When so many are leaving, why do you stay? Everyday members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints talk with host, Lynzi Clyde, to tell us why they choose to stay true to their religion, true to their covenants, true to their faith.
SUBSCRIBE and ENABLE NOTIFICATIONS so you don't miss when we come back! I am taking a 3 month break from the podcast to have my new baby and recover. BUT WE WILL BE BACK! So subscribe and then enable your notifications for your podcast app so you will see when I start posting again! Probably in October, but I'll let you know. I still need interviews though, so email me at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com to get your testimony on the air. It's such a great gift, don't miss your chance to have your story help another, or maybe even your future self. Also one last thought: which way are you facing? Which way are you headed? Luke 15:7 "I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent." SEE YOU IN 3 MONTHS!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
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 IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
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. IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
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? IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
"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? IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
What do we actually mean when we say, "The Church is true?" Don't roast me about the title of this episode just yet... Here we'll talk about why we say that phrase, what does it mean, what could we say instead to get our meaning across more clearly, and we consider: what other imperfect organizations do we put our trust in? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
"Having anxiety especially, it's hard for me to create those feelings of peace on my own, but when they do come, it's powerful and I know it's coming from the Spirit." Bryson talks about leaving his position in his music education major at Arizona State Univeristy to serve a mission, and coming back and getting his spot back through a promised blessing from an Area Seventy. He talks about battling anxiety and depression after his mission through life coaching and healing in rewiring how he thought about the gospel, and that we don't need to "know" the church is true to stay in it and live by its principles. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
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: Jacob 4:4-8 Drawing Closer to the Savior, Neil L Anderson, Oct 2022 A Compensatory Spiritual Power for the Righteous, Neil L Anderson BYU Speeches --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
"There is no other option for me than to be where truth lies." Roxanne talks about finding the church and how scary and hard it was at the beginning of her discipleship, she shares how she was terrified and then suddenly gained peace after praying before going up to sing in front of a congregation, and that opened the way for her to hear the words, "You can serve a mission." And she talks about her love for Jesus and that her curiosity is so great that she wants to stick around to learn all the mysteries of the Universe. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
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. IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
"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. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
When you're starting to wonder if all of this is just made up... Don't stop believing. Hold on to that feeling. Just kidding, but really. This episode is my testimony to you of something that I know. And I'm recording it here just in case I start to wonder in the future... Is this all really... REAL? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
"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. IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
How much do our circumstances impact our inner peace? Can we have peace when our world is falling apart? In this Stay Power episode, we talk about: Being in control of THOUGHTS and ACTIONS, not OUTCOMES How the GOOD and BAD in life are necessary And because of Jesus, we will have peace later. And if there will be peace later, we can have peace now! References: Alma 36:21 2 Nephi 4:19 2 Nephi 9:6-7 2 Nephi 2:11 Matt 16:25-29 Elder Anderson, April 2023 General Conference address, "My Mind Caught Hold upon This Thought of Jesus Christ" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
"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. IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
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. IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
"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." IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
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? *** IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
"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. IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
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. IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
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. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
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. IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
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? IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
"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. IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
"[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. IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
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. IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
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. IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
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." IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
"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. IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? (or leave a review??) This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
