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Success in Life

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Back in August I revisited The Seven Criteria of a Successful Goal using a pseudo-acronym PLOTTED. I decided to publish this pattern for success in my local school newspaper and, while I was having it reviewed by a professor, found out that he liked the pattern but not the pseudo-acronym. So I went in search for an acronym that was better than SMART and was not a pseudo-acronym. This is what I came up with and the article that I submitted: Success in Life Have you ever felt overwhelmed or bored with the things that you are doing? How about the times when you remember all the things that you should be doing that you can't seem to fit into your day? Perhaps there are times when you wish you had done certain things, but they remain as unfinished regrets? There is a way out of this vicious cycle. You're probably asking 'How do I do this?' Most people in this situation find that they lack focus. Setting goals can help provide that focus. Here is a pattern to follo

Balance of the Church Mission (Revisited)

Back in July I wrote a post about the three fold mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as I see it. I have changed some of my views a little. This will make little to no sense if you haven't read that post first so here is the link: The Balance of the Church Mission . Here are the changes: I see the mission of perfecting the saints as covenant keeping which includes a focus on Christ’s mission for the saints which, put simply, is to bring about our immortality and eternal life. The focus of a committee for preaching the gospel would also include a focus of preparing teachers to teach well, preparing people to speak well in public, to read the audience and to teach at the level that the audience is prepared to receive. Most importantly, to teach by the spirit and learn skills that keep out things that distract from feeling the spirit. A focus on rescuing people who have broken covenants and commitments would also be included (not attending church, etc.) bec

The Resurrection of Christ

I have compiled every scripture that I could find in the Book of Mormon that testifies of the resurrection of Christ directly. There are 25 verses which I summarized into one paragraph. I will list all of the verses after the summary: Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Only Begotten of the Father, the Holy Messiah, the Son of Righteousness. Jesus Christ laid down His life according to the flesh; His own people, the Jews, slayed Him through crucifixion. After he was laid in a sepulcher for the space of three days, he rose again from the dead, taking His life again by the power of the Spirit, which is by the power of the Father. Thus breaking the bands of death, having gained the victory over death, being the first that should rise from the dead, which rising is called the resurrection of Christ from the dead. He then manifested himself unto His people by faith; including showing himself unto the Nephites and Lamanites after His ascension into heaven, they having been given signs of