Some things that are true are not very useful.
BOYD K. PACKERWe 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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Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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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.
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The Spirit is a voice that one feels more than hears.
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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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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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No teaching is equal, more spiritually rewarding, or more exalting than that of a mother teaching her children.
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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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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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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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Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
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Just as chalk can be removed from a chalkboard, with sincere repentance, the effects of our transgression can be erased through the atonement of Jesus Christ.
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Husbands and wives should understand that their first calling-from which they will never be released-is to one another and then to their children.
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There’s no credit buying on eternal things, none at all. Anything that is worthwhile has to be paid for in advance.
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You ought to know that the Lord loves you. He will make that known to you, and it will be a very private and individual experience, something you cannot explain to anyone else.
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No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.
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