Je ne parle pas le français très bien mais j’essaierai d’exprimer mes pensées de l’Eglise de Jésus Christ des Saints de Dernier-jour. La connaissance de l’évangile et mon Sauveur me donne la paix pendant les temps difficiles de vie. Je suis réconforté par l’amour de Jésus Christ. Je sais gré pour le prophète Gordon B. Hinckley. Je sais qu’il parle pour Dieu. Je sais que Joseph Smith a vu Dieu le père et le fils et par le pouvoir de Dieu il a traduit le Livre de Mormon. Je sais que l’Eglise est vraie.
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Mikel-French by staff
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Maxwell J. Drown by staff
I believe in God. I believe He loves us all.
I believe we existed in a spiritual form before we were born. I believe in Adam and Eve and in the Garden of Eden.
I believe that God reveals his will to us through revelation and inspiration. I believe the words of the Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price.
I believe in Prophets including a living Prophet.
I believe that God answers our prayers. I believe that my prayers have been answered by God many times.
I believe in the Holy Ghost and the Light of Christ which inspire men to do good.
I believe that Jehovah created the Earth under the authority of God. I believe that Jesus Christ is Jehovah. I believe that Jesus Christ walked the Earth and atoned for our sins. I believe that it is through His great atonement that we can be forgiven of our sins and return to God.
I believe that Satan is real and seeks to destroy the souls of all men. I believe that we are in a real and literal war against Satan. I believe that we have the power and ability to win this war.
I believe in the Priesthood, the authority to act in God’s name.
I believe that the family unit (a man, a woman and their children) is sacred and eternal.
I believe that we will continue to exist after we die. I believe that we must perform some physical ordinances in order to prepare ourselves for the next life. I believe in baptism. I believe in temples and in the ordinance work performed in temples.
I believe this life is a test. I believe that we will be resurrected and our life will be judged.
-Maxwell J. Drown (http://www.break-line.net/?page_id=23)
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Karen: Conversion Story to the Mormon Church by staff
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Guy Murray by staff
This I Believe
That the Man, Jesus, surnamed the Christ (Talmage, Preface iii) is the literal Son of God the Father, Elohim. That He is a being, separate, distinct, and apart from God the Father, both of Whom have glorified, physical Resurrected Bodies of flesh and bone. As one of the weakest of those who are or who can be called Saints, my faith is insufficient to have beheld his face in the flesh, to have felt the imprints of the nails in his feet and hands, or to have thrust my hands in His side. There are, however, those who have. In fact there are likely thousands who have personally and physically thrust their hands in His side, and felt the prints of the nails in His hands and in His feet. Some even break bread and ate with the Savior of the world after rising from the dead. Listed below (with great thanks to Elder Talmadge’s Jesus the Christ) is only a rough approximation of some of those who so testified from personal, physical and actual knowledge.
1. Mary Magdalene, near the sepulcher (Mark 16:9-10; John 20:14) 1 person
2. The two Marys, somewhere between the sepulcher and Jerusalem (Matt 28:9) 2 people
3. Two disciples on the road to Emmaus (Mark 16:12; Luke 24:13) 2 people
4. Peter, the apostles and others in or near Jerusalem (Luke 24:36; John 20:19) 13 persons
5. The eleven apostles and others at Jerusalem (Mark 16:14; John 20:26) 12 people
6. The apostles at the Sea of Tiberias, Galilee (John 21) 11 people
7. The eleven apostles on a mountain in Galilee (Matt. 28:16) 11 people
8. Five hundred brethren at once (1 Cor. 15:6) 500 people
9. To James, the other 10, and Paul (1 Cor. 15:7) 12 people
10. The eleven apostles at the time of the ascension, Mount of Olives (Mark:16:19; Luke 24:50-51) 11 people
11. A great multitude of the Nephites (3 Nephi 11:8-17 3 Nephi 17:25) 2500 people
12. Spring 1820 Joseph Smith (Joseph Smith 1:5-26) 1 person
13. Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon February 16, 1832 (D & C 76:11-24) 2 people
14. Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdrey April 3, 1836 (D & C 110:1-11) 2 people
Approximately 3079 personally saw, heard–and some felt–and bear record of the reality of Christ’s Resurrection. And, though I am not numbered among them, I have personally felt His influence, light and Spirit in my life. His was a life without sin, to balance the Eternal equation in my favor. I acknowledge I will ever fall short, despite all I can do. It is and ever will be through His Amazing Grace that I will ever have a hope of that physical witness–moving beyond faith, my belief in things hoped for but not yet seen–to a perfect knowledge. I am mindful of and eternally grateful for His infinite Sacrifice and Atonement–least understood by me.
This I believe.
(Originally posted at Messenger and Advocate)
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Elder Bruce R. McConkie by staff
Elder Bruce R. McConkie of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles final testimony was delivered on Saturday April 6, 1985. Elder McConkie passed away shortly after.
