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  If you are hoping to go to a Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, you may want to know about the interview to receive your recommend: Church updates temple recommend interview questions October 06, 2019  Twitter Pinterest Email Pr President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continued his fervent focus on improving the faith’s temple worship Sunday at the concluding session of the 189th   Semiannual General Conference. He read an updated list of questions Church members will be asked when receiving a temple recommend.   The new questions are below . Last Saturday I attended an open house of the Mesa Temple which has been renovated and will be re-dedicated soon, with my daughter and her husband. It was beautiful, especially with the many paintings of the desert red rock area in the foyer and throughout the Temple, also many beautiful paintings as murals!   Temple recommend questions have been periodically ...

    This is an especially nice post, in LDS Living, with a few short videos.  When you have time to listen, they really are worth the time! How to find new meaning in Alma’s teachings on faith as a seed in this week’s ‘Come, Follow Me’ by Danielle Christensen  | Jul. 14, 2020 Lesson Helps In this week’s  Come, Follow Me , readers will likely be familiar with  Alma 32:26 : Now, as I said concerning faith—that it was not a perfect knowledge—even so it is with my words. Ye cannot know of their surety at first, unto perfection, any more than faith is a perfect knowledge. According to that definition, to have faith is to be comfortable with ambiguity—in other words, it is not to have a “perfect knowledge” of things. But that doesn’t mean that one has to give up on the hope of knowing gospel truths. Alma simply says one “cannot know of their surety  at first ”—not that one couldn’t know of their surety at some point i...

TODAY is the day to watch these videos, if you have time.  We are today celebrating, according to this  video - and the proof is here! -- a most important day in the history of the entire world,  since Jesus Christ was on the earth. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=H6MsQ6QBMMY     How Lovely Was the Morning – Documentary [HD]  NEW DOCUMENTARY ON THE FIRST VISION Also, an article on Book of Mormon blog is about what was in the video, but has more interesting things  also, that have been studied by scientists, etc. It can be found at --  https://www.bofm.blog/ march-26-1820-landmark-date- in-history/ This comment below was also in that article above, which is fascinating!    March 26th would become a "favorite" date for Joseph Smith. That date has stuck in my mind  ever since I learned that two events happened on that day, one in 1839 and one in 1844.  26 March 1844...

This article I saved from last Monday is truly inspiring and helpful! A Step-by-Step Guide to Help Make Home-Centered Church Easier During the Coronavirus By  Book of Mormon Central  · March 16, 2020 View the article  on Book of Mormon Central . Because The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has  temporarily suspended all church meetings , we would love to offer a few suggestions on how you can better worship as individuals and families at home. We are grateful to have a prophet of God on the earth today to lead, guide, and prepare disciples of Jesus Christ. In the  October 2018 General Conference , President Nelson prophetically announced “For many years, Church leaders have been working on an integrated curriculum to strengthen families and individuals through a  home-centered  and  Church-supported  plan to learn doctrine, strengthen faith, and foster greater personal worship.” The call for home...

Dear friends!  This beautiful new song "Risen", by Shawna Edwards is accompanied by Daniel Blomberg! You can see him in the video.  We knew Daniel when he was 15 years old, in Sweden, when my husband Wayne and I were there on a mission.  He was a fantastic musician at that time also. He grew up, active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, went on a mission, learned several languages, went to BYU, and other universities, receiving a fantastic education.  He has taught in universities, but his real love is helping arrange and perform music.  He lives now in Utah, and he and his wife have five talented children, and he is really making a name for himself! If you ever want his help in arranging music, or making a beautiful video of music you have already composed, he is the right one to contact! I am proud to be his friend!  

As a special video for Easter Sunday, you would love to watch the final testimony of Elder Bruce R. McConkie, given in April Conference, 1985.  He passed away just 12 days later.  This is so impressive, I hope you enjoy it, and that it strengthens your testimony of our Savior Jesus Christ, whose Atonement and Resurrection we celebrate today on Easter Sunday. Here are 2 different links, to the same video! https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1646588748725157 https://www.facebook.com/LDSStandingUnited/videos/1646588748725157/UzpfSTE2NDIzNDE1NzM6MTAyMTY5MDgxNjI4MDk5NzM/?notif_id=1555811053288800&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic

Beautiful rendition of "Mary, Did You Know" by the LDS Institute Choir in Logan, Utah. Mary, Did You Know -- by the Logan Institute Singers You need to copy and paste this link.  I tried to put it on here, but couldn't!  It is so beautiful, -- put your sound on and enjoy it!  We went up a week ago to the Christmas concert there, and they showed this beautiful video on a large screen.  Our grandson, Jake Lieske, who goes to the university there is singing in the choir background music!    Remember -- copy and paste! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CihO7vA_ps4 This will  become one of your favorite Christmas videos!  Enjoy!

This is a rather long article about Elder Robert D. Hales.  I had the bottom part written, and then found this on LDS.org.   You can read as much as you like.  He truly was a Special Witness, and a great man! Funeral services for Elder Robert D. Hales of the  Quorum of the Twelve Apostles   of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be held in the Tabernacle on Temple Square Friday, October 6, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. MDT. The funeral will be open to the  public ages 8 and older.   © 2017 BY INTELLECTUAL RESERVE, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 1 / 1 Elder Hales died from causes incident to age on October 1 in Salt Lake City  at the age of 85. ( Read more about his life .) The Temple Square gates and the Tabernacle doors will open at 9:30 a.m.  Those wishing to attend should be in their seats by 10:30 a.m. Overflow seating  will be available in the Assembly Hall on Temple Square. The Church campus  buildings...