G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Praise to the Man

 We're in the process of trying to prepare ourselves, a day at a time, to be a little better, be a little kinder. - M. Russell Ballard

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Brothers and Sisters in Christ

 There is no place for prejudiced thoughts or actions in the community of Saints. - Ulisses Soares

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Brothers and Sisters in Christ

 The Creator of us all calls on each of us to abandon attitudes of prejudice against any group of God's children. Any of us who has prejudice toward another race needs to repent! - Ulisses Soares (quoting Russell M. Nelson) 

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Brothers and Sisters in Christ

 As disciples of Christ, we are invited to increase our faith in, and love for, our spiritual brother- and sisterhood by genuinely knitting our hearts together in unity and love, regardless of our differences, thereby increasing our ability to promote respect for the dignity of all the sons and daughters of God. -Ulisses Soares

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Seeing God's Family through the Overview Lens

 No home is a failure unless it quits trying. - Tamara W. Runia (quoting Harold B. Lee) 

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Seeing God's Family through the Overview Lens

 Love is the thing that changes hearts. It is the purest motive of all, and others can feel it. - Tamara W. Runia

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Seeing God's Family through the Overview Lens

 Others need our love more than our judgement. - Tamara W. Runia

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Seeing God's Family through the Overview Lens

 Sometimes what we need is empathy more than advice; listening more than a lecture. - Tamara W. Runia

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Seeing God's Family through the Overview Lens

 Let's choose hope--hope in our Creator and in one another, fueling our ability to be better than we are right now. - Tamara W. Runia

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Seeing God's Family through the Overview Lens

 Those who look with an eye of faith can feel that it's going to be OK now. - Tamara W. Runia

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Seeing God's Family through the Overview Lens

 As humans, we have an earthbound point of view, but God sees the grand overview of the universe. He sees all creation, all of us, and is filled with hope. - Tamara W. Runia

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Humble to Accept and Follow

 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. - Joni L. Koch  (quoting Proverbs 29:23) 

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Humble to Accept and Follow

 When we choose not to be humble, we end up being humiliated. - Joni L. Koch

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Humble to Accept and Follow

 We all like to think we are sufficiently humble, but some experiences in life make us realize that the natural, prideful man or woman often is very much alive within us. - Joni L. Koch

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Hallmarks of Happiness

 You will never be happier than you are grateful. - Gary B. Sabin

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Hallmarks of Happiness

 We are surrounded by innumerable blessings that we can easily take for granted if we are not mindful. Conversely, when nothing is expected and everything is appreciated, life becomes magical. - Gary B. Sabin

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Hallmarks of Happiness

 In God's eye, kindness is synonymous with greatness. - Gary B. Sabin

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Hallmarks of Happiness

 We will never regret being too kind. - Gary B. Sabin

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Hallmarks of Happiness

 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. - Gary B. Sabin (quoting Proverbs 3:27)

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Hallmarks of Happiness

 Building upon the foundation of Jesus Christ is essential to our happiness. - Gary B. Sabin

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - How Great Will Be Your Joy

 You are a remarkable force for good, seasoned in the Church, and poised to encourage and rescue God's children. - Ronald A. Rasband

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - God Knows and Loves You

 Faith can be challenging and requires choices. But prayers are answered. And answers can be felt. - Alan T.  Phillips

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - God Knows and Loves You

 Faith requires work. - Alan T. Phillips

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - God Knows and Loves You

 We are not and never need be alone. - Alan T. Phillips (quoting Russell M. Nelson)

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - God Knows and Loves You

 Make no mistake: Christ is our rescuer and the healer of our souls. - Alan T. Phillips

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - God Knows and Loves You

 Our journey to God is often found together. - Alan T. Phillips (quoting Gerrit W. Gong) 

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - God Knows and Loves You

 The Savior's message is clear: His true disciples build, lift, encourage, persuade, and inspire. This is even more important when our fellow travelers feel lost, alone, forgotten, or removed. - Alan T. Phillips (quoting Russell M. Nelson) 

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - God Knows and Loves You

 How we treat one another truly matters. - Alan T. Phillips

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - God Knows and Loves You

 Religion is not only about our relationship with God; it is also about our relationship with each other. - Alan T. Phillips

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - God Knows and Loves You

 Your life has meaning and purpose. - Alan T. Phillips

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - God Knows and Loves You

 Do not misunderstand or devalue how important you are to your Father in Heaven. You are not an accidental by-product of nature, a cosmic orphan, or the result of matter plus time plus chance. Where there is design, there is a designer. - Alan T. Phillips

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - God Knows and Loves You

 Knowing that we are all children of God and members of His eternal family will restore a sense of belonging and purpose. - Alan T. Phillips

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Do You Want to Be Happy?

 The reward for keeping covenants with God is heavenly power--power that strengthens us to withstand our trials, temptations, and heartaches better. This power eases our way. Those who live the higher laws of Jesus Christ have access to His higher power. - Yoon Hwan Choi (quoting Russell M. Nelson)

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Do You Want to Be Happy?

