Just as the prophets of old declared the coming of Christ in the Meridian of Time and gave the signs that would accompany his coming, even to the casting of lots for his raiment when he was crucified, so have the prophets looked forward to the latter days when he would come in the clouds […]
Yes, the restored gospel of Jesus Christ is the way to joy and happiness. The Lord intended that his children should be happy, that they would have joy as they served him. He gave them understanding of his plan and how they would enter back into his presence. He had given his children a promise […]
Change is part of a law of life. We must grow physically from childhood to adulthood, mentally from ignorance to knowledge, emotionally from insecurity to stability and spiritually to an abiding faith in a living God. – Thomas S. Monson, “Favorite Quotations from the Collection of Thomas S. Monson,” p.253
May God bless us, my brothers and sisters, that we may trust in God and keep his commandments. That is all the Lord expects of us. Joy and happiness will enter our hearts as we do so. It is the wicked who flee when no man pursueth. The righteous are bold as a lion. People […]
A sure knowledge of the spiritual is an open door to rewards attainable and joys unspeakable. To ignore the testimony is to grope in caves of impenetrable darkness; to creep along in fog over hazardous highways. That person is to be pitied who may still be walking in darkness at noonday, who is tripping over […]
In this prophetic declaration by Peter (1 Peter 4:17) there is no ambiguity. “Obey the gospel of God” must be our ensign. There is no other real approach to the fulfillment of life’s highest purpose. It is satisfying to know that we need not wander through life aimlessly with insecurity, uncertainty; finding doubt fear, apprehension […]
Spirituality is as essential to a man’s soul as vitamins are to his body. Facing this somewhat weary and insecure world, the only thing that you will have to fortify you in time of need and trouble is the spiritual strength that you may be able to store up. If we do not have that […]
The programs of the Church are important, but they are not ends in themselves. They permit organized efforts to be made to reach and bless the individual. They are designed to help God’s children to achieve the purposes of the Lord for them, to operate in the principle of real love, to be implemented in […]
We often say we have a converted ministry who go forth with complete conviction and testimony. These missionaries need a converted constituency whose conviction is attested by their living. They must be able to point with pride to us as we point with pride to them. It is almost impossible to calculate the retardation and […]
When the Savior came among men he established a new covenant and gave a new testament, even the sacrifice of his own life for the great cause of truth, of which he was the author. The new covenant established by our Lord, with its obligations, was maintained for a brief time only. Shortly after the […]