This great circle of sisters will be a protection for each of you and for your families. The Relief Society might be likened to a refuge- the place of safety and protection- the sanctuary of ancient times. You will be safe within it. It encircles each sister like a protecting wall.
BOYD K. PACKERThroughout your life there may be times when you have gone places you never should have gone and done things you never should have done.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Fear is the opposite of faith. We move forward, certain that the Lord will watch over us, particularly in the family.
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Progression: you can start from where you are.
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Repentance is the key with which we can unlock the prison from inside. We hold that key within our hands, and agency is ours to use it.
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You have that same agency. Use it wisely to deny acting on any impure impulse or unholy temptation that may come into your mind. Just do not go there, and if you are already there, come back out of it. ‘Deny yourselves of all ungodliness’ (Moroni 10:32).
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Parents now are concerned about the moral and spiritual diseases. These can have terrible complications when standards and values are abandoned. We must all take protective measures.
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Young men speak about the future because they have no past, and old men speak of the past because they have no future.
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One thing is very clear: the safest place and the best protection against the moral and spiritual diseases is a stable home and family. This has always been true; it will be true forever. We must keep that foremost in our minds.
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The gospel stands as true for those who reject it as for those who accept it – both will be judged by it.
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The Spirit is a voice that one feels more than hears.
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The atonement of Christ is not just for those who sin. The mercy of Christ encompasses all pain.
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Joseph’s vision of the Father and the Son opened this dispensation. Then came the Restoration of the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ with the same organization that existed in the primitive Church, built upon the foundation of apostles and prophets.
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The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.
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Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence … more than a speaker does.
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Take hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.
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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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