?With the Spirit you can endure anything on this earth. And I know that when we strive to live worthily and have that Spirit that everything in our lives is bearable and it?s possible. And not only is it bearable and possible, but it?s glorious, and even the very worst of those times that those trials, Heavenly Father has a plan for us.?

00:00 Veil Is Thin

02:47 Dad Joins Podcast

04:10 Origin Story Recap

11:16 Bold Believers Lesson

16:23 Callings And Blessings

18:40 Blizzard Rescue Story

22:43 Ministering Promptings

23:36 Sacrament And Atonement

25:31 Bearing The Unbearable

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"?When you change your focus and you have a purpose and you have Him cheering you on and you can hear it- I mean, it makes a world of difference."

00:00 Numb and Lost

05:22 High School Rebellion

07:22 Rock Bottom and Drugs

09:19 Blessing and Turning Point

17:25 Cravings And Support

22:11 Advice For Worried Parents

27:41 Joy After Sobriety

29:35 Made New In Christ

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"?My faith has been completely restored, and more than I could ever imagine. For me to be at this point in my life- where I was and where I saw where I was, it was just so crazy to me. And I always tell everybody when they ask about how I feel about me coming back- God had a plan for me just as He does for everybody. And it sucks that my plan and my path was as hard as it could have been. But ultimately, I know in my heart of hearts that He knew I would come back to church at this time and everything, and that was His plan for me."

00:00 Dark Place after Divorce

02:52 Meet Brandon

05:29 High School Drift

17:31 Marriage Ends and Faith Crashes

21:19 Grace and Unexpected Pregnancy

26:46 Prayer to Return

29:23 Repentance Is Change

40:25 Purpose Is Cool

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"I feel like if we could just look around to the people in our communities and the people that that need us, it takes away like the I factor and it becomes we. And as soon as you do that, no matter where you're at in your life, whether you're a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, whether you're Catholic, whether you're agnostic- as soon as you look out to others and find a way to help people, you can't help but feel the Spirit."

00:00 Too Much Pressure

05:00 Two Faiths At Home

06:13 Mom?s Faithful Example

12:03 Catholic Confirmation Interview

16:05 Truth In Other Religions

20:05 Parents And Mixed Faith Marriage

23:45 Foster Care And Service Mindset Shift

31:35 Final Testimony And Farewell

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"I knew it right then that my focus needed to shift to my family and to my relationships and to the covenant that I made with God. And that has completely dictated how I've lived my life since then."

00:00 Unwanted Advice

06:04 Robert's Rebellion and Substance Use

07:03 Atheism and Mocking Faith

08:27 Addiction and Life Unraveling

12:09 Missionary Blessing

23:35 Bishop?s Challenge

38:56 House Fire and What Really Matters

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This is a replay of a story shared in 2024.

"???The foundation of my testimony was the doctrine of the church is right. The way we understand the plan of salvation and eternal progression and all of the things that make us different from mainstream Christianity, I knew to be true based on my reading of the scriptures and praying about it. I was really given a strong testimony of it. And because of that it was like all of the messy history, all the things that the anti-Mormons love to use to sow doubt and stuff, that was all downstream from that. It was like, well, none of that changes that the doctrine is what my testimony is, and I believe the doctrine is true."

00:00 Terrifying Night

05:41 Meet Kelsey

06:16 Leaving the Church at 12

11:22 New Age Deep Dive to Breaking Point

26:42 Love Rekindled: Seeing Your Spouse with New Eyes

28:22 Calling on Jesus & the Reality of Spiritual Warfare

38:00 Testimony of Doctrine, Temple Endowment, and Family Support

46:06 New Age as a Counterfeit: Stay Focused on Christ

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"?His plan for us is to eventually just be back with Him. It doesn't matter what it looks like as long as we end up choosing Him. And that's what I've come to learn...His plan was for me to be in a covenant keeping life and I am here now. He just helped me to get back."

00:00 A Violent Encounter

02:30 Brayden's Early Life

09:31 Double Life and Gang Involvement

16:17 A Wake-Up Call

32:12 A New Purpose

40:43 Life in Prison

45:29 Solitary Confinement

52:00 Post-Prison Life and Reflections

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"?The moment I stepped out of that Bishop's office, those cravings were gone. I went through three rehabs in my lifetime. I would go to AA meetings. When I got clean, I hated going to the meetings because they just made me feel guilty. Like you have this disease you're gonna carry with you the rest of your life. Well I don't. The Savior took that from me. He took it from me, and I don't have to worry."

