* ‘As Obedient Children II’
Continuing from Elder Neal A. Maxwell, his book “Not My Will, but Thine and a previous post (see below)” Mortality, this precious micro-dot on the canvas of eternity, is such a brief moment. While in it we are to prepare ourselves for the time when there...* Spirituality & Carnality
From his book ‘Receiving Personal Revelation,’Larry W. Tippetts shared a quote from Allan Bloom. . . . “As it stands now, students have powerful images of what a perfect body is and pursue it incessantly. But deprived of literary [and spiritual]...The Gathering of Israel in the Latter Days II
Continuing a message from Gerald Lund, a previous post (see The Gathering of Israel in the Latter Days), (He was referring to President Russell M. Nelson) I remember thinking, “He’s talking to the youth of the church about the gathering of Israel?...* Developing a Christlike Character
David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve apostles, from his book Act in Doctrine taught: . . . The Savior used His supernal powers to restore the guard’s ear—a demonstration of His divinity He never would employ for Himself (Matthew 4:1-9). Thus the...* On Beginning to Believe
From Richard L. Evans: We hear much concerning the subject of faith: “that it will move mountains 119, that it is the evidence of things not seen 120,” that with it all things are possible. And altogether all we learn of it leads us to know that faith is...Miracles of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Elder Carlos G. Revillo Jr. of the Seventy said in April 2021 general conference: This miracle (phenomenal growth of the Church in the Philippians) is also a fulfillment of the prophecy given in a prayer by then-Elder Gordon B. Hinckley in Manila in 1961. In that...* Psalm 4:1
From Jeffrey R. Holland, his book ‘For Times of Trouble:’ Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. Quite regularly in life we all have the personal, even painful...Changed Through His Grace
Brad Wilcox wrote: One of the greatest ways grace changes us is to remove our erroneous views of God and bring to our remembrance the truth we once knew so clearly. Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum or the Twelve Apostles (deceased) taught, “True doctrine,...Divine Truths to Help You Live by the Spirit II
(From a previous post, Richard G. Scott (deceased) writing on ‘Divine Truths to Help You Live by the Spirit’. “Think of it. Some are tempted to violate the most basic commandments of God because of seductive actions portrayed as acceptable. They are...
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