Lifting Power
Tad R. Callister wrote: The Atonement was designed to do more than restore us to the “starting line”—more than just wipe the slate clean. Its crowning purpose is to endow us with power so that we might overcome each of our weaknesses and acquire the divine...* The Will of God as a Way of Life
From his book “The Will of God as a Way of Life,” Jerry Sittser wrote of “Two Kinds of Freedom:” . . . .Perhaps we misunderstand what true freedom is. Popular American culture defines freedom as the absence of external restraint and the protection—as well as the...The Atoning Blood of Christ Completes Our Identity
Continued from yesterdays post. . . * Identity assured: ¨We already took our first step toward recovering, protecting and fulfilling our eternal identity in the premortal world when we repented and exercised faith in the Atonement of Christ, casting our lot with Him...* identity insured
How Does Faith in the Atonement Help Me Recover, Protect and Fulfill My Identity? The Atonement of Jesus Christ, including the love that motivated it, is the key to understanding, embracing and actualizing our identity. We could say it is the identity theft insurance....Love Your Enemies
President Dallin H.Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency said in October 2020 general conference: “The Lord’s teachings are for eternity and for all of God’s children. In this message I will give some examples from the United States, but the principles I teach...* The Search for God
Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote: God is still in his universe. Our new technological and scientific developments can neither banish him from the microscope compass of the atom nor from the vast, unfathomable ranges of stellar space. Living in a universe in which the...* for our good. . .
From the book “For Times of Trouble” Elder Jeffrey R. Holland shared first from. . . . Psalm 89:30-34 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; Then will I visit their transgression with a...The Servant King
Truman G. Madsen wrote: His descent was a marvel of condescension, of humility and humiliation. He was born in the mere outskirts of Jerusalem, in a tiny village called Bethlehem, in abject poverty. He grew up in Nazareth, a ramshackle village of perhaps fifty...A Pharisaic Prism II
A previous post of November 30, 2020, from which the the below now follows was titled ¨A Pharisaic Prism.¨ Here this thought train is continued below by Neal A. Maxwell: . . . . Indeed, the Christian may even witness his morality by his silence in some situations....
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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.