Christ is born

 Third Nephi 1:13
"  Lift up your head and be of good cheer; for behold, the time is at hand, and on this night shall the sign be given, and on the morrow come I into the world, to show unto the world that I will fulfill all that which I have caused to be spoken by the mouth of my holy prophets"

I feel sorry for not doing much Christmas  posts during this month, it is Christ's birthday, the beloved son of God.
I would have but a few things to say during this amazing day, read the story of his birth in Luke, read it with you're family this day and by yourself.

I would also would like if you will watch this video, it brought tears to my eyes when I watched it, I hope it will do the same for you.

Also this is an amazing video as well, I would love if something like that would happen with me.

My Testimony of the Book of Mormon

This has been the first time I have read threw the book all the way, I would try to read it but I always stop around the time I got to Alma
As I'm preparing for my mission I know I need to read it and understand and teach from it as much as I can, so I started in the fall and wanted to be done with reading it before the new year.

I was going good and then.. days went by without reading it I would read for couple of days and then just stop for a week or two then read, then stop and so on, I got way behind to the point of asking myself
"Do I want to finish before the end of the year?"
Yes, I wanted to read it before the end of the year, I wanted to gain my own testimony of the book, so last week I told myself I will read 50 pages per day.

I read the 50 pages in one sitting, I didn't know how much time it would take me in the day to read the 50 pages. Yesterday I looked at the clock, I started reading at 7:30pm, I got done with the 50 pages at 11:40pm... with having dyslexic it is harder for me, I would read and mix up words that weren't even there, if I didn't mix up the words then I just didn't understand what I had just read I went back two or three verse or even more and re-read what I have already read, doing that every so often it takes time but I wanted to read 50 pages per day.

Friday and Saturday were amazing, I read out loud to myself and I wasn't stuttering a whole lot, barely anything, reading out loud at least for me I learned more, at some parts of the Book Of Mormon my voice began to get emotional, as I read on during Friday and Saturday I was prompted from the Holy Ghost to mark some verses so I'll be able to go back and re-read them

3rd Nephi 12:15-16: Behold, do men light a candle and put it under a bushel? Nay, but on a candlestick, and it giveth light to all that are in the house; Therefor let your light so shine before this people, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven."

To me that really stood out, we need to be the light, we need to be the example to others, we are their light, let us shine forth!

3rd Nephi 15:9: Behold, I am the law, and the light, Look unto me, and endure to the end, and ye shall live; for unto him that endureth to the end will I give eternal life

How can I put it any clearer, we endure to the end and we will have eternal life, I loved this and how much I felt I needed to mark it for some reason.

Now go to chapter 27:16-17 I was prompted to mark this one as well, I know why now
"And it shall come to pass, that whoso repenteth and is baptized in my name shall be filled; and if he will endure to the end, behold, him will I hold guiltless before my Father at that day when I shall stand to judge the world. And he that endureth not unto the end, the same is he that is also hewn down and cast into the fire, from whence they can no more return, because of the justice of the Father"

We need to repent, if we do not repent we will be cast into the fire of hell and we cannot return from there, repent, repent. be saved, no one is perfect on this earth, we make mistakes but we can repent and become worthy again.

Moroni 7:11-12:
For behold, a bitter fountain cannot bring forth good water; neither can a good fountain bring forth bitter water; wherefore, a man being a servant of the devil cannot follow Christ; and if he follow Christ he cannot be a servant of the devil. Wherefore, all things which are good cometh of God; and that is evil cometh of the devil; for the devil is an enemy unto God and fighteth against him continually, and inviteth and entiecth to sin, and to do that which is evil continually"

The devil wants us on his side, our life's will be miserable, if he has us in his grasp.

Another one I was prompted to mark was Moroni 7:43
"And again, behold I say unto you that he cannot have faith and hope, save he shall be meek, and lowly of heart"
That reminded me of
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light- Matthew 11:28-30"

Christ is meek and lowly in heart, to have faith and hope.. we need to be meek and lowly in heart as-well  let starts now.
As I was reading Moroni chapter 8, more then half of that chapter I took it to heart and thought that what I will be doing on my mission,
 After reading the chapter I had a prompting  to replace the "My beloved son, Moroni" to "My beloved son, Michael"
The  feeling of the spirit... overcame me and it was a feeling I'll never forget.
I'll go back to it many times, and once I get my mission call I'll go back and re-read it, same as when I'm on my mission.

