by kdm | Apr 15, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, Today's Post
From Jerry Sittser and his book “the will of God as a Way of Life”: We should try to be flexible because circumstances can often change suddenly and even irreversibly. There is nothing wrong with keeping a schedule and a to-do list, nor with learning to...
by kdm | Apr 14, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From a previous post (‘Peace by Unto Thy Soul’), Joseph L. Bishop PhD, continues regarding the premature passing of his wife: She had not entered into any second-guessing of the what-ifs of her life. She let all that go. Instead she was laser focused on...
by kdm | Apr 12, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, fear, For times of trouble, The Plan
Joseph L. Bishop from his book of the above title writes regarding the premature passing of his wife: . . . . In my grief, I did not know what to do. In short, I was one of the “afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted” (Isaiah 54:11). My past...
by kdm | Apr 10, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, fear, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Russell M. Nelson wrote: Divine doctrine of the Church is the prime target of attack by the spiritually contentious. Well do I remember a friend who would routinely sow seeds of contention in Church classes. His assaults would invariably be preceded by this...
by kdm | Apr 9, 2024 | #discipline, agency, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, fear, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan
From Neal A. Maxwell and his book ‘All These Things Will Give Thee Experience’: . . . . The basic doctrines call for real discipline of self; they are hard because wise self-discipline is hard. Among the requirements that God has placed upon us is to pay...
by kdm | Apr 8, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, choices, Revelation, The Plan
Gene R. Cook wrote: There is another way to express this principle. Pray as if everything depends upon the Lord, then work as though everything depends upon you. . . . When we obtain blessings from the Lord, it’s not just because of the work we do. The work...