* don’t heed greed. . .
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...Let God Prevail
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...Do Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly with God
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...* Communing
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...‘We Will Prove Them Herewith’
Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in October 2020 general conference: “. . . . tests in the school of mortality are a vital element of our eternal progression. Interestingly, however, the word test is not found even one time in the...* Is there a God?
From Timothy Keller’s book ‘The Reason for God,’ He asks the above question: In Is There a God? Oxford philosopher Richard Swinburne argues powerfully that belief in God can be tested and justified (but not proven). . .[xii] The view that there is a...Looking beyond the mark II
Continuing from Neal A. Maxwell’s “Things as They Really Are:” The living Church can, to a great extent, provide us with growth experiences we would not otherwise have through added friendships. It is true, for instance, that the Latter-day Saint has...* Looking beyond the mark
Neal A. Maxwell wrote: People who despise plainness are apt to despise the prophet because prophets speak plainly. People can become absorbed in sophisticated and complex things just so long before they become blind to simple things. People who are looking beyond the...“An Incomprehensible Title Wave”
Tad R. Callister wrote: Elder Marion G. Romney [taught]: “Jesus then went into the Garden of Gethsemane. There he suffered most. He suffered greatly on the cross, of course, but other men had died by crucifixion. . . . But no man, nor set of men, nor all men put...
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I am married and we have 3 children and many grandchildren. Our children have chosen wisely in their careers and in marriage and I attribute much of their success, as they do, to a close relationship with Jesus Christ… Click for more.