by kdm | Jul 31, 2024 | Today's Post
From Jeffrey R. Holland’s book “For Times of Trouble”: Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil which shall not break my head: or yet my prayer also shall be their calamities. It truly...
by kdm | Jul 30, 2024 | Today's Post
Continued from Logic III Adam S. Miller . . . From a previous post: In Jesus hands, the logic of the law is clear: not good for good and evil for evil. And, what’s more, returning is not here positioned as an act of mercy that counterbalances...
by kdm | Jul 29, 2024 | Today's Post
Lloyd D. Newell wrote: Sincere prayer aligns our will with the Father’s. Christ’s prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane is the perfect example of a completely selfless utterance. Even when taking upon Himself the sins of all mankind and undergoing physical...
by kdm | Jul 27, 2024 | Today's Post
Continuing from Too Busy to Receive Anything New: And this is where the Church of Jesus Christ deserves a little (or a lot) more credit. In our attention to the many needful things to do as members of Christ’s Church, sometimes the many excuses the Saints have...
by kdm | Jul 24, 2024 | Today's Post
Re-posted from May 18, 2019. . . . and from his book ‘To Draw Closer to God,’ Elder Henry B. Eyring teaches: “Now be careful when anybody tells you about certainty in this world, because it’s a very uncertain life. In fact, most of us are so worried about the fact...
by kdm | Jul 23, 2024 | Today's Post
Continuing from Part One, Gene R. Cook writes: Prepare for intense trials: Number five is to prepare for intense trials of your faith. Remember that when you begin to truly seek answers to prayer, there will be forces that will do all in their power to stop you. So...
by kdm | Jul 22, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, fear, For times of trouble, Revelation, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From the book ‘A Year of Powerful Prayer’, Gene R. Cook writes: Believe. The first thing to remember is the simple word believe. By that I mean to have faith, to not doubt, to not have fear. Jesus said you must believe first, then you would see the...
by kdm | Jul 21, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, Learning?, Modern Prophets, Revelation, Temple, The Plan
From the book ‘The Power of Stillness’: We often speak of Nephi’s prophecy of future Christians saying they already have enough good in their lives, with no more space for anything else (see 2 Nephi 29). Yet when consumed with our over scheduled...
by kdm | Jul 20, 2024 | #discipline, agency
Consulting with Bill Mead, my Administrator and good friend, I will not be posting to third party site(s), as previously. Any of them would want control of some kind, including limit on length of posts, content, costs (—no doubt increasing with ‘needed...
by kdm | Jul 20, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, fear, For times of trouble, Learning?, Modern Prophets, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Russell M. Nelson: There hath no temptation take you but such is as common to man: but is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will, with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 1...