I had a good talk, short, but good, last night with Becky about the temptations I’ve been going through lately. It’s nice to know I can trust her to not overreact or take it too personally. I told her about my discoveries about how directly related my pride is to my addiction to lust, pornography, […]
Archives for September 2010
Day 19 – Daily Scripture – Starting Step 8
Had a good meeting with Jason today. Talked about my resentments and how they relate directly to my lustful thinking. We also talked about moving forward to Step 8, which I feel is necessary at this point. So here we go… One thing I’m grateful for is how I completed Step 4. This seems to […]
Day 18 – Daily Scripture – Lustful Thoughts
14 But every man is atempted, when he is drawn away of his own blust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth asin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. (James 1:14-15) It was the look in his son’s eyes that brought Blaine* back to the truth. Suddenly he […]
Day 17 – Daily Scripture – Judge Not
Based on my study yesterday, I wanted to investigate President Monson’s talk given the other night to the General Relief Society of the Church. His talk about about not judging. Despite our own imperfections, we make judgments of others. I think this talk is great for what I may go through today. I talked with […]
Day 16 – Daily Scripture – Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner
Becky and I have been having a long discussion tonight about “hating the sin, and loving the sinner”. She’s had some issues with some of the young women and leaders in the ward and came to a bit of a dilemma today: there were girls, and one of the moms/leaders of one of these girls, […]
Day 15 – Daily Scripture – More on Humility
“Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts? “And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. “Then […]
Day 14 – Daily Scripture – Go to Bed Earlier
The Lord states that we should “cease to sleep longer than is needful; retire to thy bed early, that ye may not be weary; arise early, that your bodies and your minds may be invigorated.” (D&C 88:124.) This is from a talk by President Benson titled “In His Steps“. Unfortunately, I wish I would have […]
Day 13 – Daily Scripture – Developing Humility
“For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, […]
Day 12 – Daily Scripture – Cleansing the Inner Vessel
23 Do ye suppose that God will look upon you as guiltless while ye sit still and behold these things? Behold I say unto you, Nay. Now I would that ye should remember that God has said that the ainward vessel shall be bcleansed first, and then shall the outer vessel be cleansed also. (Alma […]
Day 11 – Daily Scripture – Selfishness & Pride
Today was a good day overall. I’m just not completely understanding my attitudes and lack of patience with the kids and Becky from time to time. I think it’s all about inner selfishness. On LDS.org, I searched for “selfishness” and found a talk by Elder James E. Faust titled, “What’s In It For Me?” What […]
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