Well, I started going to Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints about three weeks ago and I was thinking about not going anymore but after listening to you, it has changed my heart and my mind and I am going to keep going. Thank you and God bless.
I remember having a similar experience, where the testimony of another convert, specifically, the following channel, ruclips.net/video/3jeUZeFj33w/видео.html, bolstered my faith due to the research and seeking he had done. Your comment brings me the greatest joy. I hope to hear your testimony of what you know to be true, one day.
Beautiful testimony, I am very happy you sought out the truths of the restoration. I feel I know you, I just feel at times you also have the house of Judah flowing through you. God bless you in your walk. You have a strong soul .
I’m coming back to the church after a long “faith crisis journey”. It was hard honestly. I Can testify that only by living the Gospel of Christ we feel real peace and I’m seeing so many positive fruits in my life.
@William Yes. During the “faith crisis” I investigated so many Christian faiths and I didn’t find the same peace and i felt like something was missing there. I came back to The Church of JESUS CHRIST of the Latter Day Saints.
I am 84 years of age and a former Baptist Minister. I had been taught evil against Joseph Smith, Jr and the Book of Mormon. When I was 32 years old I was preaching a sermon and the Book of Mormon is not scripture, the Holy Spirit said to me "How do you know that is true!". It was not a question but a statement. I didn't so I wanted to know for myself. I acquired a Book of Mormon and took the discussions with the missionaries. The things they taught me I knew was true as it resonated with my core beliefs. I knew there had to be more, many things had to happen before the 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ. That God would not leave us in this quandary of doctrine and detonations. God is one and has one doctrine and one Church. My wife opposed me even talking to Mormons, I told her I study and ponder and ask God if it is True. You should ask God if it is true. She did and came running out of the bedroom, all excited and said she was praying and asked God if the Book of Mormon was true and she said" a light appeared in the room and a voice said "Your husband is seeking to serve God, follow him", she was 100% converted and I baptized her and our 2 sons the next week. My father was angry and said Mormons are not Christian, I said dad they are Christian, have you read the Book of Mormon, no. I pestered him and mon for months and he came to me and said, "Ronnie we'll read the Book of Mormon if you will leave us alone". He and mom came to me and said "We know the Book of Mormon is true and we want to join the Church. Several years later dad was the Bishop of the Ward and mon was the Relief Society President. I was on the High Council and also the Ward and Stake Organist. We have been faithful members for 52 years. I am married to my wife 66 years and we were Sealed in the Salt Lake Temple in 1972. My wife died of Alzheimer's disease 6 months ago. She was in her 8th years in the nursing home. I visited her almost every day allowed and told her stories of her 6 siblings and mom and dad. She is an Elect Lady and I hope I will be called Home soon to join her. What joy it is to be a member of the restored Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the Priesthood and the Temple Blessings. Thank you sister for sharing.
This is such a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing it, Brother Palmer! May the Lord bless you and keep you and may your reunion with your wife be joyful! 🫶🫶🫶
Wow, another amazing testimony@ Ron Palmer!! You are, as many others are, causing a fire to burn in my heart when I read these testimonies and tears of joy. I too have a miraculous conversion story. This is like a long version of fast and testimony Sunday. Lots of love to all of you.
I really really loves listening to your testimony! Heavenly Father led me to missionaries and I joined the church almost 17 years ago. Some of my experiences are the same! I'm so grateful for the light that has been brought into my life as I follow my Savior Jesus Christ.
Jacob 5 is in full effect. The trimming of the bad branches is clearly happening and the young new clean and healthy branches are being grafted in for the final time before the lord of the vineyard comes again to collect his good fruits. I love these new converts who will be our future leaders. They are those who have been without it, have heard all the arguments against it, actually pray and read their scriptures and act on spiritual guidance. I love it! What a beautiful story!
I am a 70 year old lifetime member. I know that Heavenly Father loves me and is very aware of me. Despite that, I often struggle with feeling worthy or having the ability to follow his direction. I have this constant nagging feeling that despite my best efforts I am not doing what he needs me to do. The second I opened up your video and started listening to your testimony I felt a powerful witness of the Spirit about the truth of your testimony. I continued listening and then in the middle somewhere you said something along the lines of - (I am just paraphrasing) - as long as you are doing your best, you can know the Lord is directing your steps (or something like that). I swear that was an answer to my pleadings with the Lord. It has changed my heart. I just pray I can hang onto it!!
Thankyou Sharon for sharing your lifes story of a sincere convert. I am a 4th generation LDS of the tribe of Mannasah. I served as the only Kiwi in the NZ South Mission in 1972 when Joseph Fielding Smith was the prophet for 2 years. Your search helps me appreciate being born in the church and especially to be here now to see the return of the Saviour. God bless you. Kia Kaha! kei te rongo pai.
Thank you for sharing your journey and your testimony! Isn't it amazing how the Lord guides you?! He was calling for me when I was 20 yrs old, more than 40 yrs ago, and I didn't know where to go and while I was trying to find out He put a book about the church in my way and I was so blown away at finding myself agreeing to everything I read, I had not expected that! He leads us by the hand step by step until we are ready to receive the whole truth, so very lovingly. Before I was baptized but investigating the church, I had this image in my mind about standing in the dark at night watching this house that was full of bright light and I longed to be inside in the light. I have been in this light for many years now and I am grateful everyday for Him leading me here. Despite all the worries in the world we can have peace and rest in Jesus when we follow Him through the gospel. I have also learned that we must always keep doing all the right things or we might loose what we have received, which I have seen too often in other people's lives and it breaks my heart. Thank you for being strong and walking your own path no matter what others have said, your testimony will change someone else's life, I convinced.
I'm here because I saw you giving your testimony on David Alexander's channel. What a beautiful testimony! You followed the bread crumbs from truth to truth until you reached the fullness of the gospel! You did not give up and i feel like that is the key. God bless you in your life and in your efforts to bring others to the truth! ❤❤❤
The jesus story is a cut and paste story. There were around 16 other christ like figures before him. They also healed the sick, were born of a virgin, claimed to be the son of god, died and rose again 3 days later and on and on. Buddha and Krishna for example are almost exact duplicates, and they both came thousands of years before jesus. Just a good story that gets passed down from one era to the next.
I also am here because I saw your video on David Alexander’s channel. I don’t comment much but I was so touched by your story and testimony I wanted to express my gratitude for you! Thank you for sharing your experience and testimony. Every detail was so beautiful! 💕 You are such a blessing!
I’m glad you were able to join this incredible community. I hope you may continue growing in faith and that you will continue to experience Christ love. Have a good day each and every day.
What an incredible testimony, Sharon! Thank you so much for sharing! At many points during your story I felt such a kindred spirit and I expressed many hearty amens!
Hi Sharon. Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful testimony. What an amazing life journey you’ve had! I am a 9th generation member of the Lord’s restored Church. I am 40 years old and I have been greatly blessed by the Lord throughout my life. He has taught me much through blessings and trials alike, and I know that He loves me and is guiding me back home to Him. Enduring to the end is not an easy task but with the Lord all things are possible. I have found my relationship with or closeness to the Holy Ghost to be a highly accurate indicator of my spiritual health, at any given time in my life. If I can’t remember the last time I felt the Holy Ghost or if i know it’s been a while, then i know I am overdue for some serious repentance. When I am interacting with the Holy Ghost on a daily or near-daily basis, then i know the atonement is working in my life. One activity I try to do consistently has really helped me focus on keeping the Spirit active in my life. I keep a log of my spiritual experiences. In this log, I record the date, what I felt or learned, and what I was doing at the time. While not nearly comprehensive, this log helps me track and review many of the spiritual experiences I’ve had since I started keeping it 7+ years ago. I’ve learned a few important principles too! First, I’ve learned that it matters what i do in my daily life! Nearly every spiritual experience has happened while I am praying, reading the scriptures, attending church or general conference, or watching uplifting media (like your testimony video!). That is one important reason why we regularly teach and are taught that these spiritual habits are vital in our lives. Second, I’ve learned that these experience are more frequent and numerous than I ever realized previously. Recording spiritual experiences lets the Lord know that you value His guidance and counsel. And it helps me record it in my own memory. Sharon, stay beautiful, inside and out. Your Heavenly Father is very pleased with your tenacity and your zeal for His ways and for His work. He has great things in store for you both during this life and hereafter. Best wishes, Aaron. :)
Everyone would do well to consider the suggestions you put in this comment for how to maintain and grow your relationship with God! Thank you for taking the time to write and share such a beautiful comment!
