Inspiring Shorts
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Inspiring Short: Soup and Tender Mercies | Salani Pita
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Inspiring Short: Constructing Spiritual Stability | Dale G. Renlund
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Inspiring Short: Trusting in God, Day by Day | D. Todd Christofferson
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Inspiring Short: Where Is the Church? | James E. Faust
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Inspiring Short: Raising Boys | Loren C. Dunn
By Study & By Faith
“That the Works of God Should Be Made Manifest”
The works of God are made manifest through affliction, revealing Christ's healing power and restoring our spiritual sight of Him.
College Values in Retrospect
Students should build habits in health, work, rest, and recreation. Study skills and spiritual growth are key to lifelong success.
“The Most Desirable Above All Things”
Through consistent patterning, we can increase our ability to feel God’s love. He desires to include us in His work of salvation.
Harmony of Body and Spirit: A Key to Happiness
Bishop Gérald Caussé teaches about the relationship between our bodies and spirits. Harmony between the two is the key to happiness.
“The Lord Looketh on the Heart”
We should assess our spiritual hearts to ensure that they are pure, soft, grateful, and obedient. We should be of one heart with others.
Constructing Spiritual Stability
To build a foundation of spiritual stability, build it on Christ through obeying, heeding counsel and learning, and serving others.
Live Your Life with Purpose
Janie Penfield teaches that we must live our lives with purpose: determine your purpose, determine your course, stay on course.
Tomorrow Is Today
Spiritual experiences, hard work, and service shape the future. Don't procrastinate these daily choices, because yesterday's tomorrow is today.
How Do You Open Your Heart to Heaven?
Instituting personal devotionals, scriptural immersion, and utilizing the atonement are ways we can inoculate ourselves against worldly "sicknesses."
“Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread”
God will give us our daily “bread,” whether a physical or spiritual need, as we choose daily to seek Him and serve others.
Avoiding Spiritual Drift
The admonitions that we receive from our leaders to attend church, pray, read the scriptures, and remain worthy of the influence of the Holy Ghost can be viewed as reminders to regularly correct our courses by reference to divine standards.
Seek and Attain the Spiritual High Ground in Life
Standing faithful on spiritual high ground through obedience and temple covenants brings safety, strength, and eternal blessings.
Using Spiritual Maps to Navigate Through Life
Mary Anne Prater shows how spiritual maps help us navigate life, and also how we can relate the counsel given to Emma Smith to ourselves.
A Brighter Day
The summer graduating class of 2001 should remember the light they received at BYU while heading into their future.
Prepare for Life’s Journey
We must keep room in our lives for Christ and for faith if we are to be happy and successful on life's journey. Being prepared is key.
The Dream Is Ours to Fulfill
We are fulfilling the dream of a genuine university among the Saints. Avoid either dogmatism or cynicism, and instead foster authentic study and faith.
Where Is the Church?
Is the Church found in chapels? Temples? Homes? Only if it is first in the hearts of its members. “The kingdom of God is within you.”
Cycle of Life
We all experience life's peaks and valleys—spiritual highs and lows. How can we remain at the top and not slide into spiritual darkness?
Spiritual Is as Spiritual Does
Using the tagline, "spiritual is as spiritual does," Mary Ellen Edmunds reminds us that spirituality is determined by the steps we take to develop it.
Spiritual Education Is True Education
As you seek valuable secular education, remember that your spiritual education must take first priority in order to secure eternal knowledge and blessings.
Spiritual Leprosy
Spiritual leprosy, like physical leprosy, can cause us to lose feeling. Yet, like physical illness, we can be healed through courage and the help of Christ.
Our Spiritual Heritage
Reflecting on his upbringing, Elder Dunn shares stories of his community heritage and invites us to embrace our common spiritual heritage.
Having a Form of Godliness
Are we sometimes guilty of portraying a righteous appearance but lacking true spiritual substance? The essence of real godliness is explored.
The Talent of Spirituality
There are many talents worth pursuing, but none that surpass the talent of spirituality. Elder Rector gives suggestions to help us improve this talent.
Put on Your Spiritual Clothes
Don't be like the man who, in the parable of the king's wedding feast, appeared without the proper clothes. Get spiritually dressed; prepare to meet God.
No Other Talent Exceeds Spirituality
Vaughn J. Featherstone shares poignant experiences that illustrate some of the virtues we need to seek out if we want greater spirituality in our lives.
Spiritual Ecology
Elder Neal A. Maxwell teaches that chastity and family love are key components to healthy individual, family, and community spiritual ecology.
Something Higher Than Self
All too often our carnal nature manifests itself by selfishness and anger. By nurturing our spiritual side, we can become "something higher than self."
Baccalaureate Address
In this address, Hugh B. Brown encourages graduates to get to know themselves—their talents, their passions, and their divine heritage.
Whither Shall We Go?
We, as the apostles did long ago, must ask the Lord, “Whither shall we go?” He will guide us in on the path that leads back to our Heavenly Father.
The Letter Killeth, but the Spirit Giveth Life
Living the gospel is about so much more than checking boxes. Keep your spirituality strong by focusing on the spirit, rather than the letter, of the law.
