Contention is used to gain power over another person. Contention is used to put people off balance or cause them to question what they think. Contention is manipulative and deceitful. Christ said to his disciples, …
Not Peace at Any Price
Now, all of this may sound nice and like we are just letting people walk all over us… With the erosion of society, and our moral values as a result. This is false though, let …
Persuasive the Savior’s Way
“Differences of opinion are a part of life.”-Pres. Nelson Peacemakers model “how to manage honest differences of opinion with mutual respect and dignified dialogue.”-Pres. Nelson And they do this by managing their own thoughts and …
Becoming Peacemakers
In our last general conference President Nelson spoke of overcoming the natural mans tendency to be contentious and asked us to become peacemakers. As I’ve pondered this, I’ve discovered it’s really easy to read the …
Doctrine of Belonging
Belonging takes sacrifice! To belong to dance company means you are willing to sacrifice your time and energy to perform at certain times, even if you don’t want to. To belong to the basketball team, …
Way to Develop Charity
Studying the life of Christ One of the most fun things I ever did was study the 4 gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) with this question: What caused the Savior to respond in ‘this …
Charity and Kindness
Charity suffereth long As we discussed, “charity is the pure love of Christ.” “Pure love” because it’s not tainted by our mistakes or our weaknesses. Christ see’s the real, divine, perfected… us! And His goal …
Charity: Greatest Virtue
The reason I talk about virtue first is because… Charity is the Greatest of all Virtues! (Gospel Principles manual definition) It’s the greatest of all patterns of thinking and behavior. When asked, “what is charity?” …