‘A Touch’
From Christine A. Tanner and the book “50 Things that really matter to Latter-day Saints”: I have been fascinated by people’s hands all of my life. How they look, how they feel, and especially by what they can do. If you look closely, our hands tell...Put on the Whole Armour of God
From the book ‘Blessed from on High’: Wherefore, lift up your heads and rejoice, and gird up your loins, and take upon you the whole armor, that ye may be able to withstand the evil day. . . . Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about with truth,...* Generosity in Giving and Receiving
From the book “Being Enough” by Chieko N. Okazaki: One of the greatest blessings the gospel offers us the opportunity to both give and receive from the depths of a thankful heart. But this is a topic on which there’s also a certain amount of...* Is God Hiding Something?
From ‘The Will of God as a Way of Life’, Jerry Sittser writes: The conventional approach to discovering the will of God has a . . . problem. It betrays a false and negative view of God. It implies that God, for some reason, “hides” his will and...* “The Desire to Be Appreciated”
From Richard L. Evans, The Man and the Message: “The deepest hunger in human beings,” said William James, “is the desire to be appreciated.” A wife, a mother can put up with faults and imperfections—with inadequate income,...An Open Conversation with God
Chieko N. Okazaki wrote: We need to have an open conversation with God that shares our whole hearts with him. That means we need to be honest about what we love and what we don’t, where we succeed and were we fail, what we’re feeling and what we’re...Focus
Gerald N. Lund wrote: Meaningful prayer is based on an understanding of our relationship with God. Consistent, fervent prayer is for our benefit; it is not how we change God’s mind, but how we change our hearts. Prayer is action. It is one of the...Joy Unspeakable II
Continuing from his book ‘The Millennial Generation’ and a previous post Joy Unspeakable, Vaughn J. Featherstone taught: There are some who think obedience is hard. They think of it as a demand or set of rules forced on them against their will. Some feel...* ‘Life on Earth is a Trust.’
Continuing from ‘* Life on Earth is a Test’, ~Rick Warren teaches from his book ‘The Purpose Driven Life’: This is the second biblical metaphor of life. Our time on earth and our energy, intelligence, opportunities, relationships, and resources...
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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.