Pray When the Cup is Bitter
Chicko N. Okazaki wrote: One of the most important ways we can be pure before the Lord is to be scrupulously honest in our words and deeds. The first person we need to be honest with is the Lord. The Lord doesn’t want just pretty prayers. He wants real prayers....Transformed by Grace
From Brad Wilcox and his book Changed Through Grace, under the title ‘Transformed by Grace’: Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency taught that we are saved in at least six ways. If you are counting, the last chapter covered only five. Salvation also...‘Learn Our Duty’
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (deceased) shared from his book, “Finding Peace in Our Lives:” “Inscribed beneath Robert E. Lee’s bust in the hall of fame are his words: “Duty is the sublimest words in the...Pray When the Cup is Bitter
Chicko N. Okazaki wrote: One of the most important ways we can be pure before the Lord is to be scrupulously honest in our words and deeds. The first person we need to be honest with is the Lord. The Lord doesn’t want just pretty prayers. He wants real prayers....* Building Life Resistance to the Adversary
Elder Jorge F. Zeballos of the Seventy said in the Saturday afternoon session October 2021 general Conference: . . . . In this way, for example, we have learned about airplanes and flights in which a tiny initial deviation can lead us to a place far from our original...* How Understanding the Doctrine of God’s Time. . . .
~ For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as I am known.— 1 Corinthians 13:12 ~ Greater appreciation for the greater universe will also help us to live more righteously in our own tiny...Prophetic Guidance for the Family
From ‘yesteryear’ Elder Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, since deceased wrote of the Church and prophetic guidance for the family: “How could the Brethren possible have known that within half a lifetime social and and...Do All That is in Your Power; Let the Lord Do the Rest
From Gene R. Cook: There is another way to express this principle. Pray as though everything depends upon the Lord, then work as though everything depends upon you. . . . When we obtain blessings from the Lord, it is not just because of the work we do. The work.... . . Bring Down the Powers of Heaven III
From previous post (published in 1997), Bring Down the Powers of Heaven’. . . .whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do evil, and believe not in Christ, and deny him, and serve not God, then ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of the devil; for after this...
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