Faith – Mindy Zeigler

Where to Find Highlights and Notes in Gospel Library

Mindy Zeigler February 1, 2023 Scripture Study 0 Comments

Have you ever wondered where to find your highlights and notes in Gospel Library? I will show you how to find them.

I am a Gospel Library Service Missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I share ideas to help you with your scriptures study and ways to use Gospel Library to enhance that study.

If you have any questions or need any help, use the contact tab on this website.

Where to Find Highlights and Notes in Gospel Library

–Have you been highlighting scriptures or making notes in Gospel Library and wondered where they go or how to find them later?
As long as you are logged into your church account, all your highlights and notes are saved.
I’m going to show you how to find them.

–I have an android phone, but the process is very similar on an iphone.
Open the Gospel Library App.
If you have made highlights or notes, when you open the content, you will see them. For example, when I open up to 1st Nephi 1, I can scroll through and see all my highlights and notes.
You can also find all the highlights and notes made in all the content In Gospel Library in two other places.
The first is right in the Gospel Library App.
If you touch the home screen, you will find your study tools.
The annotations option will show you every highlight and note you have ever made anywhere in gospel library.
You can scroll through them all.
Now, if you have made a lot of highlights and notes, it may take you a very long time to scroll through and find what you are looking for. This is where it is nice to have them organized by placing them into notebooks or by adding tags according to the subject of the note.
It is also nice to have a title on all your notes which makes it easier to find what you are looking for as you are scrolling through.
You can click on the individual notes to view them or edit them.
If you already have things in notebooks or tags, you will also find them on your home screen under study tools.
You can click notebooks or tags and it will give you a list of ones you have created.
Touch the one you want, and it will show you all your highlights and notes that you have put in that notebook or added that tag to.

–The other place you can find all your highlights and notes is on the church’s website.
Go to www.churchofjesuschrist.org and log in.
Once you’ve logged in, if you click the squares up on the top right of the page, you will see several options.
Click notes and you will see on the left hand side of the screen, every highlight or note you have ever made in any of the content in gospel library.
Again, you can scroll down through every one, or you can click the one you want to read or to edit.
You can also click the notebook icon or the tag icon at the top to see a list of all your notebooks or tags.
Click the one you want, and it will show you all the highlights and notes you have either added to that notebook or added that tag to.

–Now you know where your highlights and notes go and how to find them later.
The next step is to learn how to use notebooks and tags to help you keep them organized and easy to find.

Please send me a message if you have any questions or need any further help!

The Busy Latter-Day Saint Podcast

Mindy Zeigler November 28, 2022 Scripture Study 0 Comments

I was recently on an episode of The Busy Latter-Day Saint Podcast. Richard Bernard is the host of the podcast. He interviews members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints about how they study the scriptures. He also shares tips for using the Gospel Library App to help you improve your own scripture study.

We talked about how I approach teaching the scriptures and how I use Gospel Library in my own study.

Podcast Episode

The Busy Latter-Day Saint Website

Redouble Our Efforts

Mindy Zeigler November 4, 2020 What I Believe 0 Comments

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, twice a year our prophet, apostles, and other church leaders speak to us in General Conference. They give messages of instruction and hope. As I study my scriptures and general conference, I pay extra attention when words are repeated. So, when I watched General Conference last month, my ears perked up when I heard the word “redouble” used in three different talks.

Redouble means, “make or become much greater, more intense, or more numerous.”

Church leaders urged us to redouble our efforts in regard to the temple, prayer, and to our discipleship to Christ. I am pondering on how I can redouble my efforts in those areas. What can I do to make the temple, prayer, and discipleship to Christ- greater, more intense and more numerous in my life?

I can go to the temple more often and prepare myself before going. I can pray more often and more sincerely. I can go to the Lord with all my concerns and worries and thank Him for all my blessings. I can be more loving and forgiving to others. I can serve more and look for ways to be a positive influence to those around me…

What do you need to make greater, more intense, and more numerous in your life?

“Let the work of my temple, and all the works which I have appointed unto you, be continued on and not cease; and let your diligence, and your perseverance, and patience, and your works be redoubled, and you shall in nowise lose your reward, saith the Lord of Hosts.”(Doctrine and Covenants 127:4)

When the Lord calls for us to “redouble” our efforts, He is asking that we increase in righteousness. For example, we may expand our study of the scriptures, our family history research, and our prayers of faith that we may share our love for the Lord’s house with those preparing to receive a temple recommend, our family members in particular.

