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7. Fasting in the Book of Mormon and the Bible

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Stephen D. Ricks, “Fasting in the Book of Mormon and the Bible,” in The Book of Mormon: ... 1988), 127–136. Fasting in the Book of Mormon and the Bible Stephen D. Ricks Stephen D. Ricks ... a natural part of every month is fast Sunday, when they abstain from food and drink for two meals, ...

From The Book of Mormon: The Keystone Scripture

"Tuned to the Work": Joseph's and Hyrum's Emotional Labor

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Saints’ Book Depot, 1865), 10:57–8. [15] These concepts are explained in William A. Kahn, Holding Fast ...

From Joseph and Hyrum--Leading as One

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A serious study of the scriptures, fasting, and prayer will always be prerequisites to teaching “with power ...

From RE 12, no. 3 (2011) of The Religious Educator

Religion in Village Life

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of fasting and the fourth pillar of Islam. The people abstain from food from dawn to sunset for the health ... and teahouses literally closed up during the entire month of Ramadan. This period of fasting was the cause ... participates equally, whether it’s in prayer or in fasting or whether it is in the last of the five pillars ...

Appropriating Our Lives to Sacred Uses: Observations on Personal Consecration

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tithe and generous fast offering, keep the Sabbath day holy, hold family home evenings, study ... to the fourth discussion that included the law of the fast, they explained fasting in about the following way: “Fasting constitutes a twenty-four-hour period in which we do not eat or drink anything, putting our bodies ...

From RE 3, no. 1 (2002) of The Religious Educator

Mirroring Influences

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At BYU, Bishop Baird encouraged a lot of growth with fasting and prayer. In the spring of 1967, I knew ... about fasting and suggested I try it. It was an important experience for me. Living in the dorms where the kitchens only served one meal on Fast Sundays, students were sometimes forced to fast. But to fast ...

Thoughts on Islam

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defensive prenatal position. What were they hiding from? Both groups, of course, fast. Mormons fast a couple of meals each month. Muslims experience a month of daily fasting and self-control. Are these experiences ...

Appendix: Kirtland Temple pulpits

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to Joseph Smith for offering the sacrament, preaching, fasting, and praying, while the upper court was built ...

From Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources

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and the Law of the Fast Lesson 18 “Establish … a House of God” Lesson 19 The Plan of Salvation Lesson 20 ...

6. Instruments in the Hands of God: The Message of Alma 17-27

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Fasting and Prayer Recognizing the need to have the Lord help in their righteous endeavor to take the gospel to the Lamanites, Ammon and his brothers engaged in much fasting and prayer. They understood ... that it was their fasting and prayers that would enable them to have the Spirit of the Lord help them be more effective ...

From The Book of Mormon: Alma, the Testimony of the Word

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