I find it very funny, how the day after I finished  the book of Mormon, I got on a game that I haven't played in for a year and the server I joined,  some people were bashing my religion and the book of Mormon, I fine this funny because Satan will not stop to lead us away from the church, we have to be stronger then he is.

The Book of Mormon is true, I have gain my own testimony of it, this church is the true church. I know that God lives and he sent his beloved son  to die for our sins.
If you are ever having doubts, read the Book of Mormon and pray.


Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it

My Struggles Soon Gone

I been dealing with some struggles lately.. mostly about just wanting the weight to lose faster, but how can I lose more then 3lbs in a day?, which has been the most I have lost in a day, the short answer... I can't really.
It's so tough to start the workouts, I always dread doing it but once I'm done I feel much better and my body feels great too.

In a day I normally do an hour of treadmill full incline, jogging/walking.. and that works very well, lose the most weight by doing the treadmill, the thing I hate is the sweat it's all over you and I just don't like how it feels.

I also been hating upon myself for getting to where I am, it took me 18 years to get to the state I am in now, and.. I just hate myself for that, but you know what?, it took me 18 years to get here, but won't take me 18 years to lose the weight.

Last week when I put on my church pants, I had to keep pulling them up, I look forward to each week putting on my church clothes, each time there more room.

I have talked to some of my friends about these feelings and how thoughts of giving up came to mind.. well won't happen this time.

Reason: I want to go on my mission, I want to serve my Lord and teach the people he wants me to teach, and once I do lose the weight.. I'll be happier in life, I'll be able to live my full life:

March-April is when I'm planning I'll be done losing the weight, I look how far away it is now and think.. "Will I even get here?" the question.. is yes and then guess what?.... the beast shall unleash itself with the smexiness
Yep, I made that up myself... how could you tell?.

One day at a time, one week at a time, one month at a time.. and I'll get there
I'll be getting a church suit, and that will do well with the smexiness

(To the ladies) Wouldn't you date or hang out with a beastly guy with curly hair who wears a black church suit to church?.. if I was a girl and I knew a guy like that, then I would * cough cough, you should do the same*
Oh yeah, the guy is spiritual and love going to church, oh might I add he has blue eyes that will shine in the moonlight?, and... I'll stop now, you gotten the point :)

Enjoy the laughs which follow up there ^ (To the guy, but  the girls will think it's dreamy, huh?)
I'll use my weight lost story in many of my talks which I'll do once I'm older, I want to become like John Bytheway.

President Gordon B. Hinckley-Lessons I Learned as a Boy

Readers, as I been thinking of what to post, this Mormon Message video came out to me, I remember watching it in Priest Quorum, the lesson was about service.. no one in the Bishop's office had dried eyes or where not thinking to themselves, you could feel the spirit testifying to us.

I am only one, but I am one.  I cannot do everything, but I can do something.  And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.  ~Edward Everett Hale

Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it

The Holy Ghost

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Readers, I would like to talk about the Holy Ghost, why we need to have him in our lives,  and what he will bring into our lives and so on.

The Holy Ghost is the third member of the Godhead. He is a personage of spirit, without a body of flesh and bones. He is often referred to as the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, the Spirit of the Lord, or the Comforter.

Why the other members of the Godhead have a body but the Holy Ghost doesn’t?, let turn to  Doctrine and Covenants 130:22 “The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit. Were it not so, the Holy Ghost could not dwell in us”


What are the roles of the Holy Ghost:

His a witnesses of the Father and the Son,  check out second Nephi 31:18
He reveals and teaches  the truth of all things, Moroni 10:5.
“And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things”


When we strive to stay on the path that leads to eternal life, the Holy Ghost can and will guide us in our decisions and protect us from physical and spiritual danger.


