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5 Crucial Relationship Questions You Didn’t Realize Were Answered in Alma 32 by Zack Oates  | Aug. 30, 2017 Mormon Life Alma gives a beautiful dissertation about the seed of faith in Alma 32. But as I read this chapter recently, I realized that the advice and principles in it are just as true if you change the word “faith” to “relationship.” Here are the answers to five common relationship questions, as explained by Alma 32. 1. How do I know if I’m dating the right person? “Now we will compare the [relationship] unto a seed. Now if ye give place, that a [relationship] may be planted in your heart, behold, if it be a true [relationship], or a good [relationship], if ye do not cast it out by your [pickiness, laziness, busyness, fear of commitment, etc.]…it will begin to swell within your breasts…” We must try things out! We can’t close off our heart to the possibility of love! And though you might experience fireworks, you also mig...

                            More beautiful thoughts for the day! August 26, 2017 Persecution SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Matthew 5:11-12 "Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you." QUOTE OF THE DAY Joseph Smith "When I do the best I can---when I am accomplishing the greatest good, then the most evils and wicked surmisings are got up against me. . . . He that will war the true Christian warfare against the corruptions of these last days will have wicked men and angels of devils, and all the infernal powers of darkness continually arrayed against him. . . . Shall a man be considered bad, when men speak evil of him? No. If a man stands and opposes the world ...

For those of you with zucchini from your garden, or your neighbor's garden! Zucchini Sticky Toffee Pudding Oh, my. The banana sticky toffee pudding is good but I think this is better. We have the best, friendliest neighborhood. And so, in the heat of the summer, everyone shares their zucchini. I love zucchini but I can’t eat them that quickly. Some of them get grated for baking and freezing. This is a great recipe for using some of your extra zucchini. You will be tempted to leave the flavors out but don’t. The sauce is good with vanilla flavor; it’s phenomenal with a butterscotch flavor. Caramel flavor, brown sugar flavor, and French vanilla flavor are all good and each gives a distinctly different tone to the sauce. For the toffee sauce: This is not complicated to make. You will need a candy thermometer. Just cook it until you reach the desired temperature. 1 1/4 cups heavy whipping cream 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup light corn syrup 1/4 cup (1/2 cube) salte...

We we each really excited and anxious to come to earth, and experience all the problems we have?  This article gives great insights! Our Divine Agreement By Anne Hinton Pratt  · August 10, 2017 Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE Have you ever thought about what you were doing before you were born in this world? What were your desires? What capacities had you achieved? The fact is, your soul was designed for growth and expansion.  You have always existed, but at some point in your journey of awareness in the world before this, you wanted more than you were getting there. Since God wanted you to expand through experience, He literally GAVE YOU THE WORLD! He said, “We will make an earth whereon these may dwell; and we will prove them herewith…” ( Abraham 3:24-25 ) This earth became a place to experiment with yourself and others. Profoundly Curious You were ECSTATIC to be able to come to this three-dimensional telestial planet to put to t...

Some Good thoughts for the Day! You can see the goodness and kindness in my mother Ruth Allen Miles' face, can't you? August 14, 2017 Things That We Can Do SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Doctrine & Covenants 123:17 "Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed." QUOTE OF THE DAY Lorenzo Snow "There are many important things required at our hands, and many things which we can do, when assisted by the Spirit of the Lord, which may at times seem almost impossible to accomplish" ( Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow , p. 77). August 4, 2017 Spirit of the Lord SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Doctrine & Covenants 39:6 "And this is my gospel---repentance and baptism by water, and then cometh the baptism of fire ...