No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair. Repentance and the lasting hope that forgiveness brings will always be worth the effort.
Everyone is tested. One might think it is unfair to be singled out and subjected to a particular temptation, but this is the purpose of mortal life—to be tested. And the answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.
Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
Your secret yearnings and tearful pleadings will touch the heart of both the Father and the Son.
You may in time of trouble think that you are not worth saving because you have made mistakes, big or little, and you think you are now lost. That is never true! Only repentance can heal what hurts. But repentancecan heal what hurts, no matter what it is.
Teaching some things that are true, prematurely or at the wrong time, can invite sorrow and heartbreak instead of the joy intended to accompany learning.... The scriptures teach emphatically that we must give milk before meat. The Lord made it very clear that some things are to be taught selectively and some things are to be given only to those who are worthy.
Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
Throughout your life there may be times when you have gone places you never should have gone and done things you never should have done. If you will turn away from sin, you will be able one day to know the peace that comes from following the pathway of complete repentance.
The scriptures hold the keys to spiritual protection.
I do not think it pleases the Lord when we worry because we think we never do enough or that what we do is never good enough.
It is in the ordinances of the temple that we are placed under covenant to Him….[If] we will enter into our covenants without reservation or apology, the Lord will protect us. We will receive inspiration sufficient for the challenges of life.
If you have stumbled or even been lost for a time, you can move forward with faith and not wander to and fro in the world any longer.
Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
Learn to pray. Pray often. Pray in your mind, in your heart. Pray on your knees. Prayer is your personal key to heaven. The lock is on your side of the veil. And I have learned to conclude all my prayers with ‘Thy will be done’ (Matthew 6:10; see also Luke 11:2; 3 Nephi 13:10).
Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do.
The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
The Spirit is a voice that one feels more than hears.
The Lord will bless us as we attend to the sacred ordinance work of the temples. Blessings there will not be limited to our temple service. We will be blessed in all of our affairs.
A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.
Seek worthy companions. Attend church faithfully. Never fail daily to seek for help through prayer. And I promise you that the way will be easier and you shall have a composure of mind and a confident attitude toward life and the future. You shall be warned of dangers and shall be guided through the whisperings of the Holy Spirit.
Temple. One other word is equal in importance to a Latter-day Saint. Home. Put the words holy temple and home together, and you have described the house of the Lord!
Our lives are made up of thousands of everyday choices. Over the years these little choices will be bundled together and show clearly what we value.
Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.
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