by kdm | Jun 11, 2023 | Today's Post
Gerald N. Lund wrote: One of the things I learned as a bishop was that not all suffering and sorrow comes from transgression or violation of the laws of God. . . . I think of a newspaper account of a young mother who, as she was driving along the freeway, turned to...
by kdm | Jun 10, 2023 | Today's Post
Chicko N. Okazaki wrote: The Savior calls us to do two things—to come to him, and to open the door of our hearts and let him come to us. The Apostle Paul, struggling for words to express how complete our access is, says: “For I am persuaded that neither...
by kdm | Jun 8, 2023 | Today's Post
Continuing from Keeping the Commandments II Stephen Robinson wrote: The Savior in turn agrees to cover our mistakes while we are learning and making progress. Although our private, individual perfection comes later, long after this life is over, our partnership, our...
by kdm | Jun 8, 2023 | Today's Post
From Beverly Campbell, her book “Eve and the Choice Made in Eden”: Lift up your heart, lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!”1 Much as we sing the well beloved hymn, Adam’s first recorded words of mortality rang forth as trumpets...
by kdm | Jun 7, 2023 | Today's Post
Kent writes: It’s my birthday this week and I thought I’d share some personal information, as I have never done so. This because it seems some want to give me more credit than I deserve. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and after a two year mission to the...
by kdm | Jun 6, 2023 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Elaine Cannon wrote: When adversity in any form hits, pray. Usually we think of prayer in the life and death traumas. But small problems can become bigger ones if we haven’t made a practice of turning first to Heavenly Father for whatever it takes to solve,...
by kdm | Jun 5, 2023 | #character, #discipline, Choice, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing from: ‘Justification by Faith’. . . . Keeping the Commandments II, Stephen Robinson wrote: In the New Testament, when Paul talks about keeping he commandments or being justified by works, he means obey all the commandments all the time....
by kdm | Jun 4, 2023 | agency, Choice, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Lloyd D. Newell of Music and the Spoken Word said: We live in a world filled with unparalleled means of communication. We have television, radio, fax machines, telephones, and computer modems—each sending signals at a speed of 186,000 miles per second. At his...
by kdm | Jun 3, 2023 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing from a previous post, ‘Justification by Faith’, (‘Keeping the Commandments’), Stephen E. Robinson teaches from his book ‘Believing Christ’: . . . . But are we not required then to keep the commandments? The answer is...
by kdm | Jun 2, 2023 | #character, #discipline, agency, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Vaughn J. Featherstone shared: When I pray it is usually repetitive. Every time I kneel down, I pray for my wife, children and grandchildren by name. I always pray for our beloved prophet and the other Brethren. I always pray faithfully for all of our missionaries,...