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Remembering 9/11: One Nation Under God

Posted in Faith, God on September 11, 2011 | 7 Comments »

Today I became somewhat reminiscant of my thoughts and feelings 10 years ago during the tragic events of 9/11.  At the time, I worked for the grounds crew at BYU and rather than taking the lawn mowers out that morning, we huddled around the radio and heard the tragic news of the airplanes crashing into [...]

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How Does God Speak to us? Help me help this reader…

Posted in God, Prayer, Spirituality on June 2, 2010 | 19 Comments »

I recieved the following message from a reader the other day: Dear Friend, I liked reading your letter on God and receiving his message through understanding of God´s manner of speaking. I have been reading very much and watching Daystar programs considerably. All of these things are interesting but the more I read the Bible [...]

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Discerning between God Speaking to us and our Own Desires

Posted in Faith, God, Holy Ghost, Prayer, Spirituality on July 28, 2009 | 11 Comments »

Periodically I read the blog Musings on Mormonism.  It is a blog from a former LDS member who is juggling family and spirituality and posts blogs that for the most part appear to be sincere. The other day I read the post entitled “Can our Hearts be Trusted“.   She describes how praying and receiving an [...]

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LDS Addiction Recovery Program

Posted in Depression and Anxiety, God, Holy Ghost, tagged , , , on April 30, 2009 | 8 Comments »

I’ve alluded in previous posts to problems I’ve dealt with as a result of issues from my early childhood.  One of my most often read posts is the one I wrote last year about overcoming anxiety and depression.  I’m grateful that God has been able to reach so many people through my experiences and I [...]

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Your Own Psalms: 3 Ways to Deepen your Relationship with God

Posted in God, Prayer, tagged , , , , on August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The title of this article intrigued me when I saw it in the “Time out For Women” flyer my wife received yesterday.  This will be one of the topics in the upcoming conference and Camille Olson will be the speaker. As I reflected on the title, I naturally thought about the Book of Psalms in [...]

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11 Steps to Putting the Lord before Your Money and Getting out of Debt

Posted in God, Personal Finances, tagged , , , on July 30, 2008 | 10 Comments »

This may surprise you, but money is the primary competitor with God for our affection.  Jesus tells us we will serve–and love–one or the other… When the Crusades were fought during the twelfth century, the Crusaders purchased the services of mercenaries to fight for them.  Because it was a religious war, the Crusaders insisted that [...]

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Bringing Back God’s Love into our Lives

Posted in God, Spirituality, tagged , , , , on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This morning I was reading an excellent talk given by John H Groberg a few years back called “The Power of God’s Love.”  If you saw the movie “The Other Side of Heaven,” you will remember many stories he shares in this excellent talk.  I encourage you to read through it. What impressed me today [...]

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Is God Denominational?

Posted in Church, God, tagged , , , , on July 7, 2008 | 12 Comments »

Today in church our bishop and some of his family members shared experiences they had while visiting Uganda, Africa.  It impressed me how he shared his testimony of how the love of God is shown in all people throughout the world and how he was so grateful for his relationship with God and Jesus Christ. [...]

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10 Steps to Overcoming Anxiety and Depression

Posted in Depression and Anxiety, God, tagged , , , , on June 17, 2008 | 36 Comments »

President Gordon B Hinckley once said: As each man or woman walks the way of life there come dark seasons of doubt, of discouragement, of disillusionment…(April 2002 General Conference) It was a dark day for me when I found out I was suffering from depression.  I had heard of depression and heard of others in [...]

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Learning the Mysteries of God

Posted in God, Holy Ghost, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on March 31, 2008 | 9 Comments »

This scripture is in 1 Nephi 2:16: And it came to pass that I, Nephi, being exceedingly young, nevertheless being large in stature, and also having great desires to know of the mysteries of God, wherefore, I did cry unto the Lord; and behold he did visit me, and did soften my heart that I [...]

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