by Walter Penning | Aug 11, 2015 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
Discouragement is a tool of the adversary. It has no redeeming qualities. It serves only to perpetuate hopelessness and goes against everything rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We should be the happiest people in the world. We can be. I know we all still...
by Valerie Steimle | Jul 25, 2015 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
Helping others has always been a important goal to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. We love to help people and we are encouraged to by Church leaders all the time. I have heard so many inspiring stories of people helping other people but one...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 27, 2015 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
I hate to move. I hate change. When change is coming or we have to move, which we do often, I have developed the habit of praying and asking God to show me why I had to make the move. What would I get from it? Once, the Holy Ghost told me I had ancestors in the place...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Apr 27, 2015 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
Last week I talked about how the covenant we make at baptism is designed to change us into compassionate people. I used President Eyring’s talk from the March 2015 General Women’s Session of Conference as my main source. I will use him again this week, as well as...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Apr 20, 2015 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
We think of Jesus as a man of compassion, but the thought usually ends there. We too need to be men and women of compassion. Our official quest for becoming compassionate people began at baptism, but many of us did not recognize our baptism as a means to becoming more...