* Prayer
From Paul E. Miller and his book “A Praying Life”: EVEN IF YOU FEEL that you pray badly, we need to know what good prayer looks like and feels like in order to develop a praying life. Knowing where we are headed can help us on the journey. So before we get...The Arms of Deliverance
From his book “The Arms of His Love”, Stephen A. Cramer wrote: Speaking of our Savior, Nephi taught “He doeth not anything save it be for the end of the world; for he loveth the world even that he layeth down his life that he may draw all men unto...* The Wages of Deceit II
From Max Lucado We’d like our bosses to like us, so we flatter. We call it polishing the apple. God calls it a lie. We want people to admire us, so we exaggerate. We call it stretching the truth. God calls it a lie. We want people to respect us so we live in...You Parents of the Willful and the Wayward II
From Dr. John L. and Bonnie Lund and their book “Take Your Love to Your Family and Your Frustration to the Lord ” Elder Boyd K. Packer acknowledged the difficulty of raising children in an immoral society: It I a great challenge to raise a family in the....You Parents of the Willful and Wayward. . .
Continuing from Dr. John & Bonnie Lund, A Common Excuse for Giving Criticism, From the book “Take Your Love to Your Family and Your Frustrations to the Lord”: You parents of the Willful and the Wayward! Don’t give them up. Don’t cast...Becoming II
Continuing from Joan A. MacDonald and a previous post “The Holiness of Everyday Life”: The story of Paul the Apostle illustrates this principle (Access to previous above in blue). Saul was a Jew who vigorously persecuted Christians. He was cruel, vicious,...* What God Can’t Do
From Max Lucado and his book “Just Like Jesus”: One of the most astounding assessments of Christ is the summary: “He had done nothing wrong, and he had never lied” (Isiah 53:9). Jesus was staunchly honest. His every word accurate. His every...Becoming
Continuing from a previous post, Joan A. MacDonald and her book “The Holiness of Everyday Life”, under the above title: I went to a women’s discussion circle several years ago. The leader started the discussion by having everyone in the room...A Common Excuse for Giving Criticism
From Dr. John L. and Bonnie Lund and their book “Take Your Love to Your Family and Your Frustrations to the Lord” A common excuse for giving criticism is that the criticism is true. However there is a higher law that stated “that which doth not edify...
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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.