by kdm | Jan 20, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, spiritually strong, The Plan
From Jerry Sittser and his book ‘the Will of God as a Way of Life: In the film Grand Canyon, the Grand Canyon serves as a metaphor for transcendence. In comparison to the Grand Canyon, humans appear to be little specks of matter, with life spans about as long as...
by kdm | Jan 18, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Modern Prophets, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing from Bruce C. Hafen: ‘Faith is Not Blind. or Deaf. or Dumb’. So, as with Bushman’s writing about Joseph Smith, my part of this book has turned out to be autobiographical. I’ve found myself trying to describe here my personal quest...
by kdm | Jan 16, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Choice, Learning?, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Larry Tippetts and his book ‘Receiving Personal Revelation’: Motives for Scripture Study If the scriptures are so critical to our spiritual survival, why do many Latter-day Saints struggle to establish a regular, sincere program for in depth study? I...
by kdm | Jan 15, 2024 | #character, #discipline, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, Learning?, Revelation, The Plan, Today's Post
Patricia T. Holland wrote: Christ’s promise to us forever is that we don’t have to do it alone. So let’s keep our focus on the right motives, let’s just try to look to him for life, let us try to lay up for ourselves treasures in heaven rather...
by kdm | Oct 3, 2023 | #discipline, agency, Choice, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Brad Wilcox from his book ‘Changed Through His Grace’ taught: . . . . . the Holy Ghost was like someone tapping on his shoulder. To me, the Spirit’s direction is like following a spiritual traffic light. When I speak to youth, I teach them that after...
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,...