43a From the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ, We Learn of Enos a Descendant of Lehi of Jerusalem, and Further Back, He Was Also Descended From Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We Learn How Enos Learned Very Personally About the Power of Prayer!

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Jesus Fasted and Prayed Forty Days in the Wilderness Preparing Himself to Serve the Ministry Which His Actual Father (Who is Also His and Our Heavenly Father) Had Sent Him to Perform.

The New Testament provides us with many examples of the Lord Jesus Christ praying as he fulfilled His earthly mission. He is an example to us in so many ways.

However, not many of us are able to fast and pray forty days, although Moses, Jesus' great prophet who led descendants of Jacob, son of Isaac, Israel out of Egyptian captivity and prepared them to enter the Holy Land which would become the Land of Israel, did that!

We should pray to the best of our ability, but I suggest we find in one of the Holy Scriptures, in this case in the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ for an example of effective prayer, a male Israelite who was a close descendant of Father Lehi, perhaps a grandson or great grandson.

Lehi led a group of fellow Israelites, many of whom were his own family, out of Israel at God's command, (in about 600 B.C.) and through the miserably hot and often barren Arabian Peninsula, and across a large ocean and was guided constantly by God to ancient Meso-America where his descendants have lived ever since then and had come to inhabit much, if not all of the Americas until the Europeans and since then, many others have come also.
 
I've written a number of posts on Enos' great success in prayer despite his not having lived always the way he should have lived. His successful prayer wasn't one that included fasting and praying for forty days and nights as our Savior's preparatory fasting and praying was, but Enos did pray all day long! 
 
I now ask you to click on the following link to access one of my favorite blog posts. It is on the subject of a prayer that was fully answered.
 
I think you will come to appreciate the way you will be led by Enos' own words through his all-day prayer that was answered!
 
I don't want you to think all prayers should last all day long, but Enos' prayer did! However, there is much each one of us can learn from Enos' experience in prayer that will come to bless us more than we have ever imagined!
 
I appreciated the way I was able to lead each of us through Enos' experience to help us pray more effectively and receive the results we most need!
 
Please click on the following link to access this, one of my most favorite personal blog posts! Please answer each of the questions I ask you to answer. You may want to have a note pad at hand. I didn't make it very difficult, but I do involve you in thinking things through!

Neil's Post 40v
 
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42z Father's Day: We May Be Several Days Late, but It Is Always Timely to Honor Our Fathers!

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Rembrandt's Father -By Rembrandt

 Two days ago, June 19, FATHER'S DAY was celebrated in the United States of America and perhaps in your country too! Maybe in your country there is no certain day when fathers are honored and remembered.

Nonetheless, our fathers should be considered very important by each of us, whether they are still living or have already passed on to the other side of the "veil" (which is the case with my father).

I chose to feature the painting the great artist Rembrandt did of his own father. I like to think that he put special effort into showing his father as he really was. I think I see in his portrayal of him, great love and respect by a loving son.

Perhaps if each of us were great artists we would do a specially fine job of painting our own fathers.

I am not an artist. I wish I had those talents. However, I will have to do a painting of a different kind, writing about my own father: Philip John Birch with words of love.

Instead of writing something new I will link you to one of my favorite blog posts that I did about my father in December of last year.

In telling about my father I believe you will see the strokes of love as I use the paintbrush of writing about him.

After you have viewed my Post 42a which you will be linked to by clicking on the link found not far below, please click out of that post.

As you will do so you will find yourself having a late but very welcome Father's Day treat in watching and listening to the incomparable MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR performing one of the most beautiful of all LDS Hymns (in my humble opinion):  I found myself weeping profusely as I watched and listened to this Tabernacle Choir video in which one of my most favorite  hymns of my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is performed.

"O My Father" (Written by Eliza R. Snow)

I hope you will be touched emotionally and spiritually as much as I was when you too view and listen to that special video!

Here is the link to my earlier post  (42a) in which I feature my father, Philip John Birch.

Neil's Post 42a


The next link is to the video in which the Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs the LDS Hymn:  O My Father. After you begin listening to this, one of my most favorite of all LDS hymns, you will soon realize that the Father being honored by this great Mormon Woman of our pioneer days, Eliza R. Snow, is not her earthly father or our earthly fathers, but her and our, Heavenly Father!

After having experienced this very special video to which you will be linked by clicking on the line just below this paragraph, please click out of the video and return to my post 42z for final comments and my usual blog post ending. Thank you for being my guest this day!

Mormon Tabernacle Choir Sings: "Oh My Father."


I was in tears throughout that video. You too, may have joined me in doing that!

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42y The Book of Mormon is a True Witness of Jesus Christ and His Truths, So Testify Many in Our Day

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Liahona -By Arnold Friberg




Nephi Rebuking His Rebellious Brothers -ByArnold Friberg



Lehi and His People Arrive in the Promised Land -By Arnold Friberg

Abinadi Appearing Before King Noah -By Arnold Friberg

Alma Baptizing in the Waters of Mormon -By Arnold Friberg

Ammon Defends the Flocks of King Lamoni -By Arnold Friberg

Captain Moroni and the Title of Liberty -By Arnold Friberg

Two Thousand Stripling Warriors -By Arnold Friberg

Samuel the Lamanite Prophesies -By Arnold Friberg



Jesus Descends From the Sky to Appear to the Nephites in Ancient Central America (A.D. 34) - By Arnold Friberg



Brother of Jared Seeing the Finger of the Lord -By Arnold Friberg

Today's Theme Consists of an Overview of the History of the Nephite-Lamanite People of Ancient Central America as Seen Through the Eyes of a Prominent LDS Artist, Arnold Friberg (Recently deceased).

