tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83049659875345143812024-03-18T20:35:44.422-06:00Renee's Latter-day Saint LifeRenee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.comBlogger3294125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-47783279267654983352024-03-18T20:19:00.011-06:002024-03-18T20:35:12.588-06:00Today's Favorite Verse: 1 Thessalonians 4:11<p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Today's Favorite Verse: 1 Thessalonians 4:11</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;"</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">I feel like "study to be quiet" is the season of my life right now. I'm getting much better at being quiet. First, I had to learn the hard way that sharing spiritual experiences can open them up to being attacked, or stifled, even by those you trusted. It can also cause you to not follow the promptings received. Because of this you may lose out on once in a lifetime opportunities, that can never be called back. </span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"I unreservedly testify of and attest to the reality of God and the miracles in the everyday life of countless people from both the low and high stations of life. True, many sacred experiences are rarely spoken of, in part because of their divine origin and the resulting possibility of ridicule by some who do not know better."</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">(Christoffel Golden, "<a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2021/10/27golden?lang=eng" target="_blank">Preparing for the Second Coming of Christ</a>," October 2021 General Conference)</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Joseph Smith: “Let us be faithful and silent, brethren, and if God gives you a manifestation, keep it to yourselves” (<a href="https://byustudies.byu.edu/online-chapters/volume-2-chapter-22/" target="_blank">History of the Church, 2:309</a>).</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Brigham Young: “Should you receive a vision or revelation from the Almighty, one that the Lord gave you concerning yourselves, or this people, but which you are not to reveal on account of your not being the proper person, or because it ought not to be known by the people at present, you should shut it up and seal it . . . as secret as the grave. The Lord has no confidence in those who reveal secrets, for he cannot safely reveal himself to such persons” (<a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/bc/content/shared/content/english/pdf/language-materials/35554_eng.pdf" target="_blank">Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young, 43-44</a>).</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Boyd K. Packer: “I have learned that strong, impressive spiritual experiences do not come to us very frequently. And when they do, they are generally for our own edification, instruction, or correction. . . . I have come to believe also that it is not wise to continually talk of unusual spiritual experiences. . . . I heard President Marion G. Romney once counsel mission presidents and their wives . . . I do not tell all I know; . . . for I found out that if I talked too lightly of sacred things, thereafter the Lord would not trust me. We are, I believe, to keep these things and ponder them in our hearts, as Luke said Mary did of the supernal events that surrounded the birth of Jesus.” (Boyd K. Packer, "<a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1983/01/the-candle-of-the-lord?lang=eng" target="_blank">The Candle of the Lord</a>", Ensign, Jan. 1983, 53)</span><br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9Mvwr1yuQQA6GV64CQOnY2boJjnYu01GsU6jXNIB_aIsua98GiyhlLPC125O6rV4lQRwT-8oPUR3JDMbnvs2RWQpPsTNIWkppkB8KbAJT1v5VSSeUImofVALKJE9iilXeDPPT216HtzoEFHA6Pq1Gf97E82pa_OCeUCi9HfVx5c5IQnhU_vt8s5fjAyn/s2048/scriptures-eye-glasses-758818-wallpaper.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9Mvwr1yuQQA6GV64CQOnY2boJjnYu01GsU6jXNIB_aIsua98GiyhlLPC125O6rV4lQRwT-8oPUR3JDMbnvs2RWQpPsTNIWkppkB8KbAJT1v5VSSeUImofVALKJE9iilXeDPPT216HtzoEFHA6Pq1Gf97E82pa_OCeUCi9HfVx5c5IQnhU_vt8s5fjAyn/s320/scriptures-eye-glasses-758818-wallpaper.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Day 3274</span></div><br />Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-89738969326531345042024-03-17T17:18:00.004-06:002024-03-17T17:18:13.999-06:00Today's Favorite Verse: 1 Thessalonians 3:7<p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Today's Favorite Verse: 1 Thessalonians 3:7</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:"</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">You don't like seeing anyone suffer or be in distress. Their pain grieves you at the same time. Yet, it is true when you see someone go through trials and hold onto their faith, and speak of the Lord supporting them, it gives you strength too. </span><br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4z8AwWDZA9Kfj5jY9pCN3FpIEHqR75SWik5mbCAcwChCUBYiJK9IloVkLkzeH5jNe7yUYIoZla7Fa5N3vHMT8_paUVL4Vy-tRm9CG4T0tvD-eI4wRPoC-hVS-2EMq1DDaLpFYWS2fNu_DDjzU3phQ3p1uGisnvnyCN5godynW0xMMJxIqPvgUq_W7ZviL/s2048/scriptures-eye-glasses-758818-wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4z8AwWDZA9Kfj5jY9pCN3FpIEHqR75SWik5mbCAcwChCUBYiJK9IloVkLkzeH5jNe7yUYIoZla7Fa5N3vHMT8_paUVL4Vy-tRm9CG4T0tvD-eI4wRPoC-hVS-2EMq1DDaLpFYWS2fNu_DDjzU3phQ3p1uGisnvnyCN5godynW0xMMJxIqPvgUq_W7ZviL/s320/scriptures-eye-glasses-758818-wallpaper.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Day 3273</span></div><br />Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-78380037402939957392024-03-16T20:58:00.003-06:002024-03-16T20:58:30.751-06:00Today's Favorite Verse: 1 Thessalonians 2:2<p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Today's Favorite Verse: 1 Thessalonians 2:2</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention."</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">I can't imagine Paul taught the gospel with contention. The spirit would withdraw it that was the case. I looked for clarification because that didn't sit right with me. . </span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Paul wrote that he and his missionary companions had preached the gospel to the Thessalonians “with much contention”. This phrase does not mean that Paul was contentious or argumentative in his preaching; instead, it implies that he taught the gospel in the face of contention and opposition. In Thessalonica, resistance to the gospel message came from both antagonistic Jews and Gentiles. Missionaries today inevitably face similar trials, but those who continue to preach despite opposition find, as did Paul, that their work is “not in vain”.</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">(New Testament Student Manual, <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/new-testament-student-manual/1-thessalonians-and-2-thessalonians/chapter-46-1-thessalonians-and-2-thessalonians?lang=eng" target="_blank">Chapter 46: 1 Thessalonians and 2 Thessalonians</a>)</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Day 3272</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrcjhS4wh0ZUcn9ph6Hz8QNdVlqidE7CpcgPeAopXayGEFhsuThmdNSO7f1j5cXrC2EAgzOoZig5o6zkx0f5tJAO1TomHdf4lyPO9W6WkThtv_L3mzO1qnWJPkuhKXeUMpZpd-ZrEJWubJPH9WiKxOEhRTci8Y7eIR68V2nZr3kXUUQG1gqpl5szhp8iQ/s2048/scriptures-eye-glasses-758818-wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrcjhS4wh0ZUcn9ph6Hz8QNdVlqidE7CpcgPeAopXayGEFhsuThmdNSO7f1j5cXrC2EAgzOoZig5o6zkx0f5tJAO1TomHdf4lyPO9W6WkThtv_L3mzO1qnWJPkuhKXeUMpZpd-ZrEJWubJPH9WiKxOEhRTci8Y7eIR68V2nZr3kXUUQG1gqpl5szhp8iQ/s320/scriptures-eye-glasses-758818-wallpaper.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-23679217852514787272024-03-15T20:06:00.002-06:002024-03-15T20:06:19.088-06:00Today's Favorite Verse: 1 Thessalonians 1:5<p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Today's Favorite Verse: 1 Thessalonians 1:5</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake."</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">That power comes from priesthood authority. Paul was an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ. Those same keys were given to this dispensation. </span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Elder Bruce R. McConkie (1915–85) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles taught:“The true gospel consists of two things: The Word, and The Power. Anyone can have the word; the books in which it is written are universally available. But the power must come from God; it is and must be dispensed according to his mind and his will to those who abide the law entitling them to receive it. The word of the gospel is the spoken or written account of what men must do to be saved. …“But actual salvation comes only when the power of God is received and used; and this power is the power of the priesthood and the power of the Holy Ghost. These must operate in the lives of men; otherwise their souls cannot be cleansed; they cannot be born again; they cannot become new creatures of the Holy Ghost; they cannot put off the natural man and become saints; they cannot be sanctified by the Spirit” </span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">(Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, 3 vols. [1965–73], 3:42–43).</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">(New Testament Student Manual, "<a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/new-testament-student-manual/1-thessalonians-and-2-thessalonians/chapter-46-1-thessalonians-and-2-thessalonians?lang=eng" target="_blank">Chapter 46: 1 Thessalonians and 2 Thessalonians</a>")</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Those priesthood keys were restored by heavenly messengers to the prophet Joseph Smith. First, came John the Baptist and the restoration of the Aaronic priesthood. Then came Peter, James and Johns to restore the Melchizedek priesthood. Followed by Moses committing the keys of the gathering of Israel, Elias the dispensation of the gospel of Abraham, and Elijah with the sealing power. All I know is belonging to a church that holds these priesthood keys. I am so grateful for the blessing it has brought into my life. </span><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDp81jgggzGVBiNzKLbDTHen9Q43J6Q2IdbrIenwXrx_WtR2kpdd51CMct_TkzvIrRdbfjpr5ApvJTjLMczNkaAEn3cQmnKL_5aFNemroZgvh0yY4i5IQDniqfmx7ANQgG_kuDJgR32lYb3ArC0Mi0HEMF_1HwwWC9llSP5iImmUERKvfduzGr0Ewitwym/s1050/PresidentNelson-Peter-Keys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDp81jgggzGVBiNzKLbDTHen9Q43J6Q2IdbrIenwXrx_WtR2kpdd51CMct_TkzvIrRdbfjpr5ApvJTjLMczNkaAEn3cQmnKL_5aFNemroZgvh0yY4i5IQDniqfmx7ANQgG_kuDJgR32lYb3ArC0Mi0HEMF_1HwwWC9llSP5iImmUERKvfduzGr0Ewitwym/s320/PresidentNelson-Peter-Keys.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="361" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rl8miOs6RII" width="435" youtube-src-id="rl8miOs6RII"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Day 3271</span></div><br />Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-2896096153175134972024-03-14T21:48:00.006-06:002024-03-14T21:48:52.496-06:00Today's Favorite Verse: Colossians 4:5-6<p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Today's Favorite Verse: Colossians 4:5-6</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man."