Teaching Self-Reliance to Children and Youth

Elder Hugo E. Martinenz of the Seventy said during April 2022 general conference: . . . . Self-reliance is defined as “the ability, commitment, and effort to provide the spiritual and temporal necessities of life for self and family.”1 Striving to be self-reliant is...

* Balance

Balance From Jerry Sittser’s book ‘the Will of God as a Way of Life”: Balance is . . . a concept we must understand in relation to multiple callings. Balance means establishing proper priorities, choosing to do what is most important rather than what...

Richard G. Scott, Principle 11

Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (deceased) wrote: Adversity is part of life. We will all have it because we need it for growth and for the forging of our righteous character. I have learned that the Lord has a consummate capacity to judge...

* To Jesus Christ Alone. . . II

From Jerry Sittser’s book ‘The Will of God as a Way of Life:’ (continuing from a previous post. . . * To Jesus Christ Alone) Dietrich Bonhoeffer understood Jesus’ radical commands, he wrote: Again, it is no universal law. Rather it is the exact...

‘Missionary Service Blessed My Life Forever’

President M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in April 2022 general conference: . . . . My missionary service prepared me to be a better husband and father and to be successful in business. It also prepared me for a lifetime of service to the...

‘We Each Have a Story’

Elder Garrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in April 2022 general conference: Do you know your story? What your name means? World population grew from 1.1 billion people in 1820 to nearly 7.8 billion in 2020.4 The year 1820 seems to be an inflection...

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