You just gave some priceless council in the message you wrote!. Wish everyone could hear what you wrote.. You must know the girl “Sharon” that shared her testimony. She did a great job! Everyone can have similar experiences if the have the faith in Christ to knock, 🔐 study scripture, ask, then do just as your wrote. Best regards.
Welcome aboard good Sister & you are loved. The Lord needs us more than ever to fight for our beliefs & for this country. We must bring others unto Christ & save our fallen Saints. I left the Church when I was 16 because I had no testimony. 20yrs later the Lord saved me & brought me back but then I started having doubts & the Lord saved me again. I have a strong testimony & I’m a witness that Christ is there for us all when we turn to him for the truth but be warned of the adversary trying to put road blocks in our way. 😇
Yes, welcome aboard the ship of manmade abomination that's only stop is the lake of fire. You and your false religion are the adversary you spoke of. If you were not totally spiritually dead and blind, you would realize this fact.
This was so awesome, thanks for sharing. You did such a great job in putting this together. I’d like to share this with my grandchildren, several of them live in Florida. Isn’t it amazing how Our Heavenly Father and His Son always have their hands out reached, trying to call us home. Our job is to have the eyes of faith and heart to recognize the truth just like you did. Congratulations!
Thank you for sharing your amazing testimony and recounting the remarkable journey you have traveled bringing you into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the fold of God--His true and living Church on the earth! I am so grateful for my many dear friends and associates over the years who as evangelical Christians and/or Catholic by background have struggled along a myriad of paths but have delayed seriously considering the Latter-day Saint faith due to the "accusatory fog" of which David Alexander speaks. I yearn to see them become apart of this new Great Awakening that is underway that is compelling people of this generation to investigate the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I know that if they prayerfully embark on this endeavor in faith they will come to know the Lord Christ Jesus and our Eternal Heavenly Father on a level they could never previously imagine. I add my testimony to yours. I have come to know the clear and tender voice of the Good Shepherd. He is my Lord and King and has redeemed me from darkness, Death, and Hell. I have witnessed miracles and a multitude of blessings that have borne much fruit in my life. May we all seek to be faithful and steadfast, relying on our Savior as we share our testimonies and live in accordance to His will and teachings. The whisperings and sure witness of the Holy Ghost will aid us as we come unto God with "broken hearts and contrite spirits" (Moroni 6:2, 2 Nephi 2:7, 3 Nephi 9:20, The Book of Mormon) and give ourselves each day to the wonderful and exciting process of enduring to the end!
Amen!! Thank you so much for taking the time to write your testimony here. It is truly powerful! Satan would be glad if you never wrote this and shared it. I am so glad you shared this.
Thank you Sharon for sharing your conversion it’s amazing how God knows every single one of us guides us stop bye stop when we ask in faith He will never deceive you I have testimony to l have felt many times like you l just wish I was more diligent like you I 👏👏👏👏and welcome you 😢😊❤
Thank you for your wonderful testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. God is truly amazing and will lead those that are seeking Him to truth. The standard of truth has been erected. No unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished and the great Jehovah shall say the work is done.
Wow thanks so much for all the tender mercies. My wife is the only member in her family. She joined as a 16 year old in Iowa when I was a missionary in Australia She has been a rock her whole life We have been married nearly 50 years and have 16 grandkids. We are temple workers 😊😊
Thank you for sharing your wonderful conversion story. I'm sure many lives have be touched and and strengthened through your experiences that you shared. Those who are humble and willing to follow the spirit of God will always find the truth. The truth shall set you free. My wife's family (6 of them) joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints years ago because they came to the knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ and was led by the Spirit of God .
What a beautiful witness of your journey. Thank you for sharing this. We are so privileged to be members of the church of Jesus Christ, and to have his light continually present with us. I wonder what the darkness and confusion outside of that knowledge feels like. I've only experienced what I've heard others explain when they share their journey of seeking the truth but not knowing where to find it. I've been so blessed to have that knowledge my whole life.
Thank you for sharing! I liked where you shared about how you would from time to time see the sunlight(truth)peaking through the trees and then feeling like you walked into a clearing.
Thank you for sharing your amazing spiritual search for truth and for explaining the many witnesses and noteworthy experiences gained as you found greater light and truth in our conversion before the Lord. Your faith, confidence, trust, example and testimony before the Lord is inspiring and contagious. Many years ago I too had a similar witness of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon by manifestation of the Holy Ghost. May the Lord continue to bless you and yours!
Sister Sharon, Thank you for sharing your search & finding experience. I believe The Lord, in his wisdom has people find the gospel when it's best for them. I also believe that the church needs the structure and historical knowledge of those who grew up in the church but the energy and spirit of those who didn't find the church "early" in their lives is vital to the building and strengthening of the church. And all of us as we follow the directions of our Savior, through his prophet, to gather Israel and prepare for is coming. Thank you again and stay strong on your journey. P.S. at about 6 minutes the video got better (technically) by slowing it down to 75%.
I know this exceptionally faithful young woman and her good husband. She is an especially genuine and true Christian woman. I, as you, feel the genuineness and truth of her testimony and witness of Our Savior Jesus Christ and the fullness of His Gospel in His restored church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And I as you feel the Holy Spirit confirm the Truth of her testimony. God bless her and her good husband-and may God bless all of you, all of us-to embrace Christ fully and receive the Overwhelming Love, Overwhelming Glory and Overwhelming Grace He lives and loves to give us. Let’s do this. Let’s Receive His Transforming Love Truth and Grace. By His Love, His mercy, and His Grace I too am a Sure Witness of Our Living Savior and Great Redeemer, Jesus Christ. God as my witness, I Know He Lives and has done everything to redeem and exalt us. Please, Receive His Gift. Receive His Love and Be Filled with Joy Beyond Description. -- Todd Martin
Brother Martin is an institute teacher in Provo, Utah (and he is also involved in many other things if you get to know him.) I met him and his wife while attending institute there. He and his wife invited me over to their house for dinner every Sunday night, the same night that all their other adult children would come for a weekly visit. A full house! One of the first nights I came over, Brother Martin asked me what my story was, and patiently listened to me tell my life story. There is a quote that describes how I felt during that time, and ever after. “A child can be the object of much affection, and still not feel loved. Feeling loved and being heard are so similar, it’s difficult to distinguish between the two.” - Fran Stott Todd Martin really listens to you, and through that gift to others, he helps you to feel loved. He also is an incredible vessel of the spirit (power), humble, and overflowing with “the pure love of Christ.” I moved to Provo without a family member to my name, and I had only one friend who I had met a few months earlier who lived there, but we did not live in the same apartment. Brother Martin and his family became like family to me while I was living there. They let me come over as often as I had time to join them. His wife watched me pick out my wedding dress and was one of my escorts when I got sealed to my husband in the Payson, Utah Temple. My life has been blessed forever by this family!
@@Hokum48 A different gospel Jesus Christ he was not in Joseph Smith phoney book of Mormon, the Mormons believe God the father had sex with Mary, the biblical bible differ it was from the holy spirit who overshadowed Mary. Jesus Christ he did not preach Adultery - Racism - Slavery - segregation. The Mormons treated the black people inferior to the white people since 1848 - 1978. Jesus Christ never preached adultery, but Joseph Smith was an adultery who married 11 women who had living husbands. Jesus Christ did not support slavery, while UTAH Mormons in 1852 accepted slavery and signed by 2nd president of the Mormon church Brigham Young 1847 -1877. The Mormon church finally accepted the black people males to the priesthood in 1978, the reason why the civil rights movement were knocking at the door, it was not a revelation from God, according to president Spencer Kimball Every Mormon in this world since 1830 has been lying to this multi billion $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ scam..