</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Those that are without are not members of the church. We have to be so careful how we speak and act around others. Sadly, people judge a group by the worst members among them. I know there are times I have been a bad example of a member of the church. I've said things I should not have said. I had one friend in elementary school that I loved and I really enjoyed visiting her over the summers. She had a wonderful mom that I loved talking to. We had great gospel discussion even though they were not members of my faith. My heart still aches over the words I said to her when we were in Jr. High. We had different friends at school and she didn't fit in with mine. I basically told her we couldn't be friends anymore. We never spoke again. When my guilt and remorse finally got to much I went to find her and apologize, only to discover her family had moved away. Half a decade later I still wish I could ask for her forgiveness. I hope and pray in life she encountered another member of the church, that was a far better example than I was. </span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlYCYK7zmsQ5DPiBkJhfEaCHBQUPyXbQpgkx_n3CTZDWiYK_2gcZ6-h4fRVBR_fs09X2321fng1tr6koyGKcP8WqD5se3-B7Fioa-CvAhawCGhCFNxo5xo009RIBcsRbkl4DFMfd4xnYSDM1qHcaknuEsHcudyPpKc6eY4nAL_NS6_l0Q-_Xt9tGlhtv0/s1280/nelson_primary_girl_writing_in_journal.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="1280" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlYCYK7zmsQ5DPiBkJhfEaCHBQUPyXbQpgkx_n3CTZDWiYK_2gcZ6-h4fRVBR_fs09X2321fng1tr6koyGKcP8WqD5se3-B7Fioa-CvAhawCGhCFNxo5xo009RIBcsRbkl4DFMfd4xnYSDM1qHcaknuEsHcudyPpKc6eY4nAL_NS6_l0Q-_Xt9tGlhtv0/s320/nelson_primary_girl_writing_in_journal.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Day 3270</span><p></p>Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-39344876628674340302024-03-13T21:51:00.001-06:002024-03-13T21:51:08.742-06:00Today's Favorite Verse: Colossians 3:2<p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Today's Favorite Verse: Colossians 3:2</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth."</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">This reminds me of President Nelson and "Think Celestial!"</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Today, to assist you to qualify for the rich blessings Heavenly Father has for you, I invite you to adopt the practice of “thinking celestial”! Thinking celestial means being spiritually minded. We learn from the Book of Mormon prophet Jacob that “to be spiritually-minded is life eternal.</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">When you make choices, I invite you to take the long view—an eternal view. Put Jesus Christ first because your eternal life is dependent upon your faith in Him and in His Atonement. It is also dependent upon your obedience to His laws. Obedience paves the way for a joyful life for you today and a grand, eternal reward tomorrow.</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">As you think celestial, you will find yourself avoiding anything that robs you of your agency. Any addiction—be it gaming, gambling, debt, drugs, alcohol, anger, pornography, sex, or even food—offends God. Why? Because your obsession becomes your god. You look to it rather than to Him for solace. If you struggle with an addiction, seek the spiritual and professional help you need. Please do not let an obsession rob you of your freedom to follow God’s fabulous plan. ”</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">(President Russell M. Nelson, "<a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2023/10/51nelson?lang=eng" target="_blank">Think Celestial!</a>", Oct 2023 General Conference)</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWizUpdurKZjtrs2pU4oZqhJi3BIxpV2CcD_LGyeuImUYUY8sBGoQT9iiyqxlQXmbyhbwij5JfSnfYaLsY0XEUga7D0AOp_u8aP_isWQ2PB11qHZKPTn4YpjM5Gf1TVV5Xu73T-1RHbozqK84P1ay_tpC9O-GuKVex2fTTq5HzRWdj111Z-OMK52drwz6y/s1280/presnelson-repent.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWizUpdurKZjtrs2pU4oZqhJi3BIxpV2CcD_LGyeuImUYUY8sBGoQT9iiyqxlQXmbyhbwij5JfSnfYaLsY0XEUga7D0AOp_u8aP_isWQ2PB11qHZKPTn4YpjM5Gf1TVV5Xu73T-1RHbozqK84P1ay_tpC9O-GuKVex2fTTq5HzRWdj111Z-OMK52drwz6y/s320/presnelson-repent.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Day 3269</span></p><br />Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-73260756372901814692024-03-12T19:35:00.000-06:002024-03-12T19:35:10.734-06:00Today's Favorite Verse: Colossians 2:21-22<p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Today's Favorite Verse: Colossians 2:21-22</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"(Touch not; taste not; handle not;</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">There are somethings we should just not touch, taste and handle as we seek to follow the doctrine of Christ. The doctrine and philosophies of men fall into what we should leave alone. Knowing the difference between what is of God and what is of man is vital to our eternal salvation. When you mingle the two you are in danger of preaching false doctrine. One sure way of keeping things straight is by using the right sources.</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">On the churchofjesuschrist.org website or app go to Gospel Library and click on "Topics and Questions". Under Contents go to "Seeking Answers to Questions", and then "Consult Reliable Sources". It's best to read this section in its entirety but this one helps the most. </span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"<a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/seeking-answers/05-consult-reliable-sources?lang=eng" target="_blank">Become familiar with Church resources</a>. In matters of doctrine and Church policy, the best sources are the scriptures, the teachings of the living prophets, and the General Handbook. The Church has also published additional resources to help you better understand some of the most common questions Latter-day Saints have about Church history and culture. You may find these to be useful starting points as you investigate your questions."</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">This guidance on which resources to use is not only wise when answering questions we may have but also when we are teaching others at church. There are so many wonderful gospel resources the church has provided for us, its vital for us to make sure what we teach is found there. </span><br /></p><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFL19oLNDK-4XVjLQB7oHs84h7qNs-F1MJR8IBIqgKPF33B5sDr00BSiT9L6eEb_SqZe3QrYayb6Zp_AeDilzKV3FKydmXeiL4ae841k9w01XsjuzBIBn4y8CrzFGGHt2hCATHhlnsCsyenLd1mfA8SSQt2Ku4MvVc-vnX8SFMs1PuIo_qhT4YXv6qyGB/s2048/scriptures-eye-glasses-758818-wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFL19oLNDK-4XVjLQB7oHs84h7qNs-F1MJR8IBIqgKPF33B5sDr00BSiT9L6eEb_SqZe3QrYayb6Zp_AeDilzKV3FKydmXeiL4ae841k9w01XsjuzBIBn4y8CrzFGGHt2hCATHhlnsCsyenLd1mfA8SSQt2Ku4MvVc-vnX8SFMs1PuIo_qhT4YXv6qyGB/s320/scriptures-eye-glasses-758818-wallpaper.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Day 3268</div><br />Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-45210520557223204832024-03-11T18:16:00.001-06:002024-03-11T18:16:03.760-06:00Today's Favorite Verse: Colossians 1:11<p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Today's Favorite Verse: Colossians 1:11</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;"</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Needing patience and being longsuffering does not sound like a recipe for joyfulness. What is joyful is knowing and relying on the source of strength that gets us through it. It is recognizing the Lord's hand in our lives and the miracles he performs in our behalf. Knowing He walks the path beside me, strengthen me to be patient and longsuffering. The yoke that joins us together brings sweet relief and joy. </span><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGcyD-pqcuv0IlQwwluuIJ3tu2Z3qs8jWu2i9r7DnRG0y_BJKoPEsKzi8V8jL5zppefmY_fD26loMssAWBhNSWNl3s5L9qAS8Q0ldOoNKlCcEqXzq_ohNKwGmYoUNSypvIH9bqF5aJeSD5y8pduYLipF2AT06UdyaEBI8k6m8k5Q-STe3CRB8P9Kk9oOSm/s2048/scriptures-eye-glasses-758818-wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGcyD-pqcuv0IlQwwluuIJ3tu2Z3qs8jWu2i9r7DnRG0y_BJKoPEsKzi8V8jL5zppefmY_fD26loMssAWBhNSWNl3s5L9qAS8Q0ldOoNKlCcEqXzq_ohNKwGmYoUNSypvIH9bqF5aJeSD5y8pduYLipF2AT06UdyaEBI8k6m8k5Q-STe3CRB8P9Kk9oOSm/s320/scriptures-eye-glasses-758818-wallpaper.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Day 3267</span></div>Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-40173426712441042372024-03-10T19:50:00.006-06:002024-03-10T19:50:43.254-06:00Today's Favorite Verse: Philippians 4:8<p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Today's Favorite Verse: Philippians 4:8</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">This reminds me of the 13th Article of Faith. </span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things."</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">(Articles of Faith 1:13)</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">It was also my inspiration for a mission statement on Facebook. </span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, I seek after these things"</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">I wrote it because I wanted to remind myself of who I am, and be a better person. I didn't want to add to the contention and strife in the world and feed on it. Working really hard at it, it is now part of me. It has greatly added to my peace. Seek the good, and pass on the bad. The unvirtuous can have its own day and own way somewhere else, but not in me. </span><br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRpiY7jxMGu1AQbutgnQ6_vYzac1eTF1A9d1GosOczklfgK3QtYuXA4mbW55F53sGCYu2CVDDBe_wgheugxJkpmOvCkv_Jmvnb7WsDdlt-RaApbqt5w5RpJ6jHP1TEuipMXf2WQzbzEFHomiuSaSQLO9mTWaq3FnFC-JsPk2J1bJR3CL2Vm1ssgyQqk2P/s2048/scriptures-eye-glasses-758818-wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRpiY7jxMGu1AQbutgnQ6_vYzac1eTF1A9d1GosOczklfgK3QtYuXA4mbW55F53sGCYu2CVDDBe_wgheugxJkpmOvCkv_Jmvnb7WsDdlt-RaApbqt5w5RpJ6jHP1TEuipMXf2WQzbzEFHomiuSaSQLO9mTWaq3FnFC-JsPk2J1bJR3CL2Vm1ssgyQqk2P/s320/scriptures-eye-glasses-758818-wallpaper.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Day 3266</span></div><br />Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-55033546793981532642024-03-09T21:58:00.000-07:002024-03-09T21:58:08.323-07:00Today's Favorite Verse: Philippians 3:20<p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Today's Favorite Verse: Philippians 3:20</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:"</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">This made me think about family scripture time. How once a day our conversation is about heavenly things. How grateful I am for this beautiful time of the day. </span><br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt4-49qarX2KAF5SXzyI_cPPnapj2fm-8BuyTinpr_g61Drap_kv9v91BmiHDcJ4stMUl3iSqUDlBXatuK2F_fr7_0mClOff7DVoiqxuup22_vLQXpiOxgUWhL8hdh7Yw86PumcCsTtX04QMjpdefhfz1WWMYtCYDfUy8hLCHHYOxmzTjxJgxhne-CgS7M/s580/homecenteredcurriculum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="580" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt4-49qarX2KAF5SXzyI_cPPnapj2fm-8BuyTinpr_g61Drap_kv9v91BmiHDcJ4stMUl3iSqUDlBXatuK2F_fr7_0mClOff7DVoiqxuup22_vLQXpiOxgUWhL8hdh7Yw86PumcCsTtX04QMjpdefhfz1WWMYtCYDfUy8hLCHHYOxmzTjxJgxhne-CgS7M/s320/homecenteredcurriculum.