Whether By Mine Own Voice

Category: First Presidency

  • Lifting Our Burdens

    Lifting Our Burdens

    At Easter we celebrate the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The Atonement overcame the burdens mortality has imposed on us: death, sin, and trials. Through His Atonement we can have any burden lifted from our shoulders. We can receive rest even if life seems restless. Come Unto Me, All Ye That Labor In Matthew 11:28-30 we…

  • Be One

    Be One

    In a member devotional held in the Illinois area, President Dallin H. Oaks gave an address on covenants, being one, and changing our nature to live the Gospel of Jesus Christ (starting at 53:05). One of the important things that we must remember as a people is to take an address such as this as…

  • Attributes of Discipleship

    Attributes of Discipleship

    In “Legacy of Encouragement“, President Henry B. Eyring discusses the attributes of the two most important women in his life. His mother and his wife. Through those attributes of discipleship, both women created a legacy that encourages disciples of Christ to walk on the covenant path. In like manner, my mother left me a legacy…

  • Anxiously Engaged

    Anxiously Engaged

    In “Helping the Poor and Distressed“, President Dallin H. Oaks quotes Doctrine and Covenants 58:27 which says that “men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause”. The phrase “anxiously engaged” has made me ponder what the Lord is asking and if I am living up to that request. Anxious Let us look at the…