840. Great thoughts! Sending two blogs a day for a week, and then missing several days to move!



March 28, 2017
Service
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY
Luke 12:43

"Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing."

QUOTE OF THE DAY
Joseph Fielding Smith

"Your able service does not go unnoticed by that God whom you serve and in whose work you are engaged" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith, p. 123).
March 27, 2017
Life is What We Make It
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY
James 1:25

""But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed."

QUOTE OF THE DAY
David O. McKay

"Let us ever keep in mind that life is largely what we make it, and that the Savior of men has marked clearly and plainly just how joy and peace may be obtained. It is in the gospel of Jesus Christ and adherence thereto" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O. McKay, p. 87).
March 24, 2017
Necessity of Earth Life
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY
Abraham 3:24-25

"And there stood one among them that was like unto God, and he said unto those who were with him: We will go down, for there is space there, and we will take of these materials, and we will make an earth whereon these may dwell; And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them."

Joseph F. Smith
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Joseph F. Smith

"Had we not known before we came [to earth] the necessity of our coming, the importance of obtaining tabernacles, the glory to be achieved in posterity, the grand object to be attained by being tried and tested . . . and become like our Father, Mother and Elder Brother, Almighty and Eternal!---we never would have come" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith, p. 148).

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