I think it is easy to pray for those who appreciate us and are kind to us. There is mutual significance there. We assume they are probably praying for us too! Is it harder to sometimes pray for those who “despite-fully use you”. As a mom of teenage boys I sometimes feel despite-fully used. They […]
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(This is reposted from November 2014, a story about the power of a mother’s prayer and miracles that saved my son.) A week ago today I thought that my son was on a Scout camp out. You can imagine my surprise when that morning, when I was taking time to pray for a friend, Devon
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I am blessed with wonderful parents. They taught me well and love me a lot. I honor and respect them. It is pretty easy for me to do this, because they are so great. I know not everyone has a good, healthy relationship with their parents or other family members. Reach out to a parent
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A few years ago my friend Pam was taking the missionary discussions. The Elders in her ward were just not seeming to work out. They had a few missed appointments and finally had a discussion planned for a certain day and the night before we all confirmed. Then they cancelled on her that morning! I
Here is what I have been praying for my youngest since November 9th -“enjoys CSS Team, Robot Team – increases his talents and skills.” Today I added “Sound of Music” onto the sheet. Our schedule was already pretty full when I first created this 40 day prayer sheet. We went to see a play on
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One of my favorite times of the Sabbath Day is during the sacrament. I love this time set aside each week to meditate and pray and remember the sacrifice Jesus made for me. Bonus is I get to renew my covenants! If you have little kids, I remember that it wasn’t always like this. So
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I love Jesus Christ. I love that I can feel of His love for me as I pray. I sometimes pray to be immersed in His living water. I imagine diving into a fountain filled with the healing water of Christ and imagine His power surrounding me and buoying me up through hard times. Jesus
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I started going to church when I was 15 and was baptized when I was 18. I was the only member in my family. Then I headed on a mission to France when I was 21. I remember at a challenging part of my mission wondering if anyone was praying for me. I knew all
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Saying a prayer is like planting a seed. We need to water it and weed around it. Sometimes it can take awhile before it sprouts. It sometimes takes patience to see an answer to a prayer. We can keep the faith. We can not make that seed grow, it will grow on its own if
I love the parable in the New Testament when a judge helped a widow, simply because she kept on asking. He wasn’t the most quality of man, yet he said, “I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.” Then Jesus says something along the lines of, if this unworthy man will
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