Wow 💛 Beautiful, thank you so much! I can really relate to where you talked about seeing the world in color. That's how i describe my life! Without Jesus the world was black and white and pretty depressing and meaningless tbh then once I made the decision to follow Jesus the whole world came to life. Everything had color, meaning, and opportunity. It's a beautiful thing! His yoke is easy and his burden truly is light. 💛 I love how you treasure and hold the scriptures and personal revelation in your heart. I love that! Thanks again for sharing, this was such an uplifting beautiful experience to hear!
I too felt a peace that I never knew before. It always gets my attention when others describe it, I get an overwhelming urge to exclaim, "I know exactly what you mean!" I didn't just feel good, I realized how bad I was feeling. The biggest jarring complete emotional reversal.
@@bryankeithr16 My Father went to prison, leaving me alone with my dependent sister and chronically ill mom. The world had ended. But stress/depression can be self-medicated with many things that increase dopamine; junk food, video games, etc. And with these things, much of the time you don't feel sad, or anything. So, when you have moments of clarity, and you call out in a mighty prayer of desperation. And sudden your low to high comes, you feel a simple message I can only articulate as "everything will be okay", my sense of relief was equal to the depths of my sorrow. Nearly deceptively, my situation didn't actually change to "okay", but I changed. My ability to endure increased.
@@treystone9464 I’m happy that your life has changed for the better! Say I’m in the same predicament as you once were. How can that message “ everything will be okay “ help me? What type of clarity leads me to understand that everything will be okay? How can I change?
@@bryankeithr16 It was a more personal revelation than a universal message. I would think a revelation about whether I'll be okay wouldn't help another. But I can prescribe my method as being reliable. Find some time, privacy, and determination. Speak out loud, Start talking and try not to stop until you find satisfaction. Pour yourself out. Start with some highly detailed contrition. Talk about your worries or hopes. If you want an answer, make sure a question is on your mind until you feel enlightened. If you want to feel the comforter, I say if you can, try to cry. Or begging. The longer you draw it out, the more certain I am that a reply will come
What a remarkable revelatory journey to seek truth that eventually led to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I was so inspired by it. I'm sharing it with my daughter who is inactive. Thank you so much for sharing.
When I read the Book of Mormon, I followed the promise in Moroni 10"4,5 (Moroni was Mormon's son). I asked if the things I read were true, that the Lord would manifest it to me. He did....just like in the promise. When I was baptized, I felt the spirit of the Lord. Then, I was conferred to have the Holy Ghost and it was such a powerful feeling, Ive remembered it all my life-the very moment. I love the Lord, am very close to Him. He has guided me so very many times by the Holy Ghost. He told his diciples He would send the Holy Ghost to be with them when He left them. This is the same Holy Ghost that witnesses to everyone who reads The Book of Mormon and follows the Lord's promise. Thank you for sharing your testimony in such a complete and authentic way.
This is so beautiful!!! Thank you so much for sharing your testimony of God’s ability to “tell” His children what is true by witnessing through the power of the Spirit. Something beyond understanding. This is so beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing. I am so glad to have your testimony here.
Yes, for many people, hearing the truth feels like it was familiar or what you always knew somewhere inside. And, oh, the witness of comfort & conviction testifying of the truth. One guy on my mission in Canada, when we started to put up the plan of salvation on a chalk board & explain where we came from, why we are here & where we will be going, he jumped up, excitedly & asked if he could finish the diagram & all the pieces that explained it. He was blown away that he knew the plan, in his heart, he said that is what he always believed, but he doesn't know where he learned it, he just knew it, but could not put it into a diagram. I heard later that he did get baptized.
Thank you so much. I love you too. I wish I had the courage to speak publicly about my testimony. I trust that I will have that courage when it is right in God’s time. I might reach out to you when I need strength 🙏💚✝️
Thank you Jane for sharing both your concern and your testimony in this comment. I too would love to receive your testimony. I'm sure it's powerful. I live in Sandy Utah. I just took my family to the Saratoga Springs temple open house this week. On our way there, contention broke out among my family. The taste of it was bitterness. Then I recognized the truth of the matter. As this lovely sister shared in her testimony, and as I have experienced several times in my life (especially when serving as a full time missionary), and as witnessed by Joseph Smith the prophet when he went into the grove of woods to pray vocally to the Lord, when we are about to either receive or share the Lord's truth in meaningful and important ways, Satan will try to prevent or ruin that experience before we can grab hold of it. Once I recognized this was happening I used that knowledge against the adversary by sharing that knowledge with my family by telling them exactly how important it is for us to be able to go visit the temple as a family (my kids are too young to go to the temple yet) and that Satan was trying to prevent us from feeling the Spirit by influencing is to contend one with another. I guess I just felt like sharing this with you to let you know that I already can feel the strength and witness of your testimony and would encourage you to share it with us publicly. Once I pointed out to my family the tactics Satan was using in an attempt to distract us from having a spiritual experience at the temple, we were able to quickly repent and ask each other for forgiveness and gain the spiritual awareness we needed to visit the temple open house. God bless you and grant unto you the strength to overcome your fear to empower you to share your testimony with us publicly!
(Hmm, I don't think my comment posted so I'm trying again.) Thank you for sharing your testimony and your experience! I am a convert as well. Learning about the restored gospel helped me to make sense of the bible. Everything seemed to just click together. Truly, the Book of Mormon and modern revelation work hand in hand with the bible. A group of friends get together every Thursday to discuss their thoughts on their Book of Mormon study for the week (they call it "Book of Mormon or Bust!). I have a feeling you'd appreciate others who enjoy deeply studying the scriptures as well. The channel is called "Zion or Bust!" (I don't think RUclips allows video links in comments, sorry). Continue being a light for others on this platform! Especially for those who don't realize the Holy Bible and Book of Mormon are meant to go together.
I've read the comments. There are some haters who want to throw stones at you. But I felt the spirit testify of the truths you spoke. You haven't been deceived as the haters think. I'll be your friend. The only way I know how to contact you is here. So I want you to know I'm thankful for you and your courage. Keep witnessing. Keep blessing others. God has given you power.
Thank you for your sweet wonderful testimony. On the way to Lowe's to pick up some vegetable plants and next thing I know I am weeping. Okay what's wrong with me, nothing, just a pure simple testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Thank you for your honesty. I have a hard time getting up in fast and testimony meeting. When I am with my patients I have no problem talking about religion. Again, THANK YOU
I was at home when I watched and listened to Sharon's testimony, like you I had many tears. Tears of joy as I was so moved by the spirit of her testimony. Quite a miraculous testimony!
God is good. He gives us what we ask for--all of our righteous desires. He gives it to us in a way we will understand and when we are ready to receive it.
Thank you sister for your story and testimony. I have been seeking these out to listen to while I work. I know God lives and Jesus is our Savior. I have been listening to a recent convert named David Alexander who has a great testimony of the Gospel and was in Evangelical Christianity 47 years until he finally looked at the Latter Day Saints. Perhaps you have heard of him. If not, I highly recommend his channel. God bless you.
I have heard of David Alexander. I am very grateful for his willingness to proclaim! It was his encouragement to share our testimonies that gave me the idea to record this video!
Proverbs 3:5 5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
This was incredible and it had so many parallels to my own story. I wish I had been more diligent about reading the scriptures all my life instead of waiting until the missionaries came and I pray you continue to seek for truth.
It’s so wonderful that she was so receptive to the answers she was seeking. Question: is the audio sped up. It’s so fast. To understand her I had to slow it down to 75%.
Hello sweet Laura! In answer to your question about the audio, yes, I did speed it up by x1.6 in the first part of the video and x1.25 in the later part of the video. When I watched the original recording, due to this being the first time recording myself like this, I felt like I was speaking too slow due to my lack of experience with these things, and didn’t want to take up too much of people’s time because I know how precious each person’s time is! I probably didn’t need to speed it up as much as I did. Hopefully you were able to understand the testimony. I appreciate your support. God bless you!!!
