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Waking Up Zion — The Book

Waking Up Zion --- The Book

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INTRODUCTION Not a Faith Crisis — A Truth Awakening This isn’t a book about walking away. It’s a book about walking deeper. Deeper into Jesus. Deeper into His voice, His light, and His truth. For years, I loved my faith. I still do. The Church gave me structure. It gave me good people. It taught me to honor prophets and scriptures. To seek the Holy Ghost. To follow Christ. But somewhere along the way, I started asking quiet questions— Not to tear down, but to understand more. Where is the power of the Book of Mormon? Where is the fire of the early Saints? Where is the Jesus who speaks face to face? This book isn’t here to fight the Church. It’s here to reach the hearts of those in it — Especially those who feel something is missing, but don’t yet have words for it. I believe God is still working. But I also believe He is calling many of His children out of comfort and into courage. Out of tradition and into truth. Out of a system and into a personal walk with His Son. If you love the C...
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Video 41 🌿 What Changes When You Walk With Jesus

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  🌿 What Changes When You Walk With Jesus I’ve been noticing something. Not all at once. Not loudly. Just quietly, over time. When a person really walks with Jesus, something begins to change inside them. It’s not dramatic. It’s not forced. It’s easy to miss if you’re not paying attention. But once you notice it, you can’t un-notice it. Some Things Can Only Be Learned by Living Them There are things you can understand because someone explains them to you. And there are things you only understand once you’ve lived them. Pain is like that. Fear is like that. Healing is like that. Once you’ve lived something, it gets written into you. That’s when the Atonement started to make more sense to me. Jesus doesn’t just forgive us from a distance. He comes close enough that His way of seeing the world starts to become our way of seeing it. Scripture Describes This Kind of Change The scriptures talk about this kind of transformation. King Benjamin taught words he received from an angel, and t...
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🌿 How Many “Falling Aways” Are There — Really?

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  🌿  How Many “Falling Aways” Are There — Really? This is something that sat with me for a long time. We hear it often: “There was a great falling away… and then the Restoration fixed it.” But when you slow down, open the scriptures, and simply   watch the pattern , a natural question rises: Which falling away are we talking about? Or…   are there more than one? I’m not trying to attack anyone here. I’m just trying to let the scriptures speak for themselves. 🕊️ A Pattern the Scriptures Keep Repeating One thing I’ve learned is this: God doesn’t change — people do. And the scriptures show a repeating rhythm: God reveals truth People rejoice Structure forms Authority replaces revelation The Spirit withdraws God begins again… quietly This isn’t accusation. It’s observation. 📜 Paul Warned of a Falling Away   After Christ Paul wrote to believers — not pagans — and gave this warning: Second Epistle to the Thessalonians   2:3 “That day shall not come, except the...
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🌿 Walking With Jesus When You’re Simply Still (Companion Blog for Video 40)

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  🌿 Walking With Jesus When You’re Simply Still (Companion Blog for Video 40) 📺   Companion Video 40 — Talk With Jesus Daily You can watch the video here: 👉   https://www.youtube.com/@TheTrueRemnant/videos If you haven’t watched the video yet, I suggest starting there. This blog is for seasons when there’s no strong emotion pulling you, no clear question demanding an answer — just a quiet sense of   being with Him . And as always, let me say this gently at the start: If you have questions, or if something here settles into you and you want to talk it through,   please feel free to ask . I don’t have all the answers — but I care, and I’ll try to respond as soon as I can. You don’t have to walk this alone. There comes a point in the walk with Jesus when you’re not trying to fix anything. Not striving. Not searching. Not explaining. Just… still. And for people used to movement, that kind of stillness can feel strange. But it can also be holy. 🌱 Stillness Is Not...
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🌿 Are We Busy With the Dead While Jesus Walks Among the Living?

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  🌿 Are We Busy With the Dead While Jesus Walks Among the Living? I want to say this right up front: I’m not trying to convert anyone. I’m not trying to tear anything down. I’m not trying to tell you what to believe. I’m simply inviting you to   think . And maybe — just maybe — to ask a few honest questions with the Savior sitting beside you. 🕊️ A Thought That Wouldn’t Leave Me Alone For a long time now, I’ve been sitting with a quiet question: Why are we spending so much time doing work for the dead when God is perfectly capable of reaching them Himself? That question didn’t come from anger. It didn’t come from rebellion. It came from love — and from scripture. 📖 What the Book of Mormon Actually Emphasizes When I open the Book of Mormon, here’s what I see emphasized again and again: Faith in Christ Repentance Baptism (for the living, who believe) Receiving the Holy Ghost Caring for the poor Building Zion among   real people , right now What I   don’t   see e...
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🌿 Walking With Jesus When You’re Afraid to Let Go (Companion Blog for Video 39)

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  🌿 Walking With Jesus When You’re Afraid to Let Go (Companion Blog for Video 39) 📺   Companion Video 39 — Talk With Jesus Daily You can watch the video here: 👉   https://www.youtube.com/@TheTrueRemnant/videos If you haven’t watched the video yet, I suggest starting there. This blog is for seasons when you sense that something needs to be released—an idea, a habit, a season, a way of being—but your heart hesitates because letting go feels risky. And as always, let me say this gently at the start: If you have questions, or if this touches a place of fear or uncertainty in you,   please feel free to ask . I don’t have all the answers—but I care, and I’ll do my best to respond as soon as I can. You don’t have to carry this alone. There are moments in the walk with Jesus when you feel the invitation to let go. Not because what you’re holding is evil. Not because it was all wrong. But because the season has changed. And letting go—even of good things— can feel frighten...
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🌿 When the Door Cracks Open — Scripture Was Already There

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  🌿 When the Door Cracks Open — Scripture Was Already There A recent documentary series called   The Religion Business   has been stirring something in a lot of hearts. It doesn’t preach. It doesn’t condemn. It doesn’t argue doctrine. It simply shows what happens when   religion begins to function like a business . And for many people, something quietly happens when they watch it. A door cracks open. What most don’t realize yet is this: 📖   The scriptures warned us long before the cameras arrived. 📖 The Book of Mormon Was Never Comfortable With Institutions The Book of Mormon is not a book that flatters churches. It was written   to us   — the latter-day Gentiles — and it does not whisper its warnings. “He commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts; for, behold, priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up for a light unto the world, that they may get gain and praise of the world.” —   Book of Mormon , 2 Nephi 26:29 And again: “Be...
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🌿 What Does It Mean to Be a Peacemaker? (Thoughts from a Sunday pew)

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  🌿 What Does It Mean to Be a Peacemaker? (Thoughts from a Sunday pew) I still go to church. That matters to say out loud. I go because I love my wife. I go because there is real goodness there. Good families. Good intentions. Good people trying to do their best in a confusing world. And this past Sunday, I sat in priesthood meeting and listened to a lesson about being   peacemakers . It was a good lesson. The apostle being quoted is a good man. I went home and read his words carefully. Taken on their own, they’re thoughtful, Christ-centered, and sincere. I don’t doubt his heart at all. But there was a phrase that kept echoing in my mind as the discussion unfolded: “We need to be powerful peacemakers.” And I felt something quietly pause inside me. Not anger. Not rebellion. Just… a question. 🌱 When words drift Here’s the thing:   peacemaker   is one of the most beautiful names Christ ever gave His followers. “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the...
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