Are you ready for some more??? Hope so.
Stephen R. Covey
We practice mercy. Let God deal with justice.
The church teaches principles. The Holy Ghost teaches practices.
Eric G. Stephan
Elder Hales--take everything we would like to do and then find a personal concern--what's bugging us at work or at church. Take 3 or 4 things and then decide what would make a significant difference. Then relax and do it.
Stop and ask yourself 2 questions:
1-Why am I doing this? As in why--what's the value? I--why me instead of someone else? this--instead of that? We do many things we shouldn't.
2-Why am I doing it this way?
Don't leave your energy in the gym. Work out to be invigorated, not weary.
To reach perfection a man must develop equally compassion and wisdom. Then he will neither be a good-hearted fool or a hard-hearted scholar.
Most things don't happen because there is no plan to make them happen.
Elder Russell M. Ballard
Seek the constantly for guidance from the Holy Ghost to know what to do and say and what not to do and not to say. (topic was parenting)
Dennis B. Deaton
Persuasive, patient, and long-suffering--those are God's chief ways of acting.
Benjamin J. Knowlton
Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley--I would suggest that we stop seeking out storms of life and enjoy sunlight....There is good all around us-- if we will only look for it.
E. Dale Baron
Satan wants us to be satisfied with anything short of exaltation.
Praying about every little thing for inspiration opens us to false spirits. Don't seek personal revelation on everything.
Emotions and spirit are closely linked and might mistake an emotional response for a spiritual one.
John L. Lund
God has called Jesus to save His children.
God has called me to love His children.
Terrance D. Olson
Living responsibly is better than accepting consequences.
The guilty take the truth to be hard but also always construe righteousness to be self-righteousness.
We can live in two ways. 1-to love people and use things or 2-to love things and use people
Positive peer pressure is actually friendship. Negative peer pressure is when others undermine your best interests. It is when your friends behave like enemies.
K. Douglas Bassett
If Satan can't get us to sin, he will fill our lives with clutter.
Elder Henry B. Eyring--The still, small voice is so quiet that you won't hear it when you are noisy inside.
There are things that are not sin in and of themselves, but they drive away the Spirit: anxiety, stress, fear of failure or unknown, depression.
You can answer all the temple recommend questions correctly and still not have the Spirit.
We will not be judged in comparison, but with the energy we were given.
This life is a long-distance race, so why are we always sprinting.
Too many of us want to get to heaven on a feather bed. You have to pick up a cross.
Jesus could not have calmed the sea is he had not been calm himself.
Chris and Kory J. Wright
Agency and the Law of the Harvest teach us we have a choice--jungle or farm.
Hugh Nibley--Every day there's a choice between light or dark, life or death. They go separate ways so there is no mixing.
The Lord cares about our finances. Do we include Him in our plans?
Thomas L. Tyler
We are feeling the Spirit's influence when we want to be good, do good, and be faithful.
As we respond to the Spirit's gentle touch, its effect upon us is to do the right thing for the right reasons, to be humble, and to be righteous in our assessment of things.
The usual pattern of inspiration is to place clear thoughts in our minds accompanied by feelings of rightness, peace, and assurance in the heart.
Debbie Bowen
Be clean enough to be healthy, but dirty enough to be happy.
Patricia H. Sprinkle--Never us a cannon when a water pistol will do.
It's easier to keep up than to catch up.
Learning to enjoy what we have to do leads to fulfillment.
A child's performance is proportionate to a parent's persistence.
James Jones
Lucifer's way is control--but it's impossible to control kids. Father's way is learning through choices and consequences.
When you try to control, you get mad because you can't. You fall into Satan's trap.
If you have no needs, you have no motivation.
Lynn D. Johnson
If you shift your awareness to the positive emotions, you feel happier.
Anger makes you lose about 30 points on your IQ. Don't make any decisions when you are angry.
What we think literally shapes our brain--like a muscle.
When you don't blame people for things they actually try harder.
S. Michael Wilcox
Naaman the Leper (dipped in river 7 times to become clean)...what if he quit at the 6th dip? Don't be a 6-dip Mormon!
R. Colleen Harrison
Journal-writing is not about exact details but about lesson's learned.
S. Dee Barrett
Don't send your children off to school full of contention because then they are open to Satan.
