* The Duty to be Happy
Richard L. Evans wrote: There is no duty, ” wrote Robert Louis Stevenson, “we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.”76 We think of happiness as being deeply desirable but seldom perhaps think of it as a duty. But duty it is, for without it...Remember Thy Suffering Saints, O Our God
Elder Anthony D. Perkins of the Seventy said in the Sunday afternoon session of October 2021 general conference: Keeping covenants unlocks the power of Jesus Christ’s atoning sacrifice to provide strength and even joy to you who suffer. Heavenly Father’s plan of...* Errors of Understanding
Richard L. Evans wrote: Often we presume to know other’s hearts and minds and motives, to condemn and to condone. And no doubt we are often right in our appraisal of other people. But we cannot be certainly assured of all that moves others. And as we judge them...“Oh, It is Wonderful”
President Ezra Taft Benson wrote: As a church we are in accord with an ancient prophet who said, “It is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do. (2 Nephi 25:23) Grace consists of God’s gift to His children wherein He gave His Only Begotten Son in...* Sin and Human Hope
From Timothy Keller’s book ‘The Reason for God;’ Many have the impression that the Christian doctrine of sin is bleak and pessimistic about human nature. Nothing could be further from the truth. When I was brand new to the ministry a young man came...None of Them are Lost
From “The God Who Weeps,” by Terryl and Fiona Givens wrote. . . . We find this theme repeated throughout the circles of hell. Those who sowed discord and division, find themselves bodily sundered in twain. Despising unity and harmony, they literally...* On Outsmarting Others
In the book ‘From the Crossroads’ Richard L. Evans taught: There is another side to this subject of someone to trust, someone to be safe with, and that is this: The person who is foolish enough to suppose that he can outsmart other men, that he can...The Greatest Possession
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in October 2021 general conference: The scriptures speak of a rich young ruler who ran to Jesus, knelt at His feet, and, with genuine sincerity, asked the Master, “What shall I do that I may inherit...* Principle 3, Try Something New
From Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (deceased) wrote . . . . Principle 3: “Repeatedly I have been impressed to learn that to reach a goal never before attained, one must do things never before done.” Although the principle of doing...
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