* The Promise of Listening
From Mark Brady’s Book “The Wisdom of Listening”: PART ONE . . . . The Promise of Listening We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that something deep inside us is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch..... . . apple of the eye
Jeffrey R. Holland in his book ‘For Times of Trouble’ shared thoughts from Psalm 17:8, which reads: “Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings.” A world renowned authority on child development once said that every...Meekness
From his book, ‘The Meek and Lowly’ Neal A. Maxwell wrote: “The need for meekness is there in every setting, at every turn, and in every step! Throughout scripture we encounter the need for us to remember that the Lord has His own timetable for...“Be of Good Cheer”
From the book “What’s a Parent to Do?” by Glen I. Latham: During one of the darkest moments of Nephite history, when the wicked had vowed to slay the righteous if the sign of Christ’s birth did not “come to pass, which had been given by...* Comfort
From the book 50 Things That Really Matter to Latter-day Saints. . . (multiple authors) Alisha Geary writes: “As a child I was afraid of many things. Being alone in the dark or imagining the monsters under my bed would send be crying to my parents’...* Faith in the Lord’s Will
John Bytheway taught:. A note of caution: Faith is not willing our desires into existence. That would be exercising faith in what we want. For example, many of us have experienced the death of a loved one and have concluded that if we only had more faith, the loved...The Search for Happiness
From William B. Smart’s book “Messages for a Happier Life”: In a quiet New England churchyard lies a headstone whose epitaph contains a profoundly important message—a goal—for all of us. Here lies a woman twice blessed; She was happy and...A Present-Focused Gospel
Teachings of Jacob Z.Hess, Carrie L. Skarda, Kyle D. Anderson, Ty R. Mansfield, from their book “The Power of Stillness”: Relishing the present, of course, is not a foreign concept to Latter-day Saints. We just talk about it differently—focusing on...* Daily, Not Periodic, Discipleship.
From Neal A. Maxwell: IN HIGHER EDUCATION WE SPEAK often of students credit hours. Analogously, the plan of salvation produces what might be called “discipline credit hours.” Furthermore, we are not merely auditing life’s courses, but, instead,...
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