D. Kelly Ogden
People who are humble don't think less of themselves but think of themselves less.
Brian M. Hauglid
Whatever the Lord commands is right.
Clyde J. Williams
The Holy Ghost doesn't prompt us to be sarcastic or to make cutting remarks.
James D. MacArthur
The telestial road is smoother. The celestial road is bumpier.
We give our life to Christ not for a smooth ride, but for a successful end. ~Pastor Doug Batchelor
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Ed Week 2002
Especially since I will have so many long posts this week, I hope if this is too long for you to read in one sitting that you will come back a time or two or three until you get to read all the quotes. I really feel that these words are inspiring, uplifting and encouraging...with just a little bit of a kick in the pants added.
And just a note as to how pathetic I am...I picked out which classes I would have attended if I had been in Provo today. Man, are they good choices.
1st class-Nephi, the Tree, and the Lost World of the Ancient Hebrews
2-Pierced Bread and Blood: How the Ancient and Modern Ordinances Testify of Christ
3-Devotional by Elder Boyd K. Packer
4-New Guidelines in Food Storage-Simple Planning and Purchasing Ideas
5-Making Sense of Music from the Baroque Era-Fugues, French Overtures, and Oratorios
6-Seeing the Light-Megasavants, the Veil, Bright Recollection, and Other Fascinations Involving the Brain
7-Parenting Like the Prophets: A Review of Statements on Parenting from the Presidents of the Church
8-dinner
9-The Infinite Atonement-An Old Testament Perspective
10-Models of the Messiah-We Three Kings: Mosiah I, Benjamin, Mosiah II.
It kind of cracks me up...it really shows my varied interests. Wow, it would have been a great day.
Thoughts from Ed Week 2002
MICHAEL L. BALLAM
A lot of our challenges can be changed with our choices.
Pres. Howard W. Hunter--We must know Christ better than we know Him; we must remember Him more often than we remember Him; we must serve Him more valiantly than we serve Him. Then we will drink water springing up unto eternal life and will eat the bread of life.
C. S. Lewis--We must try to feel about our enemy as we feel about ourselves--to wish that he were not bad, to hope that he may be cured, in fact, to wish his good. That is what is meant in the Bible by loving him: wishing his good, not feeling fond of him or saying he is nice when he is not.
ELDER L. TOM PERRY
Accept the challenge of change.
DENNIS B. DEATON
Sometimes we get so involved in our own strength that we don't look to see what service we can be.
Woody Allen--What I'd like is a blessing that's not in disguise.
Elder Neal A. Maxwell--It is up to us. God will facilitate, but He will not force.
Righteousness = obedience. Good = obedience.
DAVID A. CHRISTENSEN
If a child rebels, you are not a failure. The Lord knew you would have a rebellious child and He knows what He's doing.
He knows you're going to foul up and He's taken that into consideration.
Don't "what if" or you'll go crazy. He's prepared a way for the salvation of that child--just take care of yourself. Foul up--repent--foul up--repent--do the best you can--repent. Let God do His work and don't stress.
Do your best and the Lord will compensate. He loves your children more than you do.
KAREN POOL and SUSAN ELIASON
Our minds don't work when we focus on our limits.
TODD L. PEARSON
Satan makes us think we can be all things to all people.
BRENT L. TOP
Taking up the cross means a joyful sacrifice of one's life in living, not dying.
Conviction comes from what you know. Conversion is characterized by what you do. Consecration is what you are.
Elder Neal A. Maxwell--Some give of their time yet without of themselves, being present without giving of their presents, going through the superficial motions of membership instead of the deep emotions of consecrated discipleship.
Conversion does not equal testimony.
Faithful does not equal dutiful.
Are vs. Do
reverent vs. being quiet
virtuous vs. refraining from immoral thoughts
MERRILEE BOYACK
If you had died and your husband was looking for another wife, would he pick you?
Treat him to the level of his divine nature. Heavenly Father treats us the same way--He doesn't criticize us but relentlessly treats us as if we were more.
Elder Neal A. Maxwell--Brethren, marry someone who is your better in some respects; and sisters, do likewise, so that your eternal partnership is one of compensating competencies.
TED L. EARL and ED J. PINEGAR
Boyd K. Packer--Too much guilt is a tool of Satan.