These paintings each depict true history as recorded by the ancient Prophet of the Lord Jesus Christ, Mormon who abridged the History of His people at the direction of the Lord Jesus Christ through the spirit of Prophecy and Revelation.

The one exception to this is the final painting in which is shown the vision of the Brother of Jared as he Saw the Finger of the Lord. This scene comes from the portion of the Book of Mormon inscribed by Mormon's Son, Moroni and comes from an ancient record found on metal plates by the Nephites earlier in their history, a small portion of which Moroni translated and added to the Book of Mormon which was primarily produced by his father Mormon.

I chose to show this overview of history which was recorded in the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ prior to providing you with a very special experience:

Reading the statements of many people of our day and time who believe in the Book of Mormon, a book which has positively influenced their lives.

Please now, click on the following link to see pictures of those who tell of their strong beliefs in the truthfulness and benefits of the Book of Mormon. I encourage you to click on links on which is said: Show More Answers. That will allow you to view and read additional witnesses as you proceed through that which is provided you in the following link!

I assure you that coupled with the powerful scenes depicted by Arnold Friberg you will see very clearly that the Book of Mormon is comparable to the Bible, both the New and the Old Testaments and that making it a guide to your life is a very wise decision to make. I personally ask the Lord to bless you as you view these witnesses statements and the photos that come with them. I wish I knew each of you viewers of my blog personally.

I urge you to seek for a knowledge of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon if you haven't already received such, and if you have received such, that you and I will be able to live more fully by the principles taught in that book and also in the other scriptures the Lord has blessed us with in our day, the Old and New Testaments and the other scriptures the Lord provided us through His servant and prophet, Joseph Smith.

I call your attention to a choice of language feature located at the bottom of the first page. Click on the word, English and you will be given choices of many different languages in which to view this feature I'm providing in this blog. I hope you find your language there!

What is the Book of Mormon?

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If you have any questions about what you have read or viewed in this post or in any previous posts of mine, or if you even have a curiosity about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and or its teachings, please e-mail me. I'm Neil and my e-mail address is: jneilmelva@gmail.com. If you contact me I'll get back to you just as soon as possible.

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42x The Leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Demonstrate, by Their Swift Reactions Immediately After Learning of an Occurance of a Natural Disaster, Strong Evidence that They Represent the Lord Jesus Christ. By His Guidance of that Church's Prophet and Apostles the Work Required Immediately After Natural Disasters Occur, Wherever in the World They Occur, Is Given Immediate Top Priority Status!

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The Lamb of God
Christ's Image -By Heinrich Hofmann



The Words of an Angel Who Represents the Lord Jesus Christ, (Between 600 and 592 B.C.)   Book of Mormon, 1Nephi 14: 7 For the time cometh, saith the Lamb of God, that I will work a great and a marvelous work among the children of men; a work which shall be everlasting, either on the one hand or on the other—either to the convincing of them unto peace and life eternal, or unto the deliverance of them to the hardness of their hearts and the blindness of their minds unto their being brought down into captivity, and also into destruction, both temporally and spiritually, according to the captivity of the devil, of which I have spoken.

8 And it came to pass that when the angel had spoken these words, he said unto me (Nephi, son of Lehi) : Rememberest thou the covenants of the Father unto the house of Israel? I said unto him, Yea.

9 And it came to pass that he said unto me: Look, and behold that great and abominable church, which is the mother of abominations, whose founder is the devil.

10 And he said unto me: Behold there are save two churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other is the church of the devil; wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations; and she is the whore of all the earth.

11 And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the whore of all the earth, and she sat upon many waters; and she had dominion over all the earth, among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people.

12 And it came to pass that I beheld the church of the Lamb of God, and its numbers were few, because of the wickedness and abominations of the whore who sat upon many waters; nevertheless, I beheld that the church of the Lamb, who were the saints of God, were also upon all the face of the earth; and their dominions upon the face of the earth were small, because of the wickedness of the great whore whom I saw.

13 And it came to pass that I beheld that the great mother of abominations did gather together multitudes upon the face of all the earth, among all the nations of the Gentiles, to fight against the Lamb of God.

14 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the power of the Lamb of God, that it descended upon the saints of the church of the Lamb, and upon the covenant people of the Lord, who were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and they were armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory.

Here is an article from the LDS Church News, Published June 4, 2011. You will read in this article an example of how the Church of the Lamb of God mentioned in verse 14 above is "armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory."

Helping Hands Reach Joplin, Missouri


Now I provide another LDS Church News article. This one is on the subject of the 75th Anniversary of the Welfare Program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is through that program that assistance is now being provided throughout the entire world. This article provides evidence that this work of providing for the poor and needy has built up its strength to serve the needy throughout the world by a steadily growing and improving program throughout the past seventy-five years. Through this the aforementioned church is living up to what the angel, by the power of the Spirit of Prophecy and Revelation we reviewed rather intensely in the just previous set of three posts of mine: 42u, 42v and 42w. would expect of the Church of the Lamb of God.

LDS Church's Welfare Program's 75th Anniversary
I end this post by inviting you to click on the following link. It is a very touching account written by a young lady who was involved in assisting in the clean-up work which was conducted by the LDS Church after a disaster in the State of Alabama (U.S.A.) recently:

She Assisted in a Disaster Clean-up


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If you have any questions about what you have read or viewed in this post or in any previous posts of mine, or if you even have a curiosity about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and or its teachings, please e-mail me. I'm Neil and my e-mail address is: jneilmelva@gmail.com. If you contact me I'll get back to you just as soon as possible.

I invite you to let your friends and relatives know about this blog if you think they would be interested in it. Please be advised that I also have an additional blog. It is in Spanish: Its content is translated from the English in this blog:

Neil Birch