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Day 3265</span></div><p></p><br />Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-77192576548675926062024-03-08T22:09:00.000-07:002024-03-08T22:09:32.212-07:00Today's Favorite Verse: Philippians 2:14-15<p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Today's Favorite Verse: Philippians 2:14-15</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Do all things without murmurings and disputings:</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;"</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">I pondered on how you cannot be a light to anyone when you murmur or argue over points of doctrine or just things in general. Individual like this are not that nice to be around. I know when I get that way I don't even like being around me! I've been working on keeping my mouth shut, that seems to be getting easier. Now, I just have to control the thought in the first place. </span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">It made me think of this talk by Elder Boyd K. Packer about "Worthy Thoughts" and how the "mind was like a stage". It was made into a film strip which has stayed with me all these years. I often tell myself to kick that thought off the stage. I wondered if I could find it online, and I did. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="404" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JJ5Z6AoEKuY" width="486" youtube-src-id="JJ5Z6AoEKuY"></iframe></div><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Day 3264</span></p>Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-42777542664578285862024-03-07T19:13:00.000-07:002024-03-07T19:13:07.212-07:00Today's Favorite Verse: Philippians 1:27<p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Today's Favorite Verse: Philippians 1:27</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;"</span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Nothing feels more damaging then when member of The Church of Christ of Latter-day Saints behave badly. There can be millions of good faithful members, but the actions of one that has taken strange paths is plastered all over the place as our unappointed mascot. In our day it's made worse because news can be shared instantly around the world. I was actually reflecting today on the Missouri saints in the early days of the church, and how their pride and haughtiness brought persecution on their own heads. The place of Zion and the New Jerusalem was lost because of it. I am hoping in our exuberance over the recent acquisition of the Kirtland Temple, and other historical sites and documents of the restoration, that we do not offend others. I've heard somethings that make me cringe. The need for temperance comes to mind. </span><br /><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">"And no one can assist in this work except he shall be humble and full of love, having faith, hope, and charity, being temperate in all things, whatsoever shall be entrusted to his care."</span><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">(Doctrine and Covenants 12:8)</span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurHJbESAcYqFDmJR3iR1cItPIx9bj2qoNiGz1BQ9Jgky2Ag1ykSARjWm-ERcLfAjydcjXWSOjIRLv-ioYx2dYx3ZEy8SE-h72kNNJGyP9md_Wq-sl63GMNiw26NKaLZiVzrpLqNzsHsLlIBknvC8B0MiLFZSD5L4IAdCKTWOTJSOTb-QCLHafJ6XaR35o/s1280/KirtlandTemple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurHJbESAcYqFDmJR3iR1cItPIx9bj2qoNiGz1BQ9Jgky2Ag1ykSARjWm-ERcLfAjydcjXWSOjIRLv-ioYx2dYx3ZEy8SE-h72kNNJGyP9md_Wq-sl63GMNiw26NKaLZiVzrpLqNzsHsLlIBknvC8B0MiLFZSD5L4IAdCKTWOTJSOTb-QCLHafJ6XaR35o/s320/KirtlandTemple.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Day 3263</span></div>Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-18663133884379772632024-03-06T21:09:00.001-07:002024-03-06T21:09:56.651-07:00Today's Favorite Verse: Ephesians 6:11, 16<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dsj89" data-offset-key="5h84q-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5h84q-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5h84q-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Today's Favorite Verse: Ephesians 6:11, 16</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dsj89" data-offset-key="1flaf-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1flaf-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1flaf-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dsj89" data-offset-key="a133s-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a133s-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="a133s-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked."</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dsj89" data-offset-key="1a43p-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1a43p-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1a43p-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dsj89" data-offset-key="4c3at-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4c3at-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4c3at-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">As I read about putting on the whole armor of God I wondered which piece of armor would mean the most to me? I chose the shield of faith. What I like about a shield is it can be moved to protect any part of the body. That's what faith is, it's there for every vicissitude of life. Faith requires an eternal perspective, and to walk with the Lord. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dsj89" data-offset-key="6hfrq-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6hfrq-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6hfrq-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6hfrq-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJOVYfTDqGzrlt7w82e8cNwXlw272O9B0HCZglfQVy6w16sv1QsbaFZ3y2BcSY58H1tr8_EafdwuBxUylZYj4PtIkXWpjdGYEqGZtRrJLAhnQ5n19yl-yxcLieMdf3ND4Mz-aP5Lwp78Eo47RaVHW25IPrECC8iSbjKgqVWHMy5dmXeEnpfnK7pvEWgvJ/s1000/Shieldoffaith.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="812" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJOVYfTDqGzrlt7w82e8cNwXlw272O9B0HCZglfQVy6w16sv1QsbaFZ3y2BcSY58H1tr8_EafdwuBxUylZYj4PtIkXWpjdGYEqGZtRrJLAhnQ5n19yl-yxcLieMdf3ND4Mz-aP5Lwp78Eo47RaVHW25IPrECC8iSbjKgqVWHMy5dmXeEnpfnK7pvEWgvJ/s320/Shieldoffaith.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br /><span data-offset-key="6hfrq-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dsj89" data-offset-key="4o3ou-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4o3ou-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4o3ou-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Day 3262</span></div></div>Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-19920555498180854462024-03-05T22:14:00.000-07:002024-03-05T22:14:04.260-07:00Today's Favorite Verse: Ephesians 5:17<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8l5jo" data-offset-key="2930u-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2930u-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2930u-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Today's Favorite Verse: Ephesians 5:17</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8l5jo" data-offset-key="5qhen-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5qhen-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5qhen-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is."</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8l5jo" data-offset-key="cevbc-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cevbc-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cevbc-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8l5jo" data-offset-key="db7j2-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="db7j2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="db7j2-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">When you go contrary to the will of the Lord, or the inspiration he has given you are unwise.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8l5jo" data-offset-key="1j49o-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1j49o-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1j49o-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8l5jo" data-offset-key="d702i-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d702i-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="d702i-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">“When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not. And they shall perish”</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8l5jo" data-offset-key="26d4h-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="26d4h-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="26d4h-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">(2 Nephi 9:38)</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8l5jo" data-offset-key="f571m-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f571m-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="f571m-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8l5jo" data-offset-key="4ntol-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4ntol-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4ntol-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD."</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8l5jo" data-offset-key="p6jf-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="p6jf-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="p6jf-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">(Isaiah 55:8)</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8l5jo" data-offset-key="6akh4-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6akh4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6akh4-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6akh4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjR9IbuEsb9nH7QFIWKlmXW0xAH6xRDev7PNmRU-6PjD58HjxhCExHehaUqylpoUzeF8aomcnj8Eg-UXThW3QiPUSX0WE-4J1Atk9ayhw5Mp6jvjC3BTg96dxiMu5uE50MGb-PsXKshyphenhyphenICOj4ZSkCSlgD0YGlU6YZVF3NamfvkCgAwVawuZyB3JQblC4C/s2048/scriptures-eye-glasses-758818-wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjR9IbuEsb9nH7QFIWKlmXW0xAH6xRDev7PNmRU-6PjD58HjxhCExHehaUqylpoUzeF8aomcnj8Eg-UXThW3QiPUSX0WE-4J1Atk9ayhw5Mp6jvjC3BTg96dxiMu5uE50MGb-PsXKshyphenhyphenICOj4ZSkCSlgD0YGlU6YZVF3NamfvkCgAwVawuZyB3JQblC4C/s320/scriptures-eye-glasses-758818-wallpaper.