by kdm | May 6, 2025 | #character, #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Learning?, Nurture, Revelation, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, Temple, The Plan, Today's Post
From Bruce C. Hafen and his book “Covenant Hearts” Marriage and the Joy of Human Hearts: In the scriptures and in the temple, we learn that the primal doctrine story that links the three-act plan of salvation with marriage and the story of Adam and Eve....
by kdm | May 4, 2025 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, Family, For times of trouble, Nurture, Revelation, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, Today's Post
From Paul E. Miller and his book “A Praying Life”: EVEN IF YOU FEEL that you pray badly, we need to know what good prayer looks like and feels like in order to develop a praying life. Knowing where we are headed can help us on the journey. So before we get...
by kdm | May 2, 2025 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, spiritually strong
From Max Lucado We’d like our bosses to like us, so we flatter. We call it polishing the apple. God calls it a lie. We want people to admire us, so we exaggerate. We call it stretching the truth. God calls it a lie. We want people to respect us so we live in...
by kdm | May 1, 2025 | #character, #discipline, agency, Atonement, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Learning?, Modern Prophets, Nurture, Revelation, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Dr. John L. and Bonnie Lund and their book “Take Your Love to Your Family and Your Frustration to the Lord ” Elder Boyd K. Packer acknowledged the difficulty of raising children in an immoral society: It I a great challenge to raise a family in the...
by kdm | Apr 30, 2025 | #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 Dr. John & Bonnie Lund, A Common Excuse for Giving Criticism, From the book “Take Your Love to Your Family and Your Frustrations to the Lord”: You parents of the Willful and the Wayward! Don’t give them up. Don’t cast...
by kdm | Apr 29, 2025 | #character, #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, Learning?, Nurture, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing from Joan A. MacDonald and a previous post “The Holiness of Everyday Life”: The story of Paul the Apostle illustrates this principle (Access to previous above in blue). Saul was a Jew who vigorously persecuted Christians. He was cruel, vicious,...