by kdm | Feb 28, 2021 | Today's Post
From his book, ‘Following Christ’ Stephen E. Robinson wrote: “I once asked a close friend why she had left the church as a teenager to return only after many years, and I discovered that she had been deceived by a spiritual sadist. “I remember...
by kdm | Feb 27, 2021 | Today's Post
From the book ‘The Power of Stillness:’ It’s common for people contemplating the unique aspects of Jesus’s life to presume they arose largely because, “well, He was the Son of God. While true, does that adequately explain everything? We...
by kdm | Feb 26, 2021 | Today's Post
By Michelle D. Craig, First Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency Seeing God’s Hand I love the Old Testament story of a young man who served the prophet Elisha. Early one morning the young man woke up, went outside, and found the city surrounded by a great...
by kdm | Feb 25, 2021 | Today's Post
Stephen E. Robinson said in his book “Following Christ:” A common error made by some members of the Church is to equate the faithfulness that is part of enduring to the end with being sinless. Every time we commit a sin, they would argue, we are unfaithful...
by kdm | Feb 24, 2021 | Today's Post
From Max Lucado’s book “Cure for the Common Life.” Greed makes a poor job counselor. She tells fig trees to bear no figs, olive trees to bear no oil, vines to bear no grapes. Don’t consult her. “Don’t be obsessed with getting more...
by kdm | Feb 23, 2021 | Today's Post
Elder Scott D. Whiting of the Seventy said in October 2020 general conference: “To even the careful student of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, the Savior’s admonition to be “even as I am”1 is daunting and seemingly unattainable. Perhaps you are like...
by kdm | Feb 22, 2021 | Today's Post
From Max Lucado’s book “Cure for the Common Life,” Beginning with a parable from the Bible, Judges 9:8-15. . . Don’t heed greed. Greed makes a poor job counselor. She tells fig trees to bear no figs, olive trees to bear no oil, vines to bear no...
by kdm | Feb 21, 2021 | Today's Post
Our Prophet, President Russell M. Nelson, in October 2020 general conference shared: . . . .”Each of us has a divine potential because each is a child of God. Each is equal in His eyes. The implications of this truth are profound. Brothers and sisters, please...
by kdm | Feb 20, 2021 | Today's Post
From October 2020 general conference Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said: “As followers of Jesus Christ, and as Latter-day Saints, we strive—and are encouraged to strive—to do better and be better.1 Perhaps you have wondered, as I...
by kdm | Feb 19, 2021 | Today's Post
From the book “The Power of Stillness” Communing: Like One Person Talking to Another “Prayer is not monologue, but dialogue; God’s voice is the most essential secret of the assurance that He will listen to mine.” –Andrew Murray The...