* Believe in the Lord Your God
From her book 100 favorite verses TO BRING YOU CLOSER to CHRIST by Shauna Humphreys wrote: Be not afraid or dismayed by reason of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s. . . . Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established;...* Prayer, Personal Revelation, and Your Journal
From Larry W. Tippets from his book “Receiving Personal Revelation” taught: “Lord, what wilt thou have me do?” —Acts 9:6 Perhaps the two Spiritual exercises most frequently emphasized by the prophets are sincere prayer and the study of...Thanksgiving—a sign of gratitude
(This was originally prepared and intended (and forgotten) for Thanksgiving. It very much fits the current season also.) From Gordon B. Hinkley’s book “Standing for Something,” he wrote on many subjects of which Humility and Gratitude were also...* He came to serve.
From Max Lucado’s book, ‘Cure for the Common Life’: I took a quick liking to the guy. Most anyone would. Jovial. Pleasant and, in this case, donkey determined not to climb that mountain. He let everyone but few of us pass him. “I’m...“The Cost II”
From Melvin J. Ballard, a previous post ‘The Cost’: We cannot stand by and listen to those cries without its touching our hearts. The Lord has not given us the power to save our own. He has given us faith and we submit to the inevitable, but he had the...* ‘Unfinished Parable’
From Adam S. Miller’s book ‘Original Grace’: Unlike his younger brother, the older son was obedient to his father. “Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment,” he reminds his father (Luke...Mother, Matriarch, Mentor
From chapter one of the book “Eve and the Choice in the Garden,” author Beverly Campbell wrote: The Prophet Joseph declared Adam to be only second to the Savior in powers and priesthood. Much has been written and spoken of him. The task is at hand to...The Cost
Elder Melvin J. Ballard (deceased) wrote: I think as I read the story of Abraham’s sacrifice of his son Isaac that our Father is trying to tell us what it cost him to give his son as a gift to the world. You remember the story of how Abraham’s son came...The Answer is Jesus
Elder Ryan K. Olsen of the Seventy, speaking in the Sunday afternoon session of October 2022 general conference said: . . . . In our relationship with the Savior, He looks on the heart and is “no respecter of persons.”3 Consider how He chose His Apostles. He didn’t...
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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.