The Exodus

In my doctrine and covenants class we have been discussing how The Exodus out of Egypt parallels the Restoration Exodus of the saints. I was quite surprised of how many similarities there were and to me it just shows the hand of the Lord in His work.

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The Old Testament tells us of the story of the Exodus of Moses and his people from their bondage in the kingdom of Egypt under the strict rule of the Pharaoh.  The people were led by the Lord from one place to another within the deserts of the Sinai Peninsula and into the lands of modern day Israel for forty years.  This well known story has a comparable story of exodus when analyzing the exodus of the early LDS that took place... Read More

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  I think that sometimes when we study the scriptures, we read straight through the verses without stopping to think about where the verses we are reading are from and what they mean. For instance, I did not know that many of the verses in the Bible are old Christian hymns. To me, this bit of knowledge brings the words to life for me. I like to picture real people who really walked the earth sitting together and singing the very words I am reading together in pr... Read More

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Hello everyone.  I am a new member of this forum and have been reading a lot of your blogs.  Just a little bit of info, I live with my boyfriend of 2 years and soon I will be shipped out to Navy bootcamp.  Some prior history: I was born into the LDS church.  I have wonderful loving parents who unfortunately divorced when I was a teenager, my father still goes but my mother does not.  I fell away from the church without any real reason other than social... Read More

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   Be the Best You Can

"Please don't nag yourself with thoughts of failure. Do not set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. Simply do what you can do, in the best way you know, and the Lord will accept your effort."

—Gordon B. Hinckley (Ensign, November 1989, p. 96.)

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