My friends, my fellow disciples on the road of mortal life, our Father’s beautiful plan, even His “fabulous” plan,1 is designed to bring you home, not to keep you out.2 No one has built a roadblock and stationed someone there to turn you around and send you away. In fact, it is the exact opposite. God is in relentless […]
Each of us is a beloved spirit son or daughter of a loving Heavenly Father.1 But while that spiritual genealogy provides a foundation, it does not of itself create a meaningful relationship with God. A relationship can be built only when we choose to trust in Him. – Paul B. Pieper, “Trust in the Lord,” Liahona […]
Spiritual momentum is created “over a lifetime as we repeatedly embrace the doctrine of Christ.”5 Doing so, President Russell M. Nelson taught, produces a “powerful virtuous cycle.”6 Indeed, the elements of the doctrine of Christ—such as faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, repentance, entering a covenant relationship with the Lord through baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy […]
When you know that Heavenly Father is real and that He loves you, you can live with courage and hope! “Pray, he is there; speak, he is list’ning.”6 – Susan H. Porter, “Pray, He Is There,” Liahona (CR) May 2024
Our words can be supportive or angry, joyful or mean, compassionate or tossed aside. In the heat of the moment, words can sting and sink painfully deep into the soul—and stay there. Our words on the internet, texting, social media, or tweets take on a life of their own. So be careful what you say […]
The gospel of Jesus Christ is truly the “good news of great joy”!12 It is a message of matchless hope! A message of yoke-bearing and burden-lifting.13 Of light-gathering. Of heavenly favor, higher understanding, holier covenants, eternal security, and everlasting glory! – Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “A Higher Joy,” Liahona (CR) May 2024
Christ directed us to “go and bring forth fruit, … that your fruit should remain.”1 But He wasn’t speaking about peaches. He was talking about God’s blessings to His children. If we make and keep covenants with God, the blessings associated with our covenants can extend beyond this life and be sealed upon us, or preserved, […]
Everything changes when I know who I really am.9 When I doubt my abilities, I often repeat to myself in my mind or out loud, “I am a daughter of God, I am a daughter of God,” as many times as I need until I again feel confident to keep going. – Andrea Muñoz Spannaus, “Faithful […]
Why does it matter to seek to know and understand your foreordination? In a day when questions abound, when so many seek to know their true identity, the fact that God knows and has blessed each one of us individually before we were ever born on this earth with “essential characteristic[s] of … premortal, mortal, […]
I testify that miracles and ministrations are continually occurring in our lives, often as a direct result of priesthood power. Some priesthood blessings are fulfilled immediately, in ways we can see and understand. Others are unfolding gradually and will not be fully realized in this life. But God keeps all of His promises, always… – […]