Come, Follow the Savior

09/21/2024

08/02/2024

My father had my full attention in that moment. He turned and looked at me in the eyes and said, “Son, protect the private times of your life.” There was a long pause as he let the meaning sink deep into my heart.

He then continued, “You know, those times when you’re the only one around and no one else knows what you’re doing? Those times when you think, ‘Whatever I do now doesn’t affect anyone else, only me’?”

Then he said, “More than any other time in your life, what you do during the private times of your life will have the greatest impact on how you confront challenges and heartache you will face; and what you do during the private times of your life will also have a greater impact on how you confront the successes and joy you will experience than any other time in your life.”

My father received the wish of his heart. The sound and cadence of his voice, and the love I felt in his words, were indelibly imprinted in my mind and on my soul that day.

I have learned over the years that the greatest miracle of that day on the steps of my childhood home was that, in the private times of my life, I could go to God in prayer to receive revelation. My father was teaching me how I could learn of God’s foreordained blessings.

-“Foreordained to Serve” By Steven R. Bangerter

08/07/2023

04/07/2023

“No three words embody more hope and eternal consequence for all of humankind than those uttered by a heavenly angel on Easter morning at the Garden Tomb: “He is risen.””
-Gary E. Stevenson

12/01/2022

Take 30 seconds to ponder…

10/21/2022

I am a Child of God! And so are YOU!!! ❤️

Labels can be fun and indicate your support for any number of positive things. But if any label replaces your most important identifiers, the results can be spiritually suffocating. I believe that if the Lord were speaking to you directly, the first thing He would make sure you understand is your true identity. My dear friends, you are literally spirit children of God.

No identifier should displace, replace, or take priority over these three enduring designations:

- Child of God
- Child of the covenant
- Disciple of Jesus Christ

Any identifier that is not compatible with those three basic designations will ultimately let you down. Make no mistake about it: Your potential is divine. With your diligent seeking, God will give you glimpses of who you may become.

10/03/2022

10/02/2022

"Having faith in Jesus Christ and being a true disciple is more than a one-time decision—more than a one-time event. It is a sacred, ongoing process." —Elder Neil L. Andersen

Art: “The Way,” by Del Parson. See this piece in person at the 12th International Art Competition. View online by clicking the link below:
https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/museum/artcompetition/2022/entries/334?from=home

09/25/2022

Ever wonder…
Where did we come from?
Why are we here?
and…
Where are we going?

Well check out this video!!!!

09/22/2022

How have you let the Savior change you?❤️

To follow Jesus Christ means to have our natures changed through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. That is the only way we can build on His sure foundation and stand firm during the storms of temptations and trials ahead.

In order to experience this change, we must become as a child—a little child.

For some, this will not be easy to accept. Most of us want to be strong. We may see being like a child as being weak. But to be like a child is not to be childish.

It is to be like the Savior, who prayed to His Father for strength to be able to do His Father’s will and atone for the sins of all of His Father’s children and then did it. Our natures must be changed to become as a child to gain the strength we need to stand steady in times of peril.

This change will qualify us to enjoy the gifts that come through the Holy Ghost. Having the Spirit’s companionship will comfort, guide, and strengthen us.