“Watchful Unto Prayer Continually II”

Lesson #3—Understand the Intent of the Enemy   Continuing Elder David A. Bednar’s talk from October 2019 general conference: A cheetah is a predator that naturally preys on other animals. All day, every day, a cheetah is a predator. Satan “is the enemy of...

* true exercise of freedom

Russell M. Nelson at America’s Freedom Festival, Provo, Utah, July 1, 1990 said: “Personal example is more eloquent than exhortation. There is a real difference between false freedom and true freedom. It is the difference between doing what we wish to do...

‘Watchful Unto Prayer Continually’

Elder David A. Bednar, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, In October 2019 general conference shared an experience he and his wife Susan had while visiting Africa and watching wildlife there: ” . . . .Then suddenly, as the cheetahs appeared to be within...

* what temptation means

C. S. Lewis wrote: “Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. . . . You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down. A man who gives into temptation after 5 minutes simply does not know what it would have...

err everlastingly?

Neal A. Maxwell continues in his book ‘All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience,’ “To err by having naive expectations concerning the purposes of life is to err everlastingly. Life is neither a pleasure palace through whose narrow portals we pass...

* no black dispair

Neal A. Maxwell in his book “All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience” continues with his chapter ‘The Fellowship of His Sufferings’ by sharing things specific to doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (to be included...

Be Faithful, Not Faithless II

Continued (continued from ‘Be Faithful, Not Faithless’) Stephen W. Owen, Young Men General President, asked in October 2019 general conference: “What does it mean to be a home-centered church?”   Home Centered Homes can look very different...

* The Fellowship of His Suffering

Neal A. Maxwell wrote in his book “All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience:” “. . . .In viewing life as a school in which the gospel message facilitates growth, we also see how very generous and loving God is. Past mistakes and imperfections need...

Be Faithful, Not Faithless

Stephen W. Owen, Young Men General President, said in October 2019 general conference: “Not long ago I woke up and prepared to study the scriptures. I picked up my smartphone and sat in a chair next to my bed with the intention of opening the Gospel Library app....

* two little words

I was in a men’s meeting recently at church and because it happened to be an impromptu discussion and ‘going that way’, I felt to share something that has been a sweet part of our marriage for decades: Coming home, My wife wants to know how my day...

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