A few of my favorite things - Book of Mormon

Jesus went into the wilderness to spend time with His father and was tempted of Satan. It was right after His baptism. Right before He chose His apostles. Right before He preached in the synagogue and healed many diseases and diverse afflictions. This is a pattern Satan exhibits in all our lives. Before and After spiritual experiences with our Father in Heaven, Satan shows up to interrupt our rejoicings. We need to follow our Savior's example and cast him out.   

So many who were seeking the Savior. The Shepherds, the Wisemen, Simeon, Anna- all who knew what the signs were and went with Haste to where he was, following the star, or to the temple. What do you seek?  

What have you done in your life because God commanded you to?

Have you ever taken the blame for something because you wanted to protect or sheild someone else?

Struggles and trials are not a sign that God wants you to fix something. That the works of God might be made manifest

What has God done that has been impossible in your life (what miracles has He worked)?

Willingly submit- marriage, parenthood, callings? - Abraham, Nephi, Esther, Joseph Smith

Huge miracles= Huge sacrifice

Just as with Cain and Abel, Jacob and Esau... God knows if He is our priority. He knows our heart. He never turns from us! We need to repent often and check our hearts! 

"It is significant that the Savior chose to appear to the people at the temple. It is His house. It is filled with His power. Let us never lose sight of what the Lord is doing for us now. He is making His temples more accessible. He is accelerating the pace at which we are building temples. He is increasing our ability to help gather Israel. He is also making it easier for each of us to become spiritually refined. I promise that increased time in the temple will bless your life in ways nothing else can." Pres Nelson (Oct 2022)

Joseph Smith History 1: 15- 20 Illustrates the way Satan presents himself, and the way our Heavenly Father and the Savior present themselves, their fruits. There are two distinct choices. The enemy is Satan. We can find God in the temple. He is the way to peace, to light, to progression.  

3 in the scriptures means Divine, or complete.  We have the promise that God will confirm all truth in the mouth of two or three witnesses.  The God head is 3 people. Jonah was in the belly of the whale, cried out to God from the "depths of Hell" and was "vomited" by the fish back onto dry land.  Alma the younger tells his son Helaman he was 3 days in the "darkest abyss." When he seemed to remember one Jesus Christ whom his father had testified of. The pains are swept away and Joy fills his heart! Alma spends the rest of his life trying to help others feel the joy he felt from God's gift of repentance. Jonah did not.  

God will not remove "punishment" consequences of our actions. He wants us to learn and to grow and to CHOOSE to pair with Him. Our Prophets "roar" His message to the world. Whether they hear it or not! God's law makes life easier. Gives us peace, His enabling power, and ultimately a life with Him.  

Joel 2:3 "The land is as the garden of Eden before them and behind them a desolate wilderness."  Pres Nelson Oct 2022 Conf "My dear brothers and sisters, so many wonderful things are ahead. In coming days, we will see the greatest manifestations of the Savior’s power that the world has ever seen. Between now and the time He returns “with power and great glory,”1 He will bestow countless privileges, blessings, and miracles upon the faithful." Come Lord Jesus Come! What Joy awaits.  

God showed Nebuchadnezzar 3 times He is the only God. First through Daniel and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego eating the food they are used to for 10 days and the King proving them. He found them far superior.  Then through testing the magicians, the sorcerers, all his "wise" and seeing who could find out his dream and then tell him what it meant. God shows Daniel the dream and tells him the meaning. Only a God could do that the king declares. The King then builds a 90 foot statue of himself- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refuse to bow to and worship it. The king is furious and throws them in the fiery furnace. They are accompanied by an angel and come out not even smelling of smoke. God wants all. God shines HIs light through Daniel and his friends, Working miracles! Proving to many He is the only God!