Getting out of a thoughtless stupor
Matthew Watkins
Serve others. There are chances for good all around just now, opportunities right in our way. Avail yourselves of them now!
Why the best part of the Book of Mormon is so short
This post originally appeared on Power in the Book of Mormon. The Introduction page of the Book of Mormon states that “the crowning event recorded in the Book of Mormon…
Exerting ourselves in our might to follow the prophets
I like to think that I follow the prophet and apostles. But I grimace to think that maybe I have been guilty of some trifling with their words. The Nephites teach us how to “exert ourselves in our might” to take the words of our leaders seriously.
A New Years Resolution from Captain Moroni
It’s New Years time again. That introspective time where we reflect over the past year and resolve that this year we are surely, most definitely going to start that novel, get that promotion, pay off that credit card, and lose that gut. Oh yeah, and world peace. But if we could add one more goal to our list, let’s add this one: to be more like Captain Moroni and never compromise with evil.
The Reachable God
“Nothing is going to startle us more when we pass through the veil to the other side than to realize how well we know our Father and how familiar his face is to us.”
Watch Out! Spiritual Poison!
In this post, the Nephites from the war chapters teach us about how to recognize and filter out the spiritual poison that we often encounter in our daily lives.
Contention and the spirit of contention
This post first appeared on Power in the Book The best period of Nephite history, hands-down, is the few hundred years after Christ visited them. Mormon records this idyllic point in…
Signs and Spiritual Eclipses (from Power In The Book)
Ever seem like God was always showing signs to people in the scriptures? Kind of wish you could see one yourself? The Nephites demonstrate to us that’s actually a bad idea. Put on your spiritual eclipse glasses, because in today’s Power in the Book of Mormon post, we’re going into the Book of Mormon to talk about miraculous signs (and why we should be grateful there aren’t a lot of them).
These are our days
While it is appropriate to look back on the past and glean the lessons from the past, we cannot afford to sacrifice the present to stay there.
