“Ye shall keep my sabbaths…Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.” Leviticus 26:2, 4 One nation that strives to keep the Sabbath day holy is Tonga.  Sabbath observance is such a focus in Tonga that it is included in the Tongan [...]

“And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people…and it shall stand for ever.” Daniel 2:44 Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as Mormons), witness the kingdom of God, referred to by Daniel the prophet, has been restored to the Earth.  When [...]

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” Proverbs 29:18 This is the theme scripture for BYU’s 2012 Education Week.  One of the purposes of Education Week is to help attendees keep “the law,” of God, expand their vision and grow in happiness. Education Week classes started Monday and end on [...]

“Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness.” Isaiah 50:2 Isaiah teaches us God’s in control of the elements and can cause droughts. The United States 2012 Drought is the worst drought the U.S. has seen since the 1930s.  The drought hit the Great Plains the hardest, including Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Arkansas and Oklahoma.  Meteorologists predict [...]

“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper…This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord.” Isaiah 54:17 Isaiah reminds us security comes from God.   “No weapon that is formed against [you] shall prosper,” if you serve God. With secularization sweeping across the United States and Europe, there is a falling away from God and His teachings.  Because many societies are turning from God, [...]

“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.  Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work.” Exodus 20:8-10 Keeping the Sabbath Day holy is as important now as it was in Moses’ day. While most Olympians compete on Sunday, there are a courageous few Olympians who’ve refused to compete on Sunday.  Meet four Olympians who [...]

“And the people of Nephi had waxed strong in the land. They observed to keep..the sabbath day holy unto the Lord.” Jarom 1:5 Perhaps the ancient American Nephites “waxed strong in the land,” because they kept “the sabbath day holy unto the Lord.”  Likewise perhaps some of the strength LDS Olympians receive comes from not practicing sports on Sunday. Of [...]

“Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?” Proverbs 6:28 This scripture talks about the inevitability of sin having an effect on us. We’ve all heard that media violence can lead to behavior, but yet we still watch it. žBy the time a child graduates from elementary school, he/she will have witnessed 8,000 murders and 100,000 other [...]

“In that day shall there be an altar to the  Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt” Isaiah 19:19 Some think the 2011 political revolution against Hosni Mubarak will lead to increased freedom. Though Egypt has been a hostile place to its 5-10% Christian population, that could all change.  In Isaiah 19, the prophet gave several prophecies about Egypt that [...]

“And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.  And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas.” Genesis 1:9-10 This verse in the book of Genesis seems to suggest the continents used to be gathered together into one land mass.  Since the “waters [...]