by Todd Bruce | Jul 4, 2019 | Be Better, Child of God, Children, Comfort, Dallin H. Oaks, Disciple, Discipleship, Elk Valley Latter Day Saint, Faith, Ministering, Plan of Salvation, Press Forward, Revelation, Service, Trust
We often get ourselves so busy that the things that get left behind are the things that are the most important! We’ve got 18 years to teach our children the Gospel, and it can’t all be squeezed in at the end. Becoming a disciple is a slow process, bit by bit, with...
by Todd Bruce | Jun 23, 2019 | Advocate, Be Better, Discipleship, Elk Valley Latter Day Saint, Father, Fatherhood, Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, Neil L. Anderson, Press Forward, Russell M. Nelson, Teach, Ulisses Soares, Wisdom
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. — Isaiah 55:8-9 “Sin, if legalized by man, is still sin...
by Todd Bruce | Jun 12, 2019 | Be Better, Discipleship, Elk Valley Latter Day Saint, God's Love, Ministering, Overcoming the World, Part Member, Priesthood, Quorum, Service, You Matter
During Priesthood Session of April 2019 Conference, Carl B. Cook shared some important truths about Quorums and specifically about Priesthood Quorums. He shared experiences in a branch in Africa and how a Quorum helped some young men grow in the Gospel. He also shared...
by Todd Bruce | Jun 6, 2019 | Be Better, Belief, Believe, Blessings, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Doubt, Effort, Elk Valley Latter Day Saint, Faith, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Jeffrey R. Holland, Missionary Work, Press Forward, Testimony, Trials, Trust
At any point, we can decide to come unto Him. The earlier the better. The more effort we put in and the longer that effort is put in, the greater opportunity we have to fill the oil in our figurative lamps and when the bridegroom comes, we will know Him. “No...
by Sherri Jorgensen | Jun 6, 2019 | -Sherri Jorgensen, Action, Applying the Scriptures to Our Lives, Be Better, Book of Mormon, Heart, Jacob, positive thinking, Prayer, Purity, Scriptures, Sins, study, Thoughts
As I have been studying the scriptures, I have come to the understanding that the Lord looks at the heart, not at the outwardly appearance. You can do everything right, as far as checking off “the checklist”, but in the end if you have lost the “why” for the...
by Todd Bruce | May 31, 2019 | -Todd Bruce, Atonement, Be Better, Child of God, Effort, Elk Valley Latter Day Saint, Faith, God's Love, Press Forward, Priorities, Repentance
It’s been suggested that an effective way to catch a certain breed of monkey is to simply find a coconut, drill a small hole in it big enough to slide a child hand into, secure said coconut and toss a couple nuts inside. Monkeys will smell the nuts and track it...
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