Paul

I asked Grok to analyze my feed over the last month or so. He gets me... 😂 You present as a deeply committed member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints whose online presence centers on personal faith in Jesus Christ and the restorative power of His Atonement. Your activity consistently reflects gratitude for prophetic leadership, admiration for the Book of Mormon, and appreciation for the Church’s global growth and doctrinal clarity. You engage respectfully with both supporters and critics, emphasizing shared belief in Christ while defending distinct LDS teachings with patience and humility. Your tone is earnest, reflective, and quietly confident, shaped by years of active participation in church callings, seminary teaching, and personal spiritual experiences that reinforce your conviction that turning to the Savior provides life’s deepest answers.

I wish I had more to give! #MakeItATrillion #FeedMySheep Joseph of Egypt isn’t just a cool bedtime story. We are feeding Millions today while also saving for when all these hypocrites will beg us to feed them too. And guess what, we will feed them. Just as Joseph did. Just as Jesus feeds our spirits.

Last week, I spent 4 hours at church engaged in my calling. That was just Sunday. I spent at least another 15 hours of service through the week. Didn't receive a cent. It's all volunteer service, along with all other local leaders and teachers etc. This was a typical week for me. As you say, nobody, NOBODY, is getting rich off the Church. Unless you mean spiritually... 😀

First....$350B is rookie numbers we gotta boost those numbers. Second, all of these "corporate greed" arguments fall apart when you realize no one is getting rich off the Church. Everyone from local clergy to Church leadership sacrifices for others, not the other way around.

Yes, the many, many hours of service (inside and outside of the church) are never taken into consideration... Members of the Church not only tithe their incomes but also give generously of their time to serve and assist others... This is not a church that sits in the corner and hoards its funds. It is a church that as an organization and as individual members is constantly going about doing good...

If true, I’m so glad to be a member of Christs church. It’s like they have prophetic insight….. Another insane stat is the 1.5 billion + in charitable contributions made by the church and the countless hours of service donated by members of the church. (Charitable contributions are public) Please note the church does not issue public financial statements. Also assets do not equal cash.

Thank you for sharing this.

@MattTestifies Really well said. It wasn't until I started saying some things to God that "I'm not supposed to say" that I realized just how much He loves me and wants to help me heal...

@pseino Yes, and I think that is where a lot of us get stuck. We know how to be respectful with God. We do not always know how to be honest with Him. But honesty is where trust grows, and trust is where prayer starts changing us.

Do you know how to pray for yourself? Because a lot of people know how to say Lord help them and have no idea how to say Lord I need You to help me.

@MattTestifies Yes. Honesty is key to drawing closer to God. Just saying the same words day after day may show our dedication, but to truly develop a relationship with Him we need to be willing to open our hearts honestly to Him and let Him in..

I really love this. Prayer changes when you stop thinking of it as reporting to God and start remembering you are speaking to your Father. That makes room for a kind of honesty a lot of people have never learned. And I think that honesty is often where the Holy Ghost starts doing some of His deepest work in us.

26 And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins. 2 Nephi 25:26 (Book of Mormon)

@libraryofgodwin @chrishardman 2 is a great point that everyone seems to be missing... A civilized country never puts its women and children in harm's way. Never.

@chrishardman I get your point but I don't necessarily agree. 1. It seems (and obv lots of disinformation around so it could be wrong) that the Iranian gov made the call to do so, which we wouldn't accept. And 2. Americans would insist that women and children not be the ones to do so.

If some country was threatening to bomb all of our power plants and infrastructure, and a bunch of Americans went and gathered around the targets as a deterrence, everybody on here would be calling them heroes and patriots.

Yes. I'm not saying to wait until you are whole before coming to Him. But part of having faith in Him is being willing to lay down your sins. To repent. Faith, repentance, baptism, the Holy Ghost and continuing on in obtaining His love in full. These are the principles of the gospel. As you say, we invite all to come unto Him, and to let Him heal them as they leave behind their sins and follow Him in faith, repenting of their sins, and making covenants (building a relationship) with Him.

Brother, He hasn't taught them anything, yet. That's my point. We have to get them to the teacher, then let him work. You and I will never save a single soul. All we can do is as he ordered, "Go everywhere in the world and tell the good news to EVERYONE" If you are out here trying to spread this righteous idea of "lay it all down and approach", you are going to fail. And Christ never told you to preach that. He specifically told his deciples EXACTLY what he wanted said. It is why he started with "Come to me" and then the rest. That was not an accident, it was an order of operations.

