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There is little to be gained by seeking after the mysteries, for there is hardly time in a lifetime to master the plain and precious things.

Boyd K. Packer

There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
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Happy Law Physical Spiritual
No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.
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Inspiration Today World
We were given our agency. We must use it wisely and remain close to the Spirit; otherwise, we foolishly find ourselves yielding to the enticements of the adversary.
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Agency Enticements Otherwise Spirit Use
Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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Behavior Clean Decent
The scriptures speak of ‘the shield of faith wherewith,’ the Lord said, ‘ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked’ (D&C 27:17).
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Quenched Scripture Speak
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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Family Fear Particular
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!
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Home House Together
The gift of the Holy Ghost operates equally with men, women, and even little children. It is within this wondrous gift and power that the spiritual remedy to any problem can be found.
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Children Men Spiritual
Some worry endlessly over missions that were missed, or marriages that did not turn out, or babies that did not arrive, or children that seem lost, or dreams unfulfilled, or because age limits what they can do.
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Baby Children Dream
We could be like a father determined to provide everything for his family. He devotes every energy to that end and succeeds; only then does he discover that what they needed most, to be together as a family, has been neglected. And he reaps sorrow in place of contentment.
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Father Parenting Sorrow
We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
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Blind Obedient See
The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.
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Answers Kind Temptation
Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation
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Essentials Prelude Revelations
The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
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Closest Ministry Target
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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Christ Jesus Redemption
Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
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Church Different Family

There is little to be gained by seeking after the mysteries, for there is hardly time in a lifetime to master the plain and precious things.

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