understanding the Priesthood
All members, all Priesthood holders, would increase in clarity and appreciation from what follows from this Conference talk. This post is long, but ‘spiritually delicious’: The Power of the Aaronic Priesthood by Bishop Keith B. McMullin, Nov.2011 (kdm)...the first law
‘The first law that ever God gave to man was a law of obedience.’~Montaigne ‘Some people feel that the commandments are burdensome and that they limit freedom and personal growth. But the Savior taught that true freedom comes only from following Him:...Christ’s role in marriage
“The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity.”~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe How sacred a thing marriage is! Johann’s statement teaches in a few words how Heavenly...wrestling
Some day, in the years to come, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here, now…. Now is being decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall...persistence …
“I first move forward with spiritual ‘baby steps’; then when I walk more sure, more is required of me.” and “I should not judge myself now, in the early steps of learning, by what would be expected at journey’s end.”...ongoing revelation
I edited yesterday’s post and got a little carried away… It is my opportunity and blessing to follow such pure counsel given by many over those two days (of General Conference) and every six months before and since. Each General Conference weekend (5 two...from a Prophet of God
Keep the Commandments The following is some instruction and counsel given from our living Prophet, President Thomas S. Monson during the October 2015 general priesthood session. He invited priesthood holders (but applicable to all members) to keep the commandments,...walk with me
Most of what Elder Henry B. Eyring said in April Conference during his talk ‘Walk With Me’–has universal application to the faithful–both genders, from the Priesthood Session: “Behold my Spirit is upon you, wherefore all thy words will I...tough love
“And ye will not suffer your children that they go hungry, or naked; neither will ye suffer that they transgress the laws of God, and fight and quarrel one with another, and serve the devil, who is the master of sin, or who is the evil spirit which hath been...
Hi I’m Kent
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.