LEARNING TO TRUST IN THE LORD

By Mark T Saunders M.D, Adam Benson and Andy brown

Unveil the secrets of distinguishing truth from deceit, finding certainty in life, and welcoming divine guidance in "Learning to Trust in the Lord." With simplicity and thorough insights, Dr. Saunders narrates real modern-day miracles and faith-promoting experiences, showing how to feast upon the words of

• Language: English
• Publisher: Premium Book Publishers
• Release date: Nov 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9798868958182

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Learning To Trust In The Lord - Who Is Still A God Of Miracles

THAT YOUR FAITH SHOULD NOT STAND IN THE WISDOM OF MEN, BUT IN THE POWER OF GOD.

1 CORINTHIANS 2:5

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Contents

PREFACE

Chapter 1 - Life's Unexpected Paths

Chapter 2: The Lord Knows Best

Chapter 3: Follow Me

Chapter 4 :The Invisible Arm Of God

Chapter 5: Three Men Dressed In White

Chapter 6: What Would Christ Do'

Chapter 7: Every Life Matters

Chapter 8: An Unexpected Revelation

Chapter 9: Heavenly Guidance

Chapter 10: Arlene

Chapter 11:  Look To Christ And Live

Chapter 12: Drawing On The Powers Of Heaven

Chapter 13: Mark, You Should Write A Book

Chapter 14: My Own Miracle…………………………… 141

Chapter 15: Forgiveness

Chapter 16: And By The Power Of The Holy Ghost Ye May Know The Truth Of All Things

Chapter 17: These Vaccines Damage Our Bodies

Chapter 18: Colorado River Rafting Trip

Chapter 19: Excessive Costs

Chapter 20: OSHA

chapter 21: Autism

Chapter 22: Osteosarcoma - Gone

Chapter 23: The Lord Is In The Details

Chapter 24: Trials Are Meant To Refine Us

Chapter 25: I Feel Impressed To Tell You Something

Chapter 26: Guillain - Barre

Chapter 27: Dream

Chapter 28: Conclusions And Testimony

PREFACE

ACTS 4:19-20, But Peter and John answered and said unto them, whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. Acts 4:15, For thou shalt be His witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

I am simply relating the stories which I have but seen and heard while conversing with normal people in their front rooms and over their kitchen tables over the past few years. I, of course, have my own interpretation of these occurrences. I know that they have not been by happen chance, but honestly and sincerely, they have been by Divine Design. During these tumultuous times, I prayed very earnestly that God would bless me with Spiritual Eyes, a Spiritual Mind, a Spiritual Heart, Spiritual Ears, and the ability to truly discern by HIS guiding Spirit what is truly going on in this fallen world we live in.

In writing this book, it is not my intention to condemn or criticize anyone. My honest and sincere intention is to EDUCATE. And my intent is not to educate as a man would educate but to educate as God The Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost would educate. The scriptures state, And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things. I testify that as we come to live in accordance with His will and strive with all of our hearts to follow Him, we will be blessed in all aspects of our lives. Hence, the title of my book is LEARNING TO TRUST IN THE LORD - Who Is Still A God Of Miracles. As we truly place our trust in Him, He will guide and direct our paths for good. I have the scripture of Proverbs 3:5-6 printed up and on my desk. My wife gave it to me as a gift at my request. It reads, Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. That is true! As we seek to learn of Him and by Him through the power of the Holy Ghost, He will direct our paths for good. Alma 37:37 is another favorite of mine, Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and He will direct the for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that He may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day.

It is my desire to educate how to follow the Lord in all that we do. It is only through the power of His Spirit that we come to learn the things of God. LEARNING TO TRUST IN THE LORD is a lifelong process. It does take time and effort. Learning to HEAR HIM is the goal of a lifetime. Nonetheless, as we earnestly and honestly seek to Learn of Him and by Him through the COMFORTER, which testifies of Him, we can gain the blessing of Eternal Life with Him. I pray with all the energy of my heart that we may all LEARN TO TRUST IN THE LORD in everything that we do and in all aspects of our lives.

My purpose is to Learn To Trust In The Lord over the wisdom of men. 1st Corinthians 1:25 says, Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. And 1st Corinthians 2:5, ‘ That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God."

Plato said, No one is hated more than he who speaks the truth. Jesus Christ was crucified for stating the truth that He, indeed, was the Son of God. He had those followers who could discern the truth from error, but many others chose to reject Him as it meant that they would have to change to do so. So it is today that many would rather not admit their folly and choose to persist in their erroneous ways rather than LEARNING TO TRUST IN THE LORD  in all aspects of their lives. John 8:32 states, ‘And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.’ We may all know what is true by simply asking and listening to God. Moroni 10:5 ‘ And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.’ I bear testimony that as we are in tune with the Holy Ghost, God can and will teach us the truth of all things. And one more in 1st Corinthians 2:10,’ But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit; for the SPIRIT SEARCHETH ALL THINGS, yea, the deep things of God.’ I also testify that as we seek to learn of His words in the Holy Scriptures, we can and will be guided through His Holy Spirit in all aspects of our lives. Those are the two main keys to following and trusting in the Lord. Holy Scriptures and the Holy Spirit.

