774. Beautiful thoughts for the first day of 2017! Have a wonderful Sabbath Day! Happy New Year!


May each of you have a very Happy New Year!  And I hope this year brings you a lot of joy and peace!  This photo is of my dear husband Wayne, and the cat he loved !  This morning at 9 a.m. I'm giving a talk in our Sacrament meeting on "Feeling Joy In Life".  I'll post it tomorrow.  Wayne had joy in so many things -- among them this cat!


January 1, 2017
God is Our Strength
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY
 Proverbs 3:5-7

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.  Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil."

Wilford Woodruff
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Wilford Woodruff

"Therefore I say to the Saints, fear not. Trust in God. Let not your hearts be faint. Let your prayers ascend to the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth day and night. Ask what you want. When you do that, the Lord will answer your prayers, if you ask what is right. There is where our strength lies. It is in God" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, p. 106).

Integrity
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY
 Psalms 15:1-2

"Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?  He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart."

John Taylor photoe age 72
QUOTE OF THE DAY
John Taylor

"If we are found to be willing and obedient, and on the Lord's side for right, for truth, and integrity, for virtue and purity and holiness, adhering to the principles of truth and the laws of life, then God will be with us, and he will sustain all those who adhere to these principles. . . . The pure and virtuous, the honorable and upright, will go forth from conquering to conquer until they shall accomplish all that God designs them to do on this earth" (Teachings of President John Taylor, p. 64).
Prayer
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY
 3 Nephi 19:9

"And they did pray for that which they most desired; and they desired that the Holy Ghost should be given unto them."

Brigham Young
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Brigham Young

"When you pray in secret with your families, if you do not know anything to ask for, submit yourselves to your Father in Heaven and beseech him to guide you by the inspirations of the Holy Ghost . . . Ask him to put you just where he wants you, and to tell you what he wants you to do, and feel that you are on hand to do it" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young, p. 46).
December 27, 2016
Kindness
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY
 Colossians 3:12

"Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering."

Gordon B. Hinckley
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Gordon B. Hinckley

"Why do any of us have to be so mean and unkind to others? Why can't all of us reach out in friendship to everyone about us? Why is there so much bitterness and animosity? It is not a part of the gospel of Jesus Christ" ("The Need For Greater Kindness," Ensign, May 2006).

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