The Holy Ghost can fill us with hope and perfect love and teach us  the peaceable things of the kingdom


Moroni 8:26 reads “And the remission of sins bringeth meekness, and lowliness of heart; and because of meekness and lowliness of heart cometh the visitation of the Holy Ghost, which Comforter filleth with hope and perfect love, which love endureth by diligence unto prayer, until the end shall come, when all the saints shall dwell with God.”

He is the Holy Spirit of Promise (see Ephesians 1:13; D&C 132:7, 18–19, 26). In this capacity, He confirms that the priesthood ordinances we have received and the covenants we have made are acceptable to God. This approval depends on our continued faithfulness.

Gifts of the Holy Ghost:

If we’re honest seekers of the truth, we can feel the influence of the Holy Ghost
I have felt the promptings of the Spirit in my life so much, in many ways, a warm feeling in my heart, a still small voice, each time I feel the Spirit in my life, it’s special to me.

the fullness of the blessings given through the Holy Ghost are available only to those who receive the gift of the Holy Ghost and remain worthy.

After a person is baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one or more Melchizedek Priesthood holders lay their hands on the person's head and, in a sacred priesthood ordinance, confirm him or her a member of the Church. As part of this ordinance, called confirmation, the person is given the gift of the Holy Ghost.

The gift of the Holy Ghost is different then the influence of the Holy Ghost, a person can feel the influence of the Holy Ghost time to time and by feeling the Holy Ghost can receive a testimony of truth After receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, a person has the right to the constant companionship of that member of the Godhead if he or she keeps the commandments.

If we want the Spirit to dwell with us, we need to be worthy members of the Church.

From the “True to the faith” book it says
“Full enjoyment of the gift of the Holy Ghost includes receiving revelation and comfort, serving and blessing others through spiritual gifts, and being sanctified from sin and made fit exaltation in the celestial kingdom. These blessing depend on your worthiness; they come  a little at a time as you are ready for them. As you bring your life in harmony with God’s will, you gradually receive the Holy Ghost in great measure”

President Wilford Woodruff said
“One of the Apostles said to me years ago, “Brother Woodruff, I have prayed for a long time for the Lord to send me the administration  of an angel. I have had a great desire for this, but I have never had my prayers answered.” “I said to him that if he were to pray a thousand years to the God of Israel for that gift, it would not be granted, unless the Lord had a motive in sending an angel to him. I told him the Lord never did nor never will send an angel to anybody merely to gratify the desire of the individual to see an angel. If the Lord sends an angel to anyone, he sends him to perform a work that can be performed only by the administration of an angel… Now, I have always said, that I want to say it to you, that the Holy Ghost is what every Saint of God needs. It is far more important that a man should have that gift then he should have the ministration of an angel”

Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it

I know that Jesus Christ lives, and that my Heavenly Father hears and answer my prayers, I know that the Holy Ghost have dwelled  in me to guide and watch over me.
I know this is the true Church, and I’m so grateful to be In it.

Working out update 12/2/11

Working out been going great, clothes been fitting better like always.
The weekend of Thanksgiving I didn't work out for 2-3 days and that got me behind a little bit, put on 1 or 2 pounds but their already gone.

By the middle of this month I'm thinking people will notice I look different, that they can tell I have lost weight, i'm very looking forward to it.. loosing a pound or two each day it takes a lot of working out, watching what you eat and so on.

Couple of weeks ago, I was talking to a friend about it and, how my sister made some cookies and I was tempted to have some, and we talked about how staying away from having them will help me in the long run.. and I said the same goes with sin, you tell yourself "I can just do it a little bit" "I can do it once and not again"
But once you have one cookie.. do you try having another one?, most everyone will say yes to this

We all need to be strong and say "No", once we do we will be so happy  with ourselves
If you do give in then just like loosing weight to get rid of the cookie you just ate, we can repent and our sin will be forgiven, it does take time to be clean from our sins but again, once you do you will be happy with yourself.

A sneak peek about what I'll be posting about is about the Holy Ghost, it should be up in a couple of days from now.