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.
BOYD K. PACKERIf you stumble, rise up, go on.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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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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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.
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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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The house of the Lord, bathed in light, standing out in the darkness, becomes symbolic of the power and the inspiration of the gospel of Jesus Christ standing as a beacon in a world that sinks ever further into spiritual darkness.
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Repentance is the key with which we can unlock the prison from inside. We hold that key within our hands, and agency is ours to use it.
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We are able to feel and learn very quickly through music, through art, through poetry some spiritual things that we would otherwise learn very slowly.
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We live in a day when the adversary stresses on every hand the philosophy of instant gratification. We seem to demand instant everything, including instant solutions to our problems. . .
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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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Progression: you can start from where you are.
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Some worry endlessly over missions that were missed, or marriages that did not turn out, or babies that did not arrive, or children that seem lost, or dreams unfulfilled, or because age limits what they can do.
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The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ has the nourishing power to heal starving spirits of the world.
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
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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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Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.
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