Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering.
BOYD K. PACKERThe flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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The Spirit is a voice that one feels more than hears.
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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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We were given our agency. We must use it wisely and remain close to the Spirit; otherwise, we foolishly find ourselves yielding to the enticements of the adversary.
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Thoughts, like water, will stay on course if we make a place for them to go. As you learn to control your thoughts, you can gain courage, conquer fear and have a happy life.
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Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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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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You have that same agency. Use it wisely to deny acting on any impure impulse or unholy temptation that may come into your mind. Just do not go there, and if you are already there, come back out of it. ‘Deny yourselves of all ungodliness’ (Moroni 10:32).
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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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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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Life moves all too fast. When you feel weak, discouraged, depressed, or afraid, open the Book of Mormon and read.
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Every soul confined in a prison of sin, guilt, or perversion has a key to the gate. The key is labeled “repentance.” If you know how to use this key, the adversary cannot hold you.
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If you need a transfusion of spiritual strength then just ask for it. We call that Prayer. Prayer is powerful spiritual medicine.
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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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Faith, to be faith, must walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness. If everything has to be known, if everything has to be explained, if everything has to be certified, then there is no need for faith. Indeed, there is no room for it.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
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