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There is also an age-old excuse: “The devil made me do it.” Not so! He can deceive you and mislead you, but he does not have the power to force you or anyone else to transgress or to keep you in transgression.

Boyd K. Packer

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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Advance Buying Credit Financial Paid Worthwide
The scriptures hold the keys to spiritual protection.
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Keys Scripture Spiritual
Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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Needs Temptation Trials
One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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Conquerer Control Through
Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.
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Bailout Battle Moral Standards
No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.
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Inspiration Today World
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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Decision Determined Marvelous Realized Sake
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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Accepting Judge Rejects
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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Good Member Purpose Straighten Struggle
Tolerance is a virtue, but like all virtues, when exaggerated, it transforms itself into a vice. We need to be careful of the “tolerance trap” so that we are not swallowed up in it.
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Land Law Spiritual
It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.
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Disappointment Life Struggle
Largely because of television, instead of looking over into that spacious building, we are, in effect, living inside of it. That is your fate in this generation. You are living in that great and spacious building.
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Balance Fate Generation Largely
There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
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Happy Law Physical Spiritual
No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair. Repentance and the lasting hope that forgiveness brings will always be worth the effort.
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Inspirational Pain Spiritual
No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
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Church Community Home
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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Already Come Impulse Mind Use

There is also an age-old excuse: “The devil made me do it.” Not so! He can deceive you and mislead you, but he does not have the power to force you or anyone else to transgress or to keep you in transgression.

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There is also an age-old excuse: “The devil made me do it.” Not so! He can deceive you and mislead you, but he does not have the power to force you or anyone else to transgress or to keep you in transgression.

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