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.
BOYD K. PACKERDo you realize how marvelous it is that you can call upon the Atonement? The Lord effected the Atonement for our sakes. And there isn’t anything that you can’t repent from and that you can’t be rescued from if you will repent and be determined to make the decision.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty” – Lao-tsu One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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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!
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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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No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.
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Teach our members that if they have a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, to stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out. There is great purpose in our struggle in life.
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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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There’s no credit buying on eternal things, none at all. Anything that is worthwhile has to be paid for in advance.
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The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.
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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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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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The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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Progression: you can start from where you are.
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Faith is a real power, not just an expression of belief.
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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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