At the temple the dust of distraction seems to settle out, the fog and the haze seem to lift, and we can ‘see’ things that we were not able to see before and find a way through our troubles that we had not previously known.
BOYD K. PACKERI 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.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
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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 choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil.
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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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One of the adversary’s sharpest tools is to convince us that we are no longer worthy to pray. No matter who you are or what you may have done, you can always pray.
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Progression: you can start from where you are.
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Hit the ‘delete’ button when you have unrighteous thoughts.
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Do 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.
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I know that God is our Father. He introduced His Son, Jesus Christ, to Joseph Smith. I declare to you that I know that Jesus is the Christ. I know that He lives. He was born in the meridian of time.
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How grateful we are for you, our youth.
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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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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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If you stumble, rise up, go on.
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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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Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence … more than a speaker does.
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