Are YOU intune with your voice????

   Since I was a toddler I always loved to sing. When I got to 7th grade I had my chance to show people my talent. But when I audition for choir, the choir director said to me, "Boy how on earth do you have that voice yet your just in the 7th grade?" I said "I don't know. It just comes natural to me." Today I am a Tenor 1 in the Community Choir in the Flathead Valley called the Crown of the Continent Choir and in the Headwaters Ensemble. I am a leader in both of the choirs because I am in tune with my voice. But sometimes I lose my in tunableness with the spirit and the gospel and I know I'm not the only one that does lose sight of it.

    Everyone is busy with their career in life and they get so caught up with their work they lose their sight or "In tune" with Heavenly Father. But how we can ALL come back to that surety that we are in tune with our Heavenly Father and his gospel is to take a step back from your busy schedule and take a breather. Sit down and pick up your scriptures, or go on the Internet and look up your favorite Mormon Message and get that sense of peace and surety that you have been missing in your life. I know this to be true.
 

Trials! Pains or Blessings????

     When we came to this earth Heavenly Father told us we would go through trials. Sometimes they are going to be small ones like friends mocking you about your religion or they can be BIG ones like a family death or a friends death. No matter the size of the trial Heavenly Father will never leave us to deal with it on our own. He will also NEVER give us to big of a trail for us not to handle.
     Let me tell you my own experience of the trials I have been going through. This whole year I have been going through one crap storm after another. We got news that my grandma is literally on her death bed, friends mocking me about my religion (LDS) and about me going on a full time mission. I don't know how to pay for my mission/bills/tithing and on top of that 2 months ago I got word that 1 of my friends that I have known since I was like 2 died. One died in Pakistan. I didn't know what to do. I thought I lost a little bit of my faith and testimony. So I asked for a blessing of strength and comfort and it helped so much then 2 weeks after that I heard that a friend I knew when I was like 1 died in a car accident. It didn't hit me as much until I went to the Billings Temple then I couldn't take it so I talked to the missionary that baptized me Elder Miner and he gave me this scripture:
D&C 98:11-14
And I give unto you a commandment, that ye shall forsake all evil and cleave unto all good, that ye shall live by every word which proceedeth forth out of the mouth of God.

  For he will give unto the faithful line upon line, precept upon precept; and I will try you and prove you herewith.

  And whoso layeth down his life in my cause, for my name’s sake, shall find it again, even life eternal.

Therefore, be not afraid of your enemies, for I have decreed in my heart, saith the Lord, that I will prove you in all things, whether you will abide in my covenant, even unto death, that you may be found worthy.

So after reading these verses it hit me, these trials are just Heavenly Father just proving me to be worthy because he gave me a commandment that I must obey and that he will try me even unto death that I may be found worthy. How amazing is that. So just remember brothers and sisters that when you are going through trials, sure they are pains in your life but it's only Heavenly Father proving you worthy. One last thing. I love this song and it talks about blessings from trials. And I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Conclusion of the Articles of Faith!!!!

Hope you guys enjoyed my blog the past couple of months about the Articles of Faith. Maybe now you have a better understanding in what the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints believes in. Lets go through them one last time.

1) We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.

2) We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression.

3)We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.

4) We believe that the first principles and ^aordinances of the Gospel are: first, ^bFaith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.

5) We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.


6) We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.

7) We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.

8)We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.


9)We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

10) We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.


11) We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.

12) We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.


13) We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.


I know these 13 articles of Faith to be true. I know that the book of Mormon to be true and the Bible to be true and Both to be the word of God. I know that God called a Prophet to restore his fullness of his gospel and that Prophet was Joseph Smith and that he has called a Modern day Prophet today who is Thomas S. Monson and he is here to guide us and keep us on that straight and narrow path to get back to Heavenly Father. I say these things in the sacred name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

AOF 13 of 13!!!!!

We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.

For the last article of Faith WE as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are an example of this Article. We are honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous and in doing good to all men. These are all attributes of our lord and savior Jesus Christ. We are trying to become more Christ like by being these things. We know who are trying to be more Christ like when they try there hardest to be honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous and doing good to all men. If they really want to be more Christ like they will be these things and I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. 

AOF 12 of 13!!!!!

 We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.

This is pretty much self-explanatory. We believe in keeping the laws to the best of our abilities,and not break them like some people do! We should do everything that we can do as a human being to uphold the laws of the land and from our government. We should support everything that the government does until it goes against God's rules and judgment. As we follow the laws of the land and the people that lead us and are obedient to them thus, we will have more freedom. Also as we follow and be obedient to the commandments that God has commanded us to follow we will have more freedom then ever before and be so blessed.

AOF 11 of 13!!!!!

We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.

I love this article because it talks about my favorite Amendment. FREEDOM OF RELIGION, and its the only Article that doesn't have "WE BELIEVE" so its the special one. This Concept is very simple. Anyone can worship how, when and where ever you want to. We don't try to shovel feed you our religion or at least we aren't supposed to. Everyone has the right to their own religion and this Article says it perfectly. That's why so many people came to America because they had that right of freedom of religion!!! Now since God gave us our free agency, wouldn't the church that claims to be the true church of Christ respect that agency that God gave to all mankind? I know this church is true and I know that God gave us the right or Agency to freedom of Religion. I know that Thomas S. Monson is the prophet today and he will not lead us astray. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

AOF 10 of 13!!!!

We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.

WOW! There is so much in this article. This is such an amazing concept to go over but we don't have that much time to go in depth in this small blog post but it is talking about missionary work and the second coming. Lets take this piece by piece shall we.

First "We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and the restoration of the Ten tribes." In the Bible it talks about the 12 tribes of Israel and how they were all together but further into the Bible, they were split into the North and South. The 10 tribes also  known as Ephraim went North and the 2 tribes known as Judah and Benjamin stayed in the South. The Bible prophecies have been fulfilled and the 10 tribes and the 2 tribes were scattered and destroyed. In later years, we find out that the tribe of Judah was let back into Israel and now is the major tribe today. The tribes were scattered ALL across the world and it is our job as missionaries to find them and bring them back and to restore the 10 tribes.

Second "We believe that Zion (The new Jerusalem) will be built upon the American Continent;" This is from Modern Revelation. It simply means that Zion or the New Jerusalem is going to be built on the American Continent. The Prophet Joseph Smith said that Zion will be built in Independence Missouri.

Third "We believe that Christ will reign personally upon the earth;" What an AMAZING day that will be. To see our lord Jesus THE Christ come down and reign his world. His presence will be felt so strongly that everyone on this earth will bow down before him and praise him and follow him.

Fourth "We believe that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory." The earth will be so awesome to live on! Everything will be perfect! The earth will literally be resurrected and be perfect once more. That day is coming up pretty quick.

I can not wait for the GREAT and DREADFUL day of the Lord to come! Hopefully by the time that day comes everyone will think it will be a GREAT day but for few it wont. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.