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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

The permissiveness afforded by the weakening of the laws of the land to tolerate legalized acts of immorality does not reduce the serious spiritual consequence that is the result of the violation of God’s law of chastity.
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Immorality Permissiveness Violation Weakening
The idea that life began with mortal birth is preposterous. There is no way to explain life if you believe that.
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Believe Ideas Life Preposterous
The scriptures speak of ‘the shield of faith wherewith,’ the Lord said, ‘ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked’ (D&C 27:17).
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Quenched Scripture Speak
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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Darkness House Symbolic World
The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
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Beautiful Love Marriage Romance
Some things that are true are not very useful.
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Some Thing Useful Very
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
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
Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
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Historians Inspire Truth
No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
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Church Community Home
Seek worthy companions. Attend church faithfully. Never fail daily to seek for help through prayer. And I promise you that the way will be easier and you shall have a composure of mind and a confident attitude toward life and the future.
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Attitude Life Prayer
It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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Beats Meetings
Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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Tolerance Vices Virtue
If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.
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Unbearable Unfair Views
The spiritually starving hesitate to partake of the Spirit like a child’s reaction to new and strange food. They must be offered a tiny bite on a spoon.
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Children Cooking Hesitate Spiritual Spoons
If you have seen one of the temples at night, fully lighted, you know what an impressive sight that can be.
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Inspiration Jesus Spiritual

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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