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This is a very interesting article!  It is our deep desires in life that determine what we do, and what we will become, both in this life, and the life to come! The One Thing That Prevents the Lord from Helping Us Change by Robert Reynolds, excerpted from "Unstuck: How the Savior Frees Us from Our Favorite Sins"  | Jan. 08, 2020 Makes You Think Mormon Life This excerpt originally ran on LDS Living in July 2016. While attending NYU Law School, I passed two homeless girls in the West Village. When one asked for money to buy food, I bought them hamburgers and fries. As we ate, they told me about their life on the street. Their stories were heartbreaking. Beneath multiple piercings, tattoos, and filthy clothes, I saw two sad and lonely young women in their early twenties. They described the dangers of sleeping in parks, being robbed on the street, and bad experiences they’d had in homeless shelters. “What do you girls need, then?” I asked. ...

BOOK OF MORMON Book of Mormon Extras—Lesson 4: Obtaining the Best Gifts from Heaven According to Our Desires By Scot Facer Proctor  · January 13, 2016 The Book of Mormon is loaded with powerful messages that are often skipped over or that remain in obscurity to the casual reader. This week’s lesson has one of those. A Pattern I absolutely love Nephi’s response to Lehi’s dream or vision of the Tree of Life. In telling us about his own personal feelings, Nephi gives each of us a pattern to follow to obtain our fondest dreams and receive the richest blessings of heaven. Let’s look closely. “And it came to pass after I, Nephi, having heard all the words of my father, concerning the things which he saw in a vision, and also the things which he spake by the power of the Holy Ghost, which power he received by faith on the Son of God—and the Son of God was the Messiah who should come— I, Nephi, was desirous...