November 24 – Proper Guideline for Praying to Jesus. John 15:13-15 “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.”
Posts Tagged ‘Prayer’
Proper Guideline for Praying to Jesus
Posted in November, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Bruce McConkie 1982 BYU Speech Our Relationship with the Lord, false apostle, Prayer, relationship with Jesus on 11/24/2022| 1 Comment »
Prayer Blueprint: LDS v. Jesus
Posted in Prayer, tagged Ensign October 2020, Prayer on 09/22/2020| 1 Comment »
Ensign, ‘How Can I Pray as the Savior Taught?’ October 2020 “When Christ visited the Nephites, He prayed with them 11 times. Through word and example, He taught them how they should pray. Latter-day prophets, seers, and revelators continue to teach what the Savior taught about prayer. … Don’t multiply many words… “Our prayers should be simple, direct, and sincere.”” (more…)
Prayer Guideline Given at General Conference
Posted in General Conference April 2020, tagged Come and Belong, Dieter Uchtdorf, false apostle of Mormonism, General Conference April 2020, Prayer on 05/08/2020| 1 Comment »
General Conference, ‘Come and Belong’, April 2020 “There is no threshold of perfection you must attain in order to qualify for God’s grace. Your prayers do not have to be loud or eloquent or grammatically correct in order to reach heaven.” — Dieter Uchtdorf (more…)
Mormons Pray to a God They Don’t Know
Posted in January, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Ensign November 2001, false gods, Henry Eyring, Prayer on 01/07/2020| 1 Comment »
January 7 — Mormons Pray to a God They Don’t Know. 2 Thessalonians 2:10-11 “And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie.” (more…)
Endless Path of Duty
Posted in December, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged false gospel, Jesus, Prayer, Priesthood/Relief Society Manual 2004, works v grace on 12/01/2019| 1 Comment »
December 1 – Endless Path of Duty. 2 Corinthians 6:2 “(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)”
Proper Guidelines for Praying to Jesus
Posted in November, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Bruce McConkie 1982 BYU Speech Our Relationship with the Lord, false apostle, Prayer, relationship with Jesus on 11/24/2019| 3 Comments »
November 24 – Proper Guidelines for Praying to Jesus. John 15:13-15 “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.”
3 Major Deceptions in Liahona
Posted in False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, tagged false teacher of Mormonism, Heavenly Father, Juan Uceda, Liahona February 2019, Prayer on 02/22/2019| 1 Comment »
Today we’re looking at an article from the February 2019 Liahona. What caught my attention was its title; ‘A personal relationship with heavenly father’. It didn’t take long to see the many falsehoods in what the author said, and how his words culminated in a host of lies. My heart breaks for those who will believe this guy because I know people like my mother will worry themselves and think they must not be good enough to experience what this guy told people they can achieve.
To start off with, if you’re new to Mormonism it’d be helpful to know the words used in the title of their article aren’t the standard Mormon way of phrasing things. Complicating things further, for years Mormons were told they could not have a personal relationship with Christ, and then they were told they could.
I was a 6th generation Utah Mormon, and in the 30 years I was a member I never heard the phrase ‘personal relationship’ unless it was referring to a loved one. Having a personal relationship with their heavenly father has been an on again, mostly off again event in the history of Mormonism.
Moreover, there’s a laundry list of rules they must observe when praying to their heavenly father. See Prayer Life of Mormons.
With our brief overview behind us, I’ve pulled some of the comments from Juan Uceda’s article to compare his comments with what our Lord has said in His word. To read the Liahona article in full see Liahona, ‘A Personal Relationship with Our Father in Heaven Through Prayer,’ February 2019 Juan A. Uceda. As an FYI, Mr. Uceda is a member of the Seventy.
Here we go – (more…)
Witnessing Tip of the Day December 1
Posted in Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged bob;e study, Jesus, Prayer on 12/01/2016| Leave a Comment »
December 1 – Salvation comes through keeping commandments. 2 Corinthians 6:2 “(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)”
Tip of the Day, November 24
Posted in November, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged bible, BYU Speech on prayer Bruch McConkie, don't pray to Jesus, false doctrines, mormonism, Prayer, relationship with Jesus, salvation on 11/24/2016| Leave a Comment »
November 24 – John 15:13-15; “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.”
