Hi!
This week has been crazy! The birthday present investigator I mentioned last week went MIA for a couple of days and we were scrambling to find her. When we finally got a hold of her, we were amazed and our "joy was full". We knocked on her door to see if she was home, and luckily she was. As soon as she opened the door and we got a look at her, we could tell that she has been keeping her commitments. The light of Christ was just beaming from her and this once depressed person was grinning from ear to ear. She cleaned up herself a little bit and she looked great. The house even had a different feel to it. She had cleaned up her house and re-arranged a bit. She was so happy to see us! We started talking to her and she read everything we asked her to read. She said that she didn't quite understand it all but she loved it anyway and she knew that it made her feel better when she read from the BofM. She even told us that when she would have panic attacks, she would try to read but she couldn't focus so she would open up the BofM and place her hand on it while she prayed. She said that it made her feel better. The key to conversion is to gain a testimony of the BofM through the Holy Ghost and to do our part to gain that witness, we need to read it.
Her example is a strong testimony of the importance of church and the BofM. If we are struggling in our lives, we need to check ourselves and what we are doing. First, are we praying everyday? Second, are we reading the BofM everyday? Third are we going to church to partake of the sacrament worthily and going to all three hours, everyweek? If we do those things, we will be happier! We will still go through hard times but we came "endure them well" and "be of good cheer". Joseph Smith said about the BofM, "a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book." Pres. Packer said, "In a world ever more dangerous...the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Christ has the nourishing power to heal starving spirits of the world." What a wonderful gift God has given us! He has given us a book that continues the fulness of the gospel with no error, no mistakes and with no questions of what God's standards are and what we can do to be happy. So many people are starving (spiritually) for the comfort that the BofM can bring because it WILL bring them closer to Christ and God. Pres. Hinckley promised that if when we read the BofM, "there will come a strengthened resolution to walk in obedience to his commandments, and there will come a stronger testimony of the living reality of the Son of God." The world needs it and the gospel in its fulness. So share it! God will help you help his children. For this is His work and His Glory.
The gospel is true!
Love Sister Sumsion
Monday, July 12
"The Book that saves souls."
Hi!
This week has been crazy! The birthday present investigator I mentioned last week went MIA for a couple of days and we were scrambling to find her. When we finally got a hold of her, we were amazed and our "joy was full". We knocked on her door to see if she was home, and luckily she was. As soon as she opened the door and we got a look at her, we could tell that she has been keeping her commitments. The light of Christ was just beaming from her and this once depressed person was grinning from ear to ear. She cleaned up herself a little bit and she looked great. The house even had a different feel to it. She had cleaned up her house and re-arranged a bit. She was so happy to see us! We started talking to her and she read everything we asked her to read. She said that she didn't quite understand it all but she loved it anyway and she knew that it made her feel better when she read from the BofM. She even told us that when she would have panic attacks, she would try to read but she couldn't focus so she would open up the BofM and place her hand on it while she prayed. She said that it made her feel better. The key to conversion is to gain a testimony of the BofM through the Holy Ghost and to do our part to gain that witness, we need to read it.
Her example is a strong testimony of the importance of church and the BofM. If we are struggling in our lives, we need to check ourselves and what we are doing. First, are we praying everyday? Second, are we reading the BofM everyday? Third are we going to church to partake of the sacrament worthily and going to all three hours, everyweek? If we do those things, we will be happier! We will still go through hard times but we came "endure them well" and "be of good cheer". Joseph Smith said about the BofM, "a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book." Pres. Packer said, "In a world ever more dangerous...the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Christ has the nourishing power to heal starving spirits of the world." What a wonderful gift God has given us! He has given us a book that continues the fulness of the gospel with no error, no mistakes and with no questions of what God's standards are and what we can do to be happy. So many people are starving (spiritually) for the comfort that the BofM can bring because it WILL bring them closer to Christ and God. Pres. Hinckley promised that if when we read the BofM, "there will come a strengthened resolution to walk in obedience to his commandments, and there will come a stronger testimony of the living reality of the Son of God." The world needs it and the gospel in its fulness. So share it! God will help you help his children. For this is His work and His Glory.
The gospel is true!
Love Sister Sumsion
This week has been crazy! The birthday present investigator I mentioned last week went MIA for a couple of days and we were scrambling to find her. When we finally got a hold of her, we were amazed and our "joy was full". We knocked on her door to see if she was home, and luckily she was. As soon as she opened the door and we got a look at her, we could tell that she has been keeping her commitments. The light of Christ was just beaming from her and this once depressed person was grinning from ear to ear. She cleaned up herself a little bit and she looked great. The house even had a different feel to it. She had cleaned up her house and re-arranged a bit. She was so happy to see us! We started talking to her and she read everything we asked her to read. She said that she didn't quite understand it all but she loved it anyway and she knew that it made her feel better when she read from the BofM. She even told us that when she would have panic attacks, she would try to read but she couldn't focus so she would open up the BofM and place her hand on it while she prayed. She said that it made her feel better. The key to conversion is to gain a testimony of the BofM through the Holy Ghost and to do our part to gain that witness, we need to read it.
Her example is a strong testimony of the importance of church and the BofM. If we are struggling in our lives, we need to check ourselves and what we are doing. First, are we praying everyday? Second, are we reading the BofM everyday? Third are we going to church to partake of the sacrament worthily and going to all three hours, everyweek? If we do those things, we will be happier! We will still go through hard times but we came "endure them well" and "be of good cheer". Joseph Smith said about the BofM, "a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book." Pres. Packer said, "In a world ever more dangerous...the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Christ has the nourishing power to heal starving spirits of the world." What a wonderful gift God has given us! He has given us a book that continues the fulness of the gospel with no error, no mistakes and with no questions of what God's standards are and what we can do to be happy. So many people are starving (spiritually) for the comfort that the BofM can bring because it WILL bring them closer to Christ and God. Pres. Hinckley promised that if when we read the BofM, "there will come a strengthened resolution to walk in obedience to his commandments, and there will come a stronger testimony of the living reality of the Son of God." The world needs it and the gospel in its fulness. So share it! God will help you help his children. For this is His work and His Glory.
The gospel is true!
Love Sister Sumsion
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