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: General Handbook Chapter 18.7.1.1 D&C 68:25-28, Mosiah 5:7-9 IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
"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. IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Find McKenzie on Instagram @havenmakingmama Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whyistaypodcast/message
"We had proven to the Lord that we were willing to follow Him at great personal sacrifice." Lynnette shares that a prompting to bring another child to their family couldn't have come at a worse time, and how they responded. She gives a look into the process of receiving inspiration to go into social media and share light and how it scared her, and that following the prophet is so key and lights her up. IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whyistaypodcast/message
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"Jesus isn't worried about messy or dirty situations. He knows the process of molding us will be messy and dirty." "This is what it feels like to be in the hands of an Artist who knows what He's doing." Madison explains how a prompting in 2019 to write about Jesus while reading the standard works stabilized her during the year 2020, that she has learned that questions are an invitation from God to step out of fear and doubt and into knowing Him better and into a different kind of relationship with Him, and that her word for this year, "molded," helped her understand how Christ works with us in shaping us, Jeremiah 18:6 "Just as the clay is in the potter's hands, so are you in my hands." IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Thank you! Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whyistaypodcast/message
"Just step into the dark... He'll show up. You won't be alone." Kara opens up about how she and her husband both received separate promptings about getting a PhD, but were both afraid to tell each other, how general conference and the Book of Mormon are her LIGHT, and that Alma 26:27 in the Book of Mormon helped Kara see that if she is feeling like she is about to "turn back," that God is always there for her. Find Kara's Book of Mormon Challenge for the new year: https://www.instagram.com/todayiamenough/ IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE, WILL YOU SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD? This podcast is nothing without your testimonies and your support. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whyistaypodcast/message
When has God "tried" you? Stephanie talks about courage and standing with both the church and the LGBTQ+ community, how infertility has shaped her spirituality, and how agency, heaven, and love are the things she cherishes most about the gospel of Jesus Christ. Stick it out 'til you work it out! Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. Follow along on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whyistaypodcast/ "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whyistaypodcast/message
Does anyone else out there feel the mental block where you just DON'T FEEL the closeness the Savior that you wish you had? Anyone? Just me? How do we make Jesus Christ our best friend? What has worked for you? Share your ideas with me at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com. "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whyistaypodcast/message
"Faith in Jesus Christ is the most powerful thing in the world." Levi talks about how he wasn't planning on serving a mission, but once he made the decision it transformed him, how he has seen that teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ has changed lives, and that Enos has taught Levi how faith in Christ is the basis for every good thing in this life. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whyistaypodcast/message
"I just remember saying, 'Thank you, Heavenly Father, for crushing my dream.'" Salena talks about how her life took a turn she never imagined when she didn't get into the school she had worked for all her life, how her mom's cancer threw her into a new world of spiritual maturity, and that "there is someone who took all of your sins upon Him" and the good people in our church community light her up. Know someone who should be on this podcast? Email Lynzi at whyistaypodcast@gmail.com and we will get them on here. "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whyistaypodcast/message
"'Heavenly Father, we've had her a year. Why would you take her from us?' and I felt the rebuke come, 'Well, would you rather I never sent her at all?' Every day we have with our loved ones is a gift." Dennis talks about how he learned to listen to the Spirit through saying "no" to an adoption opportunity he and his wife wanted so badly, and that finding out their one-year old baby they had prayed for had an aggressive cancer of the kidney, and that his love of the gospel is sparked by the fact that "even the least saint" can know all things, as soon as they are able to bear it." Find Dennis' new book, "Looking unto Christ in Every Thought: Defeating Fear, Doubt, and Discouragement" here. "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whyistaypodcast/message
"There's chariots, there's people on the other side, there're things happening, there are things in the works, and keep doing what you're doing. Keep being faithful. Keep believing in miracles and it will all work out like it's supposed to." Rachel talks about how she sees that her personal discipleship, her determination to get to the celestial kingdom, takes courage, and that she stands in awe of the simplicity and the complexity of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and that she feels a sense of urgency around the gathering of Israel. Rachel relies on 2 Kings 6:15-18 to help inspire her and her loved ones to keep pushing forward even when it seems like everything is against them. "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whyistaypodcast/message
Have you ever surprised yourself with your bravery in speaking the Truth? How did COVID change you? How can you strengthen your testimony of temples and covenants? Hayley talks about her rapid growth and the negativity that came with it on Instagram when she posted a reel about modesty, how COVID and the shut down made her deeply evaluate her faith and testimony, and how much she SERIOUSLY LOVES covenants and the temple. "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whyistaypodcast/message