I promise you as an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ that as you strive to redouble your righteous efforts, you will feel renewed in your devotion to God the Father and Jesus Christ, you will feel an abundance of the Holy Ghost guiding you, you will be grateful for your sacred covenants, and you will feel peace knowing you are “recommended to the Lord.”

-Finding Joy in Christ by Steven J. Lund Young Men General President (October 2020 General Conference)

I pray that you will strive, with redoubled energy worthy of this time, to serve, exercise faith, repent, and improve each day, to qualify to receive temple blessings and the enduring joy that comes only through the gospel of Jesus Christ. I pray that you will prepare to become that diligent missionary, loyal husband or wife, loving father or mother that you have been promised you may ultimately become by being a true disciple of Jesus Christ.

-Watch Ye therefore, and Pray Always By President M. Russell Ballard Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (October 2020 General Conference)

Brothers and sisters, I urge you to redouble your commitment to prayer. I urge you to pray in your closets, in your daily walk, in your homes, in your wards, and always in your hearts.

Faith in the Future

Mindy Zeigler March 27, 2020 What I Believe 0 Comments

This has been a crazy few weeks! I’ve had a range of emotions as I have watched the COVID-19 (Corona) virus numbers rise and our activities and events cancelled. I wanted to share something that has brought me peace and hope amid all of this. Over the last several months I have had some health problems. I have had to slow down a little and reevaluate the things I am doing. I guess it was good practice for what we are going through now. As I did this, I found myself mourning the person I used to be and the things I used to be able to do. I found that I was worried about my life now and learning how to deal with slowing down. I am a very active, productive person so this has been a hard adjustment for me. The future though is the hardest part. I found myself fearing the future and what the side effects of this health issue might bring. It was hard. In December, sitting in church one Sunday while taking the Sacrament, I opened my Bible. In the back of my Bible is a dictionary that has been composed from words in the Bible. There is a section in the Bible Dictionary that contains the names of Christ. In my scripture study that week I was studying Revelation so I went there to see the names of Christ in that book. There was a name that immediately stood out to me. Usually when I think about the names of Christ I think about names like, Savior or Almighty or Light of the World. This name was different. In Revelation 11:17 Christ is called, “which art, and wast, and art to come.” That stuck out to me because it says He is present, past and future. That is exactly what I had worried about, mourned over, and feared. I immediately remembered all the times in my life that I have felt Christ and his grace. I thought about how I feel Him now in my life getting me through this time. I realized that what I needed to do was let go of the fear of what my future holds, because He will be there too. No matter what happens with my health or with anything else, He will be there to give us the strength we need.

This can apply to any situation. We all go through hard times where we may mourn the past, worry about the present, and fear the future. This can happen with health problems or family problems or work problems…….or even world pandemics! Remembering that Jesus Christ has been with us in the past and is with us now, can help us let go of fear of what is in the future. We can replace that fear with faith and look for the lessons He is trying to teach us. I know I am being taught to slow down a little, to think about what is most important in my life, to re prioritize… This is bringing me peace and joy.

Jesus In The Book of Mormon

Mindy Zeigler December 10, 2019 What I Believe 0 Comments

I have read The Book of Mormon several times in my life. In fact, last year a friend and I read it together in ninety days. We finished right before October General Conference. General Conference is a gathering of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints that happens twice a year in April and October in Salt Lake City, Utah and is broadcast to all the world. It is a two-day event where our prophet and other church leaders speak to us giving us counsel and direction. While watching the Women’s Session of conference our Prophet Russell M. Neslon challenged the women of the church to read The Book of Mormon by the end of the year, focusing on the Savior.

I thought well, I just finished reading The Book of Mormon so I’ve already got that done! Someone then reminded me that President Nelson asked us to read it focusing on the Savior.

That made me think…I had never read The Book of Mormon focusing on the Savior.

President Nelson said, “As you read, I would encourage you to mark each verse that speaks of or refers to the Savior. Then, be intentional about talking of Christ, rejoicing in Christ, and preaching of Christ with your families and friends. You and they will be drawn closer to the Savior through this process. And changes, even miracles, will begin to happen.” (Sisters’ Participation in the Gathering of Israel, By President Russell M. Nelson, October 2018 General Conference)

So, I decided to read it again in about a ninety-day time period. As I did, I highlighted every time it mentioned the Savior. I took notes every time it mentioned who the Savior was and what He does for us. I also took notes on all the interactions the people in the scriptures had with Him and the things we should and should not do to focus on Him. I ended up with over 6,300 highlights and notes about the Savior in The Book of Mormon.

