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This is going to be one of my favorite blogs!  A must read before each General Conference! 14 of Our All-Time Favorite General Conference Moments By Scot and Maurine Proctor  · March 30, 2017 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE Cover Image via Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News.  General Conference is here and we can’t wait to gather around the screen or tune in to the radio to hear our leaders speak. It makes us think of all the other moments in conference that have stuck with us over the years, replayed themselves in our mind and become even more important to us over time. As members of the Church we are like one, big, extended international family with shared memories of tender times and things that made us laugh or taught us deeply. When we meet other Latter-day Saints—even if we don’t know them—we immediately have this shared reference and they become instant friends. So below are some of ou...

Following our present Prophet is the key to following Jesus Christ today!  Powerful counsel and teachings!  How Can We Tell if We are Really Following Jesus Christ Today? By Mark A. Mathews  · March 23, 2017 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE Whenever I have read the New Testament, I have always placed myself in the text and wondered how I would have reacted to the teachings of Jesus Christ. Would I have followed him in faith like His Apostles? Would I have resisted or rejected his teachings like the Pharisees and Sadducees? Or would I have been indifferent and uninterested like so many others that he came across? I have learned that this is not a question we need to wonder about. The answer is simple. The Lord has revealed that the simplest way to measure how well we follow Jesus Christ today is by how well we follow His living prophets. At the Organization of the Church The first official meeting of...

What a blessing!  To be able to watch General Conference again! 12 Admonitions from President Monson: Are We Following Them? By Scot and Maurine Proctor  · March 29, 2017 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE Cover image by Scot Facer Proctor.  We have the glorious opportunity to listen to another general conference of the Church this weekend. Have we prepared ourselves to receive the word of the Lord? Are we in tune so that we can have our own questions answered? A quick review of some of President Monson’s words will help us prepare. The Lord Himself gave us the pattern for receiving His words through His ordained servants—and especially listening to a prophet’s voice: “Wherefore, meaning the church, thou shalt give heed unto all his words and commandments which he shall give unto you as he receiveth them, walking in all holiness before me; for his word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth, in...

This article is fascinating, explaining how we learn line upon line, precept upon precept.   Why Did Nephi Say That People Had to Learn Things Line Upon Line? By Book of Mormon Central  · March 26, 2017 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE Visit  Book of Mormon Central’s Website Follow  Us on Facebook “For behold, thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more; and from them that shall say, We have enough, from them shall be taken away even that which they have.” 2 Nephi 28:30 Context and Content In  2 Nephi 28:30 , Nephi declared, “thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and...