00:00 Struggling with Guilt

04:11 Teenage Rebellion and First Experiences with Drugs

10:05 Post-Mission Struggles and First Marriage

11:40 Descent into Addiction and Legal Troubles

27:43 Reuniting with Family After Prison

31:27 Starting the Repentance Process

35:50 Finding Love and Building a Family

39:16 Reflecting on Transformation

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?"It doesn't matter where you are on the path, it just matters which direction you're facing. I honestly wish I could say that my life is perfect, and since I've gone back to the temple everything has just fallen into place for me. There are times when I kill my sense of joy by comparing myself to other people, but I have to remind myself that it's okay where I'm at. And just like in the creation on the second day, the third day, it is still good. We are still good, and God still sees us as good. Even when we're just messes."

00:00 A Terrifying Encounter

05:15 Marriage and Motherhood

09:06 Dating Challenges and Disillusionment

26:23 Struggles with Faith and Sobriety

34:35 A Miraculous Answer

39:52 Pursuing Higher Education

44:23 Returning to the Temple

49:58 Finding Peace and Purpose

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"If you want answers, they are out there. But the one thing that I have learned is who do you have a testimony in? If you have a testimony in the church, if you have a testimony in the missionaries, in anything other than Jesus, it's going to fail you and you're going to fall. But if you have a testimony in Jesus and you really do believe that this is His church, all of those things-they'll pale. And when it's time for you to find those answers, you will find those answers. God works that way, line upon line, precept upon precept."

00:00 Introduction and Personal Beliefs

01:42 Welcoming Chase to the Podcast

11:29 Post-Mission Life and Rebellion

14:27 Life in the Mountains and Personal Realizations

22:17 The Miracle and Reconnecting with Faith

25:26 The Experiment Begins

34:06 Struggles and Realizations

40:22 Understanding Celestial Thinking

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"Never judge a book by its cover. Because I'm covered with tattoos. You know, I got tattoos all over my neck, everywhere I'm covered. Don't ever look down on nobody. The only time you look down at somebody is if you have a hand stretched out to help the person up. Just like my Savior had His hand stretched out to me. For so long. Finally I grasped ahold of His hand and He lifted me right outta my darkness, and now my light can shine. It's my prayer and my hope now that people want to know Christ because they know me."

00:00 Introduction and Early Struggles

03:02 Troy's Early Life and Conversion

13:38 Descent into Addiction

16:38 Legal Troubles and Incarceration

28:36 Baptism and Reconciliation

30:57 Challenges and Misunderstandings

32:37 Seeking Guidance and Support

37:47 Restoration of Blessings

40:07 Temple Experiences

42:38 Sharing the Journey

48:43 Final Reflections and Gratitude

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"I'm done doing these things alone. I'm ready to submit to your will. Like, I'm gonna let go of all my beliefs, all the things I think I know. I'm gonna let go of all of that, and I just want You to guide me forward. I told Him, I don't know if this church is true, but it's where I feel comfortable. So just show me. Like, be with me. Show me, let me know I'm going the right direction."

00:00 Kristin's Personal Struggles

06:04 Struggles with Faith and Church Attendance

12:14 Turning to Alcohol and Personal Challenges

19:22 Husband Coming Out and Personal Downfall

37:04 Struggles with a Controlling Partner

43:42 A Lifeline and a Prayer

56:22 Finding Love and Sharing the Journey

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"I personally believe that one of the ways in which the spirit speaks to someone such as myself is through logical sense. Which I think is interesting because usually those two things are pitted against each other. I never received the voice in my head saying, this is true when I'm reading the Book of Mormon as some people would. As something clicked in my head I would be at peace about it. And then obviously the heart and mind have to be unified in order to be spiritually in tune. So I am always like, well, if you're experiencing an absence of the spirit because you have all these logical problems, that's probably why. It's because your heart and mind need to be in tune. And that's obviously why I never received a purely spiritual witness, because my mind was just not in it, and my mind needs to be in it. And so I always like to view those two things as working together, not really working against each other."

