867. Lovely thoughts for your Saturday!





My beautiful mother, Ruth Allen Miles embodied all these virtues mentioned below!  You can see it in her face!

June 3, 2017
Example of Jesus
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY
2 Nephi 31:16

"And now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that unless a man shall endure to the end, in following the example of the Son of the living God, he cannot be saved."

Ezra Taft Benson
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Ezra Taft Benson

"No other single influence has had so great an impact on this earth as the life of Jesus the Christ. We cannot conceive of our lives without His teachings. Without Him we would be lost in a mirage of beliefs and worships born in fear and darkness where the sensual and materialistic hold sway. We are far short of the goal He set for us, but we must never lose sight of it, nor must we forget that our great climb toward the light, toward perfection, would not be possible except for His teaching, His life, His death, and His resurrection" ("Life Is Eternal," Ensign, August 1991).
May 31, 2017
To Please the Lord
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY
Doctrine & Covenants 130:20-21

"There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this world, upon which all blessings are predicated---And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law upon which it is predicated."

QUOTE OF THE DAY
Joseph Fielding Smith

"To please [the Lord], we must not only worship him with thanksgiving and praise, but render willing obedience to his commandments. By so doing, he is bound to bestow his blessings; for it is upon this principle (obedience to law) that all things are predicated" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith, p. 235).

May 30, 2017
Example of Jesus Christ
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY
John 8:12

"Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."

QUOTE OF THE DAY
David O. McKay

"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes that in his life and teachings Jesus Christ reveals a standard of personal living and of social relations that, if fully embodied in individual lives and in human institutions, would not only ameliorate the present ills of society, but would also bring happiness and peace to mankind" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O. McKay, p. 3).

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