Tag: service
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Understanding Spiritual Gifts: A Divine Blessing
“Our spiritual gifts are the capacities given by God to each of us. They are given according to His will and timing, through the power of the Holy Ghost, and are intended for the blessing and benefit of all of God’s children.” -Camille N Johnson This quote is taken from Camille N. Johnson’s 4 May
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Empowered by Divine Potential: Meeting Life’s Challenges
“The world in which we live is ripe with challenges. And you are a generation of women and men reserved for this day—you have the capacity, the attributes, the desire, and the opportunity to draw upon God’s power to meet those challenges and solve them. Your potential is divine.” -Camille N Johnson This quote is
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Faith-Based Approaches to Sustainable Living
“Let me reassure you that God has prepared a way for healthy living for everyone on this planet if we are willing to employ our gifts and talents for this good, remain worthy to receive revelation, and prudently use the earth’s abundant resources to care for one another.” -Camille N Johnson This quote is taken
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Caring for Earth and Community
“It is important that we recognize the connection between caring for the earth and caring for our neighbor. In caring for the earth, beautifying our local environment, and helping our communities become more sustainable, we are acting as wise stewards of the earth to bless the lives of our neighbors. They are those we have
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The Dangers of Comparing Ourselves to Others
“Comparing ourselves to others is rarely productive. “In comparing ourselves to others, we separate ourselves from them. Instead of feeling part of the whole body of Christ, I take on the role of a little finger and measure my worth against someone who I think is the shoulders, arms, and torso. “Generally, when we compare
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Empowering Women and Families for Lasting Community Change
“We want to empower women and families with greater understanding and resources so they are better equipped to make changes that can have a lasting impact in their homes, communities, and nations. When a woman is empowered because she is healthy and educated, families are blessed, communities are lifted, and nations strengthened.” -Camille N Johnson
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Loving People: The Heart of Jesus’ Teachings
“Jesus Christ made people His highest priority. He taught us to love God first and then turn and really look at each other, because heaven isn’t sky and clouds; it is faces. I love this thought! And people aren’t interruptions to what we’re trying to do; they’re the reason we’re here.” -Tamara Runia Tamara Runia
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Fear Not To Do Good
“Never supress a generous thought.” -Camilla Kimball This quote can be found in the BYU devotional given on February 13, 2007 by Bonnie Parkin, titled “Personal Ministry: Sacred and Precious.” This quote may compliment the Come Follow Me 2025 study, February 3–9: “This Is the Spirit of Revelation,” with the discussion item, “ Fear not to do good.”
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Service Help Us Find The Savior For Ourselves
“Whenever we provide relief, temporal or spiritual, we’re bringing our brothers and sisters to Jesus Christ. And the interesting fact — and I think I can say it’s a fact now — is that as we provide temporal relief, we have an opportunity to find the Savior for ourselves.” -Camille N. Johnson, 18th General Relief
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Spread Love This Valentine’s Day
“Every person needs to know that they are ‘special’ to one or many other persons period on this Valentine Day it would be heartwarming to give ‘valentines’ to the lonely, those far from their own loved ones or from their own native lands, to a young mother who feels in need of encouragement and praise,
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Embracing Strength and Success in the New Year
“May the new year bring to each of us, strength for her tasks, joy in service, and success commensurate with her righteous efforts.” -Belle Spafford, General Relief Society President 1945-1974 This quote is taken from The Relief Society Magazine, January 1947. Vol 34, No. 1
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Jesus’ Comfort in Times of Loneliness
Someone is lonely today. Carrying the weight of the world. Wondering if anyone will remember them. Jesus will know. Ask Him if He might help you to see where you are needed. He will answer. It’s what He does. Sends someone. —Emily Belle Freeman The full source of this quote can be found here in
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Understanding the Covenant Path
“Maybe when we take the sacrament each week or attend the temple, we could ask ourselves these questions: How have my efforts to keep my covenants transformed me? How have they helped me to know and love God in new and different ways? How have my covenants helped me to love others abundantly? “How we
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Become a Better Person by Helping Others
“I love the fact that every time we help others or serve, something is transformed inside of us. Something is changing in our hearts or minds, and I love that we can become a better person just by serving.” – Andrea Muñoz Spannaus The full source of this quote can be found here.
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Unlocking the Power of Service in Human Development
“No work could be more important and satisfying than that of helping to raise human life to its highest level.” -Amy B. Lyman The resource for this quote can be found on the church website. Click here to read.
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