I do not think it pleases the Lord when we worry because we think we never do enough or that what we do is never good enough….Some needlessly carry a heavy burden of guilt which could be removed through confession and repentance.
BOYD K. PACKERFaith, 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.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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It is in the ordinances of the temple that we are placed under covenant to Him….[If] we will enter into our covenants without reservation or apology, the Lord will protect us. We will receive inspiration sufficient for the challenges of life.
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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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This great circle of sisters will be a protection for each of you and for your families. The Relief Society might be likened to a refuge- the place of safety and protection- the sanctuary of ancient times. You will be safe within it. It encircles each sister like a protecting wall.
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It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.
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There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
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The Spirit is a voice that one feels more than hears.
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The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
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Arms now empty will be filled and hearts now hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.
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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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Everything that I have learned from the revelations and from life convinces me that there is time and to spare for you to carefully prepare for a long life.
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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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Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.
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Progression: you can start from where you are.
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Parents now are concerned about the moral and spiritual diseases. These can have terrible complications when standards and values are abandoned. We must all take protective measures.
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