I found that as I read, focusing on Jesus Christ, I began to think and talk more of Him. I grew closer to Him and I saw miracles as I received the strength I needed to get through some tough times that I had no idea were even going to happen.

This time when I read, it changed me.
I went from thinking this is “the church,” to this is “His church.”
I went from thinking we should keep “the commandments,” to I must keep “His commandments.”

As I read and focused on Him, taking notes of his qualities and interactions with us. I wanted a way to remember some of them. So I used the alphabet a-z and assigned a quality of Christ that I was reading about to each letter so I could memorize it and think of it when I needed to focus more on Him. I repeat this to myself every time I am angry, sad, disappointed, or simply need to think of Him more. It has brought me peace and helped me feel calm when I have needed it.

Jesus…

Is ALMIGHTY (1 Nephi 1:14)
Was BAPTIZED to fulfill all righteousness (2 Nephi 31:5)
Is the CREATOR of heaven and earth (Jacob 2:5)
Is able to DELIVER me (1 Nephi 4:3)
Is one ETERNAL God (Alma 11:44)
FORGIVES me as often as I repent (Mosiah 26:30)
Is the GOOD shepherd that calls me in His name (Alms 5:38)
HEARS my cries (Mosiah 21:15)
INVITES me to repent (Alma 5:33)
His JUDGEMENTS are always just (Mosiah 29:12)
KNOWS the thoughts of my heart (Mosiah 24:12)
Is the LIGHT and life of the world (3 Nephi 11:11)
Is MIGHTY to save (Alma 34:18)
NOURISHES me when I keep His commandments (1 Nephi 17:3)
Is ONE with the Father (3 Nephi 11:27)
PREPARES the way (1 Nephi 17:13)
The hills and mountains QUAKE at His voice (Helaman 12:9)
Shall REDEEM His people (Alma 11:40)
Is the SAVIOR of the world (1 Nephi 13:40)
His TENDER mercies are over me because of my faith (1 Nephi 1:20)
Is UNCHANGEABLE from all eternity (Moroni 8:18)
VISITS me with assurances (Alma 58:11)
His WISDOM is greater than the devil (3 Nephi 21:10)
Sets the EXAMPLE before me (2 Nephi 31:9)
Is the same YESTERDAY, today, and forever (1 Nephi 10:18)
Will establish ZION again among His people (3 Nephi 21:1)

Then after reading The Book of Mormon and focusing on the Savior at the end of last year, this year as a church and as a family, we have studied the New Testament. I enjoyed reading the Gospels and learning even more about Jesus and His life. After He was crucified and was no longer with the people, I was afraid as I continued to read the New Testament that I would miss Him. But, as I read on, I realized that just as in The Book of Mormon, the entire book continued to testify and teach of Him.

During Jesus’ life there are numerous examples of Him extending the invitation like He did to Peter and Andrew when He said, “follow Me and I will make you fishers of men (Matt 4:19).”

“And they straightway left their nets, and followed him (Matt 4:20).

Everyone who followed the Savior was changed.

That’s what the atonement of Jesus Christ is about-changing and becoming more like Him.
If you straightway leave your nets and follow Him, what will He make of you?

52 Scriptures About the Savior

Mindy Zeigler December 17, 2015 Making Church Easier 0 Comments

Camille over at Chicken Scratch n Sniff posted a free printable with 52 scriptures about Jesus Christ. There are four scriptures to a page. You can print them off and use them in a variety of ways. In her post, she even gives 10 ways to use these scripture cards!

52 Scriptures to Help You Remember the Savior All Year

I printed out the pages on card stock and cut each page into fourths so there was one scripture per card. Then, I printed out a picture of the Savior for the front cover. I copied and pasted her ten uses for these cards and printed them out as a last page. I laminated the front and back covers and punched holes in the top left corner and used a ring to make a booklet.

I have been looking for a way to bring myself and my family closer to Jesus Christ. I am excited to use this booklet all next year to help us learn about and remember our Savior.

I am going to keep this booklet in our gospel study basket that you can read about HERE.

Here are some ways I am thinking of using this booklet in our family. I got all these ideas from watching Camille’s video and reading her post.
-I would like to focus on one scripture each week next year. We will read it during scripture study each day that week. Hopefully we will memorize some of them and it will spur some conversation about the Savior too.
-I printed each scripture on card stock but did not laminate each page (only the covers) so we could write any thoughts we have about the scripture on the back of each one.
-Whenever anyone in our family gets upset, we will read through the booklet in hopes of calming down and bringing some peach and spirit into our lives!

