Some people refuse healing because their power is tied to their hurt - their own hurt and their ability to hurt, which are the same.
How can something be both true and false? By being incomplete.
The righteous love & hate the wicked. They hate their unnatural behavior and love their natural identity and potential as sons and daughters of God. The wicked just hate.
Both God and Mammon have their limits. God is limited in what He is permitted to do, but has power to do anything. The devil is not limited in what he is permitted to do, but has no power to do anything.
Self-interest can be interpreted as focus on one's own choices, 100% personal accountability, or, the opposite of blame.
You can't believe that we're all interconnected and believe that the choices of others do not affect you.
I suppose when you live in a culture saturated with easily and deceitfully offended people, offending people becomes a virtue.
Whatever they throw at me makes me stronger. Whatever they throw at me makes them weak.
The "key of knowledge" is forged in the furnace of faith.
Not knowing what we do begins with not knowing who we are.
What is stands, among all existence, as the greatest condemnation of what is not. And what is not stands, among all existence, as the greatest witness of what is.
The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that "by proving contraries, truth is made manifest" (HC 6:248).
The outcome is not in my hands; only the effort is.
When you see someone be mean toward themselves, expect them to be mean toward you later.
All light and knowledge is contained in a library which is owned by the Gods. We are permitted to check items out, and even make copies, but the copyrights all belong to the Gods, so they can pull our copies at any time.
If you communicate exactly how you feel, you'll never send the wrong message.
Art has no beauty of itself. The beauty we experience with art is being drawn from us.
It's good to recognize how God has guided my life. It's better to trust that He's doing so now.
Everybody burns. Some turn to gold. Some disintegrate. But, everybody burns.
All things testify of AA's step 3, which is work; specifically, it is the work we have to do.
The darkened path NEVER brings reward. The lit path brings NEVERENDING rewards.
All creative power is bridled. Of what use is unbridled power? Therefore, bridle your passions, or be bridled.
Only those can help who have been helped; so, receive!
I am not ashamed because of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
By reason of what I might not have, I have much; by reason of the fact that I could have nothing, I have everything.
Don't expect to find Eternal Life before you find your present life.
Mock now, burn later. Burn now, mock later.
There are two types of burning: 1) the burn of work, or 2) the burn of unsatiated desire.
Burning serves to refine, and those who will not be refined will burn forever.
Don't reprove those who mock goodness; it's the only happiness they have.
Whether I walk through a wilderness, and pick my manna off the ground each day, or walk through the promised land and buy my resources with the money in my bank account, it is the same. One is not more miraculous than the other. One is no less provided by God.
If I believe it, one day it can make sense to me. If I disbelieve it, it can never make sense to me.
'Living in the past', and 'livinging in the future' are misnomers. Living only occurs in the present.
Evil must exist, but existing is evil's final value.
In terms of accomplishment, direction is everything; distance is nothing.
The obstruction to learning caused by the poor delivery of information can be overcome by the eagerness of the student.
The purpose of plenty is to assist those in need.
Know yourself, and help yourself.
If God is in my heart, then I'm in heaven.
A person cannot sustainably be "made to see" or understand. It can occur for a moment, but 'a man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still'.
Don't be surprised that some people avoid understanding. They don't want it. Understanding comes with responsibility the way choices come with consequences. Some people don't want responsibility. Therefore, logic and reason are to some adults what chores are for most children. Jeremiah 4:22
All I have to do is work, and the kingdom is mine. In other words, the path is paved and the incline is adjusted to my capabilities, so that all I have to do is walk.
There is a pervasive notion that doing nothing is the way to be. But, because choice is followed by consequence, doing nothing yields nothing. Doing something yields something. And, doing your best yields the best.
If the world is run by those who show up, then so, too, by extention, is the universe.
Because God is everything that is light, true, and real, and choosing anything other than God is pride, pride, then, is a choice for darkness, lies, and illusion.
Don't let the pain of missing a solution prevent you from finding an alternative.
Christ is to my mind and heart what a chiropractor is to my muscles and bones.
All things are possible for Christ, even when he's partnered with me - Ed
Equality ends the rat race.
The Old Testament is to God's people what manual labor was to the Karate Kid (original).
Ritual is to us what painting the fence was to the Karate Kid.
Hurt people hurt people, and healed people heal people; so, seek Jesus.
The problem with relativism - which is the alternative to The Law and the logical outcropping of the concept of evolution - is that it contradicts itself; the relativist says "no one can know anything, and I know it!" could there be greater evidence of delusion or immaturity? And we are supposed to take these people seriously?
When some guy gives away free candy bars, people from miles line up for miles. But, when some God gives away free life, few extend their arms to receive.
Every being is interconnected; and every action influences other beings. My goal is to maximize my positive influence and minimize my negative influence. I cannot cease to influence without ceasing to exist, nor can I cease existing.
To be righteous, I must be willing to kill (let people die); this out of respect for Choice.
Seek life eternally, and you will find eternal life. Eternal life is as much a place as infinity is a number.
Since all who do God's will know it's better, we can conclude that those who disagree aren't even trying.
I can not earn my salvation, but I must choose it, again and again.
Pleasure is dessert, not the meal. When pleasure becomes the meal, the body and soul suffer because the greater needs of the body and soul go unmet. I sometimes use pleasure to anesthitize my suffering. But, I must face suffering in order to overcome it. When I avoid suffering, I am eventually overcome by it.
I am always working to meet the needs of others, because that is a need of mine; and when efforts become counter-productive, I wait actively.
When relativists cry "tolerance!", justice laughs.
In theory, political correctness is about respect. In practice, it's about protecting certain agendas through playing the role of victim.
Those who are disappointed in God are not looking to Him. They are looking toward their own expectations or to some counterfeit. God never disappoints. This fact will be witnessed on the day when every knee bows, and the power which will bow knees is derived from this fact.
The only hope the world has of breaking from the cycle of self-destruction is if a critical number of us do our best to comply with The Law, thus becoming whole, and connecting with each other in unity.
Saturating cultures with reflections of Deity is as intolerant and disrespectful as the sun saturating earth with its rays. Let your light shine!
The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
The Platinum Rule: Treat others the way they want to be treated.
The Rule: We treat others the way we treat ourselves.
The powers of sin aren't bad; they're unbridled.
God is under rock bottom.
The righteous don't take God's name in vain for the same reason the sane, when in peril, don't taunt and mock their only rescuer. Anyone who doesn't see that this world is in peril, lying constantly on the brink of destruction, has his eyes closed.
Like light cuts through the darkness, speak reason in a world of confusion.
Of course the wicked speak 1/2 truths, they're only 1/2 way through their journey.
The classic victim bait and switch: you hate me because (some
unalterable trait) ; now, grant me
advantages because (some unalterable
trait) .
To 'harden' one's heart is to believe that God's motives are other than what He says they are