The blessings every convert experiences: First, The "Book of Mormon PDF" the conversion happens to everyone who reads with a broken heart and a contrite spirit. The blessing of Ether 4: verses 13 to 19 And what goes perfectly well with the restored gospel are these two blessings provided by Joseph Smith, Jr., among so many: Every recent convert and faithful are now sharing Appendix 1, begins at page 587, and Appendix 2, begins at page 638, of: "Without Disclosing My True Identity; The Authorized and Official Biography of the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. PDF"
Salvation by grace, through faith in Jesus Christ alone. No works involved in the salvation accept that we receive the free gift. Unless the father God attracts us to His son no one can accept Jesus Christ as a saviour. If we are not called we don't get saved in the first place.
Loved this, it say you have a xcel spreadsheet, I was looking forward to view that. I have a Baptist family I have been speaking to and they have questions.
Sharon please make another video telling your fans about your meeting and romance with Daniel. When he said "I knew that I had to meet that girl", that he must be talking about you. I was very impressed with his testimony also.
@@SharonSeekingJesus Glad to hear! Let Cesar [RUclips] do Cesar! Glad you're sharing your witness without money and without price! 1 Peter 5: 2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 2 Nephi 26:31 But the laborer in Zion shall labor for Zion; for if they labor for money they shall perish. 3 Nephi 13: 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and thieves break through and steal; 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Glad you're heart is set on heavenly treasure! 🌟
@@mattctr Amen, Brother!!!!!!! Amen and amen. God has spoken to me very personally about never selling my gifts for a price. This is another reason why we are so blessed by the order in this church, which makes all of the learning materials and conferences free to all.
ink I feel so bad. Their are a couple channels and they just post stuff and it's all just bitter and sad stuff. And non of it is honest or seeking. I'd love to see someone post about losing their faith and being honest with themselves, but never seems to go that way.
@@johnrowley310 if you new anti people you would say pro truth, you would say people that are angry and will lie about anything. I'm sure you're pro truth. But that's different than people that are bent with lies and hate.
The Bible clearly teaches that God wants to share His glory with us 1) He wants us to overcome so He can share His glory with us: Revelation 3 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. Revelation 2 26 The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, 27 and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father. 28 And I will give him the morning star. 29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 2) We are His children Psalms 82 1 God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: 6 I said, “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you John 10 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came-and Scripture cannot be broken- The word used for Gods in Psalms 82 is "Elohim." Look at verses 1 and 6 in the interlinear Bible, which has the Hebrew and English word by word (Note, Hebrew reads right to left): biblehub.com/interlinear/psalms/82.htm Also the word for "gods" lower case "g" in John 10 is Theoi in Greek, which means actually gods like the Greeks would have called their gods. We are children of God, even "sons of the Most High" as stated in Psalm 82. Acts 17 29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device. Hebrews 12 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we gave them reverence. Shall we not far rather be in subjection unto the Father of Spirits, and live? 3) Beware people who abuse the Holy word of God Also, beware relying on just one verse, or those who try to force you to do so. Satan quoted scriptures to Jsus trying to lead Him into sin. Satan told Him it was written that if He would cast Himself from the temple, angels would bare Him up because of some scriptural passages. But Satan was trying to trick Jesus into forgetting ANOTHER passage that said "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord your God." The bible has passages that will lead you astray if you take just the verse in isolation. John 1 [18] No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. Compare with: Exodus 33 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. Isaiah 6:1 1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Ezekiel 1 26 ¶ And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. Acts 7 55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, 58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
God bless you and keep you. You are obviously a lovely lady. You may find that you discover wonderful truths if you dare read the Bible like a child. 🌻
Please don’t go by your feelings alone. And don’t go by what other people s dreams influence you. Study and be logical. The principles of teachings must align w the gospel of our Lord and Savior. If anything is more than what He the savior taught--hear them not. Don’t go by feelings. Feelings can deceive. God bless you.
Hello Lillian, have you read the document that I wrote of scriptures from the Bible that correlate with the restored doctrine? I put the link in the comment above. I cannot ignore my knowledge of these verses. The churches I used to attend taught the “pure milk” (1 Peter 2:2) of the word, that allowed me to grow into salvation. The church of Jesus Christ goes beyond that, and teaches the “spiritual meat” of God that Paul longed to preach, but could not, because the people of God were not ready at that time. As it says in Hebrews 5:11-end, 6:1-3 “11 About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, 13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. 14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.” 6, “1 Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3 And this we will do if God permits.” If I were to say the most basic thing that the Bible supports that is found plainly in this church is their doctrine of Jesus Christ, or “the gospel.” They preach the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is 1. to have faith in Jesus Christ for your salvation, 2. repent of your sin, 3. be baptized, 4. receive the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands, and 5. endure to the end. This is the doctrine of Christ as preached by the missionaries of this church. All of this is supported by the Holy Bible. I won’t deny the Word of God, as God has revealed it to me in the Bible, and I will not deny the voice of my Good Shepherd, who has spoken to me throughout my life and still does now. I have never trusted feelings. If I did, I would be living in sin. As it is, I trust Jesus Christ and the Truth revealed to my heart step by step. God bless you too, Lillian Cooley.
I do recall that the question of the sabbath came up during a priesthood class. They explained that it was Paul who changed the sabbath from Saturday to Sunday. The meeting were organised on that day. It was the day of organizational for the following week.
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Well, I started going to Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints about three weeks ago and I was thinking about not going anymore but after listening to you, it has changed my heart and my mind and I am going to keep going. Thank you and God bless.
I remember having a similar experience, where the testimony of another convert, specifically, the following channel, ruclips.net/video/3jeUZeFj33w/видео.html, bolstered my faith due to the research and seeking he had done. Your comment brings me the greatest joy. I hope to hear your testimony of what you know to be true, one day.
Pray as much as you can. God loves you!
Many prayers your way on your spiritual journey. 💛😁
Beautiful testimony, I am very happy you sought out the truths of the restoration.
I feel I know you, I just feel at times you also have the house of Judah flowing through you. God bless you in your walk.
You have a strong soul .
Thank you for sharing your spiritual journey Sharon. Your diligent search is inspiring!
I’m coming back to the church after a long “faith crisis journey”. It was hard honestly. I Can testify that only by living the Gospel of Christ we feel real peace and I’m seeing so many positive fruits in my life.
Congratulations! I’m very proud of you and happy to hear about your decision to come back. Stay at the tree!! :)
That is amazing, you are not alone in this. Not many have overcome their Faith crisis.
The lord Loves you!
Christs gospel was never about Church.
@William Yes. During the “faith crisis” I investigated so many Christian faiths and I didn’t find the same peace and i felt like something was missing there. I came back to The Church of JESUS CHRIST of the Latter Day Saints.
I am 84 years of age and a former Baptist Minister. I had been taught evil against Joseph Smith, Jr and the Book of Mormon. When I was 32 years old I was preaching a sermon and the Book of Mormon is not scripture, the Holy Spirit said to me "How do you know that is true!". It was not a question but a statement. I didn't so I wanted to know for myself. I acquired a Book of Mormon and took the discussions with the missionaries. The things they taught me I knew was true as it resonated with my core beliefs. I knew there had to be more, many things had to happen before the 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ. That God would not leave us in this quandary of doctrine and detonations. God is one and has one doctrine and one Church. My wife opposed me even talking to Mormons, I told her I study and ponder and ask God if it is True. You should ask God if it is true. She did and came running out of the bedroom, all excited and said she was praying and asked God if the Book of Mormon was true and she said" a light appeared in the room and a voice said "Your husband is seeking to serve God, follow him", she was 100% converted and I baptized her and our 2 sons the next week. My father was angry and said Mormons are not Christian, I said dad they are Christian, have you read the Book of Mormon, no. I pestered him and mon for months and he came to me and said, "Ronnie we'll read the Book of Mormon if you will leave us alone". He and mom came to me and said "We know the Book of Mormon is true and we want to join the Church. Several years later dad was the Bishop of the Ward and mon was the Relief Society President. I was on the High Council and also the Ward and Stake Organist. We have been faithful members for 52 years. I am married to my wife 66 years and we were Sealed in the Salt Lake Temple in 1972. My wife died of Alzheimer's disease 6 months ago. She was in her 8th years in the nursing home. I visited her almost every day allowed and told her stories of her 6 siblings and mom and dad. She is an Elect Lady and I hope I will be called Home soon to join her. What joy it is to be a member of the restored Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the Priesthood and the Temple Blessings. Thank you sister for sharing.
