The Strength of Testimony

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1974/04/the-strength-of-testimony?id=p30&lang=eng#p30

G L O W I N G

Sometimes, of all the people in the world, the one who is the hardest to forgive, as well as perhaps the one who is most in need of our forgiveness, is the person looking back at us in the mirror.

-Hamlet

God knows who you truly are and what you can be. Doubt not! There is so much more to your story.

“The cruelest lies of all the lies we tell, are the ones we tell ourselves.”

You are always enough, you are always worthy of Gods love! Don’t give up, don’t ever give up, there is hope!

-Paraphrased from the Book of Blazard

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I can feel your heart

You can show me

I'll never walk away

I'm by your side to stay

Come closer

Is okay to cry on my shoulder

Let me hold your heart

When it's broken

I can save you from yourself

When the night gets dark

Know that I'll be there

I can feel the ache

In your whispered prayer

But you're safe

I'm right here

I know you

Every one of your fears

And your heartaches

I have felt your pain

Let me hold you

Let me heal your broken heart

When the night gets dark

Know that I'll be there

Try to push me out

But I'll always care for you

I'd give everything for you

I know it's hard to understand

But it's okay

You can hold my hand

And I'll be there for you

You can trust me

Is you follow me

You'll be happy

And I'll be with you

When you're lonely

You can always turn to me

When the night gets dark

Know that I'll be there

You can run away

But I'll be right here for you

I've given everything for you

Please just trust me

There's no need to be afraid

You don't have to run away

Because I'm here for you

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Doctrine and Covenants 123:17

- Parley P. Pratt

35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

Saints.

i stay for myself. not for my family, not for my friends but for myself

i stay because it brings me peace & it makes me happy

i stay because i know personally for myself that it is true

i stay because i love God & my Savior Jesus Christ.

i stay because of the promises i have made with my Heavenly Father

i stay because of the blessings that i have received in my life

i have realized that the doctrine & teachings of the church are perfect & true. i have also accepted that the people in the church are not perfect. they make mistakes. we all do. we are all striving to one day become perfect like our Savior Jesus Christ.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2011/10/dare-to-stand-alone?lang=eng

This is often a talk I turn to. It has such a beautiful message of standing alone when you must.

President Nelson’s talk is amazing as wel.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/tg/peace?lang=eng

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/tg/rest?lang=eng

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2022/10/47nelson?lang=eng

This song is about a character, but I have felt the words speak right to me. Second chances are always Allowed.

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=6U8QZbSl1Lk&si=fl5o5ch3dod_6NMb

Doctrine and Covenants 121:7–9

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/121?id=p7-p9&lang=eng#p7

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2014/04/love-the-essence-of-the-gospel?lang=eng

4 For after much tribulation come the blessings⁠. Wherefore the day cometh that ye shall be crownedwith much glory⁠; the hour is not yet, but is nigh at hand.

“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations⁠.“

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37 Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day.

28 And now behold, we have come, and been forth amongst them; and we have been patient in our sufferings, and we have suffered every privation; yea, we have traveled from house to house, relying upon the mercies of the world—not upon the mercies of the world alone but upon the mercies of God."

“You are a miracle,

Sent here straight from Heaven.

A shooting star lighting up the sky.

A daughter of the God of Love

Who wants you by His side“

-Miracle by Stephanie Smith

I will not, I cannot, desert to his foes;

That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,

I’ll never, no never, I’ll never, no never,

I’ll never, no never, no never forsake!

“ 26 But the Comforter⁠, which is the Holy Ghost⁠, whom the Father will send in my name⁠, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled⁠, neither let it be afraid.”

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“Just as the Holy Ghost brought hope to Adam, the power of the Lord’s Spirit enlightens the faithful today, illuminating the reality of eternal life.

The Savior sends us a Comforter, the Holy Ghost, a companion bringing faith, hope, and peace “not as the world giveth.”“

You are worth being happy for.

You are worth being celebrated in every moment of your life.

You are worth the fight through a storm to get to the sunlight.

You are worth every ounce of love that God has for you.

You are worth the sacrifice.

You are worth the struggle.

You are worth the joy of salvation.

My heart still burns for you
There's not a thing I'd rather do

Lord, can you help me?
Walk out on to the sea
Then help me walk so I don't sink
Pick me up and carry me

My heart still burns for you
There's not a thing I'd rather do

If you are searching
There's blood for healing
And what can wash away my sin?
Just the blood of Jesus

“1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”

God loves you and is there for you. He is with you through the Holy Ghost, through friends and family, and through your church leaders. Christ has given us support systems to use when we get tired or stuck in hard times. If you haven’t already reached out, please do. I know from experience that simply talking to someone you trust can change everything.

I testify that God lives and He lives for you. He is there with you, to lead you, guide you, walk beside you, and catch you if you fall. He has your hand. He is your light. Look beyond the darkness and you will see Him. He won’t let you go. And He will carry you if you feel you can walk no longer.

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation⁠, or distress, or persecution⁠, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

10 Remember the worth of all souls is great in the sight of God;

Every soul that exists is great according to god. There’s nothing that you can do that changes that. God loves and accepts us exactly as we are more than we can imagine. This simple truth is huge we have a friend out there that is always there and will never leave us.

21 He hath filled me with his love, even unto the consuming of my flesh.

14 And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage; and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions⁠.

Jesus Christ understands our hardships and recognizes our struggles but he doesn’t take them away from us. He went through the atonement so we could have someone to rely on while we are going through a tough situation. If you put your trust in Him, he can make your burdens light and strengthen your resolve to overcome hardship. The path is not always easy, but it is possible because our Savior.

-Jackson Kohl

6 And again, O God, when I did turn to my house thou didst hear me in my prayer.

7 And when I did turn unto my closet, O Lord, and prayed unto thee, thou didst hear me.

8 Yea, thou art merciful unto thy children when they cry unto thee, to be heard of thee and not of men, and thou wilt hear them.

7 Behold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit; and unto none else can the ends of the law be answered.

30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows⁠.

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20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock⁠: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne⁠, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

36 Look unto me in every thought⁠; doubt not, fear not.

37 Behold the wounds which pierced my side, and also the prints of the nails in my hands and feet; be faithful, keep my commandments, and ye shall inherit the kingdom of heaven. Amen.

11 For, behold, the Lord your Redeemer suffered death in the flesh; wherefore he suffered the pain of all men, that all men might repent and come unto him

“Be faithful unto the end⁠, and lo, I am with you. These words are not of man nor of men, but of me, even Jesus Christ, your Redeemer, by the will of the Father. Amen.”

You're not the only one.

2 And the Lord did strengthen them, that the people of king Noah could not overtake them to destroy them

5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

I KNOW that Jesus Christ is Risen, and lives today. This is my greatest reminder of Him and, each time I ponder this thought, I am always reassured. I know where to find the Resurrected Lord, and I know one day he will walk the Earth again.

Moroni 7: 27-29

27 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, have miracles ceased because Christ hath ascended into heaven, and hath sat down on the right hand of God, to claim of the Father his rights of mercy which he hath upon the children of men?

28 For he hath answered the ends of the law, and he claimeth all those who have faith in him; and they who have faith in him will cleave unto every good thing; wherefore he advocateth the cause of the children of men; and he dwelleth eternally in the heavens.

29 And because he hath done this, my beloved brethren, have miracles ceased? Behold I say unto you, Nay; neither have angels ceased to minister unto the children of men.

"Joy is our purpose, not the gift of our circumstances." - Karl D. Hirst

We can he joyful through every circumstancesbecause Christ is with us always. He knows what we're going through and is there to comfort us. ❤️