Family Scripture Study

Mindy Zeigler November 20, 2015 Making Church Easier 1 Comment

Several years ago we had three young children and were struggling to have family scripture study. I was an overwhelmed mom who had no idea when to do it or how to get my kids to sit still and listen. Then, twice within a few months I heard two different talks that mentioned holding family scripture study during dinner time. When I heard the first talk I thought that sounded like a good idea. Then I quickly forgot about it. The second time I heard it, it stuck with me. We almost always have dinner together as a family and the children are already sitting! So, I purchased an inexpensive copy of the scriptures so it would be okay to have them at the table with messy kids and we started reading a few verses from the Book of Mormon each day. That worked great for us.

As we continued reading and had another child, I began to feel like this was not enough. We did our best to hold Family Home Evening and daily scripture reading; but, I had a nagging feeling that I needed to be teaching them more-more doctrine, more testimony. I wrote down a list of all the things I wanted to teach my children and pondered a way to fit it all into our family scripture study.

After a few weeks, I saw something (this post) that gave me a great idea. I gathered everything I wanted to teach the kids and put them in a basket. I sat the basket on the counter right beside out table so we could see it at dinner as a reminder to study. It also sits out all day so the kids can grab something out of it anytime they want to read or study.

Then, I found an old spinner game piece laying around the house from a fast food kids meal and converted it to a gospel study spinner. I had a space for all the things I wanted to study during scripture study. Our kids already had a specific “prayer day” where they say the family prayers that day (or they can pick someone else to say the prayer once that day), so I let them spin the spinner on their day. Wherever it lands is what we study that day. It’s fun for the kids, it adds variety to our study, and we are able to learn a lot more.

The spaces on my spinner are:
–Book of Mormon-It’s on there three times because I feel it’s really important! We read a few verses wherever we left off last time.
–Scripture Story-I have the old gospel art kit that has scripture story pictures on the front and the story written on the back. I put them all in a notebook and the kids open up to a story and we read and talk about it.
–Basic Doctrines-These are the basic doctrines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints that are emphasized in Seminary and Institute classes. Every time we spin this we cover one or part of one of the doctrines listed.
–Church Magazine-We read a story in the Friend Magazine.
–Scripture Mastery-I have all the scripture mastery cards on a ring and we will open up to one and study it.
–FTSOY-We study a topic in the For the Strength of Youth pamphlet.
–Family Proclamation-We study one paragraph each time.
–Articles of Faith-We study a new one each time.

I keep everything we need to study each of these in my basket by the table. It’s so easy to grab what we need and study. I am amazed at what we have covered over the last few years doing this! If I feel the need to switch out topics I can easily create a new face for my spinner.

If you want to create your own spinner there are a few other options I found (click on the pictures to go to the source for directions:

-Cover up a spinner from an old board game.

-Make your own spinner.

-Use the Decide Now app-available from itunes and google play.

-Buy a spinner from Amazon
blank spinners
board game spinner
transparent spinners

Asthma

Mindy Zeigler May 1, 2013 My family 0 Comments

Over the last two years Griffin has had several bouts of pneumonia and bronchiolitis. Any time he gets a runny nose or a cough, it goes straight to his lungs. His pediatrician told us that many children outgrow this by the time they turn two. He continued getting sick and had to go on a daily steroid and other asthma medications as needed. I hated giving his so many medications and I hoped he would be one of the many children who would outgrow this airway disease.

A few months after he turned two he got a runny nose and a cough. Within a couple hours he was hardly able to breath. I took him to the pediatricians office who sent him straight to Children’s Hospital which is an hour from our home.

Griffin continued struggling for breath. Phil took him to Children’s while I attended to the other kids. When they got to the ER, Griffin was met by a whole team of specialists who pumped him full of several medications and breathing treatments. It was really scary as they tried to decide if he should be placed in the icu. I made arrangements for the other kids and drove to meet them at the hospital.

At that point he had been admitted to the regular ward with special instructions for extra attention from the health care providers. He was on hourly treatments that were expected to continue throughout the night. We called a dear friend who lived near Children’s to come help Phil give Griffin a blessing. I was reluctant to call our friend because he had an infant born with a heart condition who spent several months in the same hospital before he passed away the year before. I knew it would be difficult for him to come back to the hospital, but he gladly did and I was so grateful for his efforts to help save my son.

