864. Be Your Best! and other uplifting thoughts!

Dear family and friends!  These are great thoughts to lighten up your day!  I am heading to California to visit my son McKay for the Memorial Day Weekend!  I wish all of you a great and safe holiday weekend!  

May 26, 2017 Be Your Best

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Genesis 17:1 ""And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect."

QUOTE OF THE DAY Lorenzo Snow "If we could read in detail the life of Abraham or the lives of other great and holy men we would doubtless find that their efforts to be righteous were not always crowned with success. Hence we should not be discouraged if we should be overcome in a weak moment; but, on the contrary, straightway repent of the error or the wrong we may have committed, and as far as possible repair it, and then seek to God for renewed strength to go on and do better" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow, p. 99).

May 24, 2017 What Do We Believe In?

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."

QUOTE OF THE DAY John Taylor "What do we believe in? We believe in purity, in virtue, in honesty, in integrity, in truthfulness and in not giving way to falsehood; we believe in treating all men justly, uprightly and honorably; we believe in fearing God, observing His laws and keeping His commandments. Do we all do it? No, not quite. I wish we did. But a great majority of the Latter-day Saints are doing this; and if there are those that are not, let them look well to their path" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, p. 62).

May 15, 2017 Treasure Up the Word

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Joseph Smith--Mathew 1:37 "And whoso treasureth up my word, shall not be deceived, for the Son of Man shall come, and he shall send his angels before him with the great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together the remainder of his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other."

QUOTE OF THE DAY Joseph Fielding Smith "Treasuring up his word is far more than merely reading it. To treasure it one must not only read and study, but seek in humility and obedience to do the commandments given, and gain the inspiration which the Holy Spirit will impart" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith, p. 145).

May 8, 2017 Revelation

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Articles of Faith 1:9 "We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God."

QUOTE OF THE DAY John Taylor "Adam's revelation did not instruct Noah to build his ark; nor did Noah's revelation tell Lot to forsake Sodom; nor did either of these speak of the departure of the children of Israel from Egypt. These all had revelations for themselves, and so had Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Jesus, Peter, Paul, John, and Joseph. And so must we, or we shall make shipwreck" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, p. 158). May 4, 2017 Temples SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Doctrine & Covenants 124:41 "For I deign to reveal unto my church things which have been kept hid from before the foundation of the world, things that pertain to the dispensation of the fulness of times." QUOTE OF THE DAY Gordon B. Hinckley "Each temple built by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stands as an expression of the testimony of this people that God our Eternal Father lives, that He has a plan for the blessing of His sons and daughters of all generations, that His Beloved Son, Jesus the Christ, who was born in Bethlehem of Judea and crucified on the cross of Golgotha, is the Savior and Redeemer of the world, whose atoning sacrifice makes possible the fulfillment of that plan in the eternal life of each who accepts and lives the gospel.  "Every temple, be it large or small, old or new, is an expression of our testimony that life beyond the grave is as real and certain as is mortality. There would be no need for temples if the human spirit and soul were not eternal" ("This Peaceful House of God," Ensign, May 1993).