THIS IS HOW IT ALL BEGAN . . . Not With My Righteousness, but with HIS
THIS IS HOW IT ALL BEGAN . . .
August 2, 2009
As I knelt down, this morning, to offer my formal “opening prayer” for the day to Heavenly Father, I automatically (20 years of imperfect buy persistent repetition) reached for my pen and notepad. I had to smile as the recognition whispered through [...]
Personal Revelation is the Antidote for Addiction
As the reading for this morning’s 6:30 meeting, I drew some quotes from Elder Bruce R. McConkie’s article, “How to Get Personal Revelation,” published in the June, 1980 issue of the New Era.
“As a people, we are in the habit of saying that we believe in latter-day revelation. . . . But, ordinarily, when [...]
THE GIFT OF WILLINGNESS TO BE ABSTINENT
THE GIFT OF WILLINGNESS TO BE ABSTINENT
January 31, 2009
As I knelt and prayed unto the Father and trusted, consciously, in the Holy Spirit to lead me in the prayer, to give me the words that I would hear “myself” speak, I received the following revelation concerning my ongoing abstinence. I listened as “I” said to [...]
Thy Word is a Lamp Unto my Feet . . .
Good morning, dear friends in recovery. You may not believe this, but the truth is we are all–including you–actually in recovery from the first day we begin to desire it and to seek it. These words spoken by the Lord to Daniel (Daniel 10:12), can be likened unto each of us as soon [...]
Thy Word is a Lamp Unto my Feet . . . - continue readingTHE TESTIMONY OF (FROM) CHRIST: A CONTINUOUS SONG OF HIS REDEEMING LOVE FOR ME (US ALL)
I am, of all people, most amazed at how His words go on and on to me. At His graciousness and mercy.
I can hardly pick up the Holy Scriptures without having single sentences, phrases and sometimes just one single word open my mind and heart to His mind and heart—and through the Holy Spirit [...]
Becoming a Visionary Person
Becoming a Visionary Person
They did murmur in many things against their father, because he was a visionary man . . . (1 Nephi 2:11)
Even though I was sure I could never be one, I have often wondered what being a “visionary” person would be like. I was sure that it was something rare and superhuman, [...]
Life is a “Compound in One”
And having seen many afflictions in the course of my days, nevertheless, having been highly favored of the Lord in all my days; . . . (1 Nephi 1:1)
“Having seen many afflictions in the course of my days . . .” Now here was a concept I could understand. This certainly described [...]
Capturing–Taking My Finger Off the “Fast Forward” Button
Many years ago, as I was reading the Book of Mormon, I came to the following verse:
Jacob 1:4 — And if there were preaching which was sacred, or revelation which was great, or prophesying, that I should engraven the heads of them upon these plates, and touch upon them as much as it were possible, [...]
Conversing With the Lord (Dialogic Prayer)–the “first principle of the Gospel”–Joseph Smith
DIALOGIC PRAYER: The “first principle” of the Gospel
August 1, 2008
This morning, the Lord opened to my understanding that the phrase “first principles” as referring to the “first four principles of the gospel, (”which are first, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, repentance; third, baptism, and fourth, the laying on of hands for the Gift [...]
Thinking Unto the Lord Provides Me With Direction
September 3, 2007
4:41 a.m. At my desk. Feeling pretty crummy, energy wise, but unable to sleep. Began thinking unto the Lord, picturing , believing that He is, through the Spirit, with me, “in me,”—close enough that I could talk to Him in my mind—and He was paying attention. As I [...]
