Tag: April 2018
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Let Us All Press On
Home teaching and visiting teaching as we have known them are retired. This should be interesting. Everything below here is from the closing message. Conscientiously incorporate what you have learned here in the next six months. 7 new temples: Argentina India Nicaragua Philippines Layton, Utah Richmond, Virginia Russia (major city, TBD)
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Prepare to Meet God
Many if not most countries are deeply divided about how to live life but I’m the church we follow only the culture of the gospel which sells for unity before Heavenly Father.
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It Is All about People
The mayor understood that the way to truly understand the church want through its buildings but in the loves of it’s members. “Our work is all about people and covenants.” “When I was called as a stake president I had many ambitious goals. At the end of six years not one of those goals had…
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Behold the Man!
He wants everyone to know that he is happy with his assignment even if some people have a tendency to view it as a demotion. Combine all the events that significantly affected the destinies of nations and people and they still can’t compare to the effect of the Atonement. Because of the Atonement, regardless of…
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Ministering as the Savior Does
“What does ministering look like? … It looks like becoming part of somebody’s life.” The story of the sister who was in a new city for her husband’s graduate school sounds like Jason Black. If we implement this program the way it is being described, members of the church will truly learn how to tackle…
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“Be With and Strengthen Them”
We must rise above mechanical, rote, checking the boxes action. The primary purpose will be to watch over the people. That can include a message when appropriate but giving a message isn’t the goal. “With these adjustments we want more care, not less.” “We all need to feel the warm hand of friendship and the…
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Prophets Speak by the Power of the Holy Spirit
“Having prophets is a sign of God’s love for His children.”
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Revelation for the Church, Revelation for Our Lives
I was unaware that President Nelson was a convert to the church. Correction, his family was inactive when he was growing up. Each person can have their own witness about what is true and who to trust. “I urge everyone to increase their capacity to receive personal revelation.” Elder Maxwell “to those who have eyes…
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Small and Simple Things
I join with you and other Christians in celebrating the literal Resurrection of Christ. The effect over time of spiritual practices such as regular prayer, regular scripture study, regular covenant renewal are very powerful like a tree to growing underground that can crack thick concrete.