 Whenever the Lord asks us to serve in any calling, whether it is a lighter or heavier calling, He sees our needs. He provides the strength we need and has blessings ready to be poured out upon us as we faithfully serve. - Yoon Hwan Choi

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Do You Want to Be Happy

 When we think it is not a good time for us to receive a calling, it may be the time we need that calling the most. - Yoon Hwan Choi

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Promptings of the Spirit

 You can cultivate an attitude and an environment that invite the Spirit, and you can prepare yourself, but you cannot dictate how or when inspiration comes. Be patient and trust that you will receive what you need when the time is right. - Gary E. Stevenson

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Promptings of the Spirit

 Unless you are called by proper authority, impressions from the Spirit are not given for you to counsel or correct others. - Gary E. Stevenson

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Promptings of the Spirit

 The noise, clamor, and Contention prevalent in the world may overpower still, quiet impressions of the Holy Spirit. Find a quiet place, holy space where you can seek to receive direction from the Spirit. - Gary E. Stevenson

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Promptings of the Spirit

 Choose to be with people and go to places where righteousness is found. - Gary E. Stevenson

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Promptings of the Spirit

 If you hope to feel the Spirit, be in a place where the Spirit can easily dwell. - Gary E. Stevenson

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Promptings of the Spirit

 It is important to remember that a gift alone does not a master make. - Gary E. Stevenson

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Promptings of the Spirit

 The Lord invites us to earnestly seek the best gifts, even spiritual gifts. He gives spiritual gifts to bless us and to use in blessing others. - Gary E. Stevenson 

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Promptings of the Spirit

 God-given gifts make gifted people. - Gary E. Stevenson

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - The Power of Jesus Christ in Our Lives Every Day

 The reward for keeping covenants with God is heavenly power--the power that strengthens us to withstand our trials, temptations, and heartaches better. ... Thus, covenant keepers are entitled to a special kind of rest. - Joaquin E. Costa (quoting Russell M. Nelson)

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - The Power of Jesus Christ in Our Lives Every Day

 Our covenants are not merely transactional; they are transformational. - Joaquin E. Costa

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - The Power of Jesus Christ in Our Lives Every Day

 We don't come to Jesus because we are perfect. We come to Him because we are flawed and in Him we can "be perfected." - Joaquin E. Costa

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - The Power of Jesus Christ in Our Lives Every Day

 Sometimes we may think, "I need to fix my life before I come to Jesus," but the truth is that we come to Jesus to fix our lives through Him. - Joaquin E. Costa

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - The Power of Jesus Christ in Our Lives Every Day

 Faith in Jesus Christ is what gives us the energy to begin the journey. - Joaquin E. Costa

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Preserving the Voice of the Covenant People in the Rising Generation

 You are doing much better than you think. Just keep working at it. - Jan E. Newman

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Preserving the Voice of the Covenant People in the Rising Generation

 Don't give up, and don't worry about accomplishing something grand everytime. Just be consistent in your efforts. - Jan E. Newman

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Preserving the Voice of the Covenant People in the Rising Generation

 Just find what works for you and your family; then try to do a little better each day. - Jan E. Newman

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Preserving the Voice of the Covenant People in the Rising Generation

 To build our lives on the rock of our Redeemer, Jesus Christ, we need to dig deep. - Jan E. Newman

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Tithing: Opening the Windows of Heaven

 I promise you that as you trust in the Lord, the blessings of heaven will follow. - Neil L. Andersen

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Tithing: Opening the Windows of Heaven

 The wisdom of men understands the things of men but has difficulty understanding the things of God. - Neil L. Andersen

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Tithing: Opening the Windows of Heaven

 Trust in the Lord's timing; the blessings always come. - Neil L. Andersen

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Tithing: Opening the Windows of Heaven

 All that we have and all that we are comes from God. - Neil L. Andersen

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Kingdoms of Glory

 Mortal lifetime is barely a nanosecond compared with eternity. But what a crucial nanosecond it is! - Dallin H. Oaks (quoting Russell M. Nelson) 

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Love Thy Neighbour

 May we be forever looking to the well-being of others and show in word and deed that we "are willing to bear one another's burdens." - Ian S. Ardern (quoting Mosiah 18:8) 

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Love They Neighbour

 Compassion is an attribute of Christ. It is born of love for others and knows no boundaries. - Ian S. Ardern

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Love Thy Neighbour

 Your good works brightened the lives and lightened the load of a people in desperate need, and God was glorified. - Ian S. Ardern

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - The Sealing Power

 Salvation is an individual matter, but exaltation is a family matter. No one can be exalted alone. - D. Todd Christofferson (quoting Russell M. Nelson) 

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - The Sealing Power

 Everyone who is faithful in keeping gospel covenants will have the opportunity for exaltation. - D. Todd Christofferson (quoting M. Russell Ballard)

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - The Sealing Power

 The commitment to aid one another across the veil can be classified as a covenant promise, part of the new and everlasting covenant. - D. Todd Christofferson

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - The Sealing Power

 In the perfect order of God, the living cannot experience eternal life in its fullness without forging enduring links to the "fathers," our ancestors. - D. Todd Christofferson