I do not ask you to believe me or the testimonies and stories of the individuals you are about to read about. I would, however, implore you to Ask God if the stories of miracles and events are real and what the truth really is. God is love. May you listen to the whisperings of His Spirit as you read and ponder in your heart the events which I am going to relate to you. God Bless. It is my desire to instill in you and to teach you specifically how to consistently ‘LEARN TO TRUST IN THE LORD’ in all aspects of your life." As we consistently Learn To Trust In The Lord, I testify that HE will indeed give us the guidance and direction we seek.

The following experiences and my own testimony of the following events are not of my own seeking, but rather, these wonderful people have been placed in my path for His purposes. He has taught me personally that as I Learn To Trust In The Lord, with all of my heart, and lean not unto my own understanding. He really does direct my paths for good.

So, I will proceed with this book, which I feel with all of my heart that He desires me to share with the world. He put these wonderful people into my life to help me see what is truly going on in the world. My great desire is to help prepare the world for His Second Coming. I boldly testify that He is coming very soon. Again, I can but speak the things which I have but seen and heard. God the Eternal Father lives! He is GOD. He sent his Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to be our Savior and Redeemer. Christ has atoned for our sins, if we will, but follow Him and put our trust in Him. The Holy Ghost does indeed testify of all truth. We do not receive personal revelation from following any man, no matter how good they may be or what position they may hold. We only receive ‘personal revelation’ from God through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Two of my favorite scriptures concerning this fact are 1- Moroni 10:5: And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things. 2- 2 Nephi 33:1 … for when a man speaketh by the power of the Holy Ghost the power of the Holy Ghost carrieth it unto the hearts of the children of men. My most honest desire is that we may Learn To Trust In The Lord and follow Him in all that we do, say, think, act, and that we lean on Him for understanding. As you read, I pray that you may feel His Spirit in the following pages. I give you: Learning To Trust In The Lord.

Chapter 1 - Life's Unexpected Paths

Life has an interesting way of taking you down paths that you never imagined going down. I never in my life imagined being in the situation I have found myself in the past few years. My anticipated life was to continue to be a helping hand to assist women in bringing children into the world. That was the love of my life and what I thought I was called to do. I simply wanted to assist the Lord in doing this work, which was near and dear to my very heart. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, I found myself unable to continue to do so. My heart and soul were broken, to say the least. Rather than basically living at the hospital, I found myself in homes of the elderly and disabled. It was truly The Hand Of The Lord in my life, though at the time, I felt totally abandoned and forsaken by God. One of my favorite scriptures, and one that is very well known and loved, is Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding, in all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. I felt like the path I was on was totally the wrong path. How could I go from being able to participate in bringing forth fresh life from the other side of the veil to caring and being with the old and disabled and the poor and destitute of society? But, as I journeyed along this path, I began to realize that perhaps the Hand of the Lord was indeed directing me for good. Alma 37:37 Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings and He shall direct thee for good. I felt so abandoned and forsaken by the very God in whom I had put my trust. Yet, slowly, yes, very, very slowly, I started to believe that He was involved in my life and directing me for His purposes. As I began to exercise faith in Him and that He indeed knows the beginning from the end, I started to contemplate deeply upon some possible good that could come from the path He had sent me down. Another scripture that I pondered upon deeply was Romans 8:28, All things work together for good to them that Love God. I wondered how could working at a ‘job,’ rather than in the hospital, possibly be for my good. It made no sense to me whatsoever. I was so very, very frustrated and making about half of what I should have been making monetarily as an OB/GYN.

I was essentially mad at the Lord and felt absolutely abandoned and forsaken and forgotten. I had been a prominent figure and had made a positive impact on the lives of my patients. I often asked myself, What did I do to offend God so greatly?  How can any of this possibly be for my good? What evil had I committed? How had I offended God to such a degree that He had forgotten me and cast me off? I felt like a has been.

Eventually, through much tears and sorrow, I began to believe that truly He was the potter; I was the clay. I wanted desperately to figure out what in the world He was making with me. I attempted to go down multiple other paths, only to be nudged or forced into the path that I was already on. I was on the path of home health care. I began to document in my Gratitude Journal  the people I saw and some of their most sacred and deeply spiritual experiences. I soon began to see The Hand Of The Lord  in my life and in the lives of everyday people in whose homes I had the privilege of entering into. During this time, I had started and continued to write nearly daily in my Gratitude Journal. My eyes began to be opened to how these stories could benefit not only myself but others as well.

