Stand Forever" Ep. 4 | The Central Struggle in Life | Elder Lawrence E. Corbridge

Never are words more inadequate than when employed in the attempt to describe the grandeur of God’s creations and plan for His children. And His greatest creation is you. You are not only created in His image; you are His spiritual offspring. You come from the security of a heavenly home, but now you are away from home, separated from your Heavenly Father, not only physically but spiritually and in character, knowledge, and power. It is the disparity between who and where God is, and who and where we are. That separation in all its dimensions is the essential problem in life. Like children leaving home to make their way in life, we willingly left the security of our heavenly home and Family to make our way here in this life and prepare for the next. Separation from God and His Spirit is the hardest part of Heavenly Father’s plan for His children. As a result, there is a hole in every heart. Many try to fill the void with money, degrees, possessions, vacations, drugs, pornography, promiscuity, and self-indulgence. On our own, nothing is enough, because the void is the separation from God, and only God’s presence can fill it again. And in this life, God’s presence is His Spirit or power, which we do not merit and cannot have on our own. Transcription/Notes: https://storage.googleapis.com/scripturecentral-prod-strapi-uploads/Episode_4_PDF_1ddfde97fd/Episode_4_PDF_1ddfde97fd.pdf - - - - - - - - - - Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:50 The big picture of life 2:45 Pre-mortal life as children of God 7:20 Separation from our heavenly home 13:08 ABC syllogism - Keeping the commandments 18:20 “ABC” examples from Isaiah 23:40 ABC explained - Trust God & receive His blessings 28:14 The hole in life - Separation from God 31:52 Only God can fill the void Thank you for joining us at Scripture Central! We hope that you have enjoyed this content. Please leave a comment below with your thoughts and insights regarding this video, and please consider subscribing to this channel and visiting our website for more content like this: https://scripturecentral.org/ *Donate to Scripture Central: https://form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io/give/scripture-central/donations *Sign up for our email list: https://forms.aweber.com/form/87/2078810487.htm *Download our free scripture study tool, the ScripturePlus app: https://www.scriptureplus.org/ ____________________________________________ *The opinions expressed may represent the views of the individual creators or guests alone, and do not necessarily represent official positions of Scripture Central or of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. *This channel may make use of copyrighted material, the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. This constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. *This Channel may also make use of artwork, voices, video, and effects that are generated by AI (Artificial Intelligence). We do our best to disclose when necessary our use of AI, but know that we make regular usage of AI materials in our content. We do not use AI to deceive or mislead. #ScriptureCentral #ComeFollowMe #ChurchOfJesusChristOfLatterdaySaints Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices