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2018-11-24T20:08:27-10:00

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Cool Head and Iron Nerve

Last updated on: November 24, 2018 at 8:08 pm By Delisa Hargrove

While studying the Doctrine and Covenants, the amount of times the Lord told the Saints to “Fear not” has really impacted me. This injunction from the God of Daniel in lions’ dens, men in fiery furnaces, Ammon standing alone against warring Lamanites, David facing Goliath. I want this sure firmness in mind and soul. While camped in Winter Quarters, the Lord told Brigham Young and all members of the restored Church Go thy way and do as I have told... Read more

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2018-11-24T20:04:43-10:00

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A Father Gives Directions in a Dream

Last updated on: November 24, 2018 at 8:04 pm By Delisa Hargrove

[M]y beloved brethren, have miracles ceased? Behold I say unto you, Nay; neither have angels ceased to minister unto the children of men. Or have angels ceased to appear unto the children of men? Or has he withheld the power of the Holy Ghost from them? Or will he, so long as time shall last, or the earth shall stand, or there shall be one man upon the face thereof to be saved? Behold I say unto you, Nay; for it is by faith... Read more

2018-11-17T09:50:45-10:00

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The Land Which God Consecrated

Last updated on: November 17, 2018 at 9:50 am By Delisa Hargrove

In Seminary this morning, we joyfully “discovered” the location of Zion. (And by “we joyfully,” I mean I exuberantly shared my excitement to my beloved sleep-deprived, some semi-comatose but nonetheless present, teenaged students.) We’ve talked for a month about Zion as a gathering place and why such a gathering place was a needed and a little about how it would function. But today, we finally reached Doctrine and Covenants 57 where the Lord revealed Zion’s location—Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. “which... Read more

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2018-11-10T17:12:28-10:00

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Needing Divine Information

Last updated on: November 10, 2018 at 5:12 pm By Delisa Hargrove

One of my greatest desires is to find the parents of John Reed Mitchell, Anthony’s second great-grandfather. John Reed magically shows up in Parker County, Texas, in the late 1800s with land and census records galore. But Anthony’s two genealogically minded family members and I are stumped as to his whereabouts before Texas. Census records and other information consistently say he was born in Alabama, and we have a birth year, but we cannot find him. The Mitchell line formidably... Read more

2023-10-22T14:20:04-10:00

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Sanctifying Sacrifices

Last updated on: October 22, 2023 at 2:20 pm By Delisa Hargrove

I’ve been pondering the power of sanctifying sacrifices and why each of us needs them. Of course, the Savior’s atoning sacrifice is the ultimate example. His sanctifying furnace enables all who repent to also be sanctified. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. Do our sanctifying sacrifices enable others to be sanctified through the truth, too? Abraham’s Sanctifying Sacrifices Abraham and Isaac’s sacrifice, patterned after the Father’s willing sacrifice of His Only Begotten... Read more

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2018-11-03T10:31:27-10:00

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Manifestation of a Spiritual Gift

Last updated on: November 3, 2018 at 10:31 am By Delisa Hargrove

I am fascinated by spiritual gifts and their manifestations. The number and diversity of spiritual gifts are as numberless and diverse as each individual. The Lord promises that His children receive at least one gift, but aren’t limited to that. In fact, He commands us to seek and ask for spiritual gifts so we can know of His abundance, avoid deception and benefit others. But ye are commanded in all things to ask of God, who giveth liberally; and that which the... Read more

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2018-11-10T13:35:45-10:00

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Facing Fear

Last updated on: November 10, 2018 at 1:35 pm By Delisa Hargrove

In our Seminary class, the students and I have read the Lord’s counsel verse after verse to “fear not.” I’ve challenged them to face and overcome their fears. I have ancestors who joined the Restored Church during the New York and Kirtland eras (that we’re reading about in Seminary) and I’ve thought a lot about how they reacted to these “fear not” verses and why the verses were necessary in the first place. How did they increase their faith in... Read more

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2018-10-27T18:06:38-10:00

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The Lord’s Promises to Eliza Chapman Gadd

Last updated on: October 27, 2018 at 6:06 pm By Delisa Hargrove

My third great-grandmother Eliza Chapman Gadd crossed the plains in the Willie Handcart Company without joining herself to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, a week after a rescue party brought the Willie Company into the Salt Lake Valley, Eliza requested baptism. As I read her patriarchal blessing, having peered through the tiny historical window into her life, I felt her strength and greatness even more. After arriving in Salt Lake City, Brigham Young assigned her family to... Read more

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2018-10-27T15:33:00-10:00

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Eliza Chapman Gadd: Her Journey with the Willie Handcart Company By Sail, Rail, and Trail

Last updated on: October 27, 2018 at 3:33 pm By Delisa Hargrove

In 1856, during this week, my ancestors suffered severe trials on the Western plains as members of the Willie Handcart Company. I’ve thought especially of my third great grandmother Eliza Chapman Gadd who made the journey to Zion as an unbelieving, unbaptized spouse of an ardent believer. Her husband Samuel and two sons died on the plains. Eliza and her six surviving children entered the Salt Lake Valley on November 9, 1856. A week after arriving in Utah, Eliza asked... Read more

2018-10-20T14:13:23-10:00

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Repairing the Breach–A Rattlesnake, A Horse, and A Girl

Last updated on: October 20, 2018 at 2:13 pm By Delisa Hargrove

For several years of my childhood, my dad farmed alfalfa and cotton outside of the tiny town of San Simon, Arizona. When I was 5, I got one of two most memorable horse rides of my life. My dad invited me to check the irrigation with him on horseback. He swung himself into the saddle and then reached for my upstretched arms and lifted me up to share the saddle with him. Sometimes I rode behind the saddle holding on... Read more

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