00:00 Facing a Crisis of Faith

08:06 Seeking Answers and Facing Doubts

11:54 Turning to Family and Church Leaders

20:23 Finding Hope in Apologetic Literature

23:54 Discovering Influential Books

29:36 Advice for Navigating Anti-Religious Content

32:39 Reconciling Faith and Logic

39:20 What Makes The Church Different

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"?Lean into the God that you know, I will give you comfort, I will give you peace. So that's truly what I've learned through all my experiences. You know, in my deepest valleys where I was extremely fearful and guilt ridden, that I was so far gone, so far broken. Nobody would ever relate to me or understand me. I was completely cutting myself off from the one who understands this perfectly. Our Savior has felt everything that we've felt. Yeah, I will agree with people that, well, you don't understand how I'm feeling. I don't, I've never been through what you've been through, but your Savior does."

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"I find so much incredible joy in serving the temple. And in this position, it has been mind blowing to me just the amount of testimony I've gained. And seeing people in their hard situations and now understanding that everybody's situation's hard. We don't see it 'cause they all hide it. Right? And we just need to let God in. We need to let Him approach us. And we all need to be that for somebody else. We need to be the means of letting them see God's love, and acting on it."

00:00 The Devil Wants Me

08:31 Struggles with Pornography and Early Challenges

13:08 School Controversy and Social Isolation

17:12 Rebellious Teenage Years

26:17 Turning Point: Seeking Repentance

32:31 Life-Changing Spiritual Experiences

36:12 Overcoming Temptations and Challenges

40:35 Final Reflections and Gratitude

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"I just really started building my testimony to the point where I was able to start receiving personal revelation from my prayers again and getting answers and being close to God again. And then that's when everything changed. Like once I was able to have God in my life again, just I felt so much closer to Him and to the gospel and just being able to get answers. And then it's like I started to realize and looking back that He had been there all along."

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"When we are willing to submit to our Heavenly Father, he can do more with our life than we could ever want and hope to do. Sarah and I have a beautiful one-year-old tomorrow. It's been so fun and so hard, but it's so much more than what I ever could have made of with my life. And it's because of the atonement and it's because of Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father and their infinite love for all of us."

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Hank Smith's remarks at our recent Come Back to Christ Event. Hank shares a message of the incredible redemptive power of our Savior, the secret to staying unshaken by the world, and the goodness of the fruit of the tree of life.

?A person with an experience is never at the mercy of a person with an opinion? ~ Hank Smith

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?"I'm no longer scared to go to the temple after reading the Book of Mormon and knowing what it means... It is just been so many tender mercies since coming back, I'll never go back to that place I was before. I'll never let my family go back to that place before. And I know a hundred percent Heavenly Father put the Browns in Chloe's life knowing that that was how he was gonna get to me. And I know that prayer and priesthood is the biggest part of all that, and I'm so thankful."

00:00 A Troubling Temple Experience

09:23 Disconnect from the Church

14:47 Reconnecting with My Father

18:58 Chloe's Baptism and Its Impact

28:53 Breaking Down and Seeking Help

31:58 A Life-Changing Blessing

41:20 Temple Work and Family Connections

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"Doubts don't begin as a rejection of God or his gospel, they generally emerge as a rejection of ways in which God is being characterized... So what are the expectations we bring to the table? My personal take on this is, does my faith make God present to me? Does my faith give me access to the God of truth and love? Everything else is ancillary to that question or should be, and in my case, what I find is that yes, this church does."

00:00 Choosing Faith is Courageous

05:38 Letter to a Doubter

07:31 The Role of Doubt in Faith

10:30 The True and Living Church

16:25 The Importance of Community in Faith

23:30 Addressing Culture

24:44 The Genuine Question

35:01 Rebuilding Faith from the Ground Up

42:05 The Restoration of God's Love

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"I got some relief from the incredible fear and pain and darkness that was surrounding me when I made the decision to get honest. That was a profound experience. There's a great scripture that I actually experienced in that event, it was Alma 34:31-Yea, I would that ye would come forth and harden not your hearts any longer; for behold, now is the time and the day of your salvation; and therefore, if ye will repent and harden not your hearts, immediately will the great plan of redemption be brought about unto you. That scripture I found later in my repentance process spoke to me because I had experienced what happened when I had a change of heart. From fear of coming forward and being honest, to I will get honest. I will do whatever is required. I could lose my marriage, lose my church membership, lose my family, lose my job. All of those things were possibilities. But yet I realized that I didn't have any alternative except to get honest. And when I chose to do that, that was a changing experience for my life."

