Why I Stay Podcast with Lynzi Clyde

"Think of Jesus and his pace of life. He's four days late for Lazarus. He spent two days here when he was on his way somewhere else. It's okay if we take longer to do things and if we don't get all the things done... It's going to God's house that gives me that peace."

Shima tells how years of intense hip pain and infertility lead her family to a miracle, how she sees Jesus Christ changing the lives of convicts, and that Alma 7:23 gives her direction on how to become like Jesus, a little bit at a time.

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"I'm not afraid to ask why, because I always get an answer."

Karin talks about how she is not afraid to ask God "why," that serving others and letting others serve her LIGHTS HER UP and builds connection between us, and that flipping to a scripture in Mosiah (24:13-14) showed her that the Lord heard her prayers, and that her covenants with Him are what ultimately saves her.

Find Karin and her service IG page @the.awesomeproject

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"I really had to dig deep and understand that my Savior loved me for me, and he loved my dad, still."

This episode is about the individual and personal love God has for all of us, even those who are different from us, even those who make big mistakes. Janaca shares a scary incidence crashing on an icy freeway, her father's incarceration, and how she loves and appreciates the people of this church who are so willing to reach out and serve as Jesus did.

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"I would say that the 'natural man' is the corruption of our appetites."

"Our bodies are a tool, ... there is so much to learn from them and from being in them"

This episode is about healing through Jesus Christ. Melanie bravely opens up about decades of disordered eating, and how her eyes have been opened, like Romans 8:5 says, to focus on the things of the spirit, and put away the things of the flesh.

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"Even in my bitterness, God saw my efforts. He saw my faith."

Kamden talks about how, with ADHD, she feels faith through 3 part harmonies. She recalls the miracle of an adoption and a family story she never would have imagined, and the change of heart and transformation she had with siblings leaving their faith.

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"I had made a commitment a long time ago that no matter how hard it got, I was not going to give up on God."

Kyle talks about fearing he was going to lose his wife, the backlash and transformation he experienced after joining tik tok as a pro-lds account, and how Phillipeans 4:7 is the reason he stays- because he has received the peace that passes all understanding.

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Michaela speaks to being blind-sided by delivering her first baby early and then receiving news about him having a rare syndrome, that she loves how the Gospel of Jesus Christ focuses on Jesus loving us where we are, and ALSO lifting us to where we need to be, and that she has seen the Lord be merciful to her, as Nephi says in 1 Nephi 20.

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"I just have nowhere else to go. This is what sustains me. This is what keeps me going. Jesus is the Christ. And because He is, everything's going to be okay."

Erin explains how 3 distinct and different experiences have helped her know God's promises are sure, that it takes courage to choose to stay every day, and when she focuses on Christ, she sees that He is the miracle, and because of Him, everything is going to be okay.

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"And I reached a point as a missionary where I started to wonder, is my relationship with God one-sided?"

Christian talks about growing up in Seattle and how his missionary-mindedness started as a teenager driving around with his dad, praying where to go to find someone who needed the Gospel. He shares how a strange illness brought him home from his mission, and how he relates to Christ and shares a special bond through his pain.

"Consider the source, remember the motive."

What if you actually asked the questions you're afraid to ask?

Jaylan tells us people tried to discourage her search for the answers to the "weird" questions, how to discern whether your sources have truth and best interests at heart, and how the gospel of Jesus Christ lights her up as it truly caters to the individual.

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New Year, New You? How about new SECOND, new you?

Learn how to use the Atonement NOW, and stop waiting for Jan 1st

Mosiah 27:25-26

"Even when they are not making the best decisions, they are STILL having an experience with Jesus Christ."

What can we do to help our teens stay anchored to Jesus Christ? What will make the biggest difference in their journey through life?

In this episode, we welcome Rachel Stewart back to the podcast to tell us what she's learned about bringing teens to Christ through being a mom of teens and a YW President for the last three years.

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Here are 25 scriptures that will give you the faith, hope, and endurance you need to get through your next trial:

Deut 31:6

D&C 64:32

Isaiah 62:11

D&C 11:13

Abraham 2:3

Heb 6:15

D&C 38:15

Heb 3:6

Ez 37:5

Deut 10:17

Luke 12:31

Moroni 7:33

Ps 27:14

Ps 112:7-8

D&C 42:51

Phil 4:11

D&C 35:3-4

Ps 42:11

Isa 55:12

Josh 1:9

Ps 35:13

Rom 8:25

D&C 1:28

Luke 8:50

2 Nephi 25:29

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THROWBACK EPISODE FROM 2021!!