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Douglas Parker Reid by staff
My Testimony of the Truthfulness of the Scriptures and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
My wife and I are fifth generation Latter-day Saints, but although I love and respect my ancestors, I don’t consider my testimony as having come because I am emulating them or merely following in their footsteps. My knowledge of the truthfulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ has come into my own heart and soul in many powerful, personal ways. I feel a strong desire to share my testimony of this process in case it may help someone else who is searching in their own life to find truth and happiness through knowing what God wants them to do with their life.
As a young boy growing up in Utah (U.S.A.), I prayed many times to have the feeling of the Holy Ghost confirm to my heart that the LDS Church was true, or to hear the “still, small voice” and thus be able to stand in testimony meeting and bear testimony that I knew the Church was true. I didn’t seem to get the answer I was seeking, but I knew that living the gospel felt right, so I was disappointed but not disillusioned. I still lived the gospel in every way.
As a young college student at Brigham Young University, I finally began to understand what it meant to feel the confirming inspiration of the Holy Ghost as I read the Book of Mormon and pondered the experiences of Nephi more deeply than I had as a high school student. What an eye-opener! I could begin to feel the truths of the gospel and the truths found in the scriptures, and it was exciting for me. Many verses from each of the standard works—the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price, made indelible impressions on my heart, mind, and soul as I read them. Each time I would read them I gained new insights and felt the truth of the words I was reading.
I have come to love each of the standard works, and to know that each of them is true, and that a loving Heavenly Father grants unto each of us as His children spiritual knowledge as we seek it with pure motives and as we allow seeds of truth to grow in our hearts. It makes so much sense that He would not make the truths of the gospel be so obvious or so readily available that thinking people would not have to yearn and struggle in some way to find those truths, since one of the most important reasons for this life is to learn to understand truth versus error in a way that makes our spiritual self more mature, so we can have greater faith than when we were innocent children.
I hope that people who use the Internet in their search for spiritual knowledge in their own life will go to the primary sources—the scriptures, including both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, and the Book of Mormon which is such a powerful witness of the mission of Jesus Christ and our relationship to Him; and personal prayer to Heavenly Father, who will guide their searching if they sincerely ask in faith. Why rely on the words of some who criticize the LDS Church? Why not find out for yourself through a deep and sincere study without letting someone else do your thinking for you? Many critics climb an intellectual ladder without understanding that God wants them to climb a spiritual ladder, and they get lost in intellectual arguments and entanglements just like Isaiah and the Apostle Paul prophesied that they would.
Nothing that I have read on the Internet (including some of the attempts by intellectuals to criticize the LDS Church) has made me doubt the truthfulness of the gospel, the reality that Jesus Christ lives and is our personal Savior, the divine calling of Joseph Smith, the truth of the Book of Mormon and of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I feel saddened that people could be led by critics to misunderstand if they don’t seek to sincerely find out for themselves, by humbly reading and prayerfully considering the Bible (preferably the King James Version if reading in English) and the Book of Mormon on their own. -
DMC by staff
I was raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but like all people, whether “born in the church” or not, I had to find out the truth for myself. I don’t ever recall really questioning what I had been taught in church or by my parents, but I will always remember one Sunday in particular. I was 12 years old, and one of my Young Women’s teachers was discussing the importance of gaining a testimony for yourself. She talked about how we couldn’t always lean on the testimony for others and how we cannot have blind faith, but that we needed to know the truth for ourselves. She challenged and pleaded with us to go home and to pray to find out the truth for ourselves. At church I thought her message was nice, but I didn’t understand the importance of it… yet. After church her face kept coming into my mind, pleading for me to find out for myself. The more I though about it, the greater the need I felt to do just that. So I went to my bedroom and thought about what I wanted to know, and I knelt down and prayed. I will never forget the amazing power that filled my entire body, how full my heart was, and how close I felt to my Heavenly Father at that moment. I knew that God was there, listening to me- and ready and waiting to answer my prayer. Since then I have never doubted.
I know that my Heavenly Father lives, and that He knows me and every person individually, and that He loves me. I know that my Savior lives. I know that He lived a perfect life and that He suffered in the Garden of Gethsemane and again on the cross for me, that He died and was resurrected that I may not only live again, but that I may become clean and pure through the power of the atonement. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, that he was an instrument in God’s hands in restoring the fullness of the gospel on the earth again. I know that this is the Church of Jesus Christ. I know that President Hinckley is a prophet today, that he, under the direction of the Savior who stands at the head of this church, is His spokesman for the world. I know that the Book of Mormon is true, that it is scripture, that it has the power to change lives, and as we follow the teachings of Christ and the prophets we find in all scripture, that they will work together to lead us to God. I know that there is a great plan of salvation and that plan truly is a plan of happiness, and as we follow that plan, as we follow Christ and keep the commandments, we will find peace and joy in this life and in the life to come.