When is the last time you wrestled with your patriarchal blessing? How do you make your family a "forever family?" When has God spoken to your heart that He knows you and is aware of what you need? Raychelle explains her decision process to go to school instead of serving a formally called mission, she bears her testimony of the plan of salvation and her love of her family, and she describes how she knows God loves her from an answer to prayer after a scary workplace accident. "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whyistaypodcast/message
"I want to see Jesus, face to face, and say 'I did the best that I could do with what I knew. And I did it. I did it one hundred percent.'" What do we do when faced with a faith crisis? Are the youth today able to withstand the world and its pressures? When has God fortified you through the Spirit? Jenn relates her tales of starting a business and having a faith crisis and learning how to have faith IN the Lord Jesus Christ, watching the Gospel of Jesus Christ change the youth in the church, and how the Spirit never tells her to give up. "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whyistaypodcast/message
What happens when you realize you've been wrong about how you've been living the gospel? What are the benefits of having many friends of other faiths? What do you do when you find "tensions" in the gospel of Jesus Christ? Jorge tells us that he believes it takes courage to admit when he was wrong about some of his beliefs in the gospel, how having friends of different faiths has helped him become more comfortable talking about his own faith, and how discovering the inherent contradictions or "tensions" in the gospel excites him. "Living the gospel makes me happy. It brings me a lot of joy... Especially when I'm trying to do my best... there's this confidence in knowing that you're on the path that God wants you to be on. There's a certain peace that comes from knowing the Lord's promises will be fulfilled." "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whyistaypodcast/message
How will you have courage to stand up to your friends? When has a dark time turned into a growing experience through Christ? What does family mean to you? Mercedes describes how it still is absolutely necessary to have courage in living the gospel, even if you are in a Latter-day Saint saturated area, how a family crisis brought her back to the covenant path and to serving a mission, and that family and the community in the church are the things she loves most about the church. "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whyistaypodcast/message
What does it take to bring us back to Christ? When have you had to be forgiven, and how did it feel? When has God made your burdens light? From facing alcoholism to becoming an active, worthy member again, Luke describes his journey and gives us insight into his life and his "coming to himself" moment. He talks about his love for forgiveness because he knows it so well, and it has now enabled him to become a worthy priesthood holder. He loves that God visits us in our afflictions, and makes our burdens so we "cannot feel them upon our backs." "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whyistaypodcast/message
How can we push past feeling inadequate uncertain to follow through on promptings? When has a dark time actually transformed you through Christ? When have you seen miracles and felt God's love in ways outside of the situation you were hoping would be resolved? Kim relates how a prompting to serve her ministering sister lead her to decide to be brave and push past feeling insignificant, how four years of post partum depression and Christ's grace helped her rebuild with her broken pieces, and how 2 Nephi 27:23 fills us with so much hope to know the God we worship is a God of miracles, and we should expect them. She talks about dealing with trigeminal neuralgia and how that has pushed her to see miracles that are outside of healing, even when she would pray and feel no relief of her symptoms or situation. "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whyistaypodcast/message
What does it mean when you follow a prompting from the Spirit and nothing seems to come of it? In what ways can we better cherish our families? How have you seen the Lord "lead you along"? Katrina talks about following promptings that didn't (seem) to come to anything and beginning to doubt her ability to hear the voice of the Lord, how she chooses each day to be grateful to be a mother, and that trusting in the Lord has brought peace to her life she hasn't felt anywhere else. "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whyistaypodcast/message
How does Jesus Christ feel about prophets? How should we feel about them? How has a prophet of God changed your life for good? In this ⚡StayPower⚡ episode, host Lynzi Clyde gives her take on why we should sustain and honor the current president of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Pres Russell M Nelson, even when (ESPECIALLY when) what he says challenges our personal beliefs. "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whyistaypodcast/message
How do you change a faith crisis into a faith opportunity? Is it worth standing up for what you believe in on social media? What evidence can YOU see that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Christ's Church? Bridger stands up for the Church of Jesus Christ by posting positive content on TikTok, explains the pivotal moment in his faith crisis where he considered all the "burdens of belief and unbelief," and that God continues to consecrate his decision to believe. He believes that this church, as restored by Joseph Smith, is the best evidence for a life after this and gives the most hope for who we can become. "Why I Stay" is a faith-based podcast exploring the lives and experiences of members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast is not produced or endorsed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All rights reserved. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whyistaypodcast/message
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