valYOU Meal: Messages
Receiving Messages With Your Comforter Like your cell phone, your Comforter receives messages in a variety of formats-text messages, voice mail, and video mail. Your answers come in many ways. Although there are numerous ways your message from Heavenly Father might come, the most common are: Thoughts and Impressions-A still, small voice of the Holy Ghost. (D&C 8:2) (1 Kings 19:11–12) Feelings- of comfort. The Holy Ghost causing your heart to feel the truth. (D&C 8:2) (D&C 6: 22-23) As you continue to draw near to your Heavenly Father through the Comforter, you will recognize more readily His answers. These feelings are hard to describe but will be recognized as you learn how to get messages from your Comforter. Checking for Missed Calls Each
valYOU meal: The Celestial Wireless Plan
The “Comforter” the “You’ve Gotta Have It” communication device. Even the best cell phone with the best wireless plan is no match for your “Comforter” communication device. You can call and talk with Heavenly Father anytime and anyplace! Enjoy unlimited calling. The universe’s most reliable provider – Celestial Service the #1 authorized retailer of the “Comforter”. Competition-What Competition? The Comforter is proven to be the fastest most powerful communication device yet! This spiritual device comes with: -Complete GPS Navigation System — Never be lost again! -Millions of Apps—One for every teen challenge. -Universal Coverage— Service anywhere on, under or above planet earth. -Excellent Reception– At school, at church, at dinner, at the movies, at a friend’s party, or in any other setting. Never a dead
valYOU meal: Reaching For Virtue (RFV)
Reaching for Virtue (RFV) … has to do with things you do, think about, look at, and talk about (Mosiah 4 : 30). Virtue originates in your innermost thoughts and desires. It is a pattern of thought and behavior based on high moral standards. Since the Holy Ghost does not dwell in unclean tabernacles, virtue is prerequisite to receiving the Spirit’s guidance. What you choose to think and do when you are alone and you believe no one is watching is a strong measure of your virtue. Virtuous people are clean and pure spiritually. They focus on righteous, uplifting thoughts and put unworthy thoughts that lead to inappropriate actions out of their minds. They obey God’s commandments and follow the counsel of Church leaders. They
valYOU meal: Seasons of Addiction
Spring Season Viewing pornography, masturbating or doing other inappropriate sexual behavior activates the body’s sexual chemistry and causes “joy” or “excitement” in the brain’s pleasure center. Thus, the initial season of sexual addiction can be compared to the Spring Season – seemingly full of beautiful flowers. The scriptures associate the words “pleasure” and “joy” with the initial “season” of sin. “… to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;” (Hebrews 11: 25) If it “is built upon the works of men, or upon the works of the devil, verily I say unto you they have joy in their works for a season. . .” (3 Nephi 27:11) In addition, the seed of disobedience is planted because you are abusing or misusing your SUPERNAL POWER.
valYOU meal: Satan Exposed
Satan is real! “We Latter-day Saints need not be, and we must not be, deceived by the sophistries of men concerning the reality of Satan. There is a personal devil, and we had better believe it,” (Marion G. Romney, “Satan, the Great Deceiver,” Ensign, Feb. 2005, pgs. 52–57). He’s not a cartoon character. Satan does not have horns, cloven hoofs, a pointed tail or carry a pitch fork! He does not have any physical body! Satan is as much a personal individual spirit being as you. Satan wants us to believe that he does not exist! (2 Nephi 28:22). Personal Battle Satan has a plan. He knows us and our weaknesses. -In Satan’s rebellion against God, he “sought to destroy the agency of man” (Moses
valYOU meal: Doors
Choices You are free to choose and act. You are NOT free to choose the consequences of your choices. The consequences may not be immediate, but they will always follow. Moral Agency A Gift From God Moral Agency is the ability and privilege God gives us to choose and to act for ourselves. Moral Agency is essential in the plan of salvation. Without it, we would not be able to learn or progress or follow the Savior. With it, we are “free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil” (2 Nephi 2:27). In Pre-Earth Life You Chose In the pre-earth life, Heavenly Father presented
ValYOU meal 2-2 Song
Surprise If you already indulge in pornography to any degree, you can stop. You have agency to choose your thoughts and actions. The adversary may have misled you in the past, but you have the final choice. You can regain the strength of the Spirit in your life. To do this, you need most of all to know that your Redeemer loves you. He has the power to help you. He died to pay for the sins of all who repent and follow Him. You can draw on the power of His Atonement for hope and strength as you repent. Remember the words of the Apostle Paul: “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” (Philippians 4:13). (“Filling Your Life with Light,” Let
ValYOU meal 2-1 Podcast
Surprise “The Savior Jesus Christ promises those who follow Him: “Your whole bodies shall be filled with light, and there shall be no darkness in you” (D&C 88:67; see also 3 Nephi 13:22–23). Fill your life with truth, righteousness, peace, and faith. As you fill your life with goodness, there will be no room for pornography and other sources of spiritual darkness.” (“Filling Your Life with Light,” Let Virtue Garnish Thy Thoughts,1969.) Free Brad Wilcox Podcast Pornography: Satan’s Counterfeit
valYOU meal: The Body Temple
The “Body Temple” Church leaders have encouraged parents and leaders TO TEACH you about human intimacy. “Talk to them plainly about sex and the teaching of the gospel regarding chastity.” M. Russell Ballard, “Like a Flame Unquenchable,” Ensign, May 1999. The Salt Lake Temple- The Body Temple The “Salt Lake Temple” is literally a house of the Lord. Your “Body Temple” is a literal house of your spirit. “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? (1 Cor 3:16) Heavenly Father has provided your body for a divine purpose. Your body is a necessary part of His plan for our eternal progression. Because of the body’s importance, Heavenly Father has given you a stewardship to
valYOU meal: Personal Fouls
If you want to win the game of life DON’T foul! MASTURBATION, VIEWING OF PORNOGRAPHY, or OTHER INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR will FOUL up your life! Foul 1: Inappropriate sexual behavior can become more pleasing than sexual relations with a partner of the opposite gender. The pleasure chemistry of the body released in the brain during sexual arousal can cause a connection to whatever you are looking at and/or thinking about at the time. A person can actually become more interested in masturbating, viewing sexual behavior or having sexual feelings for an individual of the same gender – rather than Heavenly Father’s purpose for sexual intimacy! For example Elder Dallin H. Oaks said, “Pornography impairs one’s ability to enjoy a normal emotional, romantic, and spiritual relationship with a person of the
