Spiritual Thoughts

In the gospel we are often asked to “persuade” others to believe.  Read the following quote and think about missionary work and what you can do to help your friends and family grow closer to Christ. Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. -Aristotle Persuasion is often more effectual than force. [...]

Under the sacred and compelling trust we have as members of the Church of Jesus Christ, ours is a work of redemption, of lifting and saving those who need help. Ours is a task of raising the sights of those of our people who fail to realize the great potential that lies within them. Ours [...]

“The Lord has given unto us our agency. We may act for ourselves, we may choose to do good or we may choose to do evil. The Lord said men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil. Yet our mission, I say, so far as it is within our power, is to [...]

“Your life is your message to the world. Make it inspiring.” -Lorrin L. Lee

“. . . There is no calling a man can be called to any greater than to have this right and privilege to go forth and save the souls of men—save them by preaching the Gospel to them, by administering the ordinances of the house of God to them, that they may be prepared themselves [...]

“The saving of souls, including our own soul, is the one great labor of all others that is most valuable and important, and that will bring to us the blessings of our Father and the good will of our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ” (Heber J. Grant, Gospel Standards, p. 31).

“When we go back into the other life and find our dead friends living there, if we have not performed the labor that is necessary for their exaltation and glory we shall not feel very happy and it will not be a very pleasant meeting.  We ought not to wait for opportunities to be pleasant [...]

“We can’t build Zion sitting on a hemlock slab singing ourselves away to everlasting bliss . . . This is the great dispensation in which the Zion of God must be built up, and we as Latter-day Saints have it to build. . . . and we are obliged to gather the people from every [...]

“Find the Power” from Afterglow  – Best of Afterglow – Volume 2 (LDSAudio) I look around and see what I’ve been given And to think about the ones before who gave their lives and died for the cause. I think about this blessed restoration And the truth that’s come from heaven with the power to [...]

Children’s Song Book page 77 – The Church of Jesus Christ Janice Kapp Perry D&C 115:4-5 I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I know who I am.  I know God’s plan.  I’ll follow him in faith. I believe in the Savior, Jesus Christ.  I’ll honor his name. I’ll do what [...]