* The Disease of Profanity III
Continued now from The Disease of Profanity II Boyd K. Packer continues with: Better Than Profanity. . . . There is no need for any of us to use profanity. Realize that you are more powerful in expression without it. I give you two examples. Sir Winston Churchill...The Lord Will Not Limit Someone Else’s Agency
From Gerald N. Lund: God, even in His infinite power and knowledge, will not force the human heart. This principle often brings sorrow and suffering into the world because many choose to do evil, and that almost always affects others. Sometimes to get an answer to our...* The Disease of Profanity II
Continuing from a previous post. . . Elder Boyd K. Packer wrote: Controls for Discipline Like the man in the shop, many of us may never have been told how serious an offense of Profanity can be. Ere we know we are victims of a vile habit—and the servant of our...‘Eden’
From her book “Spiritual Lightening”, M. Catherine Thomas shared: Many have wondered if the events in the Garden of Eden cast women in an unfavorable light. For example, Paul wrote: “For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but...* The Disease of Profanity
From Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his book ‘in Wisdom and in Order’: A number of years ago I went with a brother to tow a wrecked car. It was a single-car accident and the car was demolished; the driver, though unhurt, had...* Prayer: Do All That is in Your Power; Let the Lord do the Rest
Gene R. Cook taught: There is another way to express this principle. Pray as though everything depends on the Lord, then work as though everything depends on you. . . . When we obtain blessings from the Lord, it is not just because of the work we do. The work...Thou hast enlarged my steps under me….
From Jeffrey R. Holland and his book “For Times of Trouble” Psalms 18:36; 94:18-19 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord held me up. In the multitude of my thoughts within me...The Omniscience of God
From Neal A. Maxwell and his book “All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience”: We must not approach God as if He were somehow constrained by finite knowledge and by time. A useful and illustrative episode is the one involving the prophet Elisha and his...* Impatience—As a Mark of Immaturity
From “Thoughts for One-Hundred Days”, Richard L. Evans wrote: A thoughtful physician remarked: “I used to think of impatience as simply a natural part of some peoples personality, but over the years I have come to conclude that habitual impatience is...
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