When I think of how we show faith, I cannot help but think of the example of my own father. I recall vividly how the spirit of missionary work came into my life. I was about thirteen years of age when my father received a call to go on a mission.
EZRA TAFT BENSONIt is not enough simply to try to resist evil or empty our lives of sin. We must also fill our lives with righteousness
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We will not know Him, until we become like him.
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While you are going through your trial, you can recall your past victories and coul the blessings that you do have with a sure hope of greater ones to allow if you are faithful.
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No man is truly free who is in financial bondage. ‘Think what you do when you run in debt’, said Benjamin Franklin, ‘you give another power over your liberty.’
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I would rather say whoa to a leader than gittie up.
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It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters.
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The proud wish God would agree with them. They are not interested in changing their opinions to agree with God’s.
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Freedom is an eternal principle. Heaven disapproves of force, coercion and intimidation. Only a free people can be truly a happy people.
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I grew up believing that the willingness and ability to work is the basic ingredient of successful farming. Hard, intelligent work is the key. Use it, and your chances for success are good.
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To be a successful missionary one must have the Spirit of the Lord. We are also taught that the Spirit will not dwell in unclean tabernacles. Therefore, one of the first things a missionary must do to gain spirituality is to make sure his own personal life is in order.
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Records, radio, television, movies, magazines-all are monopolized by the money managers who are guided by one ethic, the words wealth and power.
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The so-called civil rights movement as it exists today is used as a Communist program for revolution in America.
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Faith is the foundation upon which a godlike character is built. It is a prerequisite for all other virtues.
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We live in a day of slick, quiet and clever sins.
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Every man eventually is backed up to the wall of faith, and there he must make his stand.
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Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.
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