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This is a touching story about the distraught teen age son of a woman who died of cancer, and how he was comforted. TOPICS POPULAR MORMON REPORT LESSON HELPS How Meeting 8 Apostles and the Prophet in One Day Answered a Young Man's Desperate Questions by M. Russell Ballard, adapted from "When Thou Art Converted: Continuing Our Search for Happiness"  | Aug. 11, 2018 Makes You Think Mormon Life Comments Some years ago there was a rather serious tragedy in our ward. A great woman, the wife of our former bishop and a woman beloved and respected in our ward family, contracted cancer of the worst kind. This was a vivacious, effervescent woman who lifted and inspired everyone she met. As the disease became worse, I gave her blessings. Other General Authorities gave her blessings. One of the blessings I gave was in the presence of her seventeen-year-old son. Another blessing was given to her when her son was e...

Yesterday I watched and listened to the funeral of  Pres. Thomas S. Monson.   It was truly inspiring! January 12, 2018 Follow the Prophet Visit our new website:  www.Latterdaylight.com SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Doctrine & Covenants 21:5-6 "For his word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth, in all patience and faith. For by doing these things the gates of hell shall not prevail against you; yea, and the Lord God will disperse the powers of darkness from before you, and cause the heavens to shake for your good, and his name's glory ." QUOTE OF THE DAY Heber J. Grant "The prophets of God, from Joseph Smith to the present day, have guided us and they have guided us aright, when we have listened to that guidance. The mistakes which have been made have been because of our failure to listen to the prophet whose right it is to guide the people of God. . . . "I kn...

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...