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span data-offset-key="6akh4-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8l5jo" data-offset-key="36s72-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="36s72-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="36s72-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Day 3261</span></div></div>Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-9424087217171066762024-03-04T20:37:00.004-07:002024-03-04T20:37:38.891-07:00Today's Favorite Verse: Ephesians 4:2-3<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="fpkq2" data-offset-key="a2ae9-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a2ae9-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="a2ae9-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Today's Favorite Verse: Ephesians 4:2-3</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="fpkq2" data-offset-key="flaa-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="flaa-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="flaa-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="fpkq2" data-offset-key="ff9cn-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ff9cn-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ff9cn-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="fpkq2" data-offset-key="9jo7q-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9jo7q-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9jo7q-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="fpkq2" data-offset-key="52jg-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="52jg-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="52jg-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">I thought about how hard it is to keep a group of people in unity and peace. It's like a marriage, it only works when you try to be the better of the two. The better being the first to forgive or apologize when there is a disagreement. Thinking first of the need of the other, and showing love. Inside a church or the fold of God the members need to act with lowliness, meekness and be long-suffering with each other. That really can only be done if a group of people are trying to keep the Spirit to be with them, united in cause and purpose. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="fpkq2" data-offset-key="5t5qj-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5t5qj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5t5qj-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5t5qj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCxQvmgkUqiSYpgxcp7HUGalOSb1JRmblu9p8vRU3iN5BuEnzD7k8vaVYOdDpClIBji4sfFjfFjR6le30-AWl90NDyq5JSfEBBYNyaOTkRCRGDhiIE3xV_NC_gD6Io3vF5qdCQ1Ar0TrhPfYGuftYD13O-okRkIVkx59q71eiTH8hGHEeIoy_d5srx8Fp/s2048/scriptures-eye-glasses-758818-wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCxQvmgkUqiSYpgxcp7HUGalOSb1JRmblu9p8vRU3iN5BuEnzD7k8vaVYOdDpClIBji4sfFjfFjR6le30-AWl90NDyq5JSfEBBYNyaOTkRCRGDhiIE3xV_NC_gD6Io3vF5qdCQ1Ar0TrhPfYGuftYD13O-okRkIVkx59q71eiTH8hGHEeIoy_d5srx8Fp/s320/scriptures-eye-glasses-758818-wallpaper.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span data-offset-key="5t5qj-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="fpkq2" data-offset-key="8tmsb-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8tmsb-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8tmsb-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Day 3260</span></div></div>Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-7949941250007358072024-03-03T14:52:00.000-07:002024-03-03T14:52:02.685-07:00Today's Favorite Verse: Ephesians 3:14-15<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="ff7j9" data-offset-key="vs17-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="vs17-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="vs17-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Today's Favorite Verse: Ephesians 3:14-15</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="ff7j9" data-offset-key="87gb-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="87gb-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="87gb-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="ff7j9" data-offset-key="d2dei-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d2dei-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="d2dei-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,"</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="ff7j9" data-offset-key="a8ndc-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a8ndc-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="a8ndc-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="ff7j9" data-offset-key="7j2nc-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7j2nc-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7j2nc-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">This is speaking of eternal families. The knowledge that we shall live with each other, as fathers and mothers, husbands and wives, and children in the eternities. Sealed together, linking families together through the generations.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="ff7j9" data-offset-key="2j7e7-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2j7e7-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2j7e7-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="ff7j9" data-offset-key="4eqs6-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4eqs6-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4eqs6-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"The Lord went into the spirit world, himself, turned the key for the salvation of the dead and our elders when they pass to the next world, go into that world to continue their labors of preaching the gospel, bringing to repentance all who are willing to repent and receive the truth, that they might come into the kingdom of God or as Paul calls it, "the family of God in heaven and on earth" For it is the family of God. The kingdom of God will be one great family. We call ourselves brothers and sisters. In very deed we become joint heirs with Jesus Christ through the gospel of Jesus Christ, sons and daughters of God, and entitled to the fullness of the blessings of his kingdom if we will repent and keep these commandments."</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="ff7j9" data-offset-key="dfsc1-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dfsc1-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="dfsc1-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">(Joseph Fielding Smith, "Temple Work" April 1959 General Conference)</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="ff7j9" data-offset-key="90q04-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="90q04-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="90q04-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="90q04-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSK_ATrbXdUJYtL8H0fxWLBbyiONtb0HKBf1i8ZKwdRcQKzpjs8k0I34cvAYWI7TYhx1RVS1xfJAKrsSnDn81xk8uQXBl-dKs4fjREpyR0APtu7KcZlCmENOpFEJQ4kaiqzvyIqZEAhyphenhyphenXBWzH9ReckmcqTJxz-eJXpRLSiDaCcrp3kQVcildmSNfJ0pdm/s1108/ensignlp.nfo_o_278a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="1108" height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSK_ATrbXdUJYtL8H0fxWLBbyiONtb0HKBf1i8ZKwdRcQKzpjs8k0I34cvAYWI7TYhx1RVS1xfJAKrsSnDn81xk8uQXBl-dKs4fjREpyR0APtu7KcZlCmENOpFEJQ4kaiqzvyIqZEAhyphenhyphenXBWzH9ReckmcqTJxz-eJXpRLSiDaCcrp3kQVcildmSNfJ0pdm/s320/ensignlp.nfo_o_278a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span data-offset-key="90q04-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="ff7j9" data-offset-key="57tfs-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="57tfs-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="57tfs-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Day 3259</span></div></div>Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-44911690144928319252024-03-02T20:08:00.000-07:002024-03-02T20:08:49.564-07:00Today's Favorite Verse: Ephesians 2:19-22<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2p91l" data-offset-key="ei6m0-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ei6m0-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ei6m0-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Today's Favorite Verse: Ephesians 2:19-22</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2p91l" data-offset-key="fk5b8-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fk5b8-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="fk5b8-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2p91l" data-offset-key="c8q48-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c8q48-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="c8q48-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2p91l" data-offset-key="b7rc9-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b7rc9-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="b7rc9-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2p91l" data-offset-key="694v6-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="694v6-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="694v6-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit."</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2p91l" data-offset-key="ac17k-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ac17k-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ac17k-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2p91l" data-offset-key="8vgh8-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8vgh8-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8vgh8-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">I just finished 3 days of RootsTech and these verses made me think of what amazing growth I have seen in thirteen years. How people all over the world are united in their love of family and telling their stories. This year RootsTech was broadcasted in 240 countries and territories, in 20 languages. No commercial company could have created such a united worldwide effort. It could only be possible through the efforts of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, under the direction of apostles and prophets. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2p91l" data-offset-key="4fcs8-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4fcs8-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4fcs8-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2p91l" data-offset-key="3fsfl-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3fsfl-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3fsfl-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">I reflected much over the past three days on the words of Malachi that Moroni quoted to Joseph Smith. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2p91l" data-offset-key="b9749-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b9749-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="b9749-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2p91l" data-offset-key="cd4la-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cd4la-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cd4la-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"He also quoted the next verse differently: And he shall plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers, and the hearts of the children shall turn to their fathers. If it were not so, the whole earth would be utterly wasted at his coming."