repentance is always positive…
From “Repentance is always Positive”: This talk will be one of change for me. It is from Stephen W. Owen, Young Men General President and was given September 30, 2017. He said; “The moment we set foot on the path of repentance, we invite the...4. How has attending church services helped you?
The question brings to mind a conversation I had with a relative many years ago. He stated if he wants to be closer to God, he goes somewhere like the wilderness and talks to him there. I agree that’s a great way to feel close to our creator. However, I have found...The Needs Before Us
From a talk by Bonnie L. Oscarson [i] who said; “Sister Linda K. Burton told the story of a stake Relief Society president who, working with others, collected quilts for people in need during the 1990s. “She and her daughter drove a truck filled with those...opportunity
“There are no times in life when the opportunity, the chance to be and do, gathers so richly about the soul as when it has to suffer. Then everything depends on whether the man turns to the lower or the higher helps. If he resorts to mere expedients or tricks,...look and live
Elder W. Mark Bassett, of the Quorum of the Seventy, tells of an experience as a youth when he was stranded on a return trip home to California from Utah. The alternator, that keeps the cars battery electrically charged, stopped working. Since the small towns along...3. Why is authority to perform a baptism important?
Throughout time, God has given His servants the prophets, the authority to act in His name. This authority is called the Priesthood. Jesus Christ gave it to His original Twelve Apostles by ordination (John 15:16), and they directed the work of His Church after Jesus...the price of Priesthood power…
President Russell M. Nelson (our new Prophet, this month) spoke of ‘The Price of Priesthood Power’ in a General Priesthood session, April 2, 2016: Why would any man waste his days and settle for Esau’s mess of pottage [i] when he has been entrusted with...‘humbly combining heart and mind’
From a BYU campus devotional January 16, 2018 ‘Combining heart and mind’. (by Marianne Holman Prescott, Church News staff writer) “Both heart and mind—and humility—are essential to learning and serving in the Church”, Elder LeGrand R. Curtis...The Plan and the Proclamation
What follows is a much condensed version of a General Conference address by Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; ‘The Plan and the Proclamation’, September 30, 2017 (emphasis has been added) he said: “As is evident in our family...
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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.