After the blessing, Griffin started improving and the treatments started spacing out further and further until he was discharged the next day with prescriptions for even more medications, inhalers, and nebulizer treatments, and a pretty sure diagnosis of asthma.

It was very scary. I hated that he was always sick, but at least before this happened, I felt like I could manage it-just start the meds at the onset of cold symptoms and wait for him to out grown it. Now, he had asthma, that could turn life threatening very quickly. I am afraid to leave him alone or go out of town any more.

Phil and I were out of the country on a trip for his company just the week before. I am thankful this didn’t happen while we were gone. I am thankful I am a pharmacist so I have a good understanding of how to treat him. But most of all, I am thankful for priesthood blessings that heal and comfort in times of need.

I am a Mother

Mindy Zeigler September 10, 2010 My family 0 Comments

I am a pharmacist. I went to college for five long and grueling years. I always knew I didn’t want a career. I always wanted to stay at home with my children. My fellow students all thought I was crazy to put myself through the torture of pharmacy school when I didn’t want to work full time when I graduated. Well, when I did graduate, I worked full time for a few years to help Phil finish school and get his career started. Then I went to part time after I had my first child. My mom watched Ella, then Preston, then Brennen as I worked 1-3 days a week. I never had to continue working. It was just something I did because I could. I always felt I had the best of both worlds because I still felt like a stay at home mom. I only worked part time and my kids weren’t going to a babysitter. I also felt like I got out into the “real world” a few days a week and was able to contribute to the family income.

Well, earlier this year I started feeling a little stressed with the three kids, work, house, and the prospects of having another baby. I knew in my heart that I needed to quit work completely. I kept feeling this way and knew something had to be done. When Phil and I found out we were expecting another baby, we knew it was time for me to say goodbye to work for a while.

I didn’t think it would be so hard for me to give up especially since I only worked part time and I was excited to spend more time with my kids at home. But, it was tough. I started working there when I was 16. As you can see by the photo above that I have worked there exactly half of my life! That is a long time. The economy is really bad right now too and I felt nervous about quitting a good job when so many people are looking for work. When I expressed this concern to Phil, he said, “Heavenly Father’s ways are not the ways of the world.” That really made me think. I know that logically with the economy the way it is, I should work and continue to contribute to the family income. But, I know that Heavenly Father wants me to stay home with my kids and teach them His ways. I know my family will be blessed because of this and that makes me happy. So, for now I am a mother!

Here is a video that I love:

General Conference Basket

Mindy Zeigler September 11, 2009 Making Church Easier 0 Comments

I love watching General Conference each April and October. I love being home all weekend with my family watching conference on the tv. I love having big breakfasts and soups to eat for lunch and dinner. I love hearing our church leaders give us inspired words and guidance. The one thing I didn’t love was having my children cause such a ruckus that we couldn’t hear much of what was going on.

In April I made a General Conference Basket for the family to enjoy. It worked very well for my three and six year old kids. I took different General Conference packets I have found on the web and customized them to what I wanted. I make one for each child. There is a photo of each Prophet and Apostle and a blank head next to it so they can color what they look like when they speak. I also have a tie on the page for them to color to match the speakers tie. I have a spot for them to write or draw pictures of what they are speaking about. At the bottom there are different things they can color if it applies to the speaker, such as if they are bald, wear glasses etc. I also have pages for other speakers who are not Prophets or Apostles including pages for the women who speak. At the end of the conference packet, I include several coloring pages, word searches and other fun things from the Friend Magazine. If they finish or get tired of coloring about the speaker, they can flip to a page in the back of the packet and work on that. I bind all the pages together into a book to make it easy to flip through. The first year I printed a packet from the internet I didn’t bind it and pages were flying all over the room!

I also made Conference Bingo Cards that we all really enjoyed. There are several topics on the card including prayer, faith, temples, etc. We play by covering our entire card with pieces of candy (m&m’s, gummy bears, mini marshmallows etc) and as we hear someone discuss one of the topics, we get to eat the piece of candy on that square. The person who get’s bingo first gets to eat the remainder of their candy!

I put the packets, bingo cards, and candy in a basket along with crayons and a few other little things for the kids to do. I have found with my kids that if you make things visually appealing, for some reason they like it better. That is why I bind their books and have everything arranged nicely in the basket.

Here are my packets and bingo cards. You can download them and use them for your family. Don’t forget to add coloring pages and word searches etc to the back of the packet. You can find several of them put together online or browse through the Friend Magazines.

General Conference Packet

General Conference Bingo

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