Nobody mentioned writing down prayers much when I was a child. If they did it was somewhere along the lines of: if you struggle to pray, you could always write your prayers down. It felt like it was a weakness and a crutch to write down your prayers: no one ever said this but somehow I had

Prayer is so much more than simply taking our requests to God. It's our direct line of communication to the Father; it should never be taken for granted.

I remember a time when there was something that I really wanted to have happen in my life. I felt it was good, but when it wasn’t working out, I got discouraged and didn’t understand why praying for something with such faith wasn’t allowing it to work out. What I didn’t recognize, however, was that the way I understood prayer and God’s will was different from the way God understood it. So what is the purpose of prayer and how do we figure out God’s will for us?

When I went to school in Idaho I loved a certain spot in the Rexburg temple in the waiting area of the baptistry. Each time I went there I sat right there–in that same spot– just becaus…

Bible study for beginners: Where to begin reading the Bible? How to begin studying the Bible?

Lesson helps and resources to teach The Sabbath is a Day to Remember What God Has Done for Us

“Is this a prank?” Steve “Dusty” Smith wondered. He was surprised—and confused—but then-President Uchtdorf had just one question for Smith: would he share his story?

There are those who believe in a Supreme Being, but eschew organized religion. There are those who utter prayers, but believe that God is very far away.

These Armor of God Cards are a great way to learn about the different parts of armor that we should put on daily.

Happy almost February sweet friends! The scripture writing plan this month is over a topic that has often been requested: Health and Healing God has many names for himself in the Bible and I love that each one was revealed to His people at the exact perfect time they needed to hear it. One of my favorite names of God is Jehovah Rapha which means The God who Heals. Jehovah Rapha's mighty hands have the power to heal us- physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. He reveled this name to His people in Exodus 15:26 where it says.... He said, “If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.” Healing is hard and often a super lengthy process. When I think about healing I think back to my brain surgery in 2013. For those 12 hours or surgery I was asleep and felt zero pain (praise the Lord!). But once I woke up and as all of the pain medicine started to wear off? Y'all that pain was incredible and at times almost unbearable. I remember saying to my family..... "I didn't realize it would hurt when I woke up" which was ridiculous since I knew that they were doing super invasive, super complicated BRAIN SURGERY! I have a pretty high pain tolerance and my pain in the beginning was about a 12. My healing from that surgery took a long time. As much as I prayed it would happen quickly, it truly took months and months. Long months of therapy and rest and medicine. Physical wounds take time to heal but so do emotional and heart hurts. The healing often hurts way more than the actual wound and sometimes healing takes a really, really long time which can be super discouraging. It is easy to grow weary while waiting for healing. Our sweet Lord is able to provide both physical and spiritual healing and there are many verses in the bible related to our health and healing. My prayer is that as you read and write the verses this month that they are a comfort to you and a reminder that God still heals. That each verse reminds you that no matter what needs healing in your life- your body, your heart, or your mind- God has the power to heal you. Only He can completely heal broken hearts and make us whole again. You can rely on God's power to heal you and I pray that these verses encourage you. FYI: I made the plan 31 days and plan to do that with all topical plans in the future so that they can be done any month- not just the month I write them for. TO PRINT: You can find a copy of the plan in English and Spanish in the folder HERE. {Just a reminder, don't try to print the images below or they will be blurry. Be sure to click the link to download a PDF copy!}

From ancient times to modern, some of our great leaders have left their testimony as an immortal witness of their Savior. Though this list is by no means comprehensive, it contains a handful of these powerful witnesses of Christ, shared not long before their bearers went to meet the Lord they testified of.