Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.
BOYD K. PACKERThis 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.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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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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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
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If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.
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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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If you understand the great plan of happiness and follow it, what goes on in the world will not determine your happiness.
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Some things that are true are not very useful.
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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
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Keep the fire of your testimony of the restored gospel and your witness of our Redeemer burning so brightly that our children can warm their hands by the fire of your faith.
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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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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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At the temple the dust of distraction seems to settle out, the fog and the haze seem to lift, and we can ‘see’ things that we were not able to see before and find a way through our troubles that we had not previously known.
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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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