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - The Sealing Power

 The power to validate all priesthood ordinances and make them binding both on earth and in heaven--the sealing power--is crucial for gathering and preparing a covenant people on both sides of the veil. - D. Todd Christofferson

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - For the Sake of Your Posterity

 Don't be the weak link in this beautiful chain of faith you started, or you received, as a legacy. Be the strong one. - Carlos A. Godoy

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - For the Sake of Your Posterity

 Will our current decisions lead us to joy now and in eternity, or will they lead us to sorrow and tears? - Carlos A. Godoy

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - For the Sake of Your Posterity

 Just as yesterday's decisions impact today's realities, decisions of today will impact our future and the future of our family members. - Carlos A. Godoy

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - For the Sake of Your Posterity

 Anything broken can be mended through Christ. - Carlos A. Godoy

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - For the Sake of Your Posterity

 The decision of one has impacted a whole chain of descendants. A legacy of faith has been broken. - Carlos A. Godoy

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Sir, We Would Like to See Jesus

 This Church is a work party of people with picks and shovels trying to help clear the channel for the river of God's love to reach His children at the end of the row. - Robert M. Daines

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Sir, We Would Like to See Jesus

 Covenants are the shape of God's embrace. - Robert M. Daines 

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Sir, We Would Like to See Jesus

 We try to see through our covenants, as if through a window, to the face of the Father's mercy behind. - Robert M. Daines

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Sir, We Would Like to See Jesus

 When prophets and apostles talk of covenants, they aren't like coaches yelling out from (red velvet) bleachers, telling us to "try harder!" They want us to see our covenants are fundamentally about relationships and can be a cure for spiritual face blindness. They are not rules to earn His love; He already loves you perfectly. Our challenge is to understand and shape our life to that love. - Robert M. Daines

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Abide the Day in Christ

 Eternal life is eternal joy. - Amy A. Wright

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Abide the Day in Christ

 Jesus Christ is the "hope in thine end." Nothing we have or have not done is beyond the reach of His infinite and Eternal sacrifice. He is the reason why it is never the end of our story. - Amy A. Wright

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Abide the Day in Christ

 We can share His light. - Amy A. Wright

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Abide the Day in Christ

 We need to simplify, focus our efforts, and be gatherers of the Light of Jesus Christ. - Amy A. Wright

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - Abide the Day in Christ

 Spiritual preparation for the coming of the Lord is not only essential but the only way to find true peace and happiness. - Amy A. Wright

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - In the Path of Their Duty

 If you feel that much of what you do this year or in the years to come does not make you very famous, take heart. Most of the best people who ever lived weren't very famous either. Serve and grow, faithfully and quietly. - David A. Bednar (quoting Howard W. Hunter)

G.C. Droplets October 2023 - In the Path of Their Duty

 To these humble souls, great in faith, great in work, great in righteous living, great in fashioning our priceless heritage, I humbly render my love, my respect, my reverent homage. - David A. Bednar (quoting J. Reuben Clark)

G.C. Droplets April 2023 - The Answer Is Always Jesus Christ

 I testify that following Him is the only way to enduring happiness. -Russell M. Nelson 

G.C. Droplets April 2023 - "Abide in Me, and I in You; Therefore Walk with Me"

 As we press forward in faith and walk in the meekness of the Lord's Spirit, we are blessed with power, guidance, protection, and peace. - David A. Bednar

G.C. Droplets April 2023 - "Abide in Me, and I in You; Therefore Walk with Me"

 May God grant unto you that your burdens may be light. - David A. Bednar

G.C. Droplets April 2023 - "Abide in Me, and I in You; Therefore Walk with Me"

 The Savior's promise to His followers is twofold: if we abide in Him, He will abide in us. - David A. Bednar

G.C. Droplets April 2023 - "Abide in Me, and I in You; Therefore Walk with Me"

 The covenant connection we have with our Heavenly Father and His resurrected and living Son is the supernal source of perspective, hope, power, peace, and enduring joy; it also is the rock-solid foundation upon which we should build our lives. - David A. Bednar

G.C. Droplets April 2023 - "Abide in Me, and I in You; Therefore Walk with Me"

Come, but come to remain. Come with conviction and endurance. Come permanently, for your sake and the sake of all the generations who must follow you. - David A. Bednar (quoting Jeffrey R. Holland) 

G.C. Droplets April 2023 - Do You Know Why I as a Christian Believe in Christ?

 The doctrine of Christ empowers those who are struggling or feel they don't belong in the Church because it helps them "affirm: Jesus Christ died for me .. [and] loves me." - Ahmad S. Corbitt (quoting D. Todd Christofferson) 

G.C. Droplets April 2023 - Do You Know Why I as a Christian Believe in Christ?

 The pure doctrine of Christ is powerful. It changes the life of everyone who understands it and seeks to implement it in his or her life. - Ahmad S. Corbitt (quoting Russell M. Nelson) 

G.C. Droplets April 2023 - Do You Know Why I as a Christian Believe in Christ?

 God is also merciful, loving, and eager to bring to pass our eternal life. -Ahmad S. Corbitt

G.C. Droplets April 2023 - Do You Know Why I as a Christian Believe in Christ?

 God "cannot deny justice." -Ahmad S. Corbitt