Partaker of Our Sufferings
From their book ‘The Christ Who Heals’, Fiona and Terryl Givens shared: “It is in Third Nephi, that we find the most tender portrait of Christ fully vulnerable to human woundedness. “And it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken, he cast his...* Slippery Sheep and Healed Hurts II
Continuing from Max Lucado and previous post: To prevent injury, the shepherd anoints the rams. He smears a slippery, greasy substance over the nose and head. This lubricant causes them to glance off rather than to crash into each other. They still tend to get hurt,...Changed Through His Grace
From Brad Wilcox’s book of the above title: Brent Fillmore teaches at the Institute of Religion adjacent to Utah State University. When he speaks to classes of a covenant relationship, he talks about a stalactite hanging from the top of a cave dripping water on...* Hidden in Their Hearts
From Richard L. Evans. . . . Most men and women who move about us from day to day are carrying their share of trouble and disappointment and sorrow hidden within their hearts; and we, with unseeing eyes often walk roughshod over them, not knowing their cares nor...That They Might Know Thee
Elder Jonathan S. Schmitt of the Seventy said in the Sunday afternoon session of October 2022 general conference: My earnest desire is that you will come to know Jesus by His many names and that you will become like Him. A few years ago, I had a life-changing...* Slippery Sheep and Healed Hurts
From Max Lucado, his book ‘Traveling Light’: . . . We can follow the example of the apostle Paul. His goal was to be a missionary in Spain. Rather than send Paul to Spain, however, God sent him to prison. Sitting in a Roman jail. . . He said, “As...Legacy of Encouragement
President Henry B. Eyring of the First Presidency said in the Sunday afternoon session of October 2022 general conference: As my mother told me when I complained of how hard something was, “Oh, Hal, of course it’s hard. It’s supposed to be. Life is a test.” She could...* Revealing Ourselves—Revealing God III
Continuing from Revealing Ourselves—Revealing God II and the book “The Holiness of Everyday Life” author Joan B. MacDonald shared: . . . . I work in a Hospital laboratory. The hospital is large, but the laboratory is isolated, with only fifteen...“Put On Thy Strength, O Zion”
Note from Kent. . . . As with many posts the sample below does not do the complete talk proper justice. There is much to be learned by clicking the link below. . . . Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in October 2022 general conference, a...
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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.