10 Pantry-Friendly Recipes Written by Cheri Stirling One of the biggest concerns I hear about food storage is being able to use it, so that it doesn’t go bad. I remember when my great-grandparents passed away dumping out jar after jar of food. We don’t want to do that! We usually buy things that we […]
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Maybe you’ve noticed the prices of groceries have gone up (a lot) lately. Or maybe you’ve heard rumors of bugs being added to food in order to add protein due to potential meat shortages? Or perhaps you have realized that our food supply is very dependent on our supply chain, and have seen the recent farmer protests or trucking protests in the news. These things can seem a little alarming when we think about how comfortable we are in our way of life.
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What is Self-Reliance? In our world today, there is this increasing pressure to become reliant on something. Reliant on support from governments, financial institutions, routines, ect. But as we learned throughout the Old Testament last year, the Lord wants us to rely on Him, not the things around us. The Church has encouraged us to
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As members of the Church of Jesus Christ, we sometimes fall prey to a misconception that the law is our friend; that if we do it well enough, the law will work in our favor. This is inaccurate. If we want to clearly understand Jesus Christ—His role and purpose—and deepen our relationship with Him, we have to know what the law actually does to imperfect, fallen mortals:
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“A Word of Wisdom, for the benefit of the council of high priests,
assembled in Kirtland, and the church, and also the saints in Zion—To
be sent greeting; not by commandment or constraint, but by revelation
and the word of wisdom, showing forth the order and will of God in the
temporal salvation of all saints in the last days—Given for a principle with
promise, adapted to the capacity of the weak and the weakest of all
saints, who are or can be called saints.” – (D&C 89:1-3)
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It’s the time of year where many of us are filing or preparing to file those not-so-favorite taxes. Tax returns often mean extra cash to burn for concert tickets, that brand new car we were wanting, but with inflation rising, and budgets getting tighter, it’s a good time to try to stretch those extra dollars as far as they can go!
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King Benjamin’s people did not cry with one voice—they did not become one—because their neighbor changed. The people became one because they viewed themselves in their own carnal state—saw their own weakness and sin—and cried out to God to change them.
What would you do if there were a shortage of medications? Do you have a plan to help keep your family healthy if there ever were a delay in the supply chain? One of the first things to disappear in an emergency is access to medical supplies. It’s important that we start to think ahead, especially if we have family members who have chronic health conditions.
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1. We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.
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Welcome to 2024 friends! New Years is one of my favorite times of year. I love getting a new calendar, setting new goals and intentions for the year, and feeling like it’s a fresh start. I love to get notebooks, mark out big events and birthdays, and try to set new routines to build better habits for the year.
However, like we’ve learned in the last few years, we never know what is inside Pandora’s box, so this is also a great time to take an inventory of where we are in preparation for it. I like to use the first couple of weeks to reorganize the pantry, update 72 hour kits, and play a little ‘what if’ game.
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