God is doing a marvelous work.
This is such a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing it, Brother Palmer! May the Lord bless you and keep you and may your reunion with your wife be joyful! 🫶🫶🫶
Wow, another amazing testimony@ Ron Palmer!! You are, as many others are, causing a fire to burn in my heart when I read these testimonies and tears of joy. I too have a miraculous conversion story. This is like a long version of fast and testimony Sunday. Lots of love to all of you.
What an amazing testimony! Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you for telling your story and testimony. It is really beautiful and touching to hear.
I really really loves listening to your testimony! Heavenly Father led me to missionaries and I joined the church almost 17 years ago. Some of my experiences are the same! I'm so grateful for the light that has been brought into my life as I follow my Savior Jesus Christ.
This makes me so happy to hear!!! I would love to hear your testimony of Jesus Christ.
Jacob 5 is in full effect. The trimming of the bad branches is clearly happening and the young new clean and healthy branches are being grafted in for the final time before the lord of the vineyard comes again to collect his good fruits. I love these new converts who will be our future leaders. They are those who have been without it, have heard all the arguments against it, actually pray and read their scriptures and act on spiritual guidance. I love it! What a beautiful story!
That Jacob 5 insight is sick (Awesome). How did you hear that? Just an inspired thought? It makes sense.
I am a 70 year old lifetime member. I know that Heavenly Father loves me and is very aware of me. Despite that, I often struggle with feeling worthy or having the ability to follow his direction. I have this constant nagging feeling that despite my best efforts I am not doing what he needs me to do.
The second I opened up your video and started listening to your testimony I felt a powerful witness of the Spirit about the truth of your testimony. I continued listening and then in the middle somewhere you said something along the lines of - (I am just paraphrasing) - as long as you are doing your best, you can know the Lord is directing your steps (or something like that). I swear that was an answer to my pleadings with the Lord. It has changed my heart. I just pray I can hang onto it!!
Love you so much Brother!
Thankyou Sharon for sharing your lifes story of a sincere convert. I am a 4th generation LDS of the tribe of Mannasah. I served as the only Kiwi in the NZ South Mission in 1972 when Joseph Fielding Smith was the prophet for 2 years. Your search helps me appreciate being born in the church and especially to be here now to see the return of the Saviour. God bless you. Kia Kaha! kei te rongo pai.
Kia Ora, Wayne Hapi. I’m a Meha. Was raised in Hastings. Went to church with your Hapi whanau
You are completely blind, lost, and deceived. Just totally steeped in darkness, deception, and a 100% false manmade ungodly cult. Repent!
Being a Mormon is worse than being a jew 🤷♀️
Thank you for sharing your journey and your testimony! Isn't it amazing how the Lord guides you?! He was calling for me when I was 20 yrs old, more than 40 yrs ago, and I didn't know where to go and while I was trying to find out He put a book about the church in my way and I was so blown away at finding myself agreeing to everything I read, I had not expected that! He leads us by the hand step by step until we are ready to receive the whole truth, so very lovingly. Before I was baptized but investigating the church, I had this image in my mind about standing in the dark at night watching this house that was full of bright light and I longed to be inside in the light. I have been in this light for many years now and I am grateful everyday for Him leading me here. Despite all the worries in the world we can have peace and rest in Jesus when we follow Him through the gospel. I have also learned that we must always keep doing all the right things or we might loose what we have received, which I have seen too often in other people's lives and it breaks my heart. Thank you for being strong and walking your own path no matter what others have said, your testimony will change someone else's life, I convinced.
Very cool
Thank you for sharing your conversion story. You may have touched someone who needed to hear about this beautiful narrow path.
Beautiful journey in faith. I know Jesus Christ lives and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is true. It has blessed my life so much!❤️
I'm here because I saw you giving your testimony on David Alexander's channel. What a beautiful testimony! You followed the bread crumbs from truth to truth until you reached the fullness of the gospel! You did not give up and i feel like that is the key. God bless you in your life and in your efforts to bring others to the truth! ❤❤❤
Me too!
Can you believe how on fire that guy is🔥💗. It's the most amazing and adorable thing I've ever seen.
@@StompMom5 I agree! 💯👏❤️
The jesus story is a cut and paste story. There were around 16 other christ like figures before him. They also healed the sick, were born of a virgin, claimed to be the son of god, died and rose again 3 days later and on and on. Buddha and Krishna for example are almost exact duplicates, and they both came thousands of years before jesus. Just a good story that gets passed down from one era to the next.
David Alexander is a complete fool and he is ignorant
I also am here because I saw your video on David Alexander’s channel. I don’t comment much but I was so touched by your story and testimony I wanted to express my gratitude for you! Thank you for sharing your experience and testimony. Every detail was so beautiful! 💕 You are such a blessing!
I concur with you Robert!
I’m glad you were able to join this incredible community. I hope you may continue growing in faith and that you will continue to experience Christ love. Have a good day each and every day.
I don't know how this ended up on my feed, but I am glad it did! Thank you so much for sharing your witness!
If I could only be so bold about my testimony and encounters. Thanks for sharing!
Thank our HEAVENLY PARENT'S, for Sister SHARON & Husband, their (podcast,) share fulness, truthfulness of, THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST.
Sharon, your testimony is inspiring. God bless you.
What an incredible testimony, Sharon! Thank you so much for sharing! At many points during your story I felt such a kindred spirit and I expressed many hearty amens!
Awesome experience and testimony! It is amazing what God can do with those who open their hearts and minds to hear Him!
I am very grateful for you and your testimony today.
❤ your spiritual path and conversion by the spirit and your firm testimony
What incredible faith this young woman is blessed with. I amgetting on in years. I pray my faith is sufficient for exaltation with my family.
Hi Sharon. Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful testimony. What an amazing life journey you’ve had! I am a 9th generation member of the Lord’s restored Church. I am 40 years old and I have been greatly blessed by the Lord throughout my life. He has taught me much through blessings and trials alike, and I know that He loves me and is guiding me back home to Him.
Enduring to the end is not an easy task but with the Lord all things are possible. I have found my relationship with or closeness to the Holy Ghost to be a highly accurate indicator of my spiritual health, at any given time in my life. If I can’t remember the last time I felt the Holy Ghost or if i know it’s been a while, then i know I am overdue for some serious repentance. When I am interacting with the Holy Ghost on a daily or near-daily basis, then i know the atonement is working in my life.
One activity I try to do consistently has really helped me focus on keeping the Spirit active in my life. I keep a log of my spiritual experiences. In this log, I record the date, what I felt or learned, and what I was doing at the time. While not nearly comprehensive, this log helps me track and review many of the spiritual experiences I’ve had since I started keeping it 7+ years ago. I’ve learned a few important principles too! First, I’ve learned that it matters what i do in my daily life! Nearly every spiritual experience has happened while I am praying, reading the scriptures, attending church or general conference, or watching uplifting media (like your testimony video!). That is one important reason why we regularly teach and are taught that these spiritual habits are vital in our lives.
Second, I’ve learned that these experience are more frequent and numerous than I ever realized previously. Recording spiritual experiences lets the Lord know that you value His guidance and counsel. And it helps me record it in my own memory.
Sharon, stay beautiful, inside and out. Your Heavenly Father is very pleased with your tenacity and your zeal for His ways and for His work. He has great things in store for you both during this life and hereafter. Best wishes, Aaron. :)
Everyone would do well to consider the suggestions you put in this comment for how to maintain and grow your relationship with God! Thank you for taking the time to write and share such a beautiful comment!
You just gave some priceless council in the message you wrote!. Wish everyone could hear what you wrote.. You must know the girl “Sharon” that shared her testimony. She did a great job! Everyone can have similar experiences if the have the faith in Christ to knock, 🔐 study scripture, ask, then do just as your wrote. Best regards.
