Latter-day Lent
Helping Latter-day Saints learn about Lent through daily devotionals to help elevate their Easter celebrations in a higher and holier way.
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A Gift For You.
I pray you have a wonderful Easter celebrating the resurrection of our Savior! For your participation in this endeavor with me, I would like to offer you a FREE kindle version of the Latter-day Lent book, which I just published this week. I'm offering it to you for free, with a small request. Please leave me a 5 star rating and review for the Kindle Version. Amazon Verified Purchase reviews go a long way to making the book visible and seen by others. This version has updated pictures to match...
[Latter-day Lent] Temporal, Temporary - Week 6: Saturday
Today marks the conclusion of Lent, and tomorrow marks the start of Holy Week. Some people stop their Lenten fast today. Others continue through Easter. Of course, it is up to you. But this will be my last daily email to you. Though I might send more thoughts over the following weeks and months. It's truly been a blessing in my life to write every day during this Lent. I've grown. I've seen my own weaknesses, and I've hopefully impacted your life in a positive way. This sacrifice has been a...
[Latter-day Lent] We Miss the Blessings - Week 6: Friday
When we are in the middle of something, it's easy to miss the blessings. We are so focused on getting an answer to our prayers, that we don't see the blessings we are getting already. For example, let's say you have an event today, and the weather is poor, so you're event is not going to be as enjoyable. In your zeal to pray for better weather, you miss the following blessings: The people most committed are there ready to help. The biggest supporters are coming anyway, regardless of the...
[Latter-day Lent] How do you Know? - Week 6: Thursday
This story of Hiram Page and his stone is tough. It shows how listening to the spirit is essential, and that you can sometimes be easily deceived. You have to be watchful. Hiram found a stone, and was using to claim revelation for the church. Joseph, who had seer stones and used them to translate the Book of Mormon, had to tell Hiram he was in the wrong. Hiram, likely wanting to be like Joseph Smith, didn't understand that he was in the grasp of Satan at this time. To his credit, Hiram and...
[Latter-day Lent] The Light of Christ - Week 6: Wednesday
We are just scratching the surface of the power of light in our modern technological advancements. The most common use that normal folks like me understand is fiber optic cables, which use class to transmit data at exceptionally high speeds. Well, exceptional for us right now. In each man and woman on earth, there is the Light of Christ (in Alma 28:14, Moro. 7:18, and D&C 88:7). But let's look closer at D&C 88:7 Joseph Smith received this "olive leaf, plucked from the tree of Paradise" in...
[Latter-day Lent] Your Worth is Set - Week 6: Tuesday
Sister Runia gave an amazing talk in General Conference in the Sunday morning session. She said, "Heaven isn't for people who've been perfect, it's for people who have been forgiven, and choose Christ again and again." She went on to talk about your eternal worth, and how it is constant, and never changing. If you make bad choices, God does not love you less. If you make mistakes, God does not decrease your value. You are still a beloved son or daughter of God, whom He loves, eternally. And...
[Latter-day Lent] If You Don't Know, You're in Good Company - Week 6: Monday
There are several instances in the scriptures where even the prophets called of God don't know why they're doing what they are doing! 1 Nephi 13:22 - “I know not” 1 Nephi 19:3 - “which purposes are known unto the Lord” Alma 37:11 - “now these mysteries are not yet fully made known unto me; therefore I shall forbear” Alma 40:5 - “it mattereth not for God knoweth all these things; and it sufficeth me to know that this is the case” Moses 5:6 - “I know not, save the Lord commanded me” D&C 130:16...
[Latter-day Lent] Love is... - Week 6: Sunday
Love is forgiving your brother. Greater Love is forgiving your enemy. Love is honoring your father and mother. Greater Love is sharing the stories that made these imperfect beings the perfect people to raise us. Greater Love is forgiving them. Love is blessing your family. Greater Love is blessing your enemies. Love is giving to the poor. Greater Love is lifting the poor up. Love is giving your coat. Greater Love is giving that which you love most. Love is forsaking sin. Greater Love is...
[Latter-day Lent] Start Small - Week 5: Saturday
In Alaska, winters can be very long. Days seem short, because they are. In Fairbanks, Alaska, on the shortest day of the year, the sun rises at 10:49 am. And it sets at just 2:40 pm. That's just shy of 4 hours of the sun being up. It barely peeks above the horizon. But there's an amazing little lesson in this. The sun is only up for a short amount of time. Light chases out darkness. The sky is light from the sun long before it rises, and still long after it sets. Light from the city, stars,...
Helping Latter-day Saints learn about Lent through daily devotionals to help elevate their Easter celebrations in a higher and holier way.