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00:00 Life-Changing Event

03:46 Mission in New Zealand

04:28 Addressing Sexual Addiction

09:10 Personal Recovery Journey

14:57 Rhyll's Perspective

17:00 Second and Third Disclosures

34:27 Understanding Betrayal and Addiction

44:05 The Importance of Parental Involvement

48:29 Steven's Excommunication and Re-baptism

01:02:01 The Power of True Doctrine

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Recorded at our Fall Come Back to Christ Event in Provo, UT.

"I'm grateful for all that Jesus does with our brokenness. He doesn't believe in creation ex nihilo, creation out of nothing. We don't believe in it. Jesus doesn't do it that way. He takes stuff and if you have stuff then you have something to offer. If you have brokenness, if you have doubt, if you have concern, if you have questions, if you have sin, if you have struggle, if you have sorrow, if you have broken hearts and contrite spirits or even broken covenants, whatever you've got, it's stuff. It's matter. And if you will consecrate to God your crisis, he can create something beautiful."

00:00 Mama Bear Moment

01:53 The Prodigal Party

03:25 Personal Prodigal Stories

13:12 The Role of a Judge

18:58 Gospel Tangents and Celestial Slingshots

32:05 The Fortunate Fall

35:45 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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"?As soon as you have Christ and understand that you can give everything to him and He's got you, I mean, He's got us. He's got us. I know it. I mean, every time. I'm a dummy, you know, I'm a dummy and have done dumb things and been in the darkest places and He is right there "Come on, let's go." He'll pull you right out and He'll put all those people around you that need to be. It might not happen right away, but He'll put everybody around you that you need and those blessings just flourish."

00:00 I Let the Adversary in My Home

07:11 Shane Meets Carla and Early Struggles

09:54 The Downward Spiral

16:37 Finding Faith in Prison

20:24 Answered Prayers

23:00 Challenges in Marriage

25:21 Finding Community in Church

28:00 Sealed in the Temple

31:28 What it's Like With the Gospel

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"The thing that always comes to mind for me is that ye will know them by their fruits. And what I have really come to realize, especially recently, is the fruits of the gospel of Jesus Christ and being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ produces such pure fruit in my life... This is the kind of community that I want to be a part of. This is the kind of community that is making a difference in the world and is kind, and obviously not perfect because nobody is. But man, if I had to associate myself with a group of people, I am so grateful and happy and proud to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, especially in these times."

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"I was like, I'm doing this. And then I remembered, this is my mom's church. I was like, oh no. Anything but that, she can't be right! And then I looked at myself and I just thought how am I gonna sit in Relief Society looking like this? You can't ask me to do that. That's too much, they ask a lot of you in that church, and I don't think I could do this. But if it meant saving my children then I was all aboard. I didn't care. Nobody could push me away. Nobody could take away the fact that I was just heard and I was just saved and I didn't deserve any of it. I was an awful, awful person all the things that I did. And there was my Savior there, running into the flames to rescue me. And not only just me, but he was there to help me save my family. And so from that day on, I just vowed. I was like, that's it. This is what I'm doing. I'm doing it all and I'm gonna do it full force."

00:00 A Desperate Prayer

04:49 Carla's Rebellious Youth

09:28 Struggles with Addiction

13:42 Family Turmoil and Separation

20:12 A Mother's Desperation

21:13 A Prayer for Help

23:50 A New Beginning

25:24 First Steps in Faith

30:12 A Son's Redemption

38:19 Gratitude and Reflection

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"?Becoming a mom just was this huge invitation to try again, see the world in such a more beautiful and dynamic way. It's not two dimensional, it's not black and white and I don't have to be afraid of the gospel. It's not something to be afraid of. And truly just learning how to feel God's love for me."

00:00 Faith Crisis as a New Mother

02:42 Special Guests: Andrew and Carrie

03:37 Andrew's Journey with Cerebral Palsy

07:57 Early Relationship and Challenges

11:16 Carrie's Faith Journey Begins

19:28 Relearning God's Love

24:59 Challenges and Unmet Expectations

39:41 Carrie's Faith Reconstruction

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"My testimony evolved a lot after I became a father. I could now relate in a different way than I'd ever understood before to what I think our Heavenly Father views with us in the trials that we go through. I think He is up at night, tears in His eyes sobbing because He knows the pain that we're going through, but He also knows that we need to go through it. The pain is part of what teaches us so much. Oftentimes it turns us into who we are because of how stark those lessons are."