I appreciate what you shared. ❤
Welcome aboard good Sister & you are loved. The Lord needs us more than ever to fight for our beliefs & for this country. We must bring others unto Christ & save our fallen Saints.
I left the Church when I was 16 because I had no testimony. 20yrs later the Lord saved me & brought me back but then I started having doubts & the Lord saved me again. I have a strong testimony & I’m a witness that Christ is there for us all when we turn to him for the truth but be warned of the adversary trying to put road blocks in our way. 😇
Yes, welcome aboard the ship of manmade abomination that's only stop is the lake of fire.
You and your false religion are the adversary you spoke of. If you were not totally spiritually dead and blind, you would realize this fact.
This was so awesome, thanks for sharing. You did such a great job in putting this together. I’d like to share this with my grandchildren, several of them live in Florida. Isn’t it amazing how Our Heavenly Father and His Son always have their hands out reached, trying to call us home. Our job is to have the eyes of faith and heart to recognize the truth just like you did. Congratulations!
I got baptized in the Hamilton Ward in Florida while I was visiting family there ❤️
great message God bless
Thank you for sharing your amazing testimony and recounting the remarkable journey you have traveled bringing you into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the fold of God--His true and living Church on the earth! I am so grateful for my many dear friends and associates over the years who as evangelical Christians and/or Catholic by background have struggled along a myriad of paths but have delayed seriously considering the Latter-day Saint faith due to the "accusatory fog" of which David Alexander speaks. I yearn to see them become apart of this new Great Awakening that is underway that is compelling people of this generation to investigate the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I know that if they prayerfully embark on this endeavor in faith they will come to know the Lord Christ Jesus and our Eternal Heavenly Father on a level they could never previously imagine. I add my testimony to yours. I have come to know the clear and tender voice of the Good Shepherd. He is my Lord and King and has redeemed me from darkness, Death, and Hell. I have witnessed miracles and a multitude of blessings that have borne much fruit in my life. May we all seek to be faithful and steadfast, relying on our Savior as we share our testimonies and live in accordance to His will and teachings. The whisperings and sure witness of the Holy Ghost will aid us as we come unto God with "broken hearts and contrite spirits" (Moroni 6:2, 2 Nephi 2:7, 3 Nephi 9:20, The Book of Mormon) and give ourselves each day to the wonderful and exciting process of enduring to the end!
Amen!! Thank you so much for taking the time to write your testimony here. It is truly powerful! Satan would be glad if you never wrote this and shared it. I am so glad you shared this.
Thank you Sharon for sharing your conversion it’s amazing how God knows every single one of us guides us stop bye stop when we ask in faith He will never deceive you I have testimony to l have felt many times like you l just wish I was more diligent like you I 👏👏👏👏and welcome you 😢😊❤
My heart is so full of joy for you.
Thank you for your testimony 🙏
Thank you for your wonderful testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. God is truly amazing and will lead those that are seeking Him to truth.
The standard of truth has been erected. No unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished and the great Jehovah shall say the work is done.
Sharon, so glad you found the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Church is true!
Wow thanks so much for all the tender mercies. My wife is the only member in her family. She joined as a 16 year old in Iowa when I was a missionary in Australia She has been a rock her whole life We have been married nearly 50 years and have 16 grandkids. We are temple workers 😊😊
Thank you so much. Hearing this testimony really lifts my heart and brings a smile to my face. ❤️
Thank you for sharing your wonderful conversion story. I'm sure many lives have be touched and and strengthened through your experiences that you shared. Those who are humble and willing to follow the spirit of God will always find the truth. The truth shall set you free. My wife's family (6 of them) joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints years ago because they came to the knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ and was led by the Spirit of God .
Thank you for sharing your story and your wonderful testimony.
🙏 thank you sister sharon
Thank you for sharing! I love "divine coincidences!"
Thank you for sharing, Sharon. I felt the spirit as you were sharing. I served a mission and was able to be on the teaching end.
What a beautiful witness of your journey. Thank you for sharing this. We are so privileged to be members of the church of Jesus Christ, and to have his light continually present with us. I wonder what the darkness and confusion outside of that knowledge feels like. I've only experienced what I've heard others explain when they share their journey of seeking the truth but not knowing where to find it. I've been so blessed to have that knowledge my whole life.
Thank you for sharing your light
Thank you for sharing! I liked where you shared about how you would from time to time see the sunlight(truth)peaking through the trees and then feeling like you walked into a clearing.
Thank you for sharing your amazing spiritual search for truth and for explaining the many witnesses and noteworthy experiences gained as you found greater light and truth in our conversion before the Lord. Your faith, confidence, trust, example and testimony before the Lord is inspiring and contagious. Many years ago I too had a similar witness of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon by manifestation of the Holy Ghost. May the Lord continue to bless you and yours!
Sister Sharon, Thank you for sharing your search & finding experience. I believe The Lord, in his wisdom has people find the gospel when it's best for them. I also believe that the church needs the structure and historical knowledge of those who grew up in the church but the energy and spirit of those who didn't find the church "early" in their lives is vital to the building and strengthening of the church. And all of us as we follow the directions of our Savior, through his prophet, to gather Israel and prepare for is coming. Thank you again and stay strong on your journey. P.S. at about 6 minutes the video got better (technically) by slowing it down to 75%.
Great stuf, thanks for sharing. Brought back so many wonderful memories from my mission.
Thanks for sharing! I love how the Lord has worked in your life and led you to his restored church.
Thanking our ETERNAL PARENT'S, for our Sister's testimony, of the truthfulness of THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS.
I know this exceptionally faithful young woman and her good husband. She is an especially genuine and true Christian woman.
I, as you, feel the genuineness and truth of her testimony and witness of Our Savior Jesus Christ and the fullness of His Gospel in His restored church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And I as you feel the Holy Spirit confirm the Truth of her testimony.
God bless her and her good husband-and may God bless all of you, all of us-to embrace Christ fully and receive the Overwhelming Love, Overwhelming Glory and Overwhelming Grace He lives and loves to give us. Let’s do this. Let’s Receive His Transforming Love Truth and Grace.
By His Love, His mercy, and His Grace I too am a Sure Witness of Our Living Savior and Great Redeemer, Jesus Christ. God as my witness, I Know He Lives and has done everything to redeem and exalt us. Please, Receive His Gift. Receive His Love and Be Filled with Joy Beyond Description.
-- Todd Martin
Brother Martin is an institute teacher in Provo, Utah (and he is also involved in many other things if you get to know him.) I met him and his wife while attending institute there. He and his wife invited me over to their house for dinner every Sunday night, the same night that all their other adult children would come for a weekly visit. A full house! One of the first nights I came over, Brother Martin asked me what my story was, and patiently listened to me tell my life story.
There is a quote that describes how I felt during that time, and ever after. “A child can be the object of much affection, and still not feel loved. Feeling loved and being heard are so similar, it’s difficult to distinguish between the two.” - Fran Stott
Todd Martin really listens to you, and through that gift to others, he helps you to feel loved. He also is an incredible vessel of the spirit (power), humble, and overflowing with “the pure love of Christ.”
I moved to Provo without a family member to my name, and I had only one friend who I had met a few months earlier who lived there, but we did not live in the same apartment. Brother Martin and his family became like family to me while I was living there. They let me come over as often as I had time to join them. His wife watched me pick out my wedding dress and was one of my escorts when I got sealed to my husband in the Payson, Utah Temple.
My life has been blessed forever by this family!
Read my comment and get real.
Hi, in love I share that LDS and christian are not affiliated. Different God, different Jesus and different gospel!
@@Hokum48 A different gospel Jesus Christ he was not in Joseph Smith phoney book of Mormon, the Mormons believe God the father had sex with Mary, the biblical bible differ it was from the holy spirit who overshadowed Mary. Jesus Christ he did not preach Adultery - Racism - Slavery - segregation. The Mormons treated the black people inferior to the white people since 1848 - 1978. Jesus Christ never preached adultery, but Joseph Smith was an adultery who married 11 women who had living husbands. Jesus Christ did not support slavery, while UTAH Mormons in 1852 accepted slavery and signed by 2nd president of the Mormon church Brigham Young 1847 -1877.
