An Anchor To Our Souls

*please share your favorites that I missed! Alma 5:7 Behold he changed their hearts; yea, he awakened them out of deep sleep, and the awoke unto God. Behold, they were in the midst of darkness; nevertheless, their souls were illuminated by the light of the everlasting word Jacob 4:6 “we search the prophets, and we have many revelations and the spirit of prophecy; and having all these witnesses we obtain a hope, and our faith becometh unshaken, insomuch that we truly can command in the name of Jesus and the very trees obey us, or the mountains, or the waves of the sea.” Alma 7:23 “I have said these things unto you that I might awaken you to a sense of your duty to God.” Alma 31:5 “And now, as the preaching of the word had a great tendency to lead the people to do that which was just—yea, it had had more powerful effect upon the minds of the people than the sword, or anything else, which had happened unto them—therefore Alma thought it was expedient that t...

He is on a 3 -member team with The Father and The Holy Spirit He was probably 33 years old when he died His experience on earth can be divided into 3 M’s: 1. His m essage (teachings) 2. His m inistry (healing the afflicted) 3. His m ission  (to open up the path of reconciliation to God for us) His m ission included 3 things: 1. His suffering for us             2. His dying for us             3. His resurrection Those 3 things were done in 3 locations 1. The Garden of Gethsemane (suffering) 2. The Cross of Calvary (suffering and death) 3. The Tomb of Arimathaea (resurrection) His At-one-ment showed us 3 of His divine qualities: 1. His capacity for enduring suffering 2. His power displayed 3. His love manifested 3 purposes of the At-one-ment of Jesus Christ: 1. To help us return to God’s presence             2. To...

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I Was ASTONISHED When I Found This List of Quotes From Modern Prophets About Eating Meat: Joseph Smith “Men must become harmless, before the brute creation; and when men lose their vicious dispositions and cease to destroy the animal race, the lion and the lamb can dwell together, and the sucking child can play with the serpent in safety.’ Documentary History of the Church , Vol. II (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1904), pp. 71-72. Joseph Smith added a clear cautionary warning to the text of Genesis 9 in the Joseph Smith Translation (found on page 797 of the current LDS biblical index section). It reads, “And surely, blood shall not be shed, only for meat, to save your lives; and the blood of every beast will I require at your hands” (JST Genesis 9:11). Hyrum Smith "(God)...has appointed the word of wisdom as one of the engines...to remove the beastly appetites, the murderous disposition and the vitiated taste of man; to restore his body to health, and vigour, pr...