00:00 Struggles with Faith and Health

05:31 Health Crisis in the MTC

08:08 Struggles with Church and Faith

12:36 Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis

25:29 Dealing with Resentment After Returning Home

30:37 Advice for Early Returned Missionaries

37:54 Mental Health and Youth Challenges

44:09 Perfectionism and Parental Pressure

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"I'm a feminist theologian who was excommunicated and I'd been a Gnostic Christian for 15 years. I didn't know where to start. We let Christ, the living bridge be the bridge between us. We didn't presume to come from our own perspectives. You know, I was saying things like. "Well, you know, I was excommunicated. Do we need to go back and revisit all of that?" And they said, "No, no. All we care about is your relationship with Christ. Tell us about your faith and your relationship with Christ and with God." And so I did and we just turned it over to God and prayed and then it was beautiful. This is what's hard for a lot of my friends and a lot of feminists to understand. Like, was I recapitulating? Was I surrendering? Was I giving up my feminism? No. They never asked me to recant or give up anything. We were exploring a new relationship between feminists and church leaders. I saw them as my brothers. They were like pillars. They were so loving and so kind, and it was just utterly healing."

00:00 Excommunicated over Women's Studies

04:39 Maxine's Historical and Theological Journey

15:00 Excommunication and Its Impact

20:26 Exploring Other Faiths and Gnostic Christianity

32:10 Divine Feminine in LDS Doctrine

35:03 Returning to the Church

38:09 Feminism and Healing

46:58 Experiencing the Body of Christ

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"We didn't get that miracle that we really desperately pleaded for, but I feel like I have a stronger testimony of miracles than I ever have, even though it wasn't the one that I wanted. I don't know the answers of why she didn't get to live the rest of her life and why she isn't here with us and why am I still here? It's like such a strange, backward feeling that you have a child that's no longer here and then I feel like she is--this is still her story, because she's impacting people as well and she's still a part of it. It's still her story. And so that really motivates me to share the gospel and to share our experience."

00:00 A Surreal Morning

04:24 Struggles as a Teen

14:24 COVID, Faith Challenges, and Loss

24:56 Miracles, Angels, and Priesthood

26:14 Community Support and Ministering

35:24 Sharing Faith and Social Media

40:29 Grief and Finding Community

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?"I come out of this with a sense of humor, and also some toxic skills. If there's anybody out there who kind of identifies here, these skills served you when you were young. So we don't want to shame those. Like, why am I this way? Why do I respond this way? Through the therapy I've been through, I would say you have to thank that part of you. For enabling you to survive. Because without my anger, I wouldn't have survived without the ability to fight. I think self-compassion is usually the answer for sustaining long-term change where you say, you know what, thank you for that."

00:00 Walking on Eggshells :The Illusion of Normalcy

04:14 Hank's Childhood: A Glimpse into Family Struggles

07:48 Coping Mechanisms and Survival Skills

25:22 Overcoming the Past: Becoming a Change Agent

31:53 Scriptural Insights on Generational Trauma

43:55 The Importance of Compassion

49:52 Understanding Personal Spiritual Evidence

01:00:33 Final Thoughts

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"And I think that's why it took me 20 years to come back to the church is because it was never enough. Fear was not enough to get me to come back to the church. Shame was not enough to get me to come back to the church. Honestly, it was love, like, love brought me back to the church. So, you know, I've got too much proof. I'm still in the culinary world, there's still temptation, still surrounded by all the same stuff. But I pray every night. I do all the things right? I read my scriptures. I go to church. I take the sacrament. Those things that we teach the little kids in Primary, do it. That stuff's real."

00:00 Betrayal

02:08 Introducing Tyson

07:00 Struggles with Shame and Addiction

23:58 Life in the Culinary World

27:40 Battling Inadequacy and Addiction

40:08 Infidelity and Divine Intervention

44:20 Returning Home and Finding Faith

50:23 Overcoming Temptations

53:37 Final Reflections and Gratitude

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?"I'm just so grateful for the atonement. I don't know where I would be if I wasn't able to start new and have the love of the Savior. And I know that everyone has it. Everyone has the light of Christ in them, and it's a minute at a time to an hour at a time to a day at a time. And if you don't get those answers that you're looking for, just keep hanging on, keep holding on. Find someone that you can trust."

