The Atonement has practical, personal, everyday value; apply it in your life. It can be activated with so simple a beginning as prayer.
BOYD K. PACKERIf you have seen one of the temples at night, fully lighted, you know what an impressive sight that can be.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Happiness will depend on what each of us does with what each has, what we learn from what we do, and what we do thereafter.
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Somewhere there is a message in the protest of the man who said, “You can’t tell me that worry doesn’t help. The things I worry about never happen.”
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Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence … more than a speaker does.
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I’m not ashamed to say that I want to be good. And I’ve found in my life that it has been critically important to establish this intention between me and the Lord so that I knew that HE knew which way I committed my agency.
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Happily ever after never happens in the second act.
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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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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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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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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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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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One thing is very clear: the safest place and the best protection against the moral and spiritual diseases is a stable home and family. This has always been true; it will be true forever. We must keep that foremost in our minds.
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Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.
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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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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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Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.
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