countenance
Please note… I’m on vacation with family… Posts for the next couple of weeks will be erratic and sometimes not at all. countenance… ‘To be plain with you, friend, you don’t carry in your countenance a letter of...Temples
Our own body is the temple housing our spirit and we should treat it with great sacredness. (1 Corinthians 6:19) The Temple (building) is the place to where those living a higher law, a more consecrated lifestyle, may go and leave behind worldly cares and concerns....moral strength
‘Without consistency, there is no moral strength.’~John J. Owen And so it goes with any moral or worthwhile strength we may choose to pursue. ‘Moral strength’ has a broader application than relating to a single area alone (… important as...seeking Christ’s influence
We can remain calm, protected by Him, though hell may rage around us (part of that ‘excruciating’ that many of Christ’s close followers may have to go through before he comes again). He will show us what to do that we and loved ones may be safe when...the Sabbath
The time that precedes our Lord’s second coming will become increasingly difficult. Only those who have a good relationship with Jesus Christ will be able to endure the challenges ahead, and come out stronger. He taught what we must do before He comes in his...our best of all friends
This blog targets those who are or want to be a little closer to Jesus Christ from day to day. We are all at different points in that sacred goal. I hope this and entries that follow will encourage, NOT discourage, in this quest. Better to stay on the path than to...love
“Love is not getting, but giving, not a wild dream of pleasure, and madness of desire… it is goodness, and honor, and peace and pure living.” ~Henry Van Dyke Henry Van Dyke speaks here of romantic love. I have noticed that in constantly deepening of...lasting happiness
The gospel teaches us that we are all created for a happiness that endures. How can more of us achieve it? We… read in Mosiah 2:41 that we “should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in...voices, prayer
In daily living and prayer we are subject to three primary voices: our self talk, the Lord speaking to us, and the adversary and his minions (which really can become a multitude of voices, if we listen and follow them). First: We self talk almost constantly while we...
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.