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    Collected Essays and Writings
    Collected Essays and Writings
    Collected Essays and Writings
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    Collected Essays and Writings

    By P. Anthony McAnelly

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    This is an eclectic collection of various writing by P. Anthony McAnelly.  Everything from short sermons to poetry to essays. Topics include Christian sermons, Scouting, leadership, Deaf awareness and others.

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    PublisherP. Anthony McAnelly
    Release dateOct 27, 2023
    ISBN9798224970469
    Collected Essays and Writings
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    P. Anthony McAnelly

    P. Anthony "Tony" McAnelly Bio Tony McAnelly has over 30 years of executive management experience in public, non-profit and commercial sectors advancing and leading teams and business development. Tony began his professional career in 1990 with the Evergreen Council of the Boy Scouts in Everett. WA.  His relationship with the Boy Scouts was 17 years of continuing advancement and recognition. While working for the Boy Scouts of America he earned a reputation for developing and training top preforming professional and volunteer teams. For 15 consecutive years he was recognized as a national top performer in fund-raising and membership recruiting. In 2006 Mr. McAnelly was recruited as the Executive Director for the American Diabetes Association in Northern California. The market included an office in Sacramento in addition to two remote offices in Fresno and Redding. In 2013 Tony started as a civil servant with the State of California as manager for the California Secretary of State and subsequently as Branch Chief for Vital Records with the California Department of Public health. He was a leader in driving efficiency and automation integration for organizations doing business in California. Mr. McAnelly joined The California Community Action Partnership Association in 2018 as the Executive Director. He worked to build CalCAPA's advocacy capacity on behalf of low-income Californians and return California to the forefront in leading the fight against poverty. After retiring Tony and His wife Loris spent about a year towing their trailer all over the United States.  Settling in Brookshire, TX in 2021 Mr. McAnelly holds degrees in Deaf Studies and Recreation Business. He has received national recognition for his fund-raising and management achievements and is both TQM and Six Sigma Green Belt trained. Tony is a proud bearer of the Eagle Scout award. Tony lives in Brookshire, TX with his wife Lori; they have eight children, four son/daughters-in-law and six grandchildren.

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      Collected Essays and Writings - P. Anthony McAnelly

      SPEAKING IN CHURCH

      ALWAYS

      The Savior has used the word always in two settings that must have caused you to wonder. First, every sacrament meeting the word always is used in a covenant, this is what you hear: That they are willing to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him...

      Another setting in which the word always is used is in a commandment. The Lord repeats the command often, with only slight variations. Here is one of them: But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always, and not faint... 

      You promise to always remember Him. And He warns you to pray always. You may have wondered, as have I, why He used the word always, given the nature of mortality as it weighs upon us. You may know from experience how hard it is to think of anything consciously all the time. Even in service to God, you will not be consciously praying always. So why does the Master exhort us to pray always?

      I am not wise enough to know all of His purposes in giving us a covenant to always remember Him and in warning us to pray always lest we be overcome. But I know one. It is because He knows perfectly the powerful forces that influence us and what it means to be human.

      You and I can see evidence of the acceleration in the two great opposing forces around us. One is the force of righteousness. Even the world can see the emergence of a power beyond what might have been reasonably predicted. Yet few seem to recognize that the power stems not from organization or programs or wealth. Rather, it comes from individual hearts changed by faith to keep the commandments of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

      As has always been true, there is an opposing power. It is the power of sin, and it is visibly accelerating. The media and what you see in the lives of those around you present you with evidence. And even in your experience, you surely must sense the ominous increase of toleration and even encouragement of the powers of sin to corrupt and torment. 

      The Master not only foresees perfectly the growing power of the opposing forces but also knows what it is like to be mortal. He knows the mistake we can so easily make: to underestimate the forces working for us and to rely too much on our human powers. And so, He offers us the covenant to always remember Him and the warning to pray always so that we will place our reliance on Him, our only safety. It is not hard to know what to do. The very difficulty of remembering always and praying always is a needed spur to try harder. The danger lies in delay or drift.

