Purpose To help the children understand that by following Jesus Christ they can avoid being deceived by Satan. My Thoughts Before I review the lesson, what experiences do I have that I could share about this topic…? How is following Jesus Christ a “shield and a protection” to us? What is the “Armor of God”? […]
Archives for May 2012
Is Mormonism a Cult or Are Mormon’s Christians?
Not sure why I wanted to look up this topic again today, but I believe I found what I was looking for in answer to a silly comment made by Pastor Robert Jeffress. Here’s the rebuttal I was looking for: Dear Pastor Jeffress (of First Baptist Dallas), I’m just one of the millions of people […]
How to Strengthen My Faith in the Atonement
My quote of the day: Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.” – Thomas Jefferson Now how do I implement that quote today? A SCHEDULE! I’m going to […]
The Law of Sacrifice & How it Mimics the Atonement
Today I’m going to study the talk by Dallin H. Oaks titled “Sacrifice”. Sacrifice is a principle we learn about in the temple. Really, this life is about sacrifice: giving up what we want NOW for what we want MOST, learning to submit our will to God as opposed to following the will of man […]
Teaching Our Children to Understand Talk
Yesterday I studied about having more patience with my kids; the day went fairly well. I had one time where I got a bit angry with the kids, primarily due to the fact that I wasn’t sure how to handle all three of them at a busy place. I quickly apologized and tried to make […]
Dealing with Lack of Patience
Like Step 6 or 7 talks about, as I’ve been trying to improve my overall character weaknesses, I’ve discovered quite a few issues I need to work on. One of those issues is PATIENCE! I went to the April 2012 General Conference link this morning and, ironically, the first two articles are about little children. […]
Overcoming the Addiction to Lust
My update for yesterday and today isn’t the best. It’s all based on lustful tendencies. When I’m feeling overwhelmed, when I’m feeling nervous about the unknown, when I’m feeling lonely, when I’m feeling like I’m not good enough… my first action is generally browsing on Facebook – looking at friends pictures, looking at Fan pages […]
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