My Jesus Journey

THE HARDEST AND MOST IMPORTANT DECISION OF MY LIFE

I've been wanting to share this news “publicly” for months now, but it never felt like the “right” time.

You see, I’ve been patiently waiting on the Lord to allow certain things to happen before going “public,” and now they have (God is sooo merciful, gracious and good!!).

For those of you who know me well, and/or “grew up with me,” this news will probably be shocking to read, and may even be difficult to hear and understand.

But I trust that the Holy Spirit will open your eyes, your mind and your heart if you continue reading to know that this is MY Jesus Journey and not anyone else’s.

So here it is:

On January 17, 2025, I officially resigned from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had my name permanently removed from its membership records.

Yes. It’s true.

(You can now unfriend/unfollow me if you choose)

There is obviously a “long story” that led me to that decision, but it ultimately boils down to this:

I am choosing to follow Jesus.

Only Jesus is my Way back into the presence of Father God.

For those who are interested in more details, I will condense the “long story” down briefly for this post, and I do plan (at some point) to do a video with more of the details, but for now, here’s the “short version” (which isn’t really that short ;).

All my life, I have been on a "Jesus Journey."

I was born and raised in the Mormon Church, or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and from the time I was in Primary, all through Young Women’s, high school, early-morning seminary and into my adult life (even now), I have strived to bring everything I learned back to Jesus.

I was constantly seeking Jesus, and I got to the point where I just felt like I wasn’t getting enough Jesus at church.

The name "Jesus" was being spoken occasionally, but I just felt like we weren’t praising and worshiping Him and giving Him all the glory and all the praise He deserves for what He did for each one of us.

So I felt sort of “empty” and like I just couldn’t get my fill of Jesus at church each week

(kind of weird, I know—and remember, this is MY experience).

NOTE: I did NOT resign from the church because I had a “Faith Crisis.”

I believe that’s an entirely different experience and causes most people to leave not only the church but God. I have never “left” God, nor doubted Him or His existence. I just couldn’t FIND Jesus in my religion the way I wanted to find Him, know Him, and worship Him.

I think the reason I didn’t have a “faith crisis” was because my “faith” was never founded on a specific mortal (i.e. Joseph Smith) or a specific religion/church (Mormon/LDS).

My faith had always been founded on and towards Jesus and taking all the teachings and doctrines of men back to Him, and His word, and then measuring them against each other.

(Heck, I even tried to figure out how “energy healing” works taking it back to Jesus!)

Well, in May 2024, I made a drastic decision:

I decided to CLEAN OUT my “Funnel of Revelation.”

(I teach about that on my YouTube channel "Warrior Women For Christ")

So I FIRED every ONE and every THING between me and God:

--from prophets to podcasters

--from church books to e-books

--and everything in between

Each and every one/thing was FIRED.

I then replaced them all with ONE thing.

Reading The Bible.

Only The Bible—the Word of God. (not even the Book of Mormon)

My ONLY source of content, information, interpretation, and application was from The Word of God in the Bible, namely the 4 Gospels.

As I read The Word, I would ask God the following 3 questions:

1. God, what do You want me to KNOW from Your Word?

2. God, what do You want me to SEE in Your Word?

3. God, what do You want me to DO from Your Word?

And WOW did God ever speak to me and help me through the most difficult time of my life when both my parents declined in health rapidly over 6 months, and then graduated from Earth (died) within 6 days of each other in July 2024.

The Only Way I got through that trial was conversing with God through The Word and going through my “Reading for Revelation Process.”

Jesus helped me Every. Single. Day.

• to know that He had both my parents in His safe keeping.

• to know that I would see them both again--resurrected--because of Him.

• to have the peace, strength and wisdom to DO what needed to be done for funerals.

• to guide me to the “right” people who could best assist me cleaning out the house etc.

• to surround me with His indescribable love that surpasses mortal comprehension.

