by Kelly P. Merrill | Jun 6, 2017 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
We now live in a world rapidly filling with strife of every description, war, contention, division, sorrow, unhappy people, selfishness, and misery. Where did all this come from? Why is it getting worse? Is there no cure? Is finding peace an option? Sources of...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Jan 30, 2017 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
The last segment of this series on service will mostly be quotes from the Brethren that were too long to put in the previous sections. They are powerful lessons on how service affects our lives. Service is the fluid art of touching another person’s life with...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Jan 23, 2017 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
In this third part of the series on service we’ll look at the need to learn wisdom in how we serve, as well as the benefits to us that come from that service. Service is the laboratory where we put into practice the book work we have learned from studying the gospel....
by Kelly P. Merrill | Jan 16, 2017 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
This is the second part in a series on service. The first part covered the problems associated with service. This part looks at the reason behind service. The bulk of this part of the series lies in the quotes from the six General Authorities I have randomly selected....
by Kelly P. Merrill | Jan 9, 2017 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
The concept of service is complicated. Anyone who would tell you that service is easy is selling you something. Acts of service are rarely cut and dried. They are rarely simple. I will explain that later on. In this multi-part address on service I will explain...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Jan 3, 2017 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
This is a dispensation of unbounded and unequaled privilege. With that privilege comes responsibility. Our challenge is to personally come to recognize just how blessed we really are, and what is expected of us because of those blessings. The first Gospel...