"Choosing faith is something that has brought me a lot of peace. ... Ultimately, no matter how you look at the gospel, eventually you're going to have to get to the place of faith: whether you believe it or you don't." Lindsey relates that moving home to Tennessee for a few years and having discussions with her family helped her mature in the gospel, how learning about our theology encourages her to continue to explore the doctrine, and that the importance of "giving way" for the children has impressed her recently.

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Has the Lord ever asked you to step out into the dark, over and over and OVER AGAIN?

When have you had to walk blindly with faith? What do we learn from having these "trust fall" experiences?

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"She's starting to fade, and I'm thinking, 'How is this happening? How is she going to die right here... from like... skiing?"

Mike talks about how awkwardly following a prompting from the Spirit on his mission saved him and his companion, and that the words "how oft I would have gathered you, but ye would not" hit him in a whole new way after his daughter experiened a horrible skiing accident. He states that Ether 12:4 causes him to ponder: how and I trying to make this world a better place, now?

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Find out how to participate with God in doing mighty miracles from Jacob 4:4-8. We will break down these dense verses and find the equation that brings spiritual power.

References:

Learn to leave the hard stuff in the Lord's hands with 5 mins of reassuring yourself that your loved one is going to be okay, and that you will be, too.

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"If we are willing to step out into the dark, He will show us who is in charge."

Stephanie gives an example of feeling "stuck" in growing her family and her education, and how following the prompting to stick out a hard job brought unexpected and miraculous results. She talks about being called as Relief Society President in a ward with high needs just after finding out she was pregnant. And she gives us Alma 36:27 to give us hope to show that we can rely on Jesus Christ because we have been supported through all of our trials, big and small. IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. 

"Jesus is such a hero."

Ben Jones tells us about his prompting that has to do with an unconventional dating story, a New Era article that changed his 10-year-old life, and rapidly fires out all the reasons the restored gospel of Jesus Christ lights him up.

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"Pain-Hope=Despair"

"Let him be the Author AND the Finisher."

"Lay there and let it go." Vanessa gives a look into following a prompting to start their family MUCH earlier than expected, and stepping into big role as co-founder of Chatbooks even though she was ready to have time to herself. She speaks her testimony of how she had life all figured out, until mental health issues struck her family and what that taught her about handing things over to God. "Be still and know that I am God" has two meanings for her, and both give her strength and awe about what the Master can do in our lives if we let Him.
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IT'S HARD. I GET IT. I have to battle my feelings of apathy toward missionary work alllll the time, just like you. Here are some things I've learned while being a ward missionary this last year that make it easier to WANT to bring souls unto Jesus.

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"We're all human beings, and we all have thresholds of tolerance. And when we get pushed beyond those thresholds, we really have to learn how to turn things over to the Savior." Curt talks about his skiing accident at age 18, leaving him a T4 paraplegic and how it forced him to navigate life in a whole new way, that his patriarchal blessing is the anchor that helped him have hope for a future and a family after his accident, and how a few scriptures, (Matt 11:23, Alma 26:12, D&C 122:7) help him see that with the Lord, it doesn't matter what fierce winds come against us, if we know that we are nothing, but with the Lord we can do all things, we can hold on the way and "fear not."

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This is a STAY POWER Training episode: a short episode where we train ourselves to be strong against the hard things that will SURELY come our way as disciples of Jesus Christ.

Are you up for the challenge?

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"I find so much more fulfillment and so much more joy as I turn to the Savior and as I try to center my life on Him." Annie talks about the courage to stand up to say she wouldn't play soccer on Sundays. She also talks about realizing she wasn't spiritually in the place she wanted to be, and the steps she took to make that right. She loves the scripture story about when Jesus Christ chooses to stay with the Nephite people, despite the things He needed to go and do. Annie feels that His example helps her set aside her agenda and prioritize people over things.

Tell me, what does the following phrase actually mean?

"Inasmuch as you have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me" ?

In this Stay Power episode, we discover how loving our fellow man is also loving God, but may also be a way to lessen the burden Jesus Christ's had to bear in Gethsemane and on the cross, even just a small bit... and that is a powerful thing.

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Jordan opens up and sheds light on three life experiences that are so common today; I believe we all have had these things either happen to us or to someone we love: returning home early from his mission, his two best-friend siblings leaving the church, and his battle with pornography.

Hear his insights and his powerful testimony about love and acceptance, courage, and the amazing power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support.

How can filtering your life through the question, "What is my duty, here?" change you?

How does relying on God's expectations help prioritize the truly meaningful efforts in your life?

This Stay Power episode delves into how we can stop obsessing over how we see ourselves, and focus more on how God sees us, and what He has in store for us, and the power that comes from focusing on Him.

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Chayone tells how she referred HERSELF to the missionaries after learning about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through Family Search and the Book of Mormon, that being courageous in her discipleship is more difficult at work as she tries to not fall back into habits she got rid of when she became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ. She describes how the opportunity to do work for the dead in the temple is what makes her SO excited about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and that she could never leave.

Why do YOU stay in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?

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"It doesn't shatter my testimony [when God gives us changes in the Church.] I feel grateful that God feels like He can trust us enough now that He can give us different guidance and direction."

Raisa talks about following a small thought to reach out to her mom's old friend, and how that lead them to move to Texas, how moving to Mexico in high school gave her an opportunity to stand up for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and solidify her testimony, and that continuing revelation from a prophet of God and seeing her mom made whole again after the Resurrection are what excites her about this Gospel.

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"[After my mother's death] I came home, and I had to go to church by myself with my kids every week, and I thought, 'I just don't think I can do it. It's just too daunting.' I just told Heavenly Father, 'I can't do this by myself. You're going to have to help me.'"

Thalia has experienced the heart-wrenching deaths of her mother and grandmother from cancer, and she shares her maturing process between those times, and how promptings from God helped her do what she needed to do, even when it was difficult. She shares about coming home after her mother's death, and that the grief and the "shutting down" made it very difficult to feel the spirit. She loves the scriptures and gives glory to God for how this Gospel has changed her life. Listen to the episode to hear how Jesus came through for her at her weakest moment.

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Tiffany has been through a rough 20 years since her family slowly faded away from living the gospel. She opens up about how the Lord "left the light on" for her and her family, as they made their way back to the covenants that bring them so much joy. From drinking and smoking pot and abusive relationships, to worthiness and temple marriage to an amazing man, Tiffany relates stories that will touch your heart and cause you to reflect on how the Lord has sent angels to minister to you.

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How have past trials actually been a blessing?

Shelley describes why her 40 days in the temple experiment couldn't have come at a better time, how her first baby passing away at 4 months old has been a blessing now to their family as their daughter struggles with intense mental illness. Shelley tells how Doctrine and Covenants 6:23 has helped her since her baby has passed away and throughout her life to know that God has spoken peace to her and she should not doubt.

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Priscilla talks about the power of the choices we all made during the pandemic, and that "Let God Prevail" by President Nelson was what anchored them and their choices, and empowers them to make smart, covenant-based choices in the future. She tells about her conversion from Catholisism and how knowing she had a Heavenly Father changed her prayers. Her "strength scripture" is Mosiah 15:14-16, and she expounds on how we can "publish peace."

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"Is this going to spiritually evolve me or spiritually dissolve me?" "This is such a short blip on our radar, super painful, super hard, but so worth it for what's to come."

Shannon speaks to her heartbreaking last few years, learning of her husband's betrayal and her mother's death from COVID, all within a few weeks. She talks about hating the Lord's plan and learning how her relationship with Him is not transactional, and how to bring her anger to the Lord. She testifies of the Second Coming, and how she believes that these trials we face are refining us to prepare to meet Him again.

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In this Stay Power episode, Lynzi turns to the General Handbook and the scriptures to see what God has said about and why it is important to be baptized when you are eight. 

References:

"Perfection is an eternal journey. It is not here and now. Perfection is progression."

McKenzie describes how learning the attributes of Christ helped her mature during her mission, that progression and growth is what lights her up because it allows her let go of her perfectionism mentality, and that Philippians 4:13 is her favorite scripture because it acts as her foundation throughout life, especially in her mothering her children and mental health journey.

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Find McKenzie on Instagram @havenmakingmama