"You know, it may be different for everybody. For me, I think the simplest way to say it is I know it's true."

Kempe testifies that sharing Jesus Christ's gospel protects us from temptation, and gives us ideas for social media missionary work. He recalls the miracle in his mom's last days of dementia, teaching him the importance of family. Kempe and Lynzi discuss the choice to hold on to Christ and spiritual memories.

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Host and Producer: Lynzi Clyde

Chief Editor: Macey Andrews

"Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved.

"[There's] an ongoing construction site in my soul."

Matthew defines integrity as staying and waiting to see results from living the gospel. He reminds us that faith requires action to reveal God's power, and that seeing our weakness also helps us see our progress. Matthew relates how following a prompting to learn about temple covenants prepared him for great opportunities and great opposition, and finally, emphasizes that we're never "done" on the covenant path.

IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. 

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Host and Producer: Lynzi Clyde

Chief Editor: Macey Andrews

"Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved.

My life COMPLETELY changed last year as I relied on the Lord to increase my capacity,

What will He do for me this year? I don't know, but I bet it's going to be epic.

For 2025, my word is "Possibility." What's yours?

In this episode, we talk about giving God the gift of our faith, including Him as we set our goals, and the KEY to staying in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year!

Throwback episode!! (2020)

Merry Christmas!! Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!

"I don't think I could ever get the church out of me. And I bet, if I tried to leave, I would realize how much I was missing."

Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at [email protected] and we will get them on here.

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Host and Producer: Lynzi Clyde

Chief Editor: Macey Andrews

"Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved.

Know Spanish?? Check out Perseverando en la Fe with Raisa Rock, the newest podcast in the Stay Power Network!

https://www.youtube.com/@perseverarenlafe

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Courtney takes us through an amazing, four-year experience that showed her the unity of ministering and missionary work. She shows how pumped up she is about the Savior's second coming and our role in preparing for it, and testifies that "weird" promptings can be God's exact, personal way of showing love to His children.

"I stay in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints because I remember. I remember all the times God has showed up for me. I remember all the times that he showed up when no one else knew. I remember all the times He showed up in the good times. I remember how He's blessed me. I remember the experiences I've had. I remember the testimony builders I've had. I remember how I felt. Even when things get dark and I feel like heaven may be farther away than I'm used to, I stay because I remember. I remember all He's done and I can look back and see that He really was there through everything: the ups, the downs, the mountains, the valleys. I stay because I remember."

IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. 

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"Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved.

"If I were to leave the Church, I would have to forget I'd ever read that book."

Emilie gets into how disagreeing with prophets led her humbly back to the fundamentals of the gospel. She gratefully testifies that the Lord sees and accepts our imperfect offerings, and wonders at a strange prompting which opened her mind to how God mercifully plans to bless us from the beginning.

IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. 

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"Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved.

"The temple and the covenants--the strength we can find there, no one can touch."

Tori testifies that making and keeping covenants gives us "God Esteem." She recounts how she found clarity in a confusing feeling by moving forward with a job offer in faith. Tori reveals that letting others pray and fast for her family let them all see a miracle for their baby boy.

CHECK OUT WHY I STAY in SPANISH!! https://www.youtube.com/@perseverarenlafe

IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. 

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"Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved.

Meghan describes how being a Relief Society President in a Singles Ward increased her maturity in the gospel, that the plan of salvation has a truth that rings true with anybody, and that Doctrine and Covenants chapter 6 is her favorite because it highlights what our relationship with the Savior looks like.

IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support.

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"Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved.

"A lot of it is because I've been to Gethsemane and I choose to never forget that, and never forget what Jesus Christ has done for me. Likewise, the ordinances have changed my life, from baptism all the way to the endowment."

Tanner relates how he has chosen to keep going to church amid bullying and embarrassment, shares his excitement for the Book of Mormon and literature from gospel scholars, and recounts the risk he took by following a prompting to take a class from a professor who was supposedly biased against non-return missionaries.

IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. 

Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at [email protected] and we will get them on here.

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"Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved.

"I've never been in a place where I felt more alike the people around me than I did in Jerusalem."

Rebecca shares with deep emotion how an unexpected semester in Jerusalem lit her desire to wear sacred clothing and make more promises with God. She details her quest to find covenant promises, responsibilites, and blessings, inspired by a talk by President Oaks. Rebecca then invites us to seek inspiration in prayer as we prepare to go--or return--to the temple.

Rebecca's Podcast, In The Book : https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-iy4zr-f2c49d

Perseverando En La Fe: https://www.youtube.com/@perseverarenlafe

IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. 

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"Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved.