by kdm | Jul 11, 2019 | Today's Post
Neal A. Maxwell wrote: By letting go of the world, we gain the grasp of an outstretched hand that belongs to Him who was once offered the world. Satan now tries to persuade us through his blandishments that what he offered Jesus (and was turned down) is still a...
by kdm | Jul 10, 2019 | Today's Post
Dear Reader: With yesterday’s post, I felt to conclude with some brief personal input today, but have since realized that would be inappropriate. . . that there is still much to learn from this (Chapter 10 ‘Going Home’) in Elder Eyring’s book...
by kdm | Jul 9, 2019 | Today's Post
Elder Henry B. Eyring goes on to say… “The key is in the words of Nephi. . . It might surprise you that in a passage on being clean would be the key to gaining the Holy Ghost as your constant companion. It shouldn’t surprise you, though, because in...
by kdm | Jul 8, 2019 | Today's Post
Henry B. Eyring wrote in his book, “To Draw Closer To God”. . . “I thought of you and me. We have a problem. We live in a world where there are voices competing for our belief. They claim the authority of truth. Some are clearly lying and some are...
by kdm | Jul 7, 2019 | Today's Post
Russell M. Nelson said regarding example: “In the final analysis, the quality of our lives is a convincing invitation for our neighbors and friends not of our faith to inquire about the Church. I have always felt that this is a much more solid base on which to...
by kdm | Jul 6, 2019 | Today's Post
From his book ‘Teachings of Russell M. Nelson’ we read: “Partake of the Sacrament regularly. Partake of the bread, broken in remembrance of the Son of God. Drink the water in remembrance of His precious blood that was shed for us. Witness unto God...
by kdm | Jul 5, 2019 | Today's Post
“Every step we take toward making the state the caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our master.” ~Dwight D. Eisenhower Every generation a new crop of fools comes on. They think they can beat the orderly universe. They...
by kdm | Jul 3, 2019 | Today's Post
Sister Becky Craven, Second Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency said in April 2019 general conference: . . . “I once saw a sign in a store window that said, “Happiness, $15.00.” I was so curious to know how much happiness I could buy for $15 that I...
by kdm | Jul 2, 2019 | Today's Post
Under a chapter heading ‘Making and Begetting,’ C.S. Lewis wrote in his book ‘Mere Christianity’: “Everyone has warned me not to tell you what I am going to tell you in this last book. They all say “the ordinary reader does not want...
by kdm | Jul 1, 2019 | Today's Post
In April 2006, Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in general conference: “The Prophet Joseph Smith taught: “You might as well baptize a bag of sand as a man, if not done in view of the remission of sins and getting of the Holy Ghost....