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!
BOYD K. PACKERFear is the opposite of faith. We move forward, certain that the Lord will watch over us, particularly in the family.
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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 the eternal scheme of things – not always in mortality – righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
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I have a hard time with historians because they idolize the truth. The truth is not uplifting; it destroys. I could tell most of the secretaries in the church office building that they are ugly and fat. That would be the truth, but it would hurt and destroy them.
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Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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Some people think a miracle is only a miracle if it happens instantaneously, but miracles can grow slowly and patience and faith can compel things to happen that otherwise never would have come to pass.
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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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Faith is a real power, not just an expression of belief.
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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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The Atonement has practical, personal, everyday value; apply it in your life. It can be activated with so simple a beginning as prayer.
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If you will turn away from sin, you will be able one day to know the peace that comes from following the pathway of complete repentance.
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The spiritually starving hesitate to partake of the Spirit like a child’s reaction to new and strange food. They must be offered a tiny bite on a spoon.
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How grateful we are for you, our youth.
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There is a falsehood that some are born with an attraction to their own kind, with nothing they can do about it. They are just ‘that way’ and can only yield to those desires. That is a malicious and destructive lie. While it is a convincing idea to some, it is of the devil.
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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.
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