“The preacher who jests and jokes with his people all week will soon find that he cannot stand in his pulpit on Sunday with power to reprove, rebuke and exhort. He may be the life of the party but it will be the death of the prophet.” PeopleMayChristianPartyWeekJokesChristian InspirationalProphetSundayPreacherPulpitRebuke Author:Vance Havner
“May we incorporate into our own lives the divine principles which he Joseph Smith so beautifully taught by example, that we, ourselves, might live more completely the gospel of Jesus Christ. . . May our lives reflect the knowledge we have that God lives, that Jesus Christ is His son, that Joseph Smith was a prophet and that we are led today by another prophet of God - even President Gordon B. Hinckley.” MayMightTodayJesusPresidentChristPrinciplesOur LivesExampleTaughtDivineSonJesus ChristProphetGod LifeJoseph SmithGordon B Hinckley Author:Thomas S. Monson
“When we begin to reflect Christ, the Bible, when more understood as being centered around Christ, seems to be potentially every man's biography regarding God's promised experiences and truth for him - his individual, unique path of humbling oneself before the Lord and then being exalted by the Lord back into his true and righteous personhood. Many followers may speak of it merely to try to change other people (before changing themselves), but the prophets speak of it as a living word which miraculously tells their very own experiences.” PeopleMenTryingMaySeemsIndividualSpeakChristLordPathUniqueUnderstoodOneselfEvery ManProphetFollowersRighteousBiographiesExaltedHumblingPersonhoodHumbling Experiences Author:Criss Jami
“Look not to have your sepulchre built in after ages hy the same foolish hands which still ever destroy the living prophet. Small honour for you if they do build it; and may be they never will build it.” IfsLooksMayStillsHandsAgeBuiltFoolishProphetHonour Book:The Nemesis of Faith Source: The Nemesis of Faith
“A despairing heart is the true prophet of approaching evil; his actions may weave the webs of Fortune, but not break them.” HeartMayActionEvilBreakDespairFortuneProphet Book:Enchiridion: Containing Institutions Divine Contemplative Practical: Moral Ethical Oeconomical Political Source: Enchiridion: Containing Institutions Divine Contemplative Practical: Moral Ethical Oeconomical Political