The Mormon church finally accepted the black people males to the priesthood in 1978, the reason why the civil rights movement were knocking at the door, it was not a revelation from God, according to president Spencer Kimball
Every Mormon in this world since 1830 has been lying to this multi billion $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ scam..
Todd Martin ... Brother Martin that was Beautiful! Thank you! ❤️
Wow 💛 Beautiful, thank you so much! I can really relate to where you talked about seeing the world in color. That's how i describe my life! Without Jesus the world was black and white and pretty depressing and meaningless tbh then once I made the decision to follow Jesus the whole world came to life. Everything had color, meaning, and opportunity. It's a beautiful thing! His yoke is easy and his burden truly is light. 💛 I love how you treasure and hold the scriptures and personal revelation in your heart. I love that! Thanks again for sharing, this was such an uplifting beautiful experience to hear!
Wow. What an amazing video
Thank you for your testimony, and willingness to share.
I loved your story. It brought me joy. Thank you.
My beloved Bro's & Sis's, please keep up the amazing works, continue on the Podcast, (all) (People) (needs) (it.)
Thank you for sharing such an amazing testimony
I too felt a peace that I never knew before. It always gets my attention when others describe it, I get an overwhelming urge to exclaim, "I know exactly what you mean!" I didn't just feel good, I realized how bad I was feeling. The biggest jarring complete emotional reversal.
Why did you feel bad?
@@bryankeithr16 My Father went to prison, leaving me alone with my dependent sister and chronically ill mom. The world had ended. But stress/depression can be self-medicated with many things that increase dopamine; junk food, video games, etc. And with these things, much of the time you don't feel sad, or anything. So, when you have moments of clarity, and you call out in a mighty prayer of desperation. And sudden your low to high comes, you feel a simple message I can only articulate as "everything will be okay", my sense of relief was equal to the depths of my sorrow. Nearly deceptively, my situation didn't actually change to "okay", but I changed. My ability to endure increased.
@@treystone9464
I’m happy that your life has changed for the better!
Say I’m in the same predicament as you once were.
How can that message “ everything will be okay “ help me?
What type of clarity leads me to understand that everything will be okay?
How can I change?
@@bryankeithr16 It was a more personal revelation than a universal message. I would think a revelation about whether I'll be okay wouldn't help another.
But I can prescribe my method as being reliable. Find some time, privacy, and determination. Speak out loud, Start talking and try not to stop until you find satisfaction. Pour yourself out. Start with some highly detailed contrition. Talk about your worries or hopes. If you want an answer, make sure a question is on your mind until you feel enlightened. If you want to feel the comforter, I say if you can, try to cry. Or begging. The longer you draw it out, the more certain I am that a reply will come
Really the Most Incredible Testimony EVER!
So awesome! Thank you for sharing.
Incredible conversion story. Thank you for sharing. #GiveThanks
What a remarkable revelatory journey to seek truth that eventually led to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I was so inspired by it. I'm sharing it with my daughter who is inactive. Thank you so much for sharing.
Such a beautiful testimony....!! Thank-you for sharing the undeniable truth
When I read the Book of Mormon, I followed the promise in Moroni 10"4,5 (Moroni was Mormon's son). I asked if the things I read were true, that the Lord would manifest it to me. He did....just like in the promise. When I was baptized, I felt the spirit of the Lord. Then, I was conferred to have the Holy Ghost and it was such a powerful feeling, Ive remembered it all my life-the very moment. I love the Lord, am very close to Him. He has guided me so very many times by the Holy Ghost. He told his diciples He would send the Holy Ghost to be with them when He left them. This is the same Holy Ghost that witnesses to everyone who reads The Book of Mormon and follows the Lord's promise. Thank you for sharing your testimony in such a complete and authentic way.
This is so beautiful!!! Thank you so much for sharing your testimony of God’s ability to “tell” His children what is true by witnessing through the power of the Spirit. Something beyond understanding. This is so beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing. I am so glad to have your testimony here.
Thank you for your story and testimony!
Yes, for many people, hearing the truth feels like it was familiar or what you always knew somewhere inside. And, oh, the witness of comfort & conviction testifying of the truth. One guy on my mission in Canada, when we started to put up the plan of salvation on a chalk board & explain where we came from, why we are here & where we will be going, he jumped up, excitedly & asked if he could finish the diagram & all the pieces that explained it. He was blown away that he knew the plan, in his heart, he said that is what he always believed, but he doesn't know where he learned it, he just knew it, but could not put it into a diagram. I heard later that he did get baptized.
Thanks for your testimony.
we joined around the same time. I was baptized January 16th 2022 .
Happy belated anniversary!!
That's Awesome!
Thank you so much. I love you too. I wish I had the courage to speak publicly about my testimony. I trust that I will have that courage when it is right in God’s time. I might reach out to you when I need strength 🙏💚✝️
I would love to hear your testimony!!! And reach out any time at sharontveten22@gmail.com
Thank you Jane for sharing both your concern and your testimony in this comment. I too would love to receive your testimony. I'm sure it's powerful.
I live in Sandy Utah. I just took my family to the Saratoga Springs temple open house this week. On our way there, contention broke out among my family. The taste of it was bitterness. Then I recognized the truth of the matter. As this lovely sister shared in her testimony, and as I have experienced several times in my life (especially when serving as a full time missionary), and as witnessed by Joseph Smith the prophet when he went into the grove of woods to pray vocally to the Lord, when we are about to either receive or share the Lord's truth in meaningful and important ways, Satan will try to prevent or ruin that experience before we can grab hold of it. Once I recognized this was happening I used that knowledge against the adversary by sharing that knowledge with my family by telling them exactly how important it is for us to be able to go visit the temple as a family (my kids are too young to go to the temple yet) and that Satan was trying to prevent us from feeling the Spirit by influencing is to contend one with another.
I guess I just felt like sharing this with you to let you know that I already can feel the strength and witness of your testimony and would encourage you to share it with us publicly. Once I pointed out to my family the tactics Satan was using in an attempt to distract us from having a spiritual experience at the temple, we were able to quickly repent and ask each other for forgiveness and gain the spiritual awareness we needed to visit the temple open house.
God bless you and grant unto you the strength to overcome your fear to empower you to share your testimony with us publicly!
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Thank you for sharing your testimony and your experience! I am a convert as well. Learning about the restored gospel helped me to make sense of the bible. Everything seemed to just click together.
Truly, the Book of Mormon and modern revelation work hand in hand with the bible.
A group of friends get together every Thursday to discuss their thoughts on their Book of Mormon study for the week (they call it "Book of Mormon or Bust!). I have a feeling you'd appreciate others who enjoy deeply studying the scriptures as well. The channel is called "Zion or Bust!"
(I don't think RUclips allows video links in comments, sorry).
Continue being a light for others on this platform! Especially for those who don't realize the Holy Bible and Book of Mormon are meant to go together.
Truely, you are completely steeped in deception. Repent, and learn what the truth and Christianity of the Bible actually is.
I've read the comments. There are some haters who want to throw stones at you. But I felt the spirit testify of the truths you spoke. You haven't been deceived as the haters think. I'll be your friend. The only way I know how to contact you is here. So I want you to know I'm thankful for you and your courage. Keep witnessing. Keep blessing others. God has given you power.
Thank you for sharing your story Sharon!!
Thanks for sharing Sharon!
Thank you sister for sharing your testimony
Thank for sharing!
Love it!
Love this, thank you for sharing!
Thank you for your sweet wonderful testimony. On the way to Lowe's to pick up some vegetable plants and next thing I know I am weeping. Okay what's wrong with me, nothing, just a pure simple testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Thank you for your honesty. I have a hard time getting up in fast and testimony meeting. When I am with my patients I have no problem talking about religion. Again, THANK YOU
I am sure you have been planting seeds, and watering the seeds of others through your everyday sharing.
I was at home when I watched and listened to Sharon's testimony, like you I had many tears. Tears of joy as I was so moved by the spirit of her testimony. Quite a miraculous testimony!
