Families are Forever is the Primary theme for 2014. I have been impressed lately that my family needs to take the theme: Fortify the Family in 2014. I love this talk from President Spencer Kimball titled Fortify Your Homes Against Evil.
Love these snips from this talk....
We need continually to fortify our homes and families and defend them against the onslaught of evils.
Perhaps I sound like an alarmist. If so, it is because I am alarmed. I am greatly concerned, and so are my Brethren in the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles and others of the General Authorities.
If we could but suggest you go home and lock these evils out by closing and bolting the windows and locking the doors of your homes securely, it would be a simple matter.
If we would escape those deadly thrusts of the evil one and keep our homes and families free and solidly fortified against all destructive influences so rampant about us, we must have the help of the very founder and organizer of this family plan—the Creator himself. There is only one sure way and that is through the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and being obedient to its profound and inspired teachings. Surely we must be made to realize that the purchase price of a family hearth free of such evil influences is the keeping of the commandments of God.
Marriage, honorable marriage, is ordained of God. He decreed that the basic unit of society should be the home and the family, and we must be warned that the false culture of the day is turning away from this God-ordained plan.
That the inspired plan was the Lord’s is shown in his declarations to us:
“For behold,” he says, “this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man” (Moses 1:39).
I found this quote on Pinterest this morning.....
"Books aren’t just my defenses, the sandbags I use to fortify my position; they are also the building blocks of my soul, and I am the sum of all I read.”
~ Jonathan Hull, Losing Julia
Yes, I agree. What do I read, and what do I read to my children?
God's Word. I am so grateful for His word in abundance in my life! This quote accompanied a photo of a wall made of books with mortar holding them together. What books make up my wall? Lots of the Scriptures!
I like the feel of these cute crayola castles and want to incorporate the theme of Fortify Family into it. Ideas? Working on it! Wonder if I should incorporate these cute chip pieces of Families Are Forever.
Love these snips from this talk....
Fortify our Family for Celestial Happiness!
Establish a House of Prayer
Gospel Principals are not on trial, we are!
Hear and heed the Savior's divine messages.
Righteousness must prevail in our lives and in our homes.
Influence the world toward a return to righteousness and a pure love of God.
Perhaps I sound like an alarmist. If so, it is because I am alarmed. I am greatly concerned, and so are my Brethren in the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles and others of the General Authorities.
If we could but suggest you go home and lock these evils out by closing and bolting the windows and locking the doors of your homes securely, it would be a simple matter.
If we would escape those deadly thrusts of the evil one and keep our homes and families free and solidly fortified against all destructive influences so rampant about us, we must have the help of the very founder and organizer of this family plan—the Creator himself. There is only one sure way and that is through the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and being obedient to its profound and inspired teachings. Surely we must be made to realize that the purchase price of a family hearth free of such evil influences is the keeping of the commandments of God.
Marriage, honorable marriage, is ordained of God. He decreed that the basic unit of society should be the home and the family, and we must be warned that the false culture of the day is turning away from this God-ordained plan.
That the inspired plan was the Lord’s is shown in his declarations to us:
“For behold,” he says, “this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man” (Moses 1:39).
I found this quote on Pinterest this morning.....
"Books aren’t just my defenses, the sandbags I use to fortify my position; they are also the building blocks of my soul, and I am the sum of all I read.”
~ Jonathan Hull, Losing Julia
Yes, I agree. What do I read, and what do I read to my children?
God's Word. I am so grateful for His word in abundance in my life! This quote accompanied a photo of a wall made of books with mortar holding them together. What books make up my wall? Lots of the Scriptures!
I like the feel of these cute crayola castles and want to incorporate the theme of Fortify Family into it. Ideas? Working on it! Wonder if I should incorporate these cute chip pieces of Families Are Forever.