Things of My Soul

Sometimes we forget why Jesus is called our Savior.

There is an eternal connection between body and spirit. Understanding that connection give us some control over our mental and emotional health.

We each belong to 3 families: The Family of God the Father; the Family of Christ; and our earthly families. To make the third one eternal, we must fully embrace the first two.

The Savior reveals, in the parable of the Wheat and the Tares His major concern for those who live in the latter-days. We have been given the solution

Our journey through mortality includes traveling through the telestial and terrestrial worlds. To enter the celestial world, we must let go of all things telestial and terrestrial. In the temple, we find help to leave the terrestrial world and enter the celestial.

To illustrate why we should study the names and titles of Christ, we look at the title: Nail in the Sure Place.

Heavenly Father will help you find an eternal companion, but we must understand some of the rules of revelation the apply to dating.

Heavenly Father's greatest priority is helping create eternal families.

Pitfall #10. Like the one who only received one talent, our human nature often causes us to be so afraid of failure that we do not try. This, the Lord rebuked in the parable. He wants a people that would rather fail than not try.

Pitfall #9; Part B is staying in a relationship with deal-breakers and hoping change will occure and not recognizing that change is not occuring and will likely result in a broken relationship. In this class we talk about how to recognize then change is and is not occuring.

Pitfall #9; Part A is not allowing others to repent or change; expecting them to be perfect. That is hypocritical since none of us will offer our spouse a perfect partner. We must grant each other and ourselves a probationary state.

Pitfall #7 is not jumping in when you should (preference on the deal-breaker list) and pitfall #8 is not jumping out when you should (deal-breaker on the preference list).

Pitfall #6 is not considering that perhaps your best partner is someone who sees what you do not.

Pitfall #5 is not knowing the difference between 'Being in Love' (the thrill) and love (the choice, the committment).

Pitfall #4 is when you are dating at one level (ie. on a date with a 1), but your focus and purpose is at another level (ie. you're looking for a match). In this class, we look at appropriate dating at levels 4, 5, and 6.

Pitfall #4 is when you are dating at one level (ie. on a date with a 1), but your focus and purpose is at another level (ie. you're looking for a match).

Pitfall #3 is when we let our hearts jump to marriage before we know if we are a match.

Pitfall #2 is when you do not understand not take full advantage of relationship dating. We are looking for a match; which is the absence of deal-breakers.

Pitfall #1 is the tendancy to jump right to relationship dating. It is often awkward and uncomfortable. There is a better way: Friendship Dating.

When we invite Jesus into our life, it is for the long journey. He will fix our immediate shortcomings, for sure, but He will not stop there. He is deterined to walk with us all the way to His Father's Kingdom. Only YOU can stop Him.

What led Brigham Young to withhold the priesthood from black males? New information may help you see the situation differently.

Often, we think that ordinance work is the only reason to attend the temple. In this class, we explore other reasons we build temples.

The Book of Mormon testifies of the role it should play in our lives.

We often pray that God will change our circumstance. But He is often causing the circumstance becasue He knows they are for our good. We must also learn to pray for God to change US.

Heavenly Father is not very far away. He is not difficult to find. He has placed Himself in His children. Learn to look for Him in others.