Our Savior is All In with us… let us be with Him 🙏🏻

My dear mother joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a young teenager. She lived her Christian faith and her testimony of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ all her life. Every day she was a light and a friend.

In trying to express my love and appreciation…

Motherhood is a divine opportunity from the Lord to nourish, teach, and support family members. Dedicated mothers help them to learn gospel truths and to develop deep and abiding faith in their Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

In my life, I have been richly blessed by the…

Many young couples worry about raising children in the state of the world today.

Some years ago, one of our young married daughters and her husband asked Sister Rasband and me this very important, life-influencing question:

“Is it still safe and wise to bring children into…

I’m so grateful for my mother. She was the embodiment of the strength, generosity, and stoicism of the wartime generation.

I will never fully appreciate her selflessness in raising and caring for me—but I know her devotion was treasured by our Heavenly Father. Her influence…

Much of what I know came from my mother.

As I reflect upon my life, I am increasingly grateful for her wisdom, for her love, and for her faithfulness. She didn’t preach much, but she lived the gospel of Jesus Christ every day.

My mother was in touch with heaven, and hearing her…

I have been blessed with exceptional women in my life, beginning with my incredible mother. She valiantly helped me establish the foundations of faith in Jesus Christ at an early age. I am forever grateful for her devotion to nurturing my testimony.

My wife, Mary, is also an…

At this time of year, we honor and celebrate the mothers and women in our lives. I recently asked one of my sons to describe his mom. Here is what he shared with me:

“She is a great example of Christlike love. Mom is so good at ministering to the one. I have learned from her…

We cherish mothers and motherhood, and on Mother’s Day we try to express those feelings with varying degrees of success. Sometimes women may feel that the praise is overdone and they cannot possibly measure up to the implied expectations. At other times, some may feel…

On this Mother’s Day, I have reflected about how our Heavenly Father’s plan of salvation was entirely dependent upon the heroic actions of two valiant women: Eve, the mother of all living, and Mary, the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ.

These heroic actions continue today, as…

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Hear, O ye Heavens, and give ear, O earth, and rejoice ye inhabitants thereof, for the Lord is God, and beside Him, there is No Savior.

Great is His Wisdom, Marvelous are His ways, and the extent of His doings none can find out.

His purposes fail Not, neither are there…

“The knowledge of God will then cover the 🌎 as the waters cover the mighty deep. There will be No place of ignorance.. No place of darkness.. No place for those that will not serve God… Why?

Because Jesus, the Great Creator, and also the Great Redeemer, will be Himself on the…

In every circumstance of our life together, I have witnessed the amazing talent and capacity of my dear, sweet wife Kathy as she mothered, blessed, taught, nurtured, and helped each of our children come to know the truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

This Mother’s Day, I…

I read this morning a The New York Times article that shared the story of Elder Andres Gonzalez—a young man who currently serves as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Los Angeles.

The article reminded me once again of how proud we are of Elder Gonzalez…

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And This is My Gospel…

Repentance… and Baptism by water, and THEN cometh the Baptism of Fire and the Holy Ghost, even the Comforter…
*which showeth ALL things*… And teacheth the peaceable things of the Kingdom.

Every time I find myself complaining about how unfair life is and can be… and I confess, I do at times…
I hear that friendly voice in my head reminding me of how unfair it was for the Greatest of All.

((D&C 19: 16-18))

“My invitation is to *Act Now*….to Secure Your Place as one who is Valiant in the Testimony of Jesus”

~ D. Todd Christofferson ~

“Repentance takes care of the past…
Faith… the future
And the Holy Ghost *helps* us with Today”

~ Neal A. Maxwell ~

((D&C 121: 46))

Physical, mental, and spiritual development have much in common. Like many worthwhile pursuits, they are built slowly—one layer, one experience, one challenge, one setback, and one success at a time.

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Lift up your hearts and Be Glad… for I am in your midst, and am your advocate with the Father…
and it is His good will to give you the Kingdom