</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2p91l" data-offset-key="ar7ep-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ar7ep-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ar7ep-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">(Pearl of Great Price, Joseph Smith-History 1:39)</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2p91l" data-offset-key="cjumf-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cjumf-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cjumf-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2p91l" data-offset-key="a5fq9-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a5fq9-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="a5fq9-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">I thought about how it was only through the world-wide effort to gather family on both sides of the veil that peace will come to this earth. I heard no politics, I heard no racism, or conspiracy theories for these 3 glorious days. All I knew was that I was learning to love my brothers and sisters and value each and every one of them as they are. My heart has been touched, and I hope those not of my faith will carry the light they received within them. These are millennial people. This is a millennial work. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2p91l" data-offset-key="4535e-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4535e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="349" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cSfNA86DIUM" width="420" youtube-src-id="cSfNA86DIUM"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2p91l" data-offset-key="38v07-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="38v07-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="38v07-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Day 3258</span></div></div>Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-57796622230693382672024-03-01T21:27:00.001-07:002024-03-01T21:27:10.960-07:00Today's Favorite Verse: Ephesians 1:13<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="6c4uo" data-offset-key="d0dtl-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d0dtl-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="d0dtl-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Today's Favorite Verse: Ephesians 1:13</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="6c4uo" data-offset-key="234l9-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="234l9-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="234l9-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,"</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="6c4uo" data-offset-key="7j7k2-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7j7k2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7j7k2-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="6c4uo" data-offset-key="8b3ff-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8b3ff-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8b3ff-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">It is one thing to have an ordinance performed. It is another to be sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise. The ordinances is then ratified, and you are sealed up to eternal life. Another name is having your "calling and election" made sure. I have many quotes on this subject, but the one that settled the matter for me, and gave me peace was this one. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="6c4uo" data-offset-key="f3q32-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f3q32-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="f3q32-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="6c4uo" data-offset-key="a66a9-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a66a9-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="a66a9-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"Everyone in the Church who is on the straight and narrow path, who is striving and struggling and desiring to do what is right, though is far from perfect in this life; if he passes out of this life while he's on the straight and narrow, he's going to go on to eternal reward in his Father's kingdom. We don't need to get a complex or get a feeling that you have to be perfect to be saved. You don't. There's only been one perfect person, and that's the Lord Jesus, but in order to be saved in the Kingdom of God and in order to pass the test of mortality, what you have to do is get on the straight and narrow path--thus charting a course leading to eternal life--and then, being on that path, pass out of this life in full fellowship. I'm not saying that you don't have to keep the commandments. I'm saying you don't have to be perfect to be saved. If you did, no one would be saved. The way it operates is this: you get on the path that's named the "straight and narrow." You do it by entering the gate of repentance and baptism. The straight and narrow path leads from the gate of repentance and baptism, a very great distance, to a reward that's called eternal life. If you're on that path and pressing forward, and you die, you'll never get off the path. There is no such thing as falling off the straight and narrow path in the life to come, and the reason is that this life is the time that is given to men to prepare for eternity. Now is the time and the day of your salvation, so if you're working zealously in this life-- though you haven't fully overcome the world and you haven't done all you hoped you might do--you're still going to be saved. You don't have to do what Jacob said, "Go beyond the mark." You don't have to live a life that's truer than true. You don't have to have an excessive zeal that becomes fanatical and becomes unbalancing. What you have to do is stay in the mainstream of the Church and live as upright and decent people live in the Church--keeping the commandments, paying your tithing, serving in the organizations of the Church, loving the Lord, staying on the straight and narrow path. If you're on that path when death comes--because this is the time and the day appointed, this the probationary estate--you'll never fall off from it, and, for all practical purposes, your calling and election is made sure." </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="6c4uo" data-offset-key="frckt-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="frckt-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="frckt-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">(Bruce R. McConkie, "<a href="https://www.ldsscriptureteachings.org/2018/07/5867-2/" target="_blank">The Probationary Test of Mortality</a>," Address given at Univ. of Utah, 10 Jan 1982)</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="6c4uo" data-offset-key="ccs3f-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ccs3f-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ccs3f-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="6c4uo" data-offset-key="f4ogm-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f4ogm-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="f4ogm-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Sometime we make things harder then they really are. Our Heavenly Father wants us to succeed and one day live with him again. Stay true, stay faithful, stay on the covenant path and that promise is sure.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="6c4uo" data-offset-key="eok2q-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="eok2q-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="eok2q-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="eok2q-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwhv7b4kbdNhNRSDcD-HaEygStUpE841dVK5bsCiHoYMHEID-Fn7GKH8YBJifw4Pw8LdsTgkLiiZWLtPYHPJy5CftuIoKHqzvkuKT5tzEKd3SGUIL0eRN67B_VHF0XiUJEgg57Q5LqvuGG1P8bsPOkThMz4SK7kw6olqx1wXgZ2N0__KqkJobR7-URRGA/s1920/family_church_attendance.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwhv7b4kbdNhNRSDcD-HaEygStUpE841dVK5bsCiHoYMHEID-Fn7GKH8YBJifw4Pw8LdsTgkLiiZWLtPYHPJy5CftuIoKHqzvkuKT5tzEKd3SGUIL0eRN67B_VHF0XiUJEgg57Q5LqvuGG1P8bsPOkThMz4SK7kw6olqx1wXgZ2N0__KqkJobR7-URRGA/s320/family_church_attendance.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span data-offset-key="eok2q-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="6c4uo" data-offset-key="30i3q-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="30i3q-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="30i3q-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Day 3257</span></div></div>Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-89179437123042253772024-02-29T22:51:00.003-07:002024-02-29T22:51:54.403-07:00Today's Favorite Verse: Galatians 6:7<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="9rntq" data-offset-key="e5i8c-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e5i8c-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="e5i8c-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Today's Favorite Verse: Galatians 6:7</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="9rntq" data-offset-key="pevn-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="pevn-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="pevn-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="9rntq" data-offset-key="et77v-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="et77v-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="et77v-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="9rntq" data-offset-key="fp1ca-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fp1ca-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="fp1ca-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">It was the part "God is not mocked" that stood out to me to ponder on. I thought of two recent situations that I came across. The first was while I was by myself listening to little shorts from a comedian that I like. I like them because they are "clean". Then I heard this routine and they were making fun of God. I immediately turned it off. That's not something I entertain or listen to. It wasn't funny and I just don't go there. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="9rntq" data-offset-key="lv2c-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="lv2c-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="lv2c-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="9rntq" data-offset-key="3kflr-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3kflr-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3kflr-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Then a couple days later I was talking to someone that has left the church and I pretty much let them be and do what they do. But, this time I think they forgot who they were talking to. They started to make fun of the prophet Joseph Smith. I couldn't listen to it. Now I like to remain peaceful, and not contend, but this crossed a line in me. It took me all of one second to know the course to take. I respectfully stopped them and let them know we can't go there with this discussion. Then I bore my testimony that I knew Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. Oddly, you wouldn't think it a conductive time to bare your testimony, but it was. The subject was changed and we moved on. I cringe to think of where that conversation could have gone if I hadn't taken a stand that ended it. Having the spirit to always be with me is very important to me. I believe mocking and loud laughter drives the spirit away. They cannot reside in the same place. What remains is not what I want to reap from. Your jokes just aren't worth it. To make one flee you have to bare witness of the other. