How often do I murmur?

As I was was reading in the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, i was reading in the First Book of Nephi Chapter 18 verse 16, This verse blew me away when i read it cause it made me ask the question how often do i murmur to the Lord for all the afflictions that i have, and to be completly honest, my afflictions are not as bad as Nephi had it in the Book of Mormon during this time.

So Nephi during the time in the Book of Mormon was commaded to build a ship so him and his family could sail accross to the Americas, His brothers Laman and Lemuel we giving him a hard time not supporting him and just giving him a hard time, just like we all encounter in our lives today. As time went on Nephi completes the ship and his family and him self start the sail to the Americas, Laman and Lemuel began to murmur themselfs and began to not listen to the commads of God, they were hardhearted. Nephi tried to help them out but they did not listen, Later on they come to be so wicked that they bound their brother Nephi, that made the Spirit of the Lord not be with them, which led them off the course to the Americas. They came to the conclusion that they needed to free their brother or they would all die in the depths of the Sea. Pretty scary time for the family, and such an easy time for them to murmur somemore to there Lord for making them go through this afflicition and hard times. But Nephi being the Faithful man that he was States in 1 Nephi 18:16; "Nevertheless, I did look unto my God, and i did praise him all the day long; and i did not murmur against the Lord because of mine afflictions".

How amazing, Nephi being bound with cords by his brothers could have murmured against the Lord, But the faithful person he was, he did not. That truly humbled myself, I've faced stuggles in my life, we all have but reading about Nephi and that. Seeing how much he went through and he did not even give up or murmur once, that is a true Desiple of Chirst. How little i go through with the stuggles and afflictions, and how much i get angry, upset or even murmur to the Lord. I will now have a different perspective on my afflicitons, knowing that Nephi can overcome them without murmuring, I know i can. And i also know we all can. My challenge to all of you is to think about Nephi and his afflictions and then think about your afflictios, and ask yourself "How often do i Murmur?"

Always Nephi's example of being faithful and not murmuring, I will forever now be greatful for his example on that and not Murmuring against the Lord, during his afflicitons.

My Studies

So every Morning for an Hour a day we get to have our own Personal Study. Its pretty amazing i must say, getting to study the good word of God and learning about our Savior Jesus Christ for an Hour. What more could we ask for. So for now on i will be posting something new everyday of what i learned and studied about to come closer to my Savior Jesus Christ and his Teaching.

What I do as a Representative of Jesus Christ

Hey Everyone,
So my name is Elder Rogers. I have been called to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I have been called to serve in the Montana Billings Mission and am LOVING every minute of it. I have served in Bozeman, Montana, Lewistown, Montana, East Helena, Montana, and am currently serving in Powell, Wyoming. A little about what we do as missionaries for the Lord Jesus Christ. We Share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with those that are seeking the Truth. Our purpose as missionaries is to invite others to come unto Christ by helping them recieve the restored Gospel, through Faith in Jesus Christ, Repentance, Baptism, Recieving the Holy Ghost, and Enduring to the End. As i go throughout my mission, my purpose as a missionary means so much more to me. To see the changes that the Gospel makes in peoples lives. Expecially mine own life. Serving the Lord and Sharing what i know to be true with others, strengthens my testimony, faith, and belief on this Gospel. I would love to share more, answer questions anyone has etc.. So please ask, I'm here for you!

"I Love To See the Temple"

So there is a famous Primary song in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints that i love to sing and think about when i enter the Lords House. It is called "I Love to See the Temple" it goes something like this;

I love to see the temple.

I’m going there someday

To feel the Holy Spirit,

To listen and to pray.

For the temple is a house of God,

A place of love and beauty.

I’ll prepare myself while I am young;

This is my sacred duty.

I love to see the temple.

I’ll go inside someday.

I’ll cov’nant with my Father;

I’ll promise to obey.

For the temple is a holy place

Where we are sealed together.

As a child of God, I’ve learned this truth:

A fam’ly is forever.

The House of The Lord, or the Temple, We can do many things just like it talks about in this song, i truly do know through the temple we can be be with our family forever, in this life and in the next. Our Heavenly Father loves each and everyone of us as his Children ans so what better blessing is it to know that we can be with our loved ones for all time and eternity.

The Temples of The Lord

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints have many beautiful, wonderful, everything you can think of temples around the world, Such as this one. This one specifically is the Salt Lake City Temple. It was Built in the the the mid to late 1800's. and it took 40 years to build. Quiet the project. But it has to be the best for the Lord.

Each temple is dedicated as a house of the Lord Jesus Christ, a place of holiness and peace, set apart from the world.

Why Mormons Build Temples