by kdm | Dec 16, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Neal A. Maxwell wrote: The Lord reminded us that our prayers will be granted if our lives are righteous and if we ask in faith for that which is expedient. (Doctrine & Covenants 88:64-65,78.) He attached the same condition to his visit to the Nephites when he said...
by kdm | Dec 12, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, Nurture, Revelation, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From the book “The Power of Stillness” Brigham Young once taught, “This is the counsel I have for the Latter-day Saints this day. Stop, do not be in a hurry.”1 Easier said than done, right? Maybe, like other things this non-hurried-living will...
by kdm | Dec 10, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, Revelation, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Joseph B. Wirthlin wrote: Jesus understood and taught the importance of prayer. But more than that, he lived the concept. He prayed continually to the Father for direction and strength, because his greatest desire was to do the Father’s will. . . . . The lesson...
by kdm | Dec 5, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Atonement, choices, Christ Ministry, fear, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, Revelation, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, Today's Post
From David Butler’s book “Spirit, that Gift that Connects You to Heaven.” Once upon a time in a true story that goes something like this, President Boyd K. Packer was on a Church assignment to organize a stake where Adolf Hitler once had a...
by kdm | Nov 20, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Learning?, Modern Prophets, Revelation, Today's Post
From S. Michael Wilcox and his book “When Your Prayers Seem Unanswered”: I have loved the story of God’s appearance to Moses in the burning bush. I think it is a wonderful image to hold onto when we think of our Father in Heaven: “Now Moses...
by kdm | Nov 19, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, Nurture, Revelation, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing from a previous post, “Spiritual Lightening”, Catherine Thomas wrote: President Joseph F. Smith taught that in the premortal life we knew much of what lay before us: “Can we know anything here that we did not know before we came? . . . I...