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2018-01-05T21:34:10-10:00

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Receiving the Real Truth

Last updated on: January 5, 2018 at 9:34 pm By Delisa Hargrove

I planned everything around something I believed to be true. I posted a link to information of our beloved President Thomas S. Monson’s funeral on our ward Facebook page. In my mind, the funeral was Friday (so this Friday) at 10:00 AM MST, so 7:00 AM HST. I planned my entire day around this timeframe so that I could participate with the prophet’s funeral. I got home from grabbing some groceries at 6:57AM. I asked my husband to cue up the... Read more

Realization

Seeking Truth

2018-01-03T05:11:42-10:00

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The Firstborn and The Birthright

Last updated on: January 3, 2018 at 5:11 am By Delisa Hargrove

As our family sat reading about biblical inheritances, I smugly responded, “Yay, the firstborn gets double.” The second oldest, firstborn son even more smugly responded, “The oldest son gets double.” Except for very, very few instances, I knew he was right. (Don’t tell him I said that.) I think I retorted with some comment about him having to take care of dad when dad was old then. Dad redirected and retrieved family scripture study. To say I took an interest... Read more

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Ancient Stories about Scriptural Truths

Atonement of Jesus Christ

2017-12-31T08:49:09-10:00

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New Testamental Accounts of Angels Coming to Earth

Last updated on: December 31, 2017 at 8:49 am By Delisa Hargrove

What started as a curiosity to identify angelic ministrations in the Old Testament became a full-blown search to identify scriptural stories of angel sightings. The scriptures below record angels’ participation throughout the New Testament. Zacharias And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer... Read more

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Women in Scripture

2017-12-31T08:50:23-10:00

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Old Testamental Accounts of Angels Coming to Earth

Last updated on: December 31, 2017 at 8:50 am By Delisa Hargrove

The Christmas story celebrates hosts of angels singing “Glory to the Highest!” I wondered how many times angels interacted with mankind during Old Testament times. Here’s a list of angelic ministrations I found during the Old Testament timeframe. Adam And after many days an angel of the Lord appeared unto Adam, saying: Why dost thou offer sacrifices unto the Lord? And Adam said unto him: I know not, save the Lord commanded me. And then the angel spake, saying: This thing is a similitude of the sacrifice of... Read more

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Women in Scripture

2017-12-24T07:34:21-10:00

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Fall On Your Knees

Last updated on: December 24, 2017 at 7:34 am By Delisa Hargrove

This year has been a profound season of growth for me. After a miscarriage in March, I spoke publically about the experience and my sorrow. I’d written of our struggles before, but really felt terrified to talk openly about my pain. But actually saying the words to an audience led me to deep healing. Since then I haven’t encountered the same triggers when people ask if we have children and why not. I found peace. In some sense, I thought... Read more

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Overcoming Trials

2017-12-17T08:01:41-10:00

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The Christmas Story’s Elisabeth

Last updated on: December 17, 2017 at 8:01 am By Delisa Hargrove

Especially during the Christmas season, each character in Luke’s record comes to life for me. I crave details and long to ask them about their experiences. So I search and search for tidbits that can enhance the story I’ve embraced in the New Testament. Elisabeth descended through Aaron’s priestly lineage. I love the description of Elisabeth and her husband Zacharias. And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. And they... Read more

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Women in Scripture

2017-12-13T05:17:55-10:00

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Abram’s Grandfathers Went Less Active

Last updated on: December 13, 2017 at 5:17 am By Delisa Hargrove

Abraham’s great grandfathers went less active. I’ve been studying Abraham, related to several questions I have, and kept coming back to the verse that says, “My fathers, having turned from their righteousness, and from the holy commandments which the Lord their God had given unto them, unto the worshiping of the gods of the heathen, utterly refused to hearken to my voice.” I wanted to know more. Abraham descended through the patriarchal line from Adam to Noah and through Shem >... Read more

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Seeking Truth

2017-12-10T03:33:20-10:00

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You Can’t Ask That! Why Not?

Last updated on: December 10, 2017 at 3:33 am By Delisa Hargrove

I became a huge fan of a man I’d never met before. He came into our lives as a counselor in the Lubbock Temple presidency. He exuded Christlike love. I enjoyed being around him. But even more than that, I loved his mind. One Sunday, our bishopric asked him to come talk to us during Sunday School. It seemed like the topic was whatever he wanted to cover. He covered a wide basis of teaching from Joseph Smith and the... Read more

2017-12-10T00:04:07-10:00

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When Alexander the Great Knocked on Eden’s Door

Last updated on: December 10, 2017 at 12:04 am By Delisa Hargrove

After leaving Jerusalem and traversing into and out of the Mountains of Darkness, Alexander of Macedon found himself in a new, unpopulated, gorgeous land. His soldiers caught fish in a crystal clear river. After cutting up the fish, soldiers took their fish to the river to clean it. Miraculously, in the water, the fish reassembled itself and swam away. Initially skeptical, Alexander experienced the regenerated fish and determined the river was one of Paradise’s River of Life. He commanded all of... Read more

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Ancient Stories about Scriptural Truths

2017-12-03T03:51:51-10:00

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The Lord’s Work Is a Circle

Last updated on: December 3, 2017 at 3:51 am By Delisa Hargrove

“God makes himself known to the world. He fills up the whole circle of the universe, but makes his particular abode in the center, which is the soul of the just.” -Lucian The circle is a curved perpetual line without beginning or ending. As such, it conveys a completeness encompassing space and time—eternity. Listen to the voice of the Lord your God, even Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, whose course is one eternal round, the same today as yesterday,... Read more

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