October 2019~Human Intimacy ~Of Souls Symbols and Sacraments~

"Of Souls, Symbols, and Sacraments" by Jeffery R. Holland

Read the message here: Of Souls, Symbols, and Sacraments

Music videos by One Voice Choir:
Glorious
Symphony
Diamonds

September 2019 Bookmark and Talk- "Seeking Peace, Finding Joy"

Biography: Steve Davis

Steve Davis has been employed at BYU-Idaho for the past 32 years and has had management roles in enrollment services, fund-raising, and alumni relations.

He has served as a bishop, high counselor, elder's quorum president, and gospel doctrine teacher. He was a full time missionary in the Philippines. 

Steve and his wife, Cynthia, met at Ricks College and are the parents of six children and have four grandchildren. In all things their faith and children come first.  He also enjoys the great Idaho outdoors, including horseback riding, hiking, and photography. Steve has a passion for teaching students the principles of personal achievement, stress management, and the value of networking. He recently wrote a book on how to manage anxiety from a gospel perspective. 

Watch the video here:
 Steve Davis: "Seeking Peace, Finding Joy"

View the video and access this transcript here:
"Seeking Peace, Finding Joy"

View the talk given earlier at a devotional here
" Seeking Peace, Finding Joy"

Thoughts to ponder (excerpts from the talk):

Fact 1: We are all children of our Heavenly Father and He wants us, all of us, to have joy. When I say all of us, I mean members of the Church in Rexburg, and an indigenous tribesman in some remote jungle in the Philippines.

Fact 2: Over the history of this world, He has shared, with any person who seeks Him, the basic principles of happiness.

Fact 3: These principles are very simple. As Elder Matthew Cowley stated, “The gospel is simply beautiful, and beautifully simple.”

Fact 4: The adversary has tried and will try to bury these simple principles under mountains of information, distractions, and even falsehoods.

Fact 5: Understanding our powerful urges to seek happiness, the adversary will leverage our desires to draw us into behaviors and habits that are very gratifying, but potentially addictive.

*Productive people are happy people.

*Those who have a “reason” bigger than themselves are usually so busy acting on that thing they value, they don’t have time to worry.

*When our productivity, service, and efforts are focused on others rather than ourselves, we have peace.

*And when we put the Savior first and try to become like Him, we will have joy

Books suggested:
1.  The Happiness Trap, by Dr. Russ Harris
2.  Man’s Search for Meaning, by Dr. Viktor Frankl
3.  A Season of Life, by Jeffrey Marx
4.  Confronting the Myth of Self-Esteem by Ester Rasband
5.  Breaking the Chains of Worry and Anxiety, with the subtitle of “Lessons from Liberty Jail.”

Music:
Joy in Journey
Choose Joy