Jacob 5:48-60 In this section of verses the Lord and His servant decide to graft back the original branches, meanwhile only removing those wild ones that bear the MOST bitter fruit (v. 57). Do you hear what I hear? I hear the mercy and kindness of the Lord, His long-suffering, patience and forgiveness and tolerance. […]
Hearing Him
Testimony recorded Feb. 5, 2007 I have lived to experience the most important aspect of the Atonement for me while I am still in mortality—personal revelation, personal communion with the Lord Jesus Christ, through His light and through the Gift of the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost’s greatest gift to me is “the words of […]
Why Should I Fear My Savior?
3 Nephi 9:21 “Behold, I have come unto the world to bring redemption unto the world, to save the world from sin.” The Lord declared this same message in John 12:47, when He said, “And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the […]
Entering Into His Rest-Again
Good morning! Welcome to a new day! This morning, during my morning counsel with the Lord, He invited me to review the Patterns of Light, Step Six exercise for week 1, day 2. I found it grounded in Moroni 7:3. Moroni 7:3 “You . . . that are the peaceable followers of Christ, and that […]
Make Friends with Him
For the last 21 years, I’ve been blessed to live with one of my dearest friends, Phil Harrison. Many of you have heard him bear his unwavering testimony of our Savior in both song and spoken witness. As President Nelson lifts the standard high concerning hearing Christ’s counsel, I feel honored to share a portion […]
The Gift of Atonement
THE SUM AND THE SUBSTANCE OF THE WHOLE MATTER On pages 150-151 of The Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, the Prophet Joseph explains just Who and What is being described in John 14:16-20. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for […]
Zenos’s Allegory
Jacob 5:1-2 How fascinating to make note (in verse 1) that this allegory is actually Jacob rehearsing (for the next 76 verses!) the teaching and testimony of Zenos, a prophet “of old,” (Alma 33:3). In fact, looking back, we see that Nephi quoted at length from Zenos’s prophesies of Christ’s life (1 Nephi 19:9-16). And […]
Picture a Court Case
The Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ does not teach me of a God who needs me to prove my worthiness before He will respond to my need for Him in my life. I know a God who runs to meet me in my need. A God who rescues me because of His goodness, not mine. […]
New and Everlasting All at Once?
This is a new and an everlasting covenant, even that which was from the beginning. (D&C 22:1) How can something be “new” and “everlasting” at the same time? Isn’t that a paradoxical, even irrational combination of words? I mean, if something is “everlasting,” eventually it won’t be new any longer. If I have an everlasting […]
Enduring in Christ
What motivates humans to change? Where do they get the power to change? Some motivational speakers say that you, yourself, have the power within you, and that is all you need to believe in, focus on and repeat to yourself. And that seems to work for some people. Then there are other people who can’t […]