Latter-day Saints are not obedient because they are compelled to be obedient. They are obedient because they know certain spiritual truths and have decided, as an expression of their own individual agency, to obey the commandments of God. . . .
BOYD K. PACKERArms now empty will be filled and hearts now hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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You always hold the key of repentance to unlock the prison door. If they throw the word diversity at you, grab hold of it and say, “I am already diverse, and I intend to stay diverse.”
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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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I 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.
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Christ’s mercy is the mighty healer; even to the wounded innocent.
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Arms now empty will be filled and hearts now hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
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Some things that are true are not very useful.
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Mature love has a bliss not even imagined by newlyweds.
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The ultimate effort of everything in the Church is to the end that a father and a mother and their children can be happy at home. If they are happy at home, they are spiritually prepared for whatever should be ahead of them in the world.
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Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation
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A testimony of the hope of redemption is something which cannot be measured or counted. Jesus Christ is the source of that hope.
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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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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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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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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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