LDS ROCKS CTR

IF YOU’RE EXPERIENCING ANXIETY OR ANY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE. THIS IS A GREAT READ!!! (SEE LINK BELOW) “TECHNOLOGY — SPECIFICALLY SOCIAL MEDIA USE — ALLOWS VIEWERS TO COMPARE THEIR LIVES TO THE HIGHS OF THEIR PEERS.” “SUCH COMPARISONS ARE CONTRARY TO THE SCRIPTURE TEACHING THAT WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RUN FASTER THAN WE HAVE STRENGTH,” PRESIDENT DALLIN H. OAKS SAID. “OUR LOVING SAVIOR WILL JUDGE US INDIVIDUALLY, NOT ACCORDING TO THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR PEERS

Shower of Heavenly Blessings

“DO NOT DESPAIR. DO NOT GIVE UP. LOOK FOR THE SUNLIGHT THROUGH THE CLOUDS.“ - GORDON B. HINCKLEY SHOWER OF HEAVENLY BLESSINGS HAVE YOU EVER FELT THAT HEAVENLY FATHER KEEPS BLESSINGS INSTEAD OF FREELY SHARING THEM? ACTUALLY, HE SHOWERS US WITH BLESSINGS CONSTANTLY AND IT’S UP TO US TO DECIDE HOW TO HAVE THEM REACH US. “ THE MORMON CHANNEL RELEASED THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED VIDEO THAT ADDS A NEW NARRATIVE TO THE WORDS PRESIDENT DIETER F. UCHTDORF SHARED IN GENERAL CONFERENCE.”

"SINCERELY GIVING THANKS NOT ONLY HELPS US RECOGNIZE OUR BLESSINGS, BUT IT ALSO UNLOCKS HE DOORS OF HEAVEN AND HELPS US FEEL GODS LOVE"

“Lord, I Believe”

BROTHERS AND SISTERS, THIS IS A DIVINE WORK IN PROCESS, SO PLEASE DON’T HYPERVENTILATE IF FROM TIME TO TIME ISSUES ARISE THAT NEED TO BE EXAMINED, UNDERSTOOD, AND RESOLVED. THEY DO AND THEY WILL. IN THIS CHURCH, WHAT WE KNOW WILL ALWAYS TRUMP WHAT WE DO NOT KNOW. AND REMEMBER, IN THIS WORLD, EVERYONE IS TO WALK BY FAITH.

“WE ARE NOT AND NEVER NEED BE ALONE. WE CAN PRESS FORWARD IN OUR DAILY LIVES WITH HEAVENLY HELP”

​WHEN IT HURTS TOO MUCH TO CRY I AM HERE TO COMFORT YOU

"THERE IS NEVER A TEAR DROP THAT GOD DOESN’T SEE. HE KNOWS WHEN A SPARROW FALLS FROM A TREE. THERE IS NEVER A MOMENT WHEN GOD DOESN’T CARE, NEVER A TIME WHEN HE WON’T HEAR OUR PRAYERS. AMEN"

What Do You Expect?: A Key to Personal Happiness | Jeffry H. Larson

HOW TO HANDLE DEPRESSION, WORRYING, STRESS, AND ANXIETY

“So how do you best respond when mental or emotional challenges confront you or those you love? Above all, never lose faith in your Father in Heaven, who loves you more than you can comprehend. … Never, ever doubt that, and never harden your heart. Faithfully pursue the time-tested devotional practices that bring the Spirit of the Lord into your life. Seek the counsel of those who hold keys for your spiritual well-being. Ask for and cherish priesthood blessings. Take the sacrament every week, and hold fast to the perfecting promises of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.Believe in miracles. … Hope is never lost. If those miracles do not come soon or fully or seemingly at all, remember the Savior’s own anguished example: if the bitter cup does not pass, drink it and be strong, trusting in happier days ahead..."

MATTHEW 26:39 NEW TESTAMENT 39 AND HE WENT A LITTLE FURTHER, AND FELL ON HIS FACE, AND PRAYED, SAYING, O MY FATHER, IF IT BE POSSIBLE, LET THIS CUP PASS FROM ME: NEVERTHELESS NOT AS I WILL, BUT AS THOU WILT.

"little distinction between the spiritual side effects of depression and actual unworthiness. Most cognitive therapy dealt with “thinking mistakes” and recognizing triggers. Such concepts can be helpful, but I also wanted a spiritually focused solution because for me, peace and healing came when I was able to truly feel my divine worth and spiritual potential...It was reassuring to know that I was not a bad person, that I had worth, and that God had not condemned me....we can seek aid through the healing, enabling, and redemptive powers of the Atonement of Jesus Christ."

Depression By Rebecca J. Clayson The author lives in Utah, USA.