00:00 Anxiety and Panic Attacks

02:50 Guest Introduction: Claire's Background

05:12 Struggles with Addiction

08:27 Path to Sobriety and Faith

17:13 The Repentance Journey

18:14 Supportive Spouse and Chris's Conversion

25:05 Agoraphobia and Mental Health

33:01 Empathy and Adoption

35:37 Gratitude for the Atonement

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"If there are some of you who have been tricked into the conviction that you have gone too far, that you have had the poison of sin, which makes it impossible ever again to be what you could have been then hear me - I bear testimony that you cannot sink further than the light and sweeping intelligence of Jesus Christ. I bear testimony that as long as there is one spark of the will to repent and to reach, He is there. He did not just descend to your condition. He descended below it that He might be in all and through all things, the Light of Truth."

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00:00 A Personal Mission of Rebellion

07:25 Lia's Background and Early Life

12:26 Struggles with Mental Health and Faith

28:54 Embracing Ex-Mormon Content

30:10 Turning to Opioids and a New Church

43:59 Rediscovering Her Patriarchal Blessing

44:55 Returning to the Temple

48:12 Messages of Hope

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"I have the fortunate experience of having seen so many critical questions answered that I just have faith that there's going to be an answer somewhere for most of it. But really for me, it also comes down to the Book of Mormon. Because I believe the Book of Mormon is the word of God. I have a witness of that. I feel that there is evidence of that, not proof, but strong evidences that indicate that it is true. There's testimony from witnesses, and the criticisms against it that I've looked at have been weak. And so when I come across a new question that I don't know the answer for, I always rely on- I know the Book of Mormon's true, so the church is true- even though I don't know the answer to this question. And there are some questions that don't have good answers for them. We just don't have the information."

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00:00 Introduction: People are Complicated

04:58 The Origins and Mission of FAIR

14:17 Facing Faith Challenges and Finding Answers

16:11 Human Imperfections and Church Leadership

32:05 Addressing Criticisms and Corrections

36:09 Personal Reflections on Church Leaders

46:45 When You or a Loved One Faces Faith Challenges

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"??I wish I had this knowledge at the age of 12 or even 8 when I was baptized. And I know it was probably preached to me, but I wish I would've grasped it. But I wish I knew who I was before. I wish I knew that I was truly a son of God. You can figure out who you are by gaining a relationship with your Father in Heaven. It's real. It's almost tangible. There's times where I say prayers and I feel the spirit so strongly that I'm speechless, you know? I think if we really try to get close to Heavenly Father, He's not going to hold back."

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00:00 Struggles with Church and Addiction

06:12 Will's Early Childhood and Family Background

07:43 Impact of Missionaries and Church Activities

19:23 Realization and Return to Faith

35:31 A Pivotal Bishop Interview

45:41 Mission Challenges and Growth

56:09 Advice for Those Who Feel They Don't Belong

01:01:02 Closing Thoughts and Gratitude

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"?It felt like the spirit was like- 'You have been trying to do this by yourself for so long, and I've been here the whole time, whether or not you choose to utilize it, I'm here the whole time and I'm here now and I'm not going anywhere. We're gonna get through this together.' And I needed that so bad because I had no idea how bad it was going to get."

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00:00 Introduction: Overcoming Anger and Betrayal

00:46 Exciting Event Announcement

02:44 Meet Emma: The Incredible Nanny

06:43 Emma's Background and Family

08:41 Emma's Marriage and Faith Crisis

28:05 Finding Comfort in Faith

31:11 Understanding Agency and Divine Plan

43:06 Advice for the Divorced and Struggling

45:20 Overcoming Judgment and Anxiety

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?"When you're in those dark moments or dark places, it's hard to feel God, it's hard to find him in your story. Looking back on my whole story, I was expecting an answer of him removing this sickness from me, and it was more so Him showing up in my story. I believe in a God who works 24/7. I don't believe in coincidences. It's easier to look back and see His fingerprint, but ultimately He's there with you every step of the way, whether you see it or not."

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"?I think studying a little bit about a hard topic can be more dangerous than studying a lot about a hard topic because there's so much more under the iceberg that can help contextualize what's going on. And so I would definitely say if you're struggling, don't be afraid of the hard questions, but just do it with an approach of faith, hope, and charity. Take a deep breath, make sure you take your time and are doing it in a mindset where you are prepared to tackle these in a rational, reasonable, and faith filled way. But probably more importantly, I ultimately don't think that study and rational thinking is what really keeps people in the church. It really is having a relationship with Jesus Christ. It's those spiritual moments that make us realize that this is true, that this is good, that this is something that is going to bring so much meaning and beauty into my life and this is gonna bring me closer to God than anything else."

