by Colleen Harrison | Oct 3, 2012 | abstinence, Addiction, Recovery, Tools
Verily, this is fasting and prayer, or in other words, rejoicing and prayer. (D&C 59:14) Fasting is not meant to be a negative experience. It is more than just refraining from eating. Fasting is as much about attitude as about action. It refocuses our...
by Colleen Harrison | Sep 25, 2012 | Change of Heart
In 1 Nephi 20:1-8, Nephi quotes from Isaiah 48. This is a long one so I’m not going to repost it here. You’re going to have to look this one up in your own set of scriptures or click the link to read it online. Go ahead. I’ll wait… Done? Okay. The Lord tells...
by Colleen Harrison | Jul 10, 2012 | Agency, Recovery
[had Adam not transgressed]…they would have had no children; wherefore they would have remained in a state of innocence, having no joy, for they knew no misery; doing no good, for they knew no sin. (2 Nephi 2:23) No misery = no joy. No sin = no good. I get the...
