ but I found it is the way of happiness. Give us any updates when you can.