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This category is added to every article that has to do with service, love, relationships, neighbors, missionary work, etc. Ministering is a broad category that covers a lot of doctrine and there are many ways to demonstrate the love of God in how we relate to our brothers and sisters here in mortality, as well as beyond the veil.

What Does it Mean to Be “Crowned With … Commandments”?

Kelly Merrill2021-05-05T14:40:09-06:00Expectations, Ministering|

Photo by Marko Blažević on Unsplash Despite our good intentions, too often we still view commandments as restrictions that hold us back. Nothing can be further from the truth. Our earthly journey What is it we in the [...]

The Effects of the Atonement

Kelly Merrill2021-03-12T10:17:05-07:00Come, Follow Me, Ministering|

Photo by Vinícius Henrique Photography on Unsplash I believe the act of the Atonement made by Jesus was anything but simple. It was difficult to perform, and has as far reaching a set of consequences as any other [...]

D&C 29 – Jesus Christ Will Gather His People

Kelly Merrill2021-03-08T14:41:44-07:00Come, Follow Me, Ministering|

Week 13 is scheduled for study March 22-28, 2021. We review the plan for our salvation, the process of the Gathering, and we define and discuss the elect. Day 1 Doctrine and Covenants 29 - Heavenly Father prepared the perfect [...]

To God, it Is All About the Relationship

Kelly Merrill2021-03-04T13:16:40-07:00Come, Follow Me, Doctrine & Information, Ministering|

Photo by Micheile Henderson on Unsplash This is an exploration of the idea that to God everything is about relationships. I just read Doctrine and Covenants 29 for the Come, Follow Me lessons for week 13. I was [...]

D&C 14-17 – Stand As a Witness

Kelly Merrill2021-02-03T10:54:01-07:00Come, Follow Me, Ministering|

Week 08 is scheduled for study Feb. 15-21, 2021. To be a witness requires that we have a knowledge of what the Lord is doing in our days. A witness with no knowledge is a worthless witness, no? Following are [...]

The Atonement of Christ, the Ultimate Expression of Love

Kelly Merrill2021-01-07T12:44:20-07:00Ministering, Random Thoughts|

Someone submitted a video for consideration in the Latter-day Saints Ministering Facebook (FB) group. Normally, I don't even watch them, I just delete them and move on. But this said it was from the church, so I took a moment [...]

The Reason for Ministering

Kelly Merrill2020-11-20T11:54:40-07:00Ministering|

Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash A talk given in the Rexburg 11th ward on 11/8/2020. Two years ago when ministering was introduced to the Church, it was a big topic. Now it is largely ignored by many [...]

Righteous Acts Are Not Enough

Kelly Merrill2020-09-07T12:01:27-06:00Come, Follow Me, Ministering|

Is there a difference between behaving righteously and being righteous? Can I do righteous works, but not be righteous? Aren't I defined by what I do? These are the questions addressed by the Savior's sermon to the Nephites in 3 [...]

Alma 17-22 – I Will Make an Instrument of Thee

Kelly Merrill2020-06-06T11:35:43-06:00Come, Follow Me, Ministering|

Week 26 is scheduled for study June 22-28, 2020. This week's lessons all talk about different aspects of what it means to or what it takes to become an instrument in the hands of God to do His work. Being [...]

I Will Make an Instrument of Thee

Kelly Merrill2020-06-26T14:42:51-06:00Come, Follow Me, Ministering|

This is a companion piece to the Come, Follow Me lessons for week 26, Alma 17-22. I want to address this whole concept of being used by the Lord, and being an instrument in His hands. I wrote an article [...]

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