God is good. He gives us what we ask for--all of our righteous desires. He gives it to us in a way we will understand and when we are ready to receive it.
So cool!
Thank you sister for your story and testimony. I have been seeking these out to listen to while I work. I know God lives and Jesus is our Savior. I have been listening to a recent convert named David Alexander who has a great testimony of the Gospel and was in Evangelical Christianity 47 years until he finally looked at the Latter Day Saints. Perhaps you have heard of him. If not, I highly recommend his channel. God bless you.
I have heard of David Alexander. I am very grateful for his willingness to proclaim! It was his encouragement to share our testimonies that gave me the idea to record this video!
@@SharonSeekingJesus oh wow. Because of him I just shared a video on his channel too. He awoke the missionary in me!
Wonderful. You are a very dear daughter of God!
You are an amazing person
Proverbs 3:5
5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Thank you 🎉
Great video 👌🔥. Very clear lesson.
This was incredible and it had so many parallels to my own story. I wish I had been more diligent about reading the scriptures all my life instead of waiting until the missionaries came and I pray you continue to seek for truth.
A mormon is one who has absolute zero understanding of truth. There is no one more totally blind, lost, and deceived than a mormon. Repent!
Jesus is God, the Father is God, the Holy Spirit is God, equal in essence and nature.
It’s so wonderful that she was so receptive to the answers she was seeking. Question: is the audio sped up. It’s so fast. To understand her I had to slow it down to 75%.
Hello sweet Laura! In answer to your question about the audio, yes, I did speed it up by x1.6 in the first part of the video and x1.25 in the later part of the video. When I watched the original recording, due to this being the first time recording myself like this, I felt like I was speaking too slow due to my lack of experience with these things, and didn’t want to take up too much of people’s time because I know how precious each person’s time is! I probably didn’t need to speed it up as much as I did. Hopefully you were able to understand the testimony. I appreciate your support. God bless you!!!
The blessings every convert experiences:
First, The "Book of Mormon PDF" the conversion happens to everyone who reads with a broken heart and a contrite spirit.
The blessing of Ether 4: verses 13 to 19
And what goes perfectly well with the restored gospel are these two blessings provided by Joseph Smith, Jr., among so many:
Every recent convert and faithful are now sharing Appendix 1, begins at page 587, and Appendix 2, begins at page 638, of:
"Without Disclosing My True Identity; The Authorized and Official Biography of the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. PDF"
James 1:5
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Great testimony :)
Salvation by grace, through faith in Jesus Christ alone. No works involved in the salvation accept that we receive the free gift.
Unless the father God attracts us to His son no one can accept Jesus Christ as a saviour.
If we are not called we don't get saved in the first place.
❤ thank you for sharing your beautiful testimony
Loved this, it say you have a xcel spreadsheet, I was looking forward to view that. I have a Baptist family I have been speaking to and they have questions.
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❤️❤️❤️ Here is the link. God bless you richly in Jesus Christ.
Sharon please make another video telling your fans about your meeting and romance with Daniel. When he said "I knew that I had to meet that girl", that he must be talking about you. I was very impressed with his testimony also.
Please allow me to download this and share it. You're spirituality is so unique and your testimony is so pure.
Send me your email at sharontveten22@gmail.com
Good luck with your channel.
Please keep your witness pure by not monetizing your content or testimony. Loved it!
I will! ❤️ Unfortunately I can’t control ads, as RUclips has ads on all videos now unless you pay for premium.
@@SharonSeekingJesus Glad to hear! Let Cesar [RUclips] do Cesar! Glad you're sharing your witness without money and without price!
1 Peter 5:
2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
2 Nephi 26:31 But the laborer in Zion shall labor for Zion; for if they labor for money they shall perish.
3 Nephi 13:
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and thieves break through and steal;
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Glad you're heart is set on heavenly treasure! 🌟
@@mattctr Amen, Brother!!!!!!! Amen and amen. God has spoken to me very personally about never selling my gifts for a price. This is another reason why we are so blessed by the order in this church, which makes all of the learning materials and conferences free to all.
Nice to see so many positive comments from like minded people. Anties are such a miserable lot.
ink I feel so bad. Their are a couple channels and they just post stuff and it's all just bitter and sad stuff. And non of it is honest or seeking. I'd love to see someone post about losing their faith and being honest with themselves, but never seems to go that way.
Not anti, pro truth
@@johnrowley310 if you new anti people you would say pro truth, you would say people that are angry and will lie about anything.
I'm sure you're pro truth. But that's different than people that are bent with lies and hate.
@@johnrowley310 Then why do anties lie so much?
The Bible clearly teaches that God wants to share His glory with us
1) He wants us to overcome so He can share His glory with us:
Revelation 3
21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation 2
26 The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, 27 and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father. 28 And I will give him the morning star. 29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
2) We are His children
Psalms 82
1 God has taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
6 I said, “You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you
John 10
34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came-and Scripture cannot be broken-
The word used for Gods in Psalms 82 is "Elohim." Look at verses 1 and 6 in the interlinear Bible, which has the Hebrew and English word by word (Note, Hebrew reads right to left):
biblehub.com/interlinear/psalms/82.htm
Also the word for "gods" lower case "g" in John 10 is Theoi in Greek, which means actually gods like the Greeks would have called their gods. We are children of God, even "sons of the Most High" as stated in Psalm 82.
Acts 17
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
Hebrews 12
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we gave them reverence. Shall we not far rather be in subjection unto the Father of Spirits, and live?
3) Beware people who abuse the Holy word of God
Also, beware relying on just one verse, or those who try to force you to do so. Satan quoted scriptures to Jsus trying to lead Him into sin. Satan told Him it was written that if He would cast Himself from the temple, angels would bare Him up because of some scriptural passages. But Satan was trying to trick Jesus into forgetting ANOTHER passage that said "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord your God." The bible has passages that will lead you astray if you take just the verse in isolation.
John 1
[18] No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Compare with:
Exodus 33
11 And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
Isaiah 6:1
1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Ezekiel 1
26 ¶ And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
Acts 7
55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
God bless you and keep you. You are obviously a lovely lady.
You may find that you discover wonderful truths if you dare read the Bible like a child. 🌻
Please don’t go by your feelings alone. And don’t go by what other people s dreams influence you. Study and be logical. The principles of teachings must align w the gospel of our Lord and Savior. If anything is more than what He the savior taught--hear them not. Don’t go by feelings. Feelings can deceive. God bless you.
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Hello Lillian, have you read the document that I wrote of scriptures from the Bible that correlate with the restored doctrine? I put the link in the comment above.
I cannot ignore my knowledge of these verses. The churches I used to attend taught the “pure milk” (1 Peter 2:2) of the word, that allowed me to grow into salvation. The church of Jesus Christ goes beyond that, and teaches the “spiritual meat” of God that Paul longed to preach, but could not, because the people of God were not ready at that time.
As it says in Hebrews 5:11-end, 6:1-3
“11 About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food,
13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. 14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.”
6, “1 Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
3 And this we will do if God permits.”
If I were to say the most basic thing that the Bible supports that is found plainly in this church is their doctrine of Jesus Christ, or “the gospel.”
They preach the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is
1. to have faith in Jesus Christ for your salvation,
2. repent of your sin,
3. be baptized,
4. receive the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands, and
5. endure to the end.
This is the doctrine of Christ as preached by the missionaries of this church. All of this is supported by the Holy Bible.
I won’t deny the Word of God, as God has revealed it to me in the Bible, and I will not deny the voice of my Good Shepherd, who has spoken to me throughout my life and still does now.
I have never trusted feelings. If I did, I would be living in sin. As it is, I trust Jesus Christ and the Truth revealed to my heart step by step.
God bless you too, Lillian Cooley.
The SDA church is the true church they keep God's true sabbath on Saturday, the 7th day. (Exodus 20:8-11)
I do recall that the question of the sabbath came up during a priesthood class. They explained that it was Paul who changed the sabbath from Saturday to Sunday. The meeting were organised on that day. It was the day of organizational for the following week.
@peterastill9208 Go on Google. The Catholic Church admits they made the change of Sabbath in the catechism! (Daniel 7:25)
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