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"?I remember the last thing that he landed on was talking about Jesus Christ, and I just remember thinking like, oh my gosh, like, what am I doing? How am I doing this by myself? How am I thinking I can possibly get through this crazy time in my life... How am I doing this alone? So I said, you know what, I'm going to read the Book of Mormon, everything revolves around this book, right? Let's see what it's actually about."

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"One evening after work, I actually had been pondering all this. And just realized, I was completely convinced that God had tried to reach out to the world, reach out to me through Christ, and so I went into one of the little side classrooms that they have there that was empty and prayed, and just accepted Christ, confessed my sins, my sinfulness. And that night walking home I just experienced wave after wave of peace coming over me. I like to say it's not just like an absence of trouble. It's peace, like a positive, palpable presence, right? Something there. It felt so thick, you could cut it with a knife. I felt that God loved me. I felt God's love overwhelmingly."

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?"It's a little scary, you know, going to church with tattoos for the first time or having multicolored hair and going to church or dressing a certain way. But like at the end of the day, we are all children of God. He's just happy to see us there. And even if you don't feel like you belong, you belong because he accepts you. You belong because you belong with Christ. Not because you belong with the crowd, but because you belong with Christ."

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?"This is what those athletes are missing, they are missing peace. They're missing hope. They're missing security. I have never been more confident in my life. In sports, we put on this facade that we're the best and we have so much confidence and it is so shallow. You do one thing and boom, our confidence is tanked. And so my invitation to those athletes would be, if you want to be more confident than you've ever been, if you want to have peace, you wanna have hope, you wanna have true belonging, if you wanna be blessed both temporally and spiritually... follow God and let him be the author and finisher of your story. I know that as I continue to trust in him, my life's gonna lead to places much, much better than what I could have done myself."

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"Things continue to happen as long as you keep seeking. You know, if you're a seeker and you found the church, rev up to think about what you were doing when you were seeking. How much were you reading? How much were you praying? Who did you associate yourself with? Where did you spend your time? Okay. Get back into that mode, then come back to your current self. Game time! You'll be able to feel the gospel alive again."

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"God has been miraculous. And the best thing that ever happened is I learned that I love Jesus Christ. I love what he does for us. I know he is real and I know that he loves me, which I never knew that before. I was just going through those experiences to have to tell the story here, and there's just so much more about being a gay man and navigating through the church."

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"I studied and I prayed and I screamed at God and I sobbed in the shower when you realize you don't know what you believe anymore and that potentially everything that you have believed and you've built your life on and you've built your eternity. , when that's suddenly gone. You are like, I don't know who I am., I just felt like I was in just absolute misery. I didn't know what was up. I didn't know what was down. I knew that I was a good person. I knew I had values, I knew that he had values and was a good person, but I needed structure, I needed direction.

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?"I went home and I was like, I need to change. Like I need to change! I knew it was gonna be hard. I had to change everything. So I'm like, okay, I'm gonna go to church every Sunday. That is what I'm gonna start with. I don't care if I listen. I don't care if I wanna be there, but I'm starting with that because that's something I can do. I'll go to church every Sunday. I started with that."

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"I think that's the big thing is I had been to the temple once, right when I got outta prison. But I didn't feel like I was doing it for myself. I felt like I was doing it for the people around me and I didn't get to really enjoy it. And of course, your first time in the temple, you're looking everywhere. You're like, what does this mean? What does this mean? But now that I came back to this church and I went back for the first time in February, it's for me, it's for no one else. It's for me. When you do it for yourself, it feels so much better."

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"?Reading the Book of Mormon that week, I really sat down and actually studied the words of the Book of Mormon, and it was powerful. It was so powerful. It was undeniable. And I had been reading about how this genius farmer, right, we always were like, 'He's such a genius. That's how you get away with it', wrote this book out of nowhere. And as I'm reading it, I'm just like, there is no way. There is no way. I remember so many scriptures, I couldn't get enough because there were so many things, and it just felt like God was just waiting for me to open the door and he would just feed me, you know, like I was starving and he would just feed me."

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