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="9rntq" data-offset-key="9n67v-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9n67v-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9n67v-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9n67v-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMm-ls8KeNqNOpQYEFaQboFPy593xO9cYcgCv8MQOHHzYNNH8EhW7CaZltMlNnjkulXGUoxTn9S0biXhMtDr0Hv__Ej_-t7WU7Y6k23HDPzn8gDGIl78D3HtqwA-V08rhhinMtB9-k9igiJoHFAKRF1yRhyphenhyphen3-zX3M4rtxTOXDqCs0AKP4xjZbUAiPgSRkj/s2048/scriptures-eye-glasses-758818-wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMm-ls8KeNqNOpQYEFaQboFPy593xO9cYcgCv8MQOHHzYNNH8EhW7CaZltMlNnjkulXGUoxTn9S0biXhMtDr0Hv__Ej_-t7WU7Y6k23HDPzn8gDGIl78D3HtqwA-V08rhhinMtB9-k9igiJoHFAKRF1yRhyphenhyphen3-zX3M4rtxTOXDqCs0AKP4xjZbUAiPgSRkj/s320/scriptures-eye-glasses-758818-wallpaper.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span data-offset-key="9n67v-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="9rntq" data-offset-key="2tksj-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2tksj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2tksj-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Day 3256</span></div></div>Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-11523203201376444562024-02-28T19:54:00.001-07:002024-02-28T19:54:13.124-07:00Today's Favorite Verse: Galatians 5:22<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="21hpt" data-offset-key="bt3h7-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bt3h7-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bt3h7-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Today's Favorite Verse: Galatians 5:22</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="21hpt" data-offset-key="efnsc-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="efnsc-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="efnsc-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,"</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="21hpt" data-offset-key="flo1g-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="flo1g-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="flo1g-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="21hpt" data-offset-key="a278l-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a278l-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="a278l-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">This is the type of fruit I want to partake of for the rest of my life. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="21hpt" data-offset-key="2905i-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2905i-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2905i-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="21hpt" data-offset-key="eod5u-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="eod5u-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="eod5u-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"One of the most cherished titles of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, is “Prince of Peace.” Ultimately His kingdom will be established including peace and love. We look forward to the millennial reign of the Messiah.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="21hpt" data-offset-key="7ki8d-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7ki8d-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7ki8d-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Notwithstanding this vision of the millennial reign, we know that world peace and harmony are not prevalent in our day. In my lifetime, I have never seen a greater lack of civility. We are bombarded with angry, contentious language and provocative, devastating actions that destroy peace and tranquility.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="21hpt" data-offset-key="8s9e2-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8s9e2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8s9e2-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Peace in the world is not promised or assured until the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The Savior instructed His Apostles that His earthly mission would not achieve universal peace. He taught, “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth.” Universal peace was not part of the Savior’s initial mortal ministry. Universal peace does not exist today.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="21hpt" data-offset-key="a7262-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a7262-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="a7262-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">However, personal peace can be achieved despite the anger, contention, and division that blight and corrupt our world today. It has never been more important to seek personal peace. A beautiful and beloved new hymn, written for today’s youth by Brother Nik Day, titled “Peace in Christ” declares, “When there’s no peace on earth, there is peace in Christ."</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="21hpt" data-offset-key="b2uer-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b2uer-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="b2uer-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">(Quentin L. Cook, "<a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2021/10/46cook?lang=eng" target="_blank">Personal Peace in Challenging Times</a>", Oct 2021 General Conference)</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="21hpt" data-offset-key="cqa51-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cqa51-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cqa51-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cqa51-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="346" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R46J-GjbRWA" width="417" youtube-src-id="R46J-GjbRWA"></iframe></div><br /><span data-offset-key="cqa51-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="21hpt" data-offset-key="8bnmb-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8bnmb-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8bnmb-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Day 3255</span></div></div>Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-31709146153911272012024-02-27T21:17:00.001-07:002024-02-27T21:17:30.516-07:00Today's Favorite Verse: Galatians 4:27<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="73cbl" data-offset-key="cs0qg-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cs0qg-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cs0qg-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Today's Favorite Verse: Galatians 4:27</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="73cbl" data-offset-key="feavh-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="feavh-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="feavh-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband."</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="73cbl" data-offset-key="5n5ok-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5n5ok-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5n5ok-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="73cbl" data-offset-key="fl17m-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fl17m-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="fl17m-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">I always find it interesting when scriptures are repeated. In this case Paul appears to be quoting from Isaiah to them. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="73cbl" data-offset-key="fi954-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fi954-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="fi954-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="73cbl" data-offset-key="30g38-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="30g38-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="30g38-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD."</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="73cbl" data-offset-key="fn1ui-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fn1ui-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="fn1ui-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">(Isaiah 54:1)</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="73cbl" data-offset-key="2vhcj-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2vhcj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2vhcj-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="73cbl" data-offset-key="c460e-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c460e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="c460e-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Isaiah is also quoted by the Savior in the Book of Mormon. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="73cbl" data-offset-key="18ked-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="18ked-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="18ked-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="73cbl" data-offset-key="lqtd-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="lqtd-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="lqtd-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"And then shall that which is written come to pass: Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child; for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord."</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="73cbl" data-offset-key="356vs-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="356vs-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="356vs-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">(3 Nephi 22:1)</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="73cbl" data-offset-key="a53eh-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a53eh-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="a53eh-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="73cbl" data-offset-key="3f4s3-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3f4s3-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3f4s3-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">I looked for these verses of Isaiah to be quoted in the Doctrine and Covenants or Peal of Great Price but could not find it. Somehow, I think it's there, with a little variation like Paul did. I cannot read these verses and not think of the faithful good women that long for children and are barren in my day. I know that all that we have lost or denied a blessing of will one day receive fulfillment as promised. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="73cbl" data-offset-key="asg5c-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="asg5c-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="asg5c-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="asg5c-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi97LuH4nkOiFKroumiK7Rv88sOUTnQO-BHJ1oJYbETvLorrDPzZUhuCYpJSNF-2EBNLQ91X5oLIJ3gRofYeYoU_Zo1QTif8Kk1VioU9cwfojag9mDtfiYCBbqdfnbNCRXrrkW8MdJHWa06F1-QHpMQKwq6YhYSQhKXGCt_MabW7h7btk4Q-tA7hh3A_HME/s480/Isaiah-bible.