by kdm | Mar 4, 2023 | #discipline, agency, Christ Ministry, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing from *Justification: Stephen E. Robinson taught: Technically, there was nothing wrong with the old covenant and its law. It was the word of God. It was just and fair. If the people had just kept their end of the agreement, they would have been justified by...
by kdm | Mar 3, 2023 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Beverly Campbell’s book ‘Eve and the Choice Made in Eden’, Chapter 9: God Prepares and Protects: The bodies of Adam and Eve experienced a great change as mortality took the place of immortality. Adam and Eve were aware of that change in their...
by kdm | Mar 2, 2023 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, spiritually strong, Today's Post
From his book ‘Making Sense of God’ Timothy Keller shared: The contemporary concept of freedom, which we could call absolute individual autonomy, is not only unworkable. It is also unfair because it denies what we owe others. The internet is filled with...
by kdm | Mar 1, 2023 | #discipline, agency, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing from a previous post on prayer, Larry W. Tippetts from his book ‘Receiving Personal Revelation’ shared: The command to “pray always” is found at least twenty-five times in the standard works. What does it mean to “pray...
by kdm | Feb 28, 2023 | #discipline, agency, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Focus on the Temple By Russell M. Nelson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints I promise that increased time in the temple will bless your life in ways nothing else can. Dear brothers and sisters, during these five magnificent sessions of...
by kdm | Feb 27, 2023 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, spiritually strong, Today's Post
From Teaching to Build Faith and Faithfulness Kathy K. Clayton taught: When we know our audience well, we can customize instruction and select information that is responsive to their needs. Too often teachers and parents work so hard to prepare lessons that they...
by kdm | Feb 26, 2023 | #discipline, agency, Choice, Modern Prophets, The Plan, Today's Post
In the Sunday afternoon session of October 2022 general conference, Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said: . . . . While the Prophet Joseph Smith was incarcerated in Liberty Jail, Apostles Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball had the...
by kdm | Feb 25, 2023 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, Today's Post
Richard L. Evans wrote: To see and to say sincerely complimentary things about others is a gracious custom that does much to make life livable. But, as always, along with the genuine and the good come the counterfeit and the bad, and the counterfeit of a sincere...
by kdm | Feb 24, 2023 | #discipline, agency, Choice, spiritually strong, Today's Post
From Stephen E. Robinson (deceased) regarding ‘Justification’: Justification When human beings keep their covenants, when they abide by the conditions of their agreements with God, they are said to be justified. To be justified means to be declared...
by kdm | Feb 23, 2023 | #discipline, agency, Choice, Today's Post
From Kathy K. Clayton and From a previous post . . . . Use of variety can offer a fresh perspective to the essential lesson on the plan of salvation. One seminary teacher taught this lesson by hanging a string across the classroom. When the students arrived they were...