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 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...
by Todd Bruce | May 30, 2019 | Be Better, Elk Valley Latter Day Saint, Ezra Taft Benson, God's Love, Gordon B. Hinckley, Joy, life, Overcoming the World, Press Forward, Scriptures
Take time out to laugh. Be with people who make you happy. We are not simply meant to come to mortality in order to get a body and be tested. Just don’t become so enamoured with chasing happiness and fun that we forget to focus on things that matter most. But still,...
by Todd Bruce | May 28, 2019 | -General Conference, Atonement, Be Better, C. S. Lewis, Child of God, Dallin H. Oaks, Donald L. Hallstrom, Elk Valley Latter Day Saint, Humility, Jeffrey R. Holland, M. Russell Ballard, Marriage, Press Forward, Pride, Priesthood, Repentance
Adam needed Eve and Eve needed Adam, just like my wife and I need each other! I’m grateful for a plan that teaches us to work together. That same plan provides for anyone who hasn’t found their partner, an opportunity to find them in the next life. “The greatest...
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