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.
BOYD K. PACKERBehold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Justice can seem to be so very demanding. But we must learn that when we put everything as right as we can put it right, it is Justice who invokes the Atonement, orders the adversary off our property, and posts the notice that his agents will make no more collections from us.
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The house of the Lord, bathed in light, standing out in the darkness, becomes symbolic of the power and the inspiration of the gospel of Jesus Christ standing as a beacon in a world that sinks ever further into spiritual darkness.
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Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering.
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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.
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In a sense, speaking figuratively, to take one’s agency, that precious gift which the scriptures make plain is essential to life itself, and say, “I will do as you direct,” is afterward to learn that in so doing you possess it all the more.
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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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Christ’s mercy is the mighty healer; even to the wounded innocent.
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In the eternal scheme of things – not always in mortality – righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.
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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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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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I’m not ashamed to say that I want to be good. And I’ve found in my life that it has been critically important to establish this intention between me and the Lord so that I knew that HE knew which way I committed my agency.
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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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If 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.
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No teaching is equal, more spiritually rewarding, or more exalting than that of a mother teaching her children.
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The choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil.
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