Guilt unto repentance is of the Lord. Guilt after repentance is of Satan.
Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley--As far as I'm concerned, whether it's a commandment or counsel, that which the Lord counsels becomes a commandment to Gordon B. Hinckley. I hope it does to you.
S. MICHAEL WILCOX
C. S. Lewis--I believe in Christianity and in Christ as I believe in the rising sun--not just because I see it, but because with it, I see everything else more clearly.
Life is a battle--the scriptures are the sword.
Life is a dark place--the scriptures are a lamp.
Life is a wilderness journey--the scriptures are a liahona, a compass.
Read your scriptures as if you were going to teach them the next day.
Every time 2 young men decide to serve a mission, God can open a whole city. ---ok as a returned sister missionary do I take umbrage at that statement?...only a tiny bit
GARY L. POLL
The atonement doesn't cover giving up--but it covers everything else.
We need to be diligent in keeping the commandments. We think of it as a sprint and it may be a marathon. God says when it's over.
There are two kinds of people who came to the earth: those who need the atonement and He who atoned.
STEPHEN E. LAMB
Pres. Harold B. Lee--Don't allow the [marriage] ceremony to terminate the days of courtship.
JOHN L. LUND
Men don't feel appreciated for what they do. They only feel resented for what they don't do. Sincere admiration and appreciation are the fuels that motivate men.
KEVIN R. MILLER
Elder Dallin H. Oaks--The safety and happiness we are promised lies in keeping the commandments and not in discounting them or multiplying them. It may be as dangerous to exceed orthodoxy as it is to fall short of it.
Sin springs from deep and unmet needs, so be in touch with your needs.
The more we say "yes" the more we will be blessed is false. Only the Spirit can tell you the mix you are supposed to have. (class was on balancing your life)
STANLEY A. JOHNSON
Justification comes from obedience. Sanctification comes from the Spirit (after a lifetime of obedience).
Elder Boyd K. Packer--Some are tested by poor health, some by a body that is deformed or homely. Others are tested by handsome and healthy bodies; some by the passion of youth; others by the erosions of age. Some suffer disappointment in marriage, family problems; others live in poverty and obscurity. Some (perhaps this is the hardest test) find ease and luxury. All are part of the test, and there is more equality in this testing than sometimes we suspect.
Trying makes us better. The problem isn't in failing; the problem is in not trying.
MARK D. OGLETREE
Stephen R. Covey--Probably the greatest model of parenting is the missionary. How are investigators brought into the church? By love, bearing testimony...
And just a note as to how pathetic I am...I picked out which classes I would have attended if I had been in Provo today. Man, are they good choices.
1st class-Nephi, the Tree, and the Lost World of the Ancient Hebrews
2-Pierced Bread and Blood: How the Ancient and Modern Ordinances Testify of Christ
3-Devotional by Elder Boyd K. Packer
4-New Guidelines in Food Storage-Simple Planning and Purchasing Ideas
5-Making Sense of Music from the Baroque Era-Fugues, French Overtures, and Oratorios
6-Seeing the Light-Megasavants, the Veil, Bright Recollection, and Other Fascinations Involving the Brain
7-Parenting Like the Prophets: A Review of Statements on Parenting from the Presidents of the Church
8-dinner
9-The Infinite Atonement-An Old Testament Perspective
10-Models of the Messiah-We Three Kings: Mosiah I, Benjamin, Mosiah II.
It kind of cracks me up...it really shows my varied interests. Wow, it would have been a great day.
Thoughts from Ed Week 2002
MICHAEL L. BALLAM
A lot of our challenges can be changed with our choices.
Pres. Howard W. Hunter--We must know Christ better than we know Him; we must remember Him more often than we remember Him; we must serve Him more valiantly than we serve Him. Then we will drink water springing up unto eternal life and will eat the bread of life.
C. S. Lewis--We must try to feel about our enemy as we feel about ourselves--to wish that he were not bad, to hope that he may be cured, in fact, to wish his good. That is what is meant in the Bible by loving him: wishing his good, not feeling fond of him or saying he is nice when he is not.
ELDER L. TOM PERRY
Accept the challenge of change.
DENNIS B. DEATON
Sometimes we get so involved in our own strength that we don't look to see what service we can be.
Woody Allen--What I'd like is a blessing that's not in disguise.
