“There are three powerful things seminary can do. First, it puts young people together who share the same values. Youth like to be with others who share their faith and who love the scriptures. Second, it puts youth together with a teacher who has a testimony, and they can feel the fire of it when it is borne. Third, seminary gets young people into the scriptures” (Henry B. Eyring, “A Discussion on Scripture Study,” Ensign, July 2005, 25).

During my senior year, I had a seminary teacher who loved the scriptures and loved serving the youth. Cindy joins me today to talk about her experiences she had while teaching early morning seminary for 16 years. 

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Being a mother to teenagers and young adults, I began to think of the affects that Covid 19 has had on their physical, emotional and mental state. I reached out to my 3 nieces, ages 19, 21 and 24 to have them share how the pandemic has changed their lives and what they have learned from all of this. Taylor, Hannah and Katelyn were all at very different places in their lives. Taylor was a junior at BYU, Hannah was serving a mission in Philadelphia and Katelyn was in her senior year of high school. Join me today as they each share their experiences and feelings about the pandemic and how they have sought light and turned to God through this challenge.

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3 Nephi 11: 29 "For verily, verily I say unto you, he that hath the spirit of contention is not of me, but is of the devil, who is the father of contention, and he stirreth up the hearts of men to contend with anger, one with another." While in my personal scripture reading, I kept seeing the word contention. How is it that the world feels in contention with one another. Prophesy says, “peace [would] be taken from the earth.” Yet, peace can remain with us and not taken from us individually. What can each of us do to remove contention from our lives? Join me as I share some quotes and scriptures.

4 Nephi vs.15 And it came to pass that there was no contention in the land, because of the love of God which did dwell in the hearts of the people. 

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Blaine Rindlisbacher battled with pornography from a very young age and fought to overcome the battle over and over again. After many years and different attempts to beat this battle Blaine found answers in reading a book and receiving revelation from God about what he needed to do to overcome this struggle. Blaine went and obtained his Marriage and Family Therapy degree from Liberty University and works with addicts. He has worked in addiction treatment centers and learned valuable therapeutic methods. In this episode Blaine shares wonderful insight and tools to help us remain free from any addiction.

Resentment-Forgiveness/Love

Dishonesty-Honesty

Fear-Faith

Selfishness-Selfless/Service

Self-pity-Gratitude

"Satan has become a master at using the addictive power of pornography to limit individual capacity to be led by the Spirit. The onslaught of pornography in all of its vicious, corroding, destructive forms has caused great grief, suffering, heartache, and destroyed marriages. It is one of the most damning influences on earth. Whether it be through the printed page, movies, television, obscene lyrics, vulgarities on the telephone, or flickering personal computer screen, pornography is overpoweringly addictive and severely damaging.”

Richard G. Scott  |  To Acquire Spiritual Guidance, April 2009

The 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous:

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.

We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand Him.

We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

We are entirely ready to have God (Higher Power) remove all these defects of character.

We humbly asked Him (Higher Power) to remove our shortcomings.

We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.

We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

We continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, we promptly admitted it.

We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry it out.

Having had a spiritual experience as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other alcoholics and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

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Recently during a sacrament meeting talk, I began to think about how kind this particular brother, Lamar, has been to my boys. My heart swelled with gratitude for all the kindness my boys were extended by several individuals. That then took me to my youth and leaders and adults who showed me tremendous kindness. It doesn't cost a thing to be kind to others. Join me today as I share some thoughts and stories of kindness. 

Joseph B Wirthlin, The Virtue of Kindness

“Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women I have known. Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes.”

Matthew 22:

36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

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Carter's first official email home while serving in the Johannesburg South Africa MTC read, "I have learned soooooooooo much about the gospel but I have already hit rock bottom, My former Companion Elder Lamping which I loved to death, died in front of me." Was this a joke? What's going on? Matt and I began crying and trying to find out what was happening. Join me today as Carter shares his mission call and the experience that changed his life forever on November 26th 2018. 

To view the painting of Elder Zane Lamping please go to this link:

https://www.ldsliving.com/called-to-paint-this-latter-day-veteran-is-on-a-mission-to-create-portraits-of-deceased-missionaries/s/10130

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A few years ago, I wrote a letter to our stake president about my concerns as a mother and leader of mothers of the pornography plague that is covering our earth. I have been feeling like I should share this letter on my podcast and shine light on this battle that is happening with pornography and the promises that we have from our Heavenly Father. Join me today, as I share some thoughts and insights about pornography.

In 2 Timothy 3:1-7 it says, “1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, high minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Mosiah 20:11, “11 And it came to pass that the people of Limhi began to drive the Lamanites before them; yet they were not half so numerous as the Lamanites. But they fought for their lives, and for their wives, and for their children; therefore they exerted themselves and like dragons did they fight.” We’re prepared to “like dragons fight”.

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Becky grew up in Montana and was the youngest of 5 children. Her family moved to Utah when she was in 3rd grade. She met Scott her best friends brother and didn't realize that one day she would marry him. They married in 1983 and had 5 children in 6 years. Becky loved being a mom and enjoyed all the experiences that helped her grow as a person. In 2012 her son Sean told she and Scott that he was gay. In a very short moment Becky's life changed. Join me today as Becky tells her journey and all that she has learned from being blessed to raise her 7 children and how she has remained faithful in the gospel of Jesus Christ and embraced her son Sean.

Becky's book: Love Boldly 

Becky's Facebook: Becky Mackintosh

Becky's IG: BeckyMackintosh22

www.beckymackintosh.com

Video: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/video/2016-03-0029-the-mackintoshs-story?lang=eng

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My mother just turned 75 years old. I began to think of her life and all that I received from her. Join me today as a share some of the gifts that I have been given from her. What gifts has your mother given you?

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