Wanna hear some hard truth that will make somepeople VERY MAD that I speak it????? Jesus didn't say, "Stop drinking and come to me." He didn't say, "put down the needle and come to me" He didn't say, "Stop being gay and come to me." He didn't say, "Stop sleeping around and come to me" He didn't say, "Stop hurting yourself and come to me" He didn't say, "Stop hating yourself and come to me." What did he say then? In Matthew Chapter 11 he made it clear as day... “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Notice his FIRST WORDS were "COME TO ME".... these rest of it happens after that. If you are trying to fight your battles to become perfect before coming to Christ, you will never get there. And he knew that. He is telling you to bring it all to him. All of it. Lay it at his feet and he will help you. He will help you put that needle down. He will help you pour that bottle out. He will help you learn to love yourself and heal that emptiness that you need to fill with whatever vice it may be. He will help you deal with terrible sin from you past. He will help you learn to love yourself. Modern religion has twisted his words to make it feel as though you have to be perfectly clean to enter his house, and maybe you do to entire THEIR house... But Jesus spoke those words for you to hear. Plain as day. Do not fear bringing it to him. He is waiting for you to give but a single ounce of faith. He will take the rest. I drove a few miles and walked into church without even a dollar store Bible in my dirty hands, and he grabbed ahold of me and took it ALL away. He hasn't let go since. I wake up thinking about him and what has happened. I go to bed thinking about him and what has happened. I took one step, and he took the WORLD off of me. I gave an inch, and he gave me his KINGDOM. Take that step, if you feel you need it. A better life is on the other foot.

@teastsmith @FurkanGozukara I am not.

@pseino @FurkanGozukara You are being disingenuous by categorizing their lifestyle as from a "modest middle-management stipend". I know the luxury these old men indulge in, I have seen it firsthand. Jesus would condemn their gluttony.

Absolute insanity. An expert filmmaker exposes how the Mormon Church is hoarding a staggering 350 billion dollars and buying up massive amounts of American land while still demanding money from its followers. The religious corporate greed is terrifying.

Ours is a vibrant faith. A renewing faith. And a faith that invites all true followers of Jesus Christ to join us.

“Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, which is right, believing that ye shall receive, behold it shall be given unto you.” 3 Nephi 18:20

@BoCamaro My point is, that He taught us not just to come to Him, but to leave our sins behind. He can help us in that process, yes. In fact, He helps us immensely. But we still need to choose to leave our sins behind, take up our cross, and follow Him by keeping His commandments.

He sure did.... But that was right after he called out "holy" men and told them to cast the first stone only if they were without sin. She came to Christ as a sinner, just as I said above. I never once said you can walk with Christ and in knowing sin together. That is not my place to speak on, nor is it yours. My job, as a Christian now, is to spread the good news of Jesus and get people to come to him. I am certain that God can handle their sin with them in their own walk. I'm not needed for that.

@PixelBibleBytes The Book of Mormon makes it clear that a knowledge of God's Plan of Salvation, created since before the world was formed, was known among the people of Israel long before Jesus was born in the flesh.

One of the coolest facts, how God had the tribes of Isreal gather forms the shape of a cross as well. There is a lot of evidence that before even creation God knew what the plan of salvation would be and left clues in nature as well as the biblical text.

“I think it would be imprudent and unwise not to have a reserve.” -Elder Bednar This is a masterful interview given by @RyanQualtrics to Elder @BednarDavidA and I encourage everyone to watch the full video. Especially for @FurkanGozukara, @devouringmarrow and @TuckerCarlson . “The people who want to tell us how to spend the money. I would just emphasize one undergirding principle. The assets of The Church are primarily income consuming they are not income producing.” -Elder Bednar Full video: youtu.be/mpm3O1raENw?si…

@readswithravi The Bible and the Book of Mormon. Life changing in that they have brought me closer to God, which has given me the courage and strength to overcome trials and difficulties in my life.

What's a book that changed your life?

This is awesome. I served in the Sendai Mission in the 90s...

@BlakeM117_Chief @RockWallBibles Yep. The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Christ.

@pseino @RockWallBibles He said Christian.

After the Bible, what’s the next book every Christian should own?