by kdm | Nov 9, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, fear, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Jerry Sittser and his book “The Will of God as a Way of Life”: The most important decisions we make in life concern our way of life—habits, convictions, and direction. Too often we act like parents who agonize for weeks over whether the family...
by kdm | Nov 8, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, For times of trouble, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing from Bruce C. Hafen’s book: The Believing Heart II, . . . The Doctrine and Covenants teaches that “whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the resurrection.” (Doctrine and Covenants 130:18.)...
by kdm | Nov 7, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, For times of trouble, Nurture, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, Temple, The Plan, Today's Post
Louise and I love parenting because we love our children. We haven’t always been pleased with the things our children have done or the choices they have made, but we have always loved them. To keep our love for them above all else, the focus of our affection...
by kdm | Nov 7, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, For times of trouble, Nurture, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From ‘What’s a Parent to Do?’ Glen L. Latham writes: Louise and I love parenting because we love our children. We haven’t always been pleased with the things our children have done or the choices they have made, but we have always loved them....
by kdm | Nov 6, 2024 | #character, #discipline, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, The Plan, Today's Post
From D Kelly Ogden and his book ‘How to Have Mighty Prayer: We believe that prayer follows four basic steps: We address our Heavenly Father—not the “Lord,” as that term in common Latter-day Saint usage refers to the second member of the...
by kdm | Nov 5, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Learning?, Nurture, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Quoting from Bruce C. Hafen and a previous post ‘The Value of the Veil’: . . . . the first graduate of the “Do It Without Practice Piano Course” walks out onto the stage of Carnegie Hall to perform his debut with the orchestra, what do you...
by kdm | Nov 4, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, Revelation, The Plan, Today's Post
From Gene R. Cook (and the book) “A Year of Powerful Prayer”: . . . . How can you gain access to the grace that we’re talking about, so the heavens can help you? How do you fulfill conditions for grace? The scriptures teach of some simple...
by kdm | Nov 3, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Atonement, choices, Christ Ministry, fear, For times of trouble, Learning?, Nurture, Revelation, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Bruce C. Hafen’s book “The Believing Heart”: One of the clearest—yet at times the most perplexing—themes in the history of God’s dealings with mankind involves his decision to draw a veil between our world of mortality and his...
by kdm | Nov 2, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, choices, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, Revelation, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Elder Neal A. Maxwell, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. . . .his testimony . . . “Moving in His Majesty and Power” MY TESTIMONY COVERS the range of all that I have learned through the Spirit, through the scriptures through life, and through the...
by kdm | Nov 1, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, Learning?, Modern Prophets, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Spencer W. Kimball and the book “A Year of Powerful Prayer”: In our prayers there must be no glossing over, no hypocrisy, since there can be no deception. The Lord knows our true condition. Do we tell the Lord how good we are, or how weak? We stand...