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi97LuH4nkOiFKroumiK7Rv88sOUTnQO-BHJ1oJYbETvLorrDPzZUhuCYpJSNF-2EBNLQ91X5oLIJ3gRofYeYoU_Zo1QTif8Kk1VioU9cwfojag9mDtfiYCBbqdfnbNCRXrrkW8MdJHWa06F1-QHpMQKwq6YhYSQhKXGCt_MabW7h7btk4Q-tA7hh3A_HME/s320/Isaiah-bible.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span data-offset-key="asg5c-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="73cbl" data-offset-key="6rq5c-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6rq5c-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6rq5c-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Day 3254</span></div></div>Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-68411306744719890672024-02-26T20:48:00.003-07:002024-02-26T20:48:35.081-07:00Today's Favorite Verse: Galatians 3:24-29<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4m0bd" data-offset-key="dbne9-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dbne9-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="dbne9-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Today's Favorite Verse: Galatians 3:24-29</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4m0bd" data-offset-key="1htic-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1htic-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1htic-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4m0bd" data-offset-key="6htnf-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6htnf-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6htnf-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4m0bd" data-offset-key="di8d1-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="di8d1-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="di8d1-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4m0bd" data-offset-key="9e2u6-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9e2u6-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9e2u6-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4m0bd" data-offset-key="buq0p-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="buq0p-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="buq0p-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise."</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4m0bd" data-offset-key="cj9ld-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cj9ld-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cj9ld-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4m0bd" data-offset-key="4mo9o-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4mo9o-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4mo9o-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The law of Moses testified and pointed to Jesus Christ. With the law fulfilled through Jesus Christ it is through faith and baptism that we make covenants, receive forgiveness, and becomes heirs to the blessings of Abraham. All are invited to the table. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4m0bd" data-offset-key="e72qg-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e72qg-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="e72qg-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4m0bd" data-offset-key="dn1oo-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dn1oo-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="dn1oo-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"Paul taught that the cultural separations that existed between Jews and Gentiles, slaves and masters, or men and women should no longer divide people in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Each member’s covenant relationship with Jesus Christ creates unity among all members. Through baptism into Jesus Christ’s Church, we become part of “Abraham’s seed” and “heirs according to the promise” given to the ancient patriarch, as the Lord declared in modern revelation through the Prophet Joseph Smith.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4m0bd" data-offset-key="23uoi-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="23uoi-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="23uoi-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">President Dallin H. Oaks explained how the Church today, like the New Testament Church, extends the invitation to all to come unto Christ:</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4m0bd" data-offset-key="5o1of-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5o1of-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5o1of-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">“Jesus and His Apostles did not attempt to make Gentiles into Jews. They taught Gentiles and Jews, attempting to make each of them into followers of Christ.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4m0bd" data-offset-key="ceiap-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ceiap-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ceiap-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">“Similarly, the present-day servants of the Lord do not attempt to make Filipinos or Asians or Africans into Americans. The Savior invites all to come unto Him, and His servants seek to persuade all [people] to become Latter-day Saints” (“Repentance and Change,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2003, 39).</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4m0bd" data-offset-key="1beop-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1beop-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1beop-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">President James E. Faust explained how there can be both diversity and unity in the Church:</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4m0bd" data-offset-key="7tovn-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7tovn-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7tovn-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">“As we move into more and more countries in the world, we find a rich cultural diversity in the Church. Yet everywhere there can be a ‘unity of the faith’. Each group brings special gifts and talents to the table of the Lord. We can all learn much of value from each other. But each of us should also voluntarily seek to enjoy all of the unifying and saving covenants, ordinances, and doctrines of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. …</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4m0bd" data-offset-key="5iuo4-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5iuo4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5iuo4-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">“We do not lose our identity in becoming members of this church. We become heirs to the kingdom of God, having joined the body of Christ and spiritually set aside some of our personal differences to unite in a greater spiritual cause. We say to all who have joined the Church, keep all that is noble, good, and uplifting in your culture and personal identity. However, under the authority and power of the keys of the priesthood, all differences yield as we seek to become heirs to the kingdom of God, unite in following those who have the keys of the priesthood, and seek the divinity within us” (“Heirs to the Kingdom of God,” Ensign, May 1995, 62).</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4m0bd" data-offset-key="39rno-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="39rno-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="39rno-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">(New Testament Student Manual, Chapter 43: Galatians, "<a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/new-testament-student-manual/galatians/chapter-43-galatians?lang=eng" target="_blank">One in Christ Jesus</a>")</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4m0bd" data-offset-key="al49j-0-0" style="background-color: white; 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color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="arifc-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="arifc-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Day 3253</span></div></div>Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-37304770630395828582024-02-25T17:13:00.001-07:002024-02-25T17:13:27.733-07:00Today's Favorite Verse: Galatians 2:12, 16<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="cdb6e" data-offset-key="cob9s-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cob9s-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cob9s-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Today's Favorite Verse: Galatians 2:12, 16</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="cdb6e" data-offset-key="9of6o-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9of6o-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9of6o-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="cdb6e" data-offset-key="7saeg-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7saeg-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7saeg-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified."</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="cdb6e" data-offset-key="dpp08-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dpp08-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="dpp08-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="cdb6e" data-offset-key="7p3nf-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7p3nf-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7p3nf-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Paul is speaking to the Church members who are straying because they are listening to false teachers. One issue was those that were Jews telling the Gentile converts they needed to practice the dead law of Moses, and the ritual of circumcision. I noticed that whenever I hear that discussion I remove myself from it. I feel it's a dead law and concern, and can just move on. This time I stopped. The thought I had is that today we may not have these discussions between church members, but it's very possible this discussion may return. What about the Jews of today that convert to the gospel of Jesus Christ? The situation then will be in reverse. Also the restoration of the gospel is on-going. What may change in the future that will cause us to pause like the early church members? The lesson is so important, we live by faith in Jesus Christ, and not by outward signs and rituals in what was once dead laws. Policies, procedures, traditions and culture may vary or change but not the requirement for faith in Jesus Christ universal to us all. