The Church handbook of Instructions states that “Self-reliance is the ability, commitment, and effort to provide the spiritual and temporal necessities of life for self and family. As members become self-reliant, they are also better able to serve and care for others.” (Handbook 2—Administering the Church (2010), Section 6.1.1).
The practical and spiritual benefits of a faith-filled life are extensive. We grow personally on our spiritual journey and we help others in the process. As Joseph Smith the Prophet taught, “ A man filled with the love of God, is not content with blessing his family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human ...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe will launch an Easter campaign and two-minute video, “Easter is Christ,” Friday, April 12, 2019. The video illustrates Christ’s example of faith, hope, charity and love and invites others to follow His example. “It is the Saviour who broke the bands of death,” said President ...
Greater peace, joy and faith are waiting for you. Let us go forward with greater faith this year with our eyes firmly fixed on the Temple. Be temple worthy every day. Isaiah 2:3 2015 Europe Area Plan The Family: A Proclamation to the World Gospel Doctrine, 469–70.
Faith precedes the miracle “The Lord does help when we go to Him in times of need, especially when we are committed to His work and respond to His will. But the Lord only helps those who are willing to help themselves. He expects His children to be self-reliant to the degree they can be. “ 3
Gratitude enables us to see the hand of God guiding our lives; it strengthens our will to keep His commandments. We align our will to our Father’s will. It is a small thing to recognize the hand of the Lord in all the blessings we receive. The reward is knowing that God is with us, guiding us through life’s challenges.
Religion and faith is part of who we are – as women, as men, as fellow humans, as children of God. Despite pressure and ridicule from those who see no value in religion, people of faith must maintain the ability to love and serve others as our tenets teach and as our hearts desire.
One of the subjects suggested was to discuss how faith was impacted by social media and technology in what became titled “Faith, Technology, and the Internet”. Daryl Watson, the UK Communication Director for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints agreed to come to York and host the discussion, some eight months later in our ...
Their kindness and righteousness made us fall in love with this Church instantly! We started to build faith in the Lord from that moment because we believed that their kindness and righteousness came from Him. We wanted to be just like them. We wanted to be loved and be blessed by the Lord as well.
An area of endeavour that we have found particularly fruitful in the Loughborough Ward, is interfaith work. In 1997 Bishop Arthur Hardy, now our stake director of public affairs, was inspired to reach out to all the other faith leaders in the town and invite them and their congregations to the Preston Temple open house and we have been involved in interfaith work ever since.
Merthyr Tydfil Welcomes All Faiths. ,, . In acknowledgment of Inter Faith Week UK leaders from the Inter Faith Council for Wales gathered at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Merthyr Tydfil Chapel on Wednesday 19 November 2014. Joining together as “Communities of Faith” each of the representatives from the Sikh, Muslim, Baha'i ...
The faith that led us to visit civil registry offices and acquire new data increased our testimonies and faith in Jesus Christ and created a sense of eternal family unity. I am eternally grateful to know that a 14-year-old Joseph Smith decided to ask God the Eternal Father “ ...