You always hold the key of repentance to unlock the prison door. If they throw the word diversity at you, grab hold of it and say, “I am already diverse, and I intend to stay diverse.”
BOYD K. PACKERIf you are burdened with depressing feelings of guilt or disappointment, of failure or shame, there is a cure.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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The scriptures hold the keys to spiritual protection.
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It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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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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This shield of faith is best fabricated in a cottage industry. While the shield can be polished in classes in the Church and in activities, it is meant to be handcrafted in the home and fitted to each individual.
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
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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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I know that God is our Father. He introduced His Son, Jesus Christ, to Joseph Smith. I declare to you that I know that Jesus is the Christ. I know that He lives. He was born in the meridian of time.
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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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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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Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.
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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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Progression: you can start from where you are.
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Mature love has a bliss not even imagined by newlyweds.
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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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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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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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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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There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.
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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 first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: ‘Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee’ (Moses 3:17).
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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
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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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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 purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
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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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