by kdm | May 20, 2018 | Today's Post
Elder Hartman Rector Jr. said in a talk titled “‘Sacrifice Brings Forth Blessings’: “We hear much in the world today about “doing our own thing.” I doubt that this is really new. I think it has been going on since the beginning of time....
by kdm | May 18, 2018 | Today's Post
Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles taught in April 2018 general conference of ‘Meek and Lowly of Heart’ Example #3. President Russell M. Nelson and President Henry B. Eyring In general conference six months ago, President Russell M....
by kdm | May 16, 2018 | Today's Post
It feels at times as if this mortal creature (k) is ‘light years’ away from that place that Lord wants for me. Though this is true to an extent (certainly in the very long term), Christ sees the beginning and the end and so has infinitely more patience...
by kdm | May 12, 2018 | Today's Post
Elder Neal A. Maxwell, as an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve (in April of 1974), said in his remarks in appreciation: “…. Endless appreciation to Jesus Christ for his atonement, realizing that included in the awful arithmetic of that atonement are my...
by kdm | May 10, 2018 | Today's Post
“…. Now a favorite hymn summarizes our renewed resolve, our challenge, and our charge going forward: Let us all press on in the work of the Lord, That when life is o’er we may gain a reward; In the fight for right let us wield a sword, The mighty sword of...
by kdm | May 6, 2018 | Learning?, Today's Post
In a talk titled ‘Joy and Spiritual Survival’ President Russell M. Nelson taught us to handle the intensity of evil and Satan’s onslaught we face today. He said: “These are the latter days, so none of us should be surprised when we see prophecy...
by kdm | May 4, 2018 | Today's Post
I had been a member of the Church a few months beyond a year and in the mission field when Elder Ezra Taft Benson, then of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles gave a talk ‘Satan’s Thrust–Youth’. In those days, as treasured as teachings from our...
by kdm | May 1, 2018 | Today's Post
“Remember that you are of the royal house of the kingdom of God, [sons and] daughters of Heavenly Parents, who reign throughout the universe. “You have the spiritual DNA of God. You have unique gifts that originated in your spiritual creation and that were...
by kdm | Apr 27, 2018 | Today's Post
Elder D. Todd Christofferson said in “Abide in My Love’: “The Bible tells us that “God is love.”[i below] He is the perfect embodiment of love, and we rely heavily on the constancy and universal reach of that love. As President Thomas S. Monson has...
by kdm | Apr 24, 2018 | Today's Post
From a talk by Sister Bingham, RS General President: “….A recent news headline reads, “Disasters rock the nation [and] world.”1 From hurricanes and floods to heat waves and droughts, from wildfires and earthquakes to wars and devastating diseases, it seems...