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​THE APOSTLE PAUL ALSO HAD A PROBLEM THAT WOULDN’T GO AWAY. HE DESCRIBED IT AS “A THORN IN THE FLESH” (2 CORINTHIANS 12:7). HE ASKED THE LORD SEVERAL TIMES TO TAKE IT FROM HIM, BUT THE LORD DIDN’T. THROUGH IT ALL, PAUL LEARNED AN IMPORTANT LESSON. “MY STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS,” HE SAID. “MOST GLADLY THEREFORE WILL I RATHER GLORY IN MY INFIRMITIES, THAT THE POWER OF CHRIST MAY REST UPON ME” (2 CORINTHIANS 12:9). PAUL LEARNED TO RELY ON THE LORD THROUGH HIS CHALLENGES. LIKE PAUL, I NEEDED TO BE WILLING TO PLACE MY BURDENS ON THE LORD. HE LOVES US AND WANTS TO HELP US. HE SAID, “COME UNTO ME, ALL YE THAT LABOUR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST” (MATTHEW 11:28). ​WHEN WE HAND OUR FEARS AND FRUSTRATIONS TO HIM, HE WILL HELP US EMOTIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. “I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU COMFORTLESS,” THE SAVIOR SAID. “I WILL COME TO YOU” (JOHN 14:18). RECEIVING HIS COMFORT IN MY HOUR OF NEED IS ONE THING I KNOW I’LL NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.

"OF ALL THE LESSONS WE LEARN FROM THE SAVIOR, NONE IS MORE CLEAR AND POWERFUL THAN THE LESSON OF OBEDIENCE"

“If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments” By Elder Robert D. Hales Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ​

THE LDS CHURCH SAYS YES TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA BUT NO TO RECREATIONAL

Not every LDS knows this i've noticed alot against it but its on the official church website read it:

(link from the official website) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/church-says-yes-to-regulated-medical-marijuana-but-no-to-utah-initiative?lang=eng

ADDED NOTE: "IM NOT AGAINST YOU FOR YOUR MAYBE TATTOOS ON YOUR BODY I SAY IF ITS FOR MEMORIAL OF A DEATH OF A LOVED ONE ITS OK BUT I SEE WHAT THE CHURCH IS SAYING AT THE SAME TIME OF ART IS PRETTY TOO BUT I SAY IF ITS HELPS YOU  TO REMEMBER SOMETHING  IMPORTANT GET A SMALL ONE OF SOMETHING MODEST AND NICE IF YOU HAVE TO GOD WILL FORGIVE YOU IF YOU REPENT AND HE WILL UNDERSTAND YOU I UNDERSTAND NEEDLES MAY INVOLVE PAIN ON CERTAIN SKIN AREAS SO THATS A REASON THE CHURCH SAYS TO RESPECT YOURSELF....BUT THE PAIN IS TEMPORARY JUST THINK BEFORE YOU INK ITS UP TO YOU" -KAREN K. SOON

"BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD"

​REVERENCE FOR GOD

​ PROFANING NAME OF DEITY. WE SHOULD HOLD THE NAME OF DEITY IN THE MOST SACRED AND SOLEMN RESPECT. 12. 41 FEW THINGS ARE SO DISTRESSING OR SHOCK THE FEELINGS OF A REFINED PERSON MORE THAN TO HEAR SOME UNCOUTH, IGNORANT, OR FILTHY CREATURE BANDY AROUND THE NAME OF DEITY. SOME INDIVIDUALS HAVE BECOME SO PROFANE THAT IT APPEARS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO SPEAK TWO OR THREE SENTENCES WITHOUT THE EMPHASIS — AS THEY THINK — OF A VULGAR OR BLASPHEMOUS OATH. THERE ARE SOME INDIVIDUALS ALSO WHO SEEM TO THINK, AT LEAST THAT IS THE IMPRESSION THEY LEAVE UPON OTHERS, THAT IT IS A MANLY ACCOMPLISHMENT AND ELEVATES THEM FROM THE COMMON RUN OF MANKIND IF THEY CAN USE BLASPHEMOUS LANGUAGE. PROFANITY IS FILTHINESS. A PERSON IS KNOWN AS MUCH BY HIS LANGUAGE AS HE IS BY THE ​COMPANY HE KEEPS. PEOPLE WHO SWEAR AND PROFANE BELONG TO THE SAME CLASS AS DO THOSE WHO THINK, OR LEAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY THINK, THAT TO HAVE A CIGARETTE, CIGAR, OR PIPE IN THEIR MOUTH, LENDS DIGNITY AND MANLINESS — DO WE HAVE TO SAY ALSO WOMANLINESS? — TO THEIR CHARACTER. FILTHINESS IN ANY FORM IS DEGRADING AND SOUL-DESTROYING AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED AS A DEADLY POISON BY EVERY MEMBER OF THE CHURCH, ​BLASPHEMY IN COMMON CONVERSATION. GOOD STORIES HAVE BEEN FREQUENTLY RUINED SIMPLY BECAUSE THE AUTHORS HAVE NOT UNDERSTOOD THE PROPRIETY OF THE USE OF SACRED NAMES. WHEN BLASPHEMOUS EXPRESSIONS ARE PLACED IN THE MOUTHS OF OTHERWISE RESPECTABLE CHARACTERS, INSTEAD OF ENHANCING THE STORY THEY DETRACT FROM ITS VALUE AND INTEREST. HOW STRANGE IT IS THAT SOME PEOPLE, AND GOOD PEOPLE AT THAT, THINK THAT TO USE SOME EXPRESSION INVOLVING THE NAME OF THE LORD, ADDS INTEREST, WIT, OR POWER TO THEIR STORIES ! HOW OFTEN THIS IS SEEN IN THE MOVING PICTURES, EVEN IN SHOWS THAT OTHERWISE ARE COMMENDABLE.