Arms now empty will be filled and hearts now hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.
BOYD K. PACKERIf the word is tolerance, grab that one, too, saying, “I expect you to be tolerant of my lifestyle-obedience, integrity, abstinence, repentance.” If the word is choice, tell them you choose good, old-fashioned morality.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.
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If you have seen one of the temples at night, fully lighted, you know what an impressive sight that can be.
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In all that we do in the Church, we need to provide the way, as leaders, for parents and children to have time together as families.
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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….Some needlessly carry a heavy burden of guilt which could be removed through confession and repentance.
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We live in a day when the adversary stresses on every hand the philosophy of instant gratification. We seem to demand instant everything, including instant solutions to our problems. . .
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One of the adversary’s sharpest tools is to convince us that we are no longer worthy to pray. No matter who you are or what you may have done, you can always pray.
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When temptation comes, you can invent a delete key in your mind- perhaps the words from a favorite hymn. Your mind is in charge; your body is the instrument of your mind.
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
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Largely because of television, instead of looking over into that spacious building, we are, in effect, living inside of it. That is your fate in this generation. You are living in that great and spacious building.
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Hit the ‘delete’ button when you have unrighteous thoughts.
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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
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There is also an age-old excuse: “The devil made me do it.” Not so! He can deceive you and mislead you, but he does not have the power to force you or anyone else to transgress or to keep you in transgression.
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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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A testimony of the hope of redemption is something which cannot be measured or counted. Jesus Christ is the source of that hope.
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