Tag Archives: opposition

Working Together

Church was always intended to be a number of people working together, using their gifts and talents for the common good, 1 Corinthians 12:4-31. Sadly this is often not the case. Too often a few people are left doing too much. And then sometimes too, people refuse to delegate or let go of jobs, allowing others to do them but want to keep control. It’s a situation that can work both ways. Notice how different the picture is in Nehemiah 3. Each family group had their own specific area of work and expertise. They all knew what was required and … Continue reading →

The Master Deceiver – David J. Stitt

We live in a world full of clouds and confusion. Some would have us believe that there is no Satan at all, that he is a myth and that we don’t need to be on our guard. “The Master Deceiver” by David J. Stitt reminds us that Satan is a very real entity and is talented at his job, which is to distract us from our purpose here on the earth and to keep us so confused, we aren’t able to focus on our eternal worth. The book outlines some of the common lies we are told by the opposition, … Continue reading →

Why Must There Be Trials?

As a follow-up to my earlier blog, “Humbled or Picked On,” I’d like to share this scripture: 2 Nephi 2:11 — For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so, . . . righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if it should be one body it must needs remain as dead, having no life neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility. What astonishes me is … Continue reading →