The Things of My Soul

Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in October 2022 general conference: What things do you ponder? What things really matter to you? What are the things of your soul? My brothers and sisters, as I stand in our beloved Conference Center...

From Elder Richard G. Scott (Principle 4)26-27

Continuing from a previous post, ‘Principle 4’ from Elder Richard G. Scott, Elder Richard G. Scott, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (deceased) taught. . . I have learned that our mind can strengthened an impression of the Holy Ghost or sadly, can...

* Why Make Life so Hard?

From Jerry Sittser and his book, “The Will of God as a Way of Life”: Why Make the Game So Hard? . . . . Past decisions set the stage for present options. We can excel at stupidity, if we want to. We can sleep late, lose our job, commit adultery, gamble...

* What is a Gentleman. . . ?

From (yesteryear) Richard L. Evans book “Thoughts for One Hundred Days”: Our consideration of friendship and confidence and trust leads us to consider what a gentleman is—or isn’t. For a word so freely used, it seems that few have defined it....

Modern Liahonas lll

Continuing from Modern Liahonas II, Quoting form “All Things New” by Fiona and Terryl Givens: The call to discipleship is not for the faint of heart: “Then Jesus said to his disciples, If anyone [desires] to come after me, let him forget self and...

* Chastity

From Brad Wilcox’s book ‘Changed Through Grace’: In addition to obeying, sacrificing, and living the gospel, God asks us to live the law of chastity. We show we value God and Christ’s purity as we are willing to engage with them in living...

Favored of the Lord All My Days

Elder Moisés Villanueva of the Seventy said in October 2021 general conference: Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, want us to have joy.2 President Russell M. Nelson has taught: “The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and...

* Reserve Resources

Richard L. Evans wrote: In days of deepening disappointment we react in many ways, depending upon our teaching and temperament, upon our outlook and understanding, and upon the faith and foundations on which our feet are fixed. To sudden and shocking news, depression...

“My Yoke is Easy II”

Continuing from a previous post ‘My Yoke is Easy’: Some people reject the idea of grace because it seems too easy. They want being saved to be harder than it is. There is a certain comfort in saying, “Salvation is so hard that I just couldn’t...

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