“The Lord created you and me for the purpose of becoming Gods like Himself; when we have been proved in our present capacity, and been faithful with all things He puts into our possession. We are created, we are born for the express purpose of growing up from the low estate of manhood, to become Gods like unto our Father in heaven. That is the truth about it, just as it is. The Lord has organized mankind for the express purpose of increasing in that intelligence and truth, which is with God, until he is capable of creating worlds on worlds, and becoming Gods, even the sons of God” WorldHas BeensPurposeFatherHeavenBornLordGrowing UpGrowingMankindSonBecomingCreatingCapableLowsCapacityAll ThingsPossessionFaithfulOrganizedEstatesManhoodOur FatherFather In HeavenBecoming GodCreating Worlds Book:The Essential Brigham Young Source: The Essential Brigham Young
“Dare we let children grow up with no vital contact with the Saviour, never intentionally and consciously put into His arms? Not to bring them to Him, not to teach them to walk toward Him, as soon as they can walk toward anyone, is wronging a child beyond words. The terrible indictment uttered by the Lord, "Them that were entering in ye hindered," and the millstone warning for offending little ones, are close akin to the deserts of those who ruin a man's whole day of life by wronging his morning hours. Not to help a child to know the saving power of Christ is to hold back a man from salvation.” KnowsMenChildrenLittlesWholeHelpingGrowsChristHoursWalksLordTeachMorningGrowing UpChildhoodArmsTerribleSalvationDareContactRuinsSavingDesertWarningEnteringSaviourOffendingIndictment Author:Maltbie Davenport Babcock
“As I was growing up, I did a lot of talent shows. I won fifteen Sunday nights straight in a series of talent shows in Macon. I showed up the sixteenth night, and they wouldn't let me go on any more. Whatever success I had was through the help of the good Lord.” HelpingShowsNightLordGrowing UpGrowingTalentGoes OnLet MeSeriesSundayFifteenLet Me GoSunday NightTalent Show Author:Otis Redding
“Baseball is a tongue-tied kid from Georgia growing up to be an announcer and praising the Lord for showing him the way to Cooperstown. This is a game for America. Still a game for America, this baseball!” WayStillsKidsAmericaGamesLordGrowing UpGrowingBaseballPraiseTongueTiedGeorgiaAnnouncersTongue TiedPraise The Lord Book:Ernie Harwell: My 60 Years in Baseball Source: Ernie Harwell: My 60 Years in Baseball
“There is an enormous difference between growing old in the Lord and growing up in Him. One is automatic and requires no effort at all ... just aging. But the other is never automatic, or easy. It calls for personal discipline, continual determination, and spiritual desire. Churches are full of sleepy saints who are merely 'logging time' in God's family.” SpiritualDesireEasyDifferencesChurchEffortLordGrowing UpGrowingDisciplineDeterminationAgingSaintEnormousGrowing OldSleepyLogging Book:Growing Up in God's Family: Bible Study Guide Source: Growing Up in God's Family: Bible Study Guide