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="cdb6e" data-offset-key="7bui7-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7bui7-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7bui7-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7bui7-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zjE2VbTZLdSfehmCerfIDwk5MQcjpQsxh3j_a1lwjFpx2CzvJmaanpiL442nZqbgPuRqdc2z279aWfHxOf5YAmEMP1ZDt-DW6Sfbk76cfYj9w81RQY478YQujst0q0yIwQQadONv8726iXROiQfV0VMAkxbgtFpZqjo_jP574S8v04KWB8f7Gu1EbRNB/s1200/Sacrament%20Meeting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: inherit; 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color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="66bng-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="66bng-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Today's Favorite Verse: Galatians 1:7-9</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f9sud" data-offset-key="3sgff-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3sgff-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3sgff-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f9sud" data-offset-key="34ppg-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="34ppg-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="34ppg-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f9sud" data-offset-key="dbgib-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dbgib-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="dbgib-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed."</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f9sud" data-offset-key="t2dj-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="t2dj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="t2dj-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f9sud" data-offset-key="34q7r-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="34q7r-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="34q7r-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Due to a recent conversation with someone I pondered all night why some members of the Church or Christians can be so easily deceived, accept false doctrine, and apostatize? Why would someone entertain listening to false doctrine while another will not touch it? Interesting how the scriptures I read later rehearse these same thoughts. The conclusion I came to was due to pride. The one tool Satan has to destroy those that are righteous. The only way he can crack the armor around them, even to the convincing that due to their righteousness they are better or more elect than others. It is pride that will cause a man to seek for doctrines that will put them above others. Why would you follow a false prophet? Because somehow false teachers made you feel special if you do. It is the loss of humility when pride overcomes you. It's hard to describe all my thoughts but I could clearly see the difference in the mindset, on how one person will follow a false prophet over a prophet of God. Last night I decided I would listen to President Benson talk on Pride. This was my opportunity to do so, and so much stood out to me</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f9sud" data-offset-key="a0b03-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a0b03-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="a0b03-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f9sud" data-offset-key="chrpi-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="chrpi-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="chrpi-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"Our enmity toward God takes on many labels, such as rebellion, hard-heartedness, stiff-neckedness, unrepentant, puffed up, easily offended, and sign seekers. The proud wish God would agree with them. They aren’t interested in changing their opinions to agree with God’s.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f9sud" data-offset-key="4k2s2-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4k2s2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4k2s2-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Another major portion of this very prevalent sin of pride is enmity toward our fellowmen. We are tempted daily to elevate ourselves above others and diminish them. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f9sud" data-offset-key="seb1-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="seb1-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="seb1-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">The proud make every man their adversary by pitting their intellects, opinions, works, wealth, talents, or any other worldly measuring device against others. In the words of C. S. Lewis: “Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man. … It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition has gone, pride has gone.” (Mere Christianity, New York: Macmillan, 1952, pp. 109–10.)</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f9sud" data-offset-key="afo7b-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="afo7b-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="afo7b-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">(Ezra Taft Benson, "<a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1989/04/beware-of-pride?lang=eng" target="_blank">Beware of Pride</a>", Apr 1989 General Conference)</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f9sud" data-offset-key="7qn1v-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7qn1v-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7qn1v-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f9sud" data-offset-key="dljju-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dljju-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="dljju-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">If President Benson's warning against pride is not enough, we are told in the scriptures how great a fall is coming from the pride of the world. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f9sud" data-offset-key="eh21e-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="eh21e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="eh21e-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f9sud" data-offset-key="12eem-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="12eem-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="12eem-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"And it came to pass that I saw and bear record, that the great and spacious building was the pride of the world; and it fell, and the fall thereof was exceedingly great. And the angel of the Lord spake unto me again, saying: Thus shall be the destruction of all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, that shall fight against the twelve apostles of the Lamb."</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f9sud" data-offset-key="97fss-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="97fss-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="97fss-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">(1 Nephi 11:36)</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f9sud" data-offset-key="9pm42-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9pm42-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9pm42-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9pm42-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="367" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/A1JOPxa8ztk" width="441" youtube-src-id="A1JOPxa8ztk"></iframe></div><br /><span data-offset-key="9pm42-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f9sud" data-offset-key="9q887-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9q887-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9q887-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Day 3251</span></div></div>Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304965987534514381.post-34265909638293666482024-02-23T20:56:00.007-07:002024-02-23T20:56:52.931-07:00Today's Favorite Verse: 2 Corinthians 13:11<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="di57v" data-offset-key="23a2n-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="23a2n-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="23a2n-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Today's Favorite Verse: 2 Corinthians 13:11</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="di57v" data-offset-key="a5vl7-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a5vl7-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="a5vl7-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.'</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="di57v" data-offset-key="70dss-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="70dss-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="70dss-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="di57v" data-offset-key="4c5nl-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4c5nl-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4c5nl-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Does peace only come if we are perfect? Being perfect is not obtainable in this life. What is obtainable is being made perfect through the atonement of Jesus Christ. When one seeks to repent perfectly, and daily, the heart is more willing to be of one mind and live in peace and love with others. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="di57v" data-offset-key="esn47-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="esn47-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="esn47-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="di57v" data-offset-key="5d9e5-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5d9e5-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5d9e5-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God."</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="di57v" data-offset-key="19rrp-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="19rrp-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="19rrp-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">(Deuteronomy 18:13)</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="di57v" data-offset-key="adk8n-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="adk8n-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="adk8n-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="di57v" data-offset-key="77c8h-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="77c8h-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="77c8h-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">I also think Paul was not saying for them to be perfect individually, but being perfectly joined together. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="di57v" data-offset-key="58i2r-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="58i2r-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="58i2r-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="di57v" data-offset-key="drc4p-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="drc4p-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="drc4p-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment."</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="di57v" data-offset-key="jf9d-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="jf9d-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="jf9d-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">(1 Corinthians 1:10)</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="di57v" data-offset-key="bvlvc-0-0" style="background-color: white; 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color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="200id-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="200id-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Day 3250</span></div></div>Renee Zamorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874175462287024500noreply@blogger.com0