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It really humbles me to hear you guys say that. I have difficulty giving up on my hopes and dreams and I don't know if it really is a bad thing. I know I should put God first and building up his kingdom and I am not shying away from that responsibility either. I know that Heavenly Father has His own plan for us, but it is so difficult to know what He really wants for us. I don't know how to let go of my dreams, how do I do this?

Well, we believe the Holy Ghost lead us in making such decisions as to the movies we watch, the books or magazines we read or music we listen to. Basically anything that make us feel a little bit uncomfortable we avoid. If anything you do, you can not do in front of the Lord himself and know He would approve of it, you should avoid. If there is anything that is virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy we seek after these things.

Hi Andrew The Lord knows what is in our hearts and only He can forgive us for our sins. However, He has given us certain steps in the scriptures to follow in order to repent properly of our sins. We do not have to confess our sins to the bishop at all times, only in really serious cases where our sins influences other people. Like fornication, adultry, breaking the law etc. Also sins that we struggle to overcome that we feel we need help with, we can confess to our bishop to get his guidence. The first step of repentence is sorrow, we need to have sorrowed to repentance. (2 Corinthians 7:9-11) The second step is to confess your sins(Numbers 5:7), to whomever you may have offended or to your bishop or to God or all of the above depending on the sin. If for instance you have spoken badly about someone behind that persons back and you are really sorry about it, you need to go to the person and confess to them, then you have to go to the people who you went to to gossip about this person and try to rectify what ever harm you have done. This is the next step in repentence So the third step in repentence is restitution, you have to make right whatever you have done wrong. In cases like sexual sins, it is not really possible to make right that which has been done and therefore sins like that need to be confessed to the bishop in order to get guidence on repentance for those sins, to make it right as far as you can. The fourth Step is forsaking the sin, meaning that you will never do that sin again. These are the steps to true repentence which all members should know. We know how to truely repent, therefore it is a requirement that we follow those steps in order to receive real forgiveness. I hope this was helpful There are scripture references to all of these steps, I just did not have my scriptures with me, so if you want these references I could get them.

Hi Jonathon You ask great questions. We do believe that Jesus Christ is seperate to our Heavenly Father in body, but they are one in Godhood and in purpose. In other words, they work together. According to the teachings of the Book of Mormon and our prophets "Jesus was a God in the preexistence. Our Father in Heaven gave Him a name above all others—the Christ. He came down under instruction of Our Heavenly Father to Create the earth and to Redeem all mankind. “And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary.” (Mosiah 3:5–8.) Jesus Christ is “the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning.” (Mosiah 3:8.) “Wherefore,” declared Jacob in the Book of Mormon, “if God being able to speak and the world was, and to speak and man was created, O then, why not able to command the earth, or the workmanship of his hands upon the face of it, according to his will and pleasure?” (Jacob 4:9.) God, the Creator, commands His creations even at this very moment. So we believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, but also Our Father, father of the earth. The same way that Heavenly Father is His Father and also our Father. I hope this make sense.

Yes, I would go for that one too. For the Strength Of Youth Sums everything up.

I know that most people would say that it is not right to pray for money, but my husband and I recently immigrated to Australia and we have no family here. We would really like to visit our family so they can get to know my 17 month old baby and that she can get to know them. I would like to have my family move to Australia also, since our country is "falling apart" at the moment and things are only getting worse. I prayed to Heavenly Father with all my heart to help me set up a business that would make a big amount of money so that we will be able to help our families. After my prayer, I went about my daily routine and eventually sat down to read the scriptures. The Book of Mormon was already open at 2 Nephi 13 and I read it. I don't know what Heavenly Father is trying to tell me? Is He trying to say that I am asking for worldly things and it is not a good thing. That I should not use my time to pursue success. Or is He trying to say, which my husband believes, that when we do make money we might stand the chance of becomming like those women that Heavenly Father spoke of. Do anyone have a suggestion as to what is meant by that scripture and how it could relate to me?

Welcome Jonathon It is great to see a non-lds speak so highly of LDS. It surely shows that you are a respectable man. Great meeting you Naomi

Thank you for the hearty welcome. Glad to meet you all.

You should read 'The Mirracle Of Forgiveness' by Spencer W. Kimball. It gives you a great explaination on all the questions you might have on repentence. It takes real courage to talk to the bishop about serious transgressions, but it is the only way to truely repent, even if you keep making the same mistake, go back everytime. Your Bishop is there to help you and he deals with a lot of cases, the spirit will lead him in each case.

Hi:p I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and would like to introduce myself. I am a happily married stay at home mum with one little girl and love every moment with her. I would like to get to know you all and hope to have a good time in doing so. Naomi