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).
BOYD K. PACKERThe 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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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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Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.
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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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If you are burdened with depressing feelings of guilt or disappointment, of failure or shame, there is a cure.
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In all that we do in the Church, we need to provide the way, as leaders, for parents and children to have time together as families.
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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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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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No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair. Repentance and the lasting hope that forgiveness brings will always be worth the effort.
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Some things that are true are not very useful.
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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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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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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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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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If you stumble, rise up, go on.
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The end of all activity in the church is to see that a man and a woman with their children are happy at home, sealed for eternity.
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