by kdm | Mar 10, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Choice, choices, Learning?, The Plan, Today's Post
From the book “Being Enough” by Chieko N. Okazaki: One of the greatest blessings the gospel offers us the opportunity to both give and receive from the depths of a thankful heart. But this is a topic on which there’s also a certain amount of...
by kdm | Mar 9, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From ‘The Will of God as a Way of Life’, Jerry Sittser writes: The conventional approach to discovering the will of God has a . . . problem. It betrays a false and negative view of God. It implies that God, for some reason, “hides” his will and...
by kdm | Mar 8, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, Modern Prophets, The Plan
From Richard L. Evans, The Man and the Message: “The deepest hunger in human beings,” said William James, “is the desire to be appreciated.” A wife, a mother can put up with faults and imperfections—with inadequate income,...
by kdm | Mar 7, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Choice, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Chieko N. Okazaki wrote: We need to have an open conversation with God that shares our whole hearts with him. That means we need to be honest about what we love and what we don’t, where we succeed and were we fail, what we’re feeling and what we’re...
by kdm | Mar 6, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Choice, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Gerald N. Lund wrote: Meaningful prayer is based on an understanding of our relationship with God. Consistent, fervent prayer is for our benefit; it is not how we change God’s mind, but how we change our hearts. Prayer is action. It is one of the...
by kdm | Mar 4, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing from ‘* Life on Earth is a Test’, ~Rick Warren teaches from his book ‘The Purpose Driven Life’: This is the second biblical metaphor of life. Our time on earth and our energy, intelligence, opportunities, relationships, and resources...