growth outside the box

The Things of My Soul- My Relationship with God

Good morning brothers and sisters, what a beautiful day this is. I feel blessed and humbled to have the opportunity to speak with you today. I can only imagine the thoughts that crossed Brother Richards’ mind last week when he called me and I didn’t answer the phone. To be fair, I didn’t recognize the […]

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How Can Jesus Christ Help Me Change Individually

Good morning brothers & sisters, my dear friends. I pray that as I speak the spirit may be with each of you, I pray also that the spirit may be with me, that I may convey the words to you our Father in Heaven would have me share with you today. I was excited to […]

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Rebuilding-Old Things Made New in Christ

As I sit here in front of the Salt Lake temple I think of the times I have felt so much here. The time where I learned that it took Him 40 years to build me. The time just after they started renovation here where I felt He was also rebuilding me. To look at […]

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Faith in Jesus Christ

What is faith? It is a spiritual gift that is necessary for our salvation. Faith is the first principle of the gospel. It is a hope for things that cannot be seen but are true. (see Hebrews 11:1 & Alma 32:21) Faith is pure power and action, a principle that motivates us each day. A […]

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The Atonement – My Understanding of It a Year after I was Baptized

Written February 21, 2014 I had totally forgotten about this, it was the very first prepared talk I gave during sacrament meeting. I had only been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for a year at that point and the day before I actually sat down to write out my […]

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How I Do It – My Relationship with Christ

written March 21, 2017 Here we are again, another night where writing has been taunting me for the last few days and I have been trying to get it all sorted out in my head as to what it was I really needed to say. At first, it was why being a member of the […]

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Principles of The Gospel

Here I would like to share with you Principles of The Gospel of Jesus Christ. This was once a class taught during our Sunday school hour of church, back when we had a 3-hour block at church. These principles are fundamental to our religion.  For the most part, each principle will have its own post. […]

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Gospel Principles

In this portion of my blog, I will share with you some of the most important gospel principles. haring with you how applying them in my life has made a difference in every aspect of my life.  As a disciple of Jesus Christ and a member of His church, there are principles and standards by […]

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Moving 2.0 & the Hand of The Lord

Even before my husband and I were married we talked about moving from his home. He wanted us to have a place of our own. No memories from a previous relationship gone wrong to haunt us as we began our journey together. We each wanted to have a place where we would feel we truly […]

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FAITH…Once a Weakness, Now My Greatest Strength

For those of you who know me, go back with me if you will to the year 2013, I had just converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in late February. It was something I had been working towards since September of the previous year, taking the new member lessons from the […]

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