In my “Jesus Journey” of only reading from The Bible, I learned ONE major truth that was very profound and mind-shattering to me and quite frankly went contrary to the religious doctrine I had been taught and believed with all my heart.

I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised since Jesus says, “I am the Truth.”

The One Truth that Jesus taught me so profoundly, so lovingly and so mercifully was this:

The only way to get to heaven, or to get back to God the Father, is through Him. There is no other way. Only Jesus is The Way back into Father’s presence to live eternally with Him.

• No pope, prophet, pastor, priest or pod caster can get me back to God.

• No church or religion will take me to the gates of Heaven.

• There are no other oaths, covenants, contracts or vows other than baptism that is needed/required to enter God’s presence for eternity.

• I can’t “save” any who has died no matter what ordinances I do for them. Only Jesus can save them.

  
  

After Jesus taught me that it’s all and only HIM—He then asked me for my “version” of an “Abrahamic Sacrifice.”

Jesus asked me if I was willing to lay it ALL on the altar for Him—to give up what I held most dear to my heart.

For me, that “Abrahamic Sacrifice” was my membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and everything I had been taught to be “true” and the “only way” back to God the Father that I held precious and dear to my heart.

The belief (dare I say the knowledge) that:

• temples are “true” and we must make sacred covenants in them to be saved

• the living must baptize the dead, by immersion, to save them

• couples and families must be “sealed” together in order to live forever in the highest degree of glory with God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ

• it’s up to ME whether or not I do enough “good works” during my lifetime to be saved

  • Go to church

  • Do "sacred" temple work

  • Read my scriptures, say my prayers

  • Serve others

  • And the list goes on...

You see, for me, that church membership was my “identity” for my entire life, and now I was being asked to surrender it on the altar to God—my family, my friends, my culture, my lens of seeing the purpose of life, my belief of “eternal marriage,” the “sealing power of families,” and everything I had been taught that was needed to be “saved”!

WHAT??!!

AM I HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, GOD?!

Give up THE CHURCH?!

But that's what's going to SAVE me and my entire family--the covenants I make in the temple!!

It was by far the hardest decision I have ever had to make in my entire life--talk about giving it ALL to God!

But I knew it was the right decision.

I KNEW it because of the journey to Jesus I had intensely taken over the past 9 months.

I KNEW it because of what Jesus had taught me to be His Truth.

I KNEW it because of how I felt when I did NOT want to lay it on the altar to Him.

I KNEW Jesus was calling me to follow Him.

I KNEW I had to show Him that I was willing to follow Him by giving up (sacrificing) that which I held most dear in order to “prove” to Him that I would follow Him--whatever the cost.

So with tears in my eyes, I filled out the "Resignation Form from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints."

I decided to follow Jesus.

Only Jesus

My Lord, my Savior, my Redeemer, my King.

You see, I trust Him and believe Him COMPLETELY, with all my heart, mind, soul and spirit when He says:

"I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me." (John 14:6)

I can now clearly see and boldly declare that Jesus was asking me to give up only ONE thing: the Demonic Spirit of Religion.

Jesus taught me that Satan has infiltrated “religion” and has cunningly, cleverly and masterfully deceived millions in ALL religions across the earth with some truth, mingled masterfully with the philosophies of men (courtesy of Satan).

Satan has distracted people from Jesus, made them believe there’s more than just Jesus, and he has led too many astray from the “straight and narrow path” that leads to Jesus, which He, Himself, taught us.

LITMUS TEST:

When Jesus says:

“I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me,” John 14:6

any religious teaching that does NOT teach that Jesus is the ONLY Way back to the Father, and He is ALL that is needed, is FALSE.

There is nothing MORE for you to do other than to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, that He died for YOU, and you choose to follow HIM and HIS doctrine—no one else’s.

It’s All and Only Jesus.

Jesus of Nazareth, who was born of the virgin Mary in the flesh, who was crucified and died for all of Creation, and who rose again on the third day.

THAT Jesus.

It's All and Only Jesus.

THANK YOU, JESUS!!