by kdm | Mar 2, 2026 | Today's Post
From President Dallin H. Oaks and his book “Life’s Lessons Learned” I have had to learn lessons about humility: first, what it is, and second, how to seek it and keep it. Humility is essentially a consciousness of one’s personal inadequacies....
by kdm | Feb 28, 2026 | Today's Post
From Robert L. Millet and his book “Talking with God”: Some years ago an anti-Mormon organization placed forty thousand of a book on the doorsteps of people living in the Orem and Provo areas of Utah. The book was intended to warn those not of the LDS...
by kdm | Feb 26, 2026 | Today's Post
From Bruce C. Hafen and his book “Spiritually Anchored in Unsettled Times”: If we really want a testimony, we, like Nephi, must desire to find God above all other desires. As Alma compared growing a seed with growing a testimony, he said, “Even if ye...
by kdm | Feb 23, 2026 | Today's Post
(It’s uncertain as to if this was properly posted. . . . so here it is again. . . .) From President Dallin H. Oaks and his book “Life’s Lessons Learned” I have had to learn lessons about humility: first, what it is, and second, how to seek it...
by kdm | Feb 20, 2026 | Today's Post
Continuing from a previous post Robert L. Millet quotes evangelist Billy Graham. . . . Some years ago I read Billy Graham’s autobiography and was deeply touched by these words: “Although I have much to be grateful for as I look back over my life, I also...
by kdm | Feb 13, 2026 | Today's Post
From his book “Spiritually Anchored in Unsettled Times, Bruce C. Hafen wrote: Missionaries need to understand what a testimony is and how it develops—first for their own spiritual security and then so they can teach their investigators how to recognize...
by kdm | Feb 8, 2026 | #character, #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, Christ Ministry, Family, For times of trouble, Nurture, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing from Bruce C. Hafen and a previous post. . . Earlier I mentioned our daughter. I said I want to be “with her” always. For me, the words “with you capture the meaning of sanctification and Atonement in the simplest terms. If we do our part,...
by kdm | Feb 6, 2026 | #character, #discipline, agency, Atonement, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, Nurture, Revelation, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From his book Spiritually Anchored in Unsettled Times, Bruce C. Hafen continues From a previous post . . . Christ’s love is so deep that he took upon himself the sins and afflictions of all mankind. Only in that way could He pay for our sins and empathize with...
by kdm | Feb 5, 2026 | #character, #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Learning?, Nurture, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing from Bruce C. Hafen and previous post, Disciples Journey II, 7. Divine Tutorial. . . .As we feel the power of Christ’s love pulling us toward Him, we anticipate the joy of his promise: Be faithful and diligent . . . . and I will encircle thee in the...
by kdm | Feb 4, 2026 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Nurture, Revelation, Today's Post
From Robert L. Millet and his book “Talking With God”, chapter 11: Answers to prayer usually come to mortals in quiet ways through the mediation of the Holy Spirit and through the intervention for other mortals. There are times however, when God chooses...