I spent some time writing a letter to my daughter about serving a mission. It was long. She may not read all of it. But I felt it was important for me to say these things. It stems from the question, are you serving a mission for the right reasons?
Tag: repentance
Brad Wilcox – You have your youth
If you have read my blog, you know my family has a special love for Brad Wilcox. I saw a talk come across my YouTube feed today. It was by Brother Brad Wilcox and was titled “There is a Hurry.” He gave the talk at Ensign College maybe 2 years ago. I was very moved by several points he made.
Have I Been Born Again?
If we truly have a change of heart and we are born again, we will not desire to sin. But we will also call continually repent of our sins. We will rely upon His atoning blood to cleanse us of those sins. That we may be perfected through Him.
It Is Never Easy
It isn’t up to someone else to decide what I need to do to return to God, it is up to me. It is my path that I walk with God and the Holy Ghost. To walk that path more completely and to have that inspiration more completely, what do I need to do?
We Really Can Ascend to Mount Zion
We need to believe in angels and miracles and the promises of the holy priesthood. We need to believe in the gift of the Holy Ghost, the influence of good families and friends, and the power of the pure love of Christ. We need to believe in revelation and prophets, seers, and revelators and President Russell M. Nelson. We need to believe that with prayer and pleading and personal righteousness, we really can ascend to “Mount Zion, … the city of the living God, the heavenly place, the holiest of all.”
JAMES P. PORTER – Receiving and Recognizing the Holy Ghost
Brother Porter starts by illustrating how the human body uses growth hormones created by endocrine glands to tell the body what to grow. Only certain cells can receive these messages and need interceptors to in a sense receive the messages or hormones created by the endocrine glands. The human body truly is miraculous. Our bodies and spirits are much like these cells. We need to develop spiritual receptors to receive the messages of the Holy Ghost.
A Sacrifice I Am Unwilling to Make
In the previous post about the mediocre member (Mormon), I discussed the Lord’s Process outlined by John Pontius. I have to say the thing I liked the most about it was simply starting from where you are. Nothing sophisticated.
Thoughts on the Worthy of Zion Blog
I have thought about what I should call this blog and I like the name Worthy of Zion. I like that name because it explains what this journey is: me trying to become worthy of Zion
NYNYS Mission Jan 3-5, 1996
Jan 3, 1996
I’m trying my best to straighten out my thoughts.