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This is helpful and appropriate for anyone who has been to a sacred Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  To many who have a Temple in their country, or is having one built, this will help you understand many things! It can help us understand many scriptures especially in the Old Testament! What Can We Learn From Ancient Sacred Temple Clothing? By  Donald W. Parry  · February 3, 2022 In his book 175 Temple Symbols and Their Meanings (Deseret Book, 2020), Donald W. Parry carefully deals with seven different entries on the sacred clothing of ancient and modern temples. However, in the present paper, because of space concerns, he deals with one of the seven topics. A few years ago, in Southern California, a couple informed their Stake President “that their first temple experience overwhelmed them because they didn’t understand the experience.” [1]  They were especially perplexed about the sacred temple clothing—why sacred clothing? And what does it...

This is something to think about!   The Shortages are Just the Start: Here’s What You Can Do Right Now to Prepare By  Carolyn Nicolaysen  · February 1, 2022 In October of 2019, I published article about preparing for a pandemic. I heard it was fear mongering and that medicine had come too far for a pandemic to happen on the scale of the 1918 disaster. In March of last year, I began writing about runaway inflation. This warning came long before the media was discussing this topic. We understood the seriousness of the situation because as exporters we deal with the ports on a daily basis. Because we export food, we also recognized crop shortages long before they became common knowledge and the inability to economically import foods. The time has come to issue another warning. If you have been listening to the news you know the following: Russia is threatening to invade the Ukraine. They currently have 60 battlegroups on the Ukrainian border and 30 train carloads of troops p...

  This is such an inspiring story about KyleDory, who passed from this life on January 7, 2022.  He wanted to serve a mission, but cancer kept him from it. Cancer kept him from a mission, but his family plans to carry on Kyle’s legacy of testifying of Christ By  Emily Abel   January 26, 2022 01:54 PM MST Twitter interest Email Pri When Kirk Dory woke up on Friday, January 7, he turned on a Latter-day Saint music playlist, just as he had the day before. The music was a request from his 22-year-old son, Kyle, who lay in a large, comfortable hospice bed in the family room. Kirk and his wife, Kris, knew from their son’s labored, rattling breaths that his six-year battle with brain cancer was nearly over. As Kirk lay next to Kyle, listening to the familiar, comforting music, he turned to look out the window. As he did, he had an impression that would carry him throughout that difficult day. “I looked out and saw this absolutely gorgeous sunrise. And I thought about how Ky...

  The Privilege of Asking for Angelic Help By  Anne Hinton Pratt  · January 26, 2022 Cover image:  “Looking for something” ©Brian T. Kershisnik, 2016. Used with permission. There are times in our lives that we need more help than our natural world can offer.  At these defining moments, we can ask for angelic help, and at times receive remarkable assistance.  Angels are a critical part of the Lord’s team, which he generously employs for us in amazing ways… “I Felt the Burning of Angels” Jill Vanikiotis shared a truly remarkable experience with me, where she absolutely knew that angels helped her.  She was moving from Utah to Virginia in 2020. She was pulling a much too heavy trailer for her vehicle, which was loaded down with all her food storage and tools. She writes, “I needed a good amount of momentum built up in order to get over the three mountains in Wyoming known as the three sisters. Just as I was up to speed in my ascent over the last and bigge...