The scriptures speak of His arms being open, extended, stretched out, and encircling. They are described as mighty and holy, arms of mercy, arms of safety, arms of love, “lengthened out all the day long.

Fear and faith cannot coexist in our hearts at the same time.

Repentance is a blessing to all of us. We each need to feel the Savior's arms of mercy through the forgiveness of our sins.

Spiritual questions deserve spiritual answers from God.

Our conversion comes step by step, line upon line. We first build a foundation of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

With the influences of evil that surround our children, can we even imagine sending them out in the morning without kneeling and humbly asking together for the Lord's protection? Or closing the day without kneeling together and acknowledging our accountability before Him and our thankfulness for His blessings? Brothers and sisters, we need to have family prayer.

As we act in faith, we often find that the blessings from the Lord are different than we expected but much better than we imagined.