. . .how glorious and wonderful. . .

Neal A. Maxwell wrote in his book “Even As I Am,” starting from page 34: . . . . “Oh, how glorious and wonderful is “this Jesus Christ”!  If contemplating the doing all of these things—to become more and more like Him—makes us...

* healing

Russell M. Nelson said, “Categorically I would state, give God the credit for all healing. Our divine endowment for self preservation and repair is so effective that almost anything used in conjunction with it is likely to succeed. Often credit is accorded this...

To Obtain Spiritual Guidance IV

From Elder Richard G. Scott, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (deceased). . . continuing from his book ‘Finding Peace, Happiness and Joy,’ (previous posts . . .To Obtain Spiritual Guidance, To Obtain Spiritual Guidance II, To Obtain Spiritual Guidance...

* ‘Realize That God Loves You”

From ‘Bruce and Stan’ we read: “Love is a powerful emotion, perhaps the strongest of human emotions. People will go to great lengths to express love, and they will do almost anything to get love. So if love is in such demand, why does it seem in such...

The Bread and Water of Hope

By Marissa Widdison, Church Magazines (some numbered references have links at the end of this post below.) Hope and help are available in every desert of despair. If you had to describe how “hope” feels to you, what would you say? Is it warm like sunshine? Does it...

* ‘. . .everything else thrown in’

On the last page of his book, “Mere Christianity,” C.S. Lewis wrote: “At the beginning I said there were Personalities in God. I will go further now. There are no real personalities anywhere else. Until you have given up your self to Him you will not...

not for missionaries only . . .

From his book “Teachings of Russell M. Nelson” we read: . . . The definition I will use for the verb to connect is to “join by means of communication circuit.” You are already familiar with its use. For example, you connect with another person...

Your Great Adventure

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf or the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in October 2019 general conference: “. . . you need to choose to incline your heart to God. . . And then let that love inspire you to learn, understand, and follow His teachings and learn to keep...

* Ambiguity. . .

November 22. . .  Note from a puzzled kdm: The response to yesterday’s post (the following paragraphs) was unusually low by comparison to what’s ‘normal’. (Was it too long?) My thoughts on this post are that members of the Church of Jesus...

* all is vanity, except. . .

From a previous post of November 3, 2019, ‘A Startling Conclusion’ , Jerry Sittser wrote: “God is thus surprisingly flexible about the future because he is supremely inflexible in the present. You are free to marry any number of people just as you...

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