by kdm | Jan 24, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Choice, choices, Today's Post
From his book “Press On,” Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles teaches of the “Abundant Life’: Harry de Leyer was late to the auction on that snowy day in 1956, and all the good horses had already been sold. The few that...
by kdm | Jan 22, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From his book ‘Be Not Troubled’, Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles wrote: When Christ appeared to the Nephites following His Crucifixion, He taught them the gospel and then encouraged, “Go unto your homes and ponder upon the...
by kdm | Jan 21, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Christ Ministry, spiritually strong, Today's Post
From Jerry Sittser, from his book ‘The Will of God as a Way of Life’: I spent the first twenty years of my life feeling certain I knew the will of God for my life. I was going to practice medicine. I was as sure about the future as I was about the...
by kdm | Jan 19, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, choices, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Ardeth G. Kapp wrote: Being faithful does not necessarily develop faith. The first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ. To have faith in him is to know him, to know his doctrine, and to know that the course of our life is in harmony with and...
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 17, 2024 | #discipline, agency, choices, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, Today's Post
From Jeffrey R. Holland and his book ‘For Times of Trouble’: Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted and thou didst deliver. They cried unto thee: and were delivered: they trusted in thee and were not confounded. When our problems seem great and the...