by kdm | Feb 4, 2025 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, fear, For times of trouble, Learning?, Revelation, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From the book “A Year of Powerful Prayer”: We are here to learn the lesson, also, that we are here to do the will of the Father. And how do we discover his will? How do we find Him? Pascal gave us a line: “You would not seek me had you not found...
by kdm | Jan 30, 2025 | #character, #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, fear, For times of trouble, Learning?, Nurture, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From the Book “C.S. Lewis, The Man and His Message”: Gilbert Meilanender wrote well of Lewis in the fall 1998 issue of First Things, saying, “Every choice counts. Every choice contributes to determining what we ultimately love.”9 C.S. Lewis...
by kdm | Jan 26, 2025 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, For times of trouble, Learning?, Modern Prophets, Nurture, Revelation, spiritually strong, Today's Post
From the Doctrine and Covenants section 121, verses 33 to 46: Preamble to this section: Prayer and prophecies written by Joseph Smith the Prophet in an epistle to the Church while he was a prisoner in the jail at Liberty, Missouri, dated March 20, 1839. The Prophet...
by kdm | Jan 22, 2025 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Revelation, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Gene R. Cook and the book “A Year of Powerful Prayer”: When I was younger and prayed fervently for answers to prayers, sometimes I didn’t feel I received an answer—and then I wondered if the Lord really did love me. I prayed earnestly and...
by kdm | Jan 21, 2025 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Learning?, Modern Prophets, Nurture, Revelation, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, Temple, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing (from a previous post) a previous post) Bruce C. & Marie K. Hafen, “Faith is Not Blind’ As we grow into Stage Two complexity, we can see reality despite its distance from our ideals—“things as they really are” (Jacob...
by kdm | Jan 20, 2025 | #character, #discipline, agency, Atonement, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, For times of trouble, Learning?, Revelation, spiritually strong, Temple, The Plan, Today's Post
From Bruce C. and Marie K. Hafen and their book “Faith is not Blind”: . . . .God has given us correct principles by which we may govern ourselves, but these very principles may, at times seem to be in conflict. Choosing between two principled alternatives...