I’ve been having some pretty late nights working on a house the last couple of days. A few nights ago, I was listening to Coast to Coast AM. The guest said something about hopefully the Savior comes soon. The Host, George Noory, said something to the effect of “If He is there, I hope He comes soon”. I though “Come Quickly Lord Jesus, I’ll always be watching”. The spirit came over me very strongly, perhaps stronger than I have felt it in sometime. In my soul I felt the Lord saying “I come quickly. Prepare ye the way of the Lord.” I was left not knowing if quickly was 2 minutes, 2 days, 2 weeks, 2 months, 2 years, 2 decades, or even 2 millennium. But I was left with the renewed knowledge that I know that He is coming. Ultimately, the most important thing in this life is to prepare ourselves and those around us for His ultimate return.
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That war [American Civil War]…was nothing, compared to that which will eventually devastate that country. The time is not very far distant in the future, when the Lord God will lay his hand heavily upon that nation. “How do you know this? inquires one.” I know from the revelations which God has given upon this subject. I read these revelations, when they were first given…What then will be the condition of that people, when this great and terrible war shall come? It will be very different from the war between the North and the South,…It will be a war of neighborhood against neighborhood, city against city, town against town, county against county, state against state, and they will go forth destroying and being destroyed and manufacturing will, in a great measure, cease, for a time, among the American nation. Why? Because in these terrible wars, they will not be privileged to manufacture, there will be too much blood-shed—too much mobocracy—too much going forth in bands and destroying and pillaging the land to suffer people to pursue any local vocation with any degree of safety. What will become of millions of the farmers upon that land? They will leave their farms and they will remain uncultivated, and they will flee before the ravaging armies from place to place; and thus will they go forth burning and pillaging the whole country… A time is coming when the great and populous city of New York—the greatest city of the American Republic, will be left without inhabitants. The houses will stand, some of them, not all. They will stand there, but unoccupied, no people to inherit them. It will be the same in regard to numerous other cities, or, in the words of the Lord, “I will throw down all their strongholds, and I will execute vengeance and fury upon them, even as upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.” It will all be fulfilled… the heathen will be spared longer than these Gentile nations who have had the scriptures in their midst, but would not obey them
Elder Orson Pratt
Journal of Discourses, Vol. 20, pp 151-153
Delivered at the London conference, March 9th, 1879
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Tomorrow, I will be Net Control for the Southern Nevada MARA net, which is a ham radio group. I’m excited. I’ve only had my ham radio ticket just under 6-months, and I will be running the net tomorrow.
If any one is interested, the net meets on Saturdays at 8:30 am and Mondays at 9:00 pm on VHF 147.27+ and is also linked on UHF 447.30- (PL 100).
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I testify that wickedness is rapidly expanding in every segment of our society. It is more highly organized, more cleverly disguised, and more powerfully promoted than ever before. Secret combinations lusting for power, gain, and glory are flourishing. A secret combination that seeks to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations, and countries is increasing its evil influence and control over America and the entire world.
Ezra Taft Benson
October 1988 General Conference
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We were on our way home from Grandma’s house when Mikey, my almost 4-year old, started asking some pretty good philosophical questions. My two favorite are:
Daddy, when will Jesus come out of Heaven?
Daddy, if I do something bad, will I not be able to live in heaven with Heavenly Father and Jesus?
I’m glad that I know the answers to these and, therefore, was able to help him better understand.
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 | Author:
michaelcox
No true Latter-day Saint and no true American can be a socialist or a communist or support programs leading in that direction. These evil philosophies are incompatible with Mormonism, the true gospel of Jesus Christ.
Ezra Taft Benson
General Conference, October 1961
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10 Ways our Republic and Constitution are being destroyed while
enemies of freedom are being aided:
1. By diplomatic recognition and aid, and trade and negotiations with the communists.
2. By disarmament of our military defenses.
3. By destruction of our security laws and the promotion of atheism by decisions of the Supreme Court.
4. By loss of sovereignty and solvency through international commitments and membership in international organizations.
5. By undermining of local law enforcement agencies and Congressional investigating committees.
6. By usurpations by the executive and judicial branches of our federal government.
7. By lawlessness in the name of civil rights.
8. By a staggering national debt with inflation and a corruption of the currency.
9. By a multiplicity of executive orders and federal programs which greatly weaken local and state governments.
10. By the sacrifice of American manhood by engaging in wars we apparently have no intention of winning.”
Ezra Taft Benson
An Enemy Hath Done This (1969), p. 40,
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Thursday, September 03rd, 2009 | Author:
michaelcox
“If you deprive a man of his right to fail in the righteous use of his property, you also deprive him of his right to succeed. If you remove from a man his right to ‘go to hell,’ you likewise remove his free agency to go to heaven. Satan’s entire philosphy is based on a ‘something for nothing’ philosophy: salvation without effort – a free gift. This counterfeit doctrine was rejected by God our Father.”
Howard W. Hunter
BYU devotional, March 8, 1966
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I’ve been interested in ham radio/amateur radio for a while now. Well, today, my dear, sweet wife, myself, and 4 other people from our Ward went and took the ham radio license exam. All 6 of us were not currently licensed ham radio operators. Currently the FCC offers 3 ham radio license classes; Technician, General, and Extra. All 6 of us passed the first test (the technician), 2 of us (including myself) passed the general test, and 1 passed all 3 today. We could miss 9 questions on the 35-question test for both Technician and General. Both Amanda and I missed 3-questions on the Technician and I missed 9 on the general. One might say I got a perfect score on the general! 
Our Ward had no ham radio operators in it before today. It now has 1 Extra, 1 General, and 4 Technicians! We do have to wait until our name appears in the FCC’s ULS database, which should be about Thursday. I’m excited. We’re talking about setting up a Ham Radio Club (since we need 4-members, and we have 6). Maybe North Las Vegas LDS Hams? Or North Las Vegas Mormon Hams? Latter-day Hams?
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…the Church has not found it possible to follow along the lines of the present general tendency in the matter of property rights, taxes, the curtailment of rights and liberties of the people, nor in general the economic policies of what is termed the “New Deal”….unless the people of America forsake the sins and the errors, political and otherwise, of which they are now guilty and return to the practice of the great fundamental principles of Christianity, and of Constitutional government, there will be no exaltation for them spiritually, and politically we shall lose our liberty and free institutions….We believe that our real threat comes from within and not from without, and it comes from the underlying spirit common to Naziism, Fascism, and Communism, namely the spirit which would array class against class, which would set up a socialistic state of some sort, which would rob the people of the liberties which we possess under the Constitution, and would set up such a reign of terror as exists now in many parts of Europe….We confess to you that it has not been possible for us to unify our own people even upon the necessity of such a turning about, and therefore we cannot unfortunately, and we say it regretfully, make any practical suggestion to you as to how the nation can be turned about.
Heber J. Grant
J. Reuben Clark, Jr.
David O. McKay
the First Presidency
Written during World War II
Letter to the U.S. Treasury, September 30, 1941
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