by kdm | Sep 21, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, For times of trouble, Nurture, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From the book ‘Messages for a Happier Life’, William B. Smart taught: Rearing children is a tough proposition these days. In most homes the all-intrusive medium of television exposes children to harsh realities about as soon as—and in some cases...
by kdm | Sep 15, 2024 | #character, agency, Atonement, Choice, choices, fear, For times of trouble, Learning?, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Richard L. Evans and his book ‘The Man and the Message: It is interesting how, in reading scripture over and over again, one often, after many readings and a long time, quite unexpectedly, finds some word or phrase that comes into his consciousness with a...
by kdm | Jul 20, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, fear, For times of trouble, Learning?, Modern Prophets, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Russell M. Nelson: There hath no temptation take you but such is as common to man: but is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will, with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 1...
by kdm | Jul 19, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan
Gene R. Cook wrote: The most important thing we can do as we seek to communicate with our Heavenly Father is to have faith in Jesus Christ. If we have faith in Jesus Christ, we will have faith in our Father in Heaven, because Christ so clearly testified of him. Some...
by kdm | Jul 11, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing from the post ‘Perfection’ about his father, Adam S. Miller writes: . . . . I try to imagine my father reading, a few pages each day, something I’d written, something from one Adam’s books.” I try to put myself in his head and...
by kdm | Jul 9, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Neal A. Maxwell: Prayer, therefore, that is too self-conscious of itself is not yet praying. What is needed by us all are feelings of adoration that produce a mental posture of contemplation—and more meditation and less premeditation. When we pray, we are...