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Cynthia Butcher by staff
My name is Cynthia(Errickson)Butcher.This is my experience and testimony of Jesus Christ.
I was going to Brigham Young University the Fall of 1981. I was also working from 3am to 7am at the Fine Arts building cleaning crew on campus. I took a class this semester called "The Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ". After working that morning, I went to my classes I remember our teacher challenged us to ask for a testimony of Jesus Christ in our prayers. I thought about it, I had been raised most of my life in the Church, but I had also gone to church with my cousins at times to their Bible school and knew they believed Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost were one being. I knew that we believed that Heavenly Father, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost were 3 distinct beings, but I hadn't made a concerted effort to know. I was relying on my parents and leaders testimonies. I hadn't been real faithful in my praying up to then, I wondered to whom was I praying. It was a kind of fuzzy area in my mind. On the way to my campus apartment I pictured a place that I could use to pray for this challenge. There was a large patio area and across the path a little one where our ward had had barbeques, there is a building there now. It had large bushes surrounding most of one side. There were cement seats on the sides of the patio; they were almost like shelves. I went to the smaller patio but a couple was there talking so I went to the larger patio and found this secluded spot where the bushes covered most of it from view. I sat down and poured out my heart to Heavenly Father. I knew that I could ask in faith with real intent, like I'd learned Joseph Smith did in the Sacred Grove, and I believed I would receive an answer. I asked Heavenly Father, "Who was I praying to?" I felt such a strong, crisp, and clear answer to my prayer testify that God was real, that Jesus Christ lived here on earth, He is the Son of the Father; that I was praying to Heavenly Father through Jesus Christ. That Jesus was my advocate to the Father, that He brought our prayers unto God. That Jesus Christ was my Savior, and Redeemer of the world. It was so clear so sharp it was if a knife had cut through all the fuzzy mist, I knew! I knew for myself that God lives, that Jesus lives, that He is my Savior, and They loved me, the Holy Ghost testified of this to me. They work together as a team; a Godhead. I cried with such gratitude in my heart for this sacred witness. It all made sense now; it was all clear. It changed me; I wanted to live for and serve Them. I want you to know knowing this didn't make me perfect all at once. I'm still working on it but, it gives me strength and joy and hope and peace to keep on going to keep on building myself and the kingdom of God on this earth. I write this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Crystal Gwilliam by staff
I know that God lives - because I see and feel His influence in every moment of my life!
I know that Jesus Christ is my Savior - because through the Atonement, I right my wrongs to feel clean again; my heart is healed; my mind is clear and free from worry and fear; I can use my body to serve and uplift those around me.
I know that Jesus Christ showed the WAY and is the LIGHT of the world - because of the way He leads MY life and guides me through the darkness into a ever-brighter life of LIGHT and LOVE.
I know that the Priesthood is the POWER of GOD - because I have witnessed and felt its’ holy power in my life through healing and comfort, guidance and direction.
I know that Joseph Smith, through the power of the Priesthood, restored the Gospel of Jesus Christ - because I have visited the Sacred Grove, I have prayed about Joseph’s experience and I KNOW, undeniably, that he saw GOD the Father and Jesus Christ; that he translated the Book of Mormon into a language we could study and understand; that he gave his life in defense of the Kingdom of God.
I know that I can be together with my family for ALL ETERNITY - because I have made sacred covenants in the holy temple, GOD’s HOUSE, and I diligently strive to keep those covenants each day. When I make mistakes and fall short of the covenants I’ve made to be a disciple of Jesus, I know that through the Atonement and GOD’s loving mercy, I can be made whole again - physically, spiritually, mentally and emotionally.
I know we are guided and directed by living prophets - because I have the Spirit testify to ME every time I hear the prophet and apostles’ words. I know it is TRUE!
I love the gospel of Jesus Christ with all my heart! I know that it is the ONLY way to have true happiness and peace in this life and the life to come. There are many ways that bring happiness nevertheless this is the BETTER PART. In the name of Jesus Christ, AMEN!
Crystal Gwilliam
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Conviction wrought within my soul by staff
I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I love the hope, love and happiness it brings into my life. Even when I am having the worst day ever, I can always rejoice in the fact that my Father in heaven loved me enough to send His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ to suffer and die for me and even more so that He rose again, overcoming death so that I can too return to my Heavenly Father. I know that He loves us. I know that the Atonement of Jesus Christ paid the debt we could not pay for ourselves. I know that Joseph Smith restored the gospel of Jesus Christ on the earth so that we can all know of this wonderful news. Heavenly Father is the literal father of our spirits. Jesus Christ is truly Jehovah, Savior and Redeemer. Joseph Smith truly was a prophet. The Book of Mormon is truly the word of God. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is truly God’s church once again established and organized on the earth. This is my testimony, deeply embedded in the fleshy tables of my heart and within my soul, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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