      One of the things I taught people I met, as a missionary was that they could either progress or fall back spiritually. I told them it was dangerous to think they could stand still. As the forces around us increase in intensity, whatever spiritual strength was once sufficient will not be enough. And whatever growth in spiritual strength we once thought was possible, greater growth will be made available to us. Both the need for spiritual strength and the opportunity to acquire it will increase at rates that we underestimate at our peril.

      I have learned something about always remembering. Fathers and mothers who love their children already know it. It is this: The child may be absent. The cares of the day may be great. Yet love for the child can be ever present in the heart of the parent, coloring and shaping every word, every act, and every choice.

      You have the right and the obligation to choose for yourselves. You can search the scriptures or not. You can choose to work hard enough, to ponder, and to obey His commandments so that the Holy Ghost can be your companion. Then you will come to know the Savior better and better and your heart will swell with love for Him. Or you can choose to delay. You can choose to drift; deciding past efforts will be enough. My warning is a simple matter of cause and effect. Jesus Christ is the light and the life of the world. If we do not choose to move toward Him, we will find that we have moved away.

      We are promised that if we always remember Him and keep His commandments, we will always have His Spirit to be with us. That light to our feet will grow dim if we choose to delay or to drift.

      Whether or not you choose to keep your covenant to always remember Him, He always remembers you. I testify that Jesus Christ, born in Bethlehem, was and is the Only Begotten of the Father, the Lamb of God. He chose from before the foundations of the earth to be your Savior, my Savior, and the Savior of all we will ever know or meet. I testify that He was resurrected and that because of His Atonement we may be washed clean through our faith to obey the laws and accept the ordinances of the gospel. In His Holy name Amen.

      CHOOSE YOUR HARD

      In our life we face hard things, some are God given, beyond our control. Others we choose ourselves. You don't choose whether or not you'll suffer, but you do choose what you want to suffer for.

      Marriage is hard. Divorce is hard. Choose your hard

      Obesity is hard. Being Fit is hard. Choose your hard.

      Being in debt is hard. Being fiscally disciplined is hard. Choose your hard.

      Forgiving is hard. Carrying a grudge is hard. Choose your hard.

      Life is not easy, It’s hard.  Choose wisely.

      Let’s consider, David, against Goliath.

      NOW LET’S LOOK AT THE PLACE WHERE THEY WERE.

      David was on one mountain, and Goliath was on another. A big valley was between them.

      The request was made send out a man. verse 8

      David, He was just a young boy, probably around 16 to 17 years old, never been in a battle in his life.

      Goliath, Big man, Bible says he was six cubits and a span. which means, he was over 9 feet tall. And was carry a spear and the Head of that spear weighed six hundred shekels of iron, that translates to 15 lbs. And he thought he was the man. He thought at that moment he was the champion, they even called him a champion Verse......4

      You know the story, here comes Young David, says I want to go fight him. and his brother said No, you are but a lad, And David told him how he had encountered a Bear and Lion, that had gotten one of his sheep, and he killed them both He said, and this man Goliath will be as one of them.

      WELL, LETS LOOK AT THE STAND OFF.

      David steps up and out. And Goliath started laughing.

      Question, if you were 9 feet tall, and was a beast, looking for a fight and a kid step out to fight you. What would you do?? Laugh........Me too

      Said to them Am I dog? Then told David come over here and I’ll give your flesh to the Birds. And David, said Goliath, this day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, I will give your flesh to the birds, and while I’m at it, I’ll take your head too.

      NOW LETS VEIW THE FIGHT.

      Goliath starts down the hill to meet David, and David runs with all he has, puts his hand into his Bag and out comes the stone, Places it in the sling, and lets him have it, and the Bible says the rock went into his forehead deep. and down he went. David takes Goliath very own sword and cuts his head off. He stands upon Goliath’s chest with sword in one hand and his head in the other. Now that’s the story in a nut shell, The question is what can we learn from it.

      President Thomas S. Monson has pleaded, May we ever choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong..

      #1 We all have giants in our lives, many have more than one giant for some it could be at work on

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