Mary And Elisabeth, Noble Daughter’s Of God By S. Kent Brown

Mary And Elisabeth—Noble Daughter’s Of God By S. Kent Brown 122 pages
 “Of all the creations of the Almighty,” says President Gordon B. Hinckley, “there is none…more inspiring than a lovely daughter of God who walks in virtue with an understanding of why she should do so…”
 From the gospel of Luke, we get our first clear picture of the magnificence of Mary and Elisabeth, two noble daughters of God. Long before the reality of their mortal lives, Mary and Elisabeth were the subjects of divine prophecy. Appearing in revelations found in the Bible and the Book of Mormon, Mary, the mother of the Savior, was the subject of several prophetic visions; and Elisabeth’s revered role was identified through the prophecies concerning her son, John the Baptist.
 Based on extensive research and careful study be respected gospel scholar S. Kent Brown, the sacred lives and missions of Mary and Elisabeth come to vivid life through keen insight into scripture and through relevant cultural and historical information. Mary and Elisabeth: Noble Daughters of God is an inspiring and fascinating look into the setting, lives, and roles of these two remarkable women.

Within Our Reach By David Martin Call

Within Our Reach By David Martin Call 65 pages
 “We attend our meetings, pay our tithing, and all other things as we are required, and yet many of us still seem to be miserable. We do not really enjoy our religion as we should. Something seems to be missing; something is definitely wrong.” So writes author David Martin Call. As Brigham Young once asked, “Is it not a hard task to live this religion without enjoying the spirit of it?”
 Now, in Within Our Reach, the author explains how to more fully “enjoy the spirit” of our religion, hot to obtain the peace and power of the gospel in spite of the cares, obstacles, and temptations of the world. In this day of economic problems, of rampant sin, and of “wars and rumours of wars,” the blessings and happiness of living the gospel with full purpose of heart are perhaps more important than at any other time.
 Within Our Reach is divided into three sections. The first explains how we can understand our spiritual state, how we can know of our standing before the Lord. The second section discusses how to find the causes of our spiritual dissatisfaction, emphasizing the need to choose without reservation the things of God over the things of the world. The third section discusses the “mighty change,” the true conversion to the gospel that comes through the power of the Spirit, and how we may attain that blessing.
 The peace and power of the gospel may be ours; we have only to reach out and grasp them. Even when we feel unworthy and discouraged, the Lord is there, and we may look to him and live. As President Wilford Woodruff declared, “In these days, when the holy Priesthood is restored to us, we have no excuse for saying that our minds are not satisfied, for the blessings are given to us; they are within our reach, and it is your privilege and mine to enjoy them.”

The Best Of Women’s Conference Selected Talks from 25 Years of BYU Women’s Conferences

The Best Of Women’s Conference Selected Talks from 25 Years of BYU Women’s Conferences 624 pages
 “Sisters, we are all in this together. We need to lock arms and help build the kingdom so that it will roll forth and fill the whole earth.” These words from Sister Marjorie P. Hinckley epitomize the spirit of the Brigham Young University—Relief Society Women’s Conference.
 Over, the past twenty-five years, the women’s conferences held annually on the campus of BUY have uplifted, instructed, and encouraged the women of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Thousands flock to BYU each year to attend in person, and hundreds of thousands more can, as of recent years, watch selected talks on satellite broadcast.
 The Best of Women’s Conference is a landmark anthology of dozens of the most memorable addresses presented at women’s conferences over the past two and a half decades. This beautiful volume includes such favorite essays as “Women of Faith,” by Camilla Eyring Kimball; “Building the Kingdom from a Firm Foundation,” by Marjorie P. Hinckley; “It’s about Time, “ by Mary Ellen Edmunds; “thought of a Grasshopper,” by Louise Plummer; “Finding Lightness in Our Burdens,” by Chieko Okazaki; “This Is a Test. It Is Only a Test,” by Sheri L. Dew; “The Temple: Taking an Eternal View,” by S. Michael Wilcox; and many more.