by kdm | Jan 14, 2025 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, Christ Ministry, fear, For times of trouble, Learning?, Nurture, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From the book ‘Searching the scriptures’, Gene R. Cook taught: Once when we were having family scripture study, one of the children asked, “Why do we have to pray when we’re reading the scriptures, Dad: Why can’t we just read?” We...
by kdm | Jan 12, 2025 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, choices, Family, Learning?, Nurture, Revelation, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing from a previous post, T.H. Bell writes: *Keys to Attaining Excellence, There are certain universal laws that surround all of us in our lives. If we break those laws, we must pay a price. When we meet the terms of the laws of the universe, we find the joy of...
by kdm | Jan 9, 2025 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Learning?, Modern Prophets, Nurture, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From the book, “The Power of Stillness” (multiple authors—Jacob Z. Hess, Carrie L. Skarda, Kyle D. Mansfield, Ty R. Mansfield: It’s really hard, dare we say impossible, to have life experiences go through us and not have them affect how we see...
by kdm | Jan 8, 2025 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, choices, Christ Ministry, fear, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Elder David A. Bednar and his book “One by One”: . . . . I suspect some individuals may be thinking to themselves at this point—surely the President of the Church, General Authorities, and General Relief Society President. and people called to...
by kdm | Jan 7, 2025 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, Christ Ministry, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From the book “He Will Give You Rest. . . (from Chapter 1:) Invitation and a Promise: One scholar observes that Matthew 11:25-30 records “perhaps one or the most important verses in the Synoptic Gospels,”1 More specifically, Elder James E. Talmage...
by kdm | Jan 6, 2025 | #character, #discipline, Atonement, Choice, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Jeffrey R. Holland and his book “For Times of Trouble”: Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offering of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments. Sometimes we are forced to say the right things, as if righteousness could be coerced. In a court,...