Elder Neal A. Maxwell--It is up to us. God will facilitate, but He will not force.
Righteousness = obedience. Good = obedience.
DAVID A. CHRISTENSEN
If a child rebels, you are not a failure. The Lord knew you would have a rebellious child and He knows what He's doing.
He knows you're going to foul up and He's taken that into consideration.
Don't "what if" or you'll go crazy. He's prepared a way for the salvation of that child--just take care of yourself. Foul up--repent--foul up--repent--do the best you can--repent. Let God do His work and don't stress.
Do your best and the Lord will compensate. He loves your children more than you do.
KAREN POOL and SUSAN ELIASON
Our minds don't work when we focus on our limits.
TODD L. PEARSON
Satan makes us think we can be all things to all people.
BRENT L. TOP
Taking up the cross means a joyful sacrifice of one's life in living, not dying.
Conviction comes from what you know. Conversion is characterized by what you do. Consecration is what you are.
Elder Neal A. Maxwell--Some give of their time yet without of themselves, being present without giving of their presents, going through the superficial motions of membership instead of the deep emotions of consecrated discipleship.
Conversion does not equal testimony.
Faithful does not equal dutiful.
Are vs. Do
reverent vs. being quiet
virtuous vs. refraining from immoral thoughts
MERRILEE BOYACK
If you had died and your husband was looking for another wife, would he pick you?
Treat him to the level of his divine nature. Heavenly Father treats us the same way--He doesn't criticize us but relentlessly treats us as if we were more.
Elder Neal A. Maxwell--Brethren, marry someone who is your better in some respects; and sisters, do likewise, so that your eternal partnership is one of compensating competencies.
TED L. EARL and ED J. PINEGAR
Boyd K. Packer--Too much guilt is a tool of Satan.
Guilt unto repentance is of the Lord. Guilt after repentance is of Satan.
Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley--As far as I'm concerned, whether it's a commandment or counsel, that which the Lord counsels becomes a commandment to Gordon B. Hinckley. I hope it does to you.
S. MICHAEL WILCOX
C. S. Lewis--I believe in Christianity and in Christ as I believe in the rising sun--not just because I see it, but because with it, I see everything else more clearly.
Life is a battle--the scriptures are the sword.
Life is a dark place--the scriptures are a lamp.
Life is a wilderness journey--the scriptures are a liahona, a compass.
Read your scriptures as if you were going to teach them the next day.
Every time 2 young men decide to serve a mission, God can open a whole city. ---ok as a returned sister missionary do I take umbrage at that statement?...only a tiny bit
GARY L. POLL
The atonement doesn't cover giving up--but it covers everything else.
We need to be diligent in keeping the commandments. We think of it as a sprint and it may be a marathon. God says when it's over.
There are two kinds of people who came to the earth: those who need the atonement and He who atoned.
STEPHEN E. LAMB
Pres. Harold B. Lee--Don't allow the [marriage] ceremony to terminate the days of courtship.
JOHN L. LUND
Men don't feel appreciated for what they do. They only feel resented for what they don't do. Sincere admiration and appreciation are the fuels that motivate men.
KEVIN R. MILLER
Elder Dallin H. Oaks--The safety and happiness we are promised lies in keeping the commandments and not in discounting them or multiplying them. It may be as dangerous to exceed orthodoxy as it is to fall short of it.
Sin springs from deep and unmet needs, so be in touch with your needs.
The more we say "yes" the more we will be blessed is false. Only the Spirit can tell you the mix you are supposed to have. (class was on balancing your life)
STANLEY A. JOHNSON
Justification comes from obedience. Sanctification comes from the Spirit (after a lifetime of obedience).
Elder Boyd K. Packer--Some are tested by poor health, some by a body that is deformed or homely. Others are tested by handsome and healthy bodies; some by the passion of youth; others by the erosions of age. Some suffer disappointment in marriage, family problems; others live in poverty and obscurity. Some (perhaps this is the hardest test) find ease and luxury. All are part of the test, and there is more equality in this testing than sometimes we suspect.
Trying makes us better. The problem isn't in failing; the problem is in not trying.
MARK D. OGLETREE
Stephen R. Covey--Probably the greatest model of parenting is the missionary. How are investigators brought into the church? By love, bearing testimony...
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