* Obeying God by Doing Less II / ‘Wrestling the Kids’
Continuing from “Obeying God by Doing Less”, from the book “The Power of Stillness”: While the idea of the Sabbath as a retreat may sound inspiring, as anyone with children knows, there are sometimes special ninja moves required just to get...* Obeying God By Doing Less
From the book “The Power of Stillness” Brigham Young once taught, “This is the counsel I have for the Latter-day Saints this day. Stop, do not be in a hurry.”1 Easier said than done, right? Maybe, like other things this non-hurried-living will...Prayer and Growth
Neal A. Maxwell wrote: One can pray and yet not really pray. Prayers can be routinized and made very superficial. When this happens there is very little communication and very little growth. Yet given the times in which we live, improving our prayers should be one of...Jesus Set the Example for Us
Joseph B. Wirthlin wrote: Jesus understood and taught the importance of prayer. But more than that, he lived the concept. He prayed continually to the Father for direction and strength, because his greatest desire was to do the Father’s will. . . . . The lesson...A Divine Tutorial
Bruce C. Hafen taught: As we feel the power of Christ’s love pulling us toward Him, we anticipate the joy of his promise: Be faithful and diligent . . . , and I will encircle thee in the arms of my love” (Doctrine and Covenants 6: 20). The Lord reflected...‘The Deepest Convictions of Your Life’ (update)
From Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone and his book “The Millennial Generation”. . .’Leading Today’s Youth into the Future’: Several years ago I read about a baccalaureate address given at a major university in America. The speaker suggested...* What More Can I Do?
Elder Groberg, on his way to a small island to meet a family that was prepared to receive the gospel, found the sailboat he was on stuck in the middle of a calm ocean with no wind. Many beautiful, pleading, faithful prayers ascended to heaven. But when the last one...How to Recognize the Holy Ghost
From David Butler’s book “Spirit, that Gift that Connects You to Heaven.” Once upon a time in a true story that goes something like this, President Boyd K. Packer was on a Church assignment to organize a stake where Adolf Hitler once had a...*The Listening Mind (continued)
~~ Ram Dass and Paul Gorman,edited by Mark Brady Most of us are not really ready to become renunciates in order to develop the concentration and quality of awareness to help others at such an extraordinary level. But if we are prepared to investigate our minds even a...
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