Praying for the Victims of the Islamic Terrorist Attack at a Christmas Party
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged December 2 2015, Prayer, terrorist attack on America on 12/05/2015| Leave a Comment »
I’m posting this now not because I needed more confirmation what happened this week was indeed a terrorist attack, but because of scheduling interference. No doubt, this is a turbulent time for our beloved country.
Our prayers go out to the families and friends of the 14 victims gunned down without mercy for the sake of a false god, and for the 17 others who are still in hospital. May God intervene in the decision making process of our country’s leaders.
May He have mercy on each one of us because right now, we are in desperate need of it.
† With Love in Christ;
Michelle
1 Cor 1:18
Discovering Grace – Prayer
Posted in Discovering Grace, tagged Discovering Grace, false doctrines of Mormonism, ordinances, Prayer on 07/29/2015| 1 Comment »
The ability to communicate directly with God in prayer is one of the greatest blessings a believer possesses, and yet it’s the one thing many don’t access very often (myself included). When I take the time to think about why my prayer life isn’t what I’d like to be I have to admit that it has a lot to do with laziness, and pretty much just letting the business of life take over my time. Also it has to do with feeling my prayers are weak, and not knowing what I should say, or how I should say it. Anyone else ever feel that way?
Yikes!
Posted in New Age, tagged God, Jesus Christ, New Age, Prayer, spiritualism on 07/09/2015| Leave a Comment »
This is an email I sent to Michelle this morning. She thought it would make a great mini article, so here you go. At first I thought about titling this What in the world is going on within the body of Christ?, but I think “Yikes” will do. 🙂
“And here I thought my area was still somewhat Christian (even though it’s mostly Democrat), but it looks like this weird stuff is everywhere. This was on my FB feed under the “Good Things Happen in Fayette County” page. Oh, and the person who posted this has a rainbow on their avatar. (eye roll) You have no idea how much I want to say something about this in the comment section, or maybe you do? 😉 “
Prayer of Faith?
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged Ensign October 2014, faith, false doctrines of Mormonism, false gospel, Prayer on 10/08/2014| Leave a Comment »
Today’s dilemma is courtesy of Melissa! Here’s what she sent to me the other day –
I just read the first paragraph and had to comment.
From the October 2014 Ensign we read:
“When prayer works as it should, we express the feelings of our hearts in simple words. Heavenly Father typically answers by putting thoughts in our minds accompanied by feelings. He always hears the sincere prayer we offer when we pray with a commitment to obey Him, whatever His answer and whenever it comes. The Lord makes this promise to all who read and pray about the Book of Mormon.” – Henry B. Eyring
Prayer Life of the Mormons
Posted in Prayer, tagged Answers to Gospel Questions, Bruce McConkie, don't call him Lord during prayers, don't pray to Jesus, false doctrines of Mormonism, folding arms during prayer, joseph smith, keep prayers short, Prayer on 08/30/2013| 5 Comments »
A few weeks ago I was asked by a Christian what the prayer life of a Mormon was like. Because their inquiry caught me off guard I gave an answer that was actually incomplete. After I got home and began thinking about it I began thinking of all the dos and don’ts in Mormon prayer etiquette and my heart sank as I began adding up all the rules.
It’s hard to keep track of everything when there’s always a laundry list of requirements so we’ve laid them out and listed them here.
Discovering Jesus
Posted in Jesus, tagged mormonism, Prayer, relationship with Jesus, Savior on 06/20/2012| Leave a Comment »
As a Mormon I never related to Jesus on a personal level, but an impersonal one. By that I mean that anytime I referred to Him it was always “the Savior”, meaning He’s the savior of the world. I never thought of Him as being my Savior, as in He went to the cross to pay for my sins so that He could save me from the punishment I deserved.
Come to think of it I never called Him by His name either, but instead called Him “Christ”. Even when I left Mormonism I had a hard time breaking that habit, and it took me awhile before could call Him by His name, Jesus. And as for my prayer life, it never occurred to me that it was ok for me to pray to Him. Praying to Jesus isn’t something you do in the Mormon Church. Mormon prayers are always addressed to their “Heavenly Father”, and closed in the name of Jesus Christ.