From the very moment the COVID-19 pandemic was announced, I felt the Holy Ghost testify to me that something very ‘fishy’ and wrong was going on. I remember deep emotions that Satan was in control of the world in this era. A few days after the media had announced that the government wanted us to wear masks, ‘just for a couple of weeks to flatten the curve,’ I felt like that was a lie of Satan from the very beginning. I experienced a personal revelation just a few days into the ‘two weeks to flatten the curve.’ I did not feel comfortable wearing a mask as literally hundreds of well-done randomized clinical studies had failed to show any benefits whatsoever. I was in my car at Macey’s grocery store in Pleasant Grove, Utah, when I had a heavenly vision. I did not want to wear a mask that I knew was ineffective and, in fact, detrimental to my health. I sat in my car in March of 2020 and closed my eyes for a moment. As I did so, I saw a cabin in the mountains with a hunter-green metallic ‘A Frame’ roof. It was clean and new. The next scene was the same cabin and roof but now with a couple of feet of newly fallen snow on the roof. It was beautiful. I then saw a blue surgical mask slowly descend out of the heavens and slowly and softly flutter down toward the roof. The moment the blue surgical mask fell on the roof of the cabin, on the left side of the roof near the top, the snow on the entire left side of the roof immediately slid off that side of the roof. I was deeply impressed that the blue surgical mask was the cause of that sudden sliding off of the snow. The interpretation the Holy Ghost gave to me was the following three things. 1- The mask usage was what the adversary was going to use as an excuse to attempt to control the events leading up to the Second Coming Of The Lord. 2- The ‘2 weeks to flatten the curve’ was, as the Spirit whispered to me, going to be ‘more like two years.’ 3- There would be some people so afraid of the virus and other illnesses that some would continue to wear masks even until the Second Coming Of The Lord.

Wow. The first 2 I readily accepted as truth, but after some contemplation, I realized that certain populations had been using masks even prior to the ‘ Covid Pandemic.’ I also knew with certainty that the Holy Ghost could not lie, and I accepted what the Spirit of the Lord had told me. Time has proven this vision to be true. Learning To Trust In The Lord is the result of many personal experiences I have been privileged to participate in over the following years. I pray with all my heart that these experiences and stories will benefit those who read this book. I have witnessed for myself that God is truly A God Of Miracles. I will also clearly demonstrate that Satan has had control over the hearts of the children of men for a long time. Truly, today is the day of his power. Satan controls Governments, Media, Big Pharma, and Big Medicine, and he has been given great power over a fallen world. Nonetheless, the Lord is in ultimate control, and He has prepared a way for us to conquer evil and conspiring men. I will draw upon the experiences of others, as well as my own, to encourage all of God’s children to Learn To Trust In The Lord, (and not in the precepts, philosophies, persuasions, and pharmaceuticals, or sorceries of men.)

Chapter 2:

The Lord Knows Best

During 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I had a very sacred and unforgettable experience with John and Sue. I was visiting with them in the privacy of their apartment early in the morning. I had wanted to get an early start to my day, and we started a little earlier than usual. In reviewing John’s medications, a medicine called Diflucan was mentioned. John said, Oh, I don’t take that medication anymore. I asked him why and when he stopped taking it. The next thing that transpired was one of the most profound lessons of my entire life. He related the following story to me. After being on Diflucan, an anti-fungal for his spinal fungal infection (Spinal Mycosis), for many years, John felt impressed that the medication was causing some serious side effects to his body. He had been taking the medication for a very long time and at high doses. He felt impressed that he should stop the Diflucan and that if he did so, his negative side effects would cease.

He approached his Infectious Disease Specialist at the University of Utah with the idea of stopping the medication. His M.D. told him he absolutely must not stop taking it as it was the very medication that helped save his life. He mentioned to John that most of the people with Spinal Mycosis were dead and that this medication was what had kept him alive. John had been confined to a wheelchair for years since this had occurred. John initially accepted what the doctor had told him. However, John went back home and continued to feel impressed that he would not die if he stopped the medication and that his untoward symptoms would indeed go away if he stopped it. About three months later, he had another follow-up appointment with his Infectious Disease Specialist at the University of Utah. When John brought up the subject of stopping the Diflucan, his doctor essentially yelled at him and said, John, you must not stop the Diflucan, or you will die. He was very upset that John would even consider stopping the medication that, in his estimation, had saved his life.

John happened to be serving as a secretary to Apostle Russel M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He and his wife thought they could approach Apostle Nelson with John’s concerns. Elder Nelson graciously took a few moments to listen to his concerns that the medication he was taking was truly causing many serious side effects and his feelings that he should stop it. After listening to his story for a moment or two, Elder Nelson simply advised John to Do what your doctor tells you to do.

Despite this counsel from a living Apostle of the Lord, John, and his wife both felt uneasy about Elder Nelson’s simple reply to Do what your doctor tells you to do. They both thought they should take the matter to the Lord in prayer and fasting. They subsequently fasted and prayed for several days, and then they both came to the exact same conclusion. Both John and Sue felt impressed that he should stop his Diflucan and that he would not die as the doctor had said he would. They also felt impressed not to follow the advice of Elder Nelson. John had the courage to stop his medication ( Diflucan ), and he obviously did not die, but rather, all of the negative side effects that he thought were being caused by this medication went away.

John and Sue had the courage to follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost over the counsel of their ‘trusted medical doctor’ and even over the counsel of an Apostle of the Lord. My point in all of this is that doctors frequently make errors. Ecclesiastical leaders make errors on occasion as well. But the Holy Ghost, as a member of the Godhead, never leads us astray if we are willing to listen to Him. Moroni 10:5: And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.