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.
BOYD K. PACKERHit the ‘delete’ button when you have unrighteous thoughts.
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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.
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Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
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In or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved.
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We could be like a father determined to provide everything for his family. He devotes every energy to that end and succeeds; only then does he discover that what they needed most, to be together as a family, has been neglected. And he reaps sorrow in place of contentment.
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This great circle of sisters will be a protection for each of you and for your families. The Relief Society might be likened to a refuge- the place of safety and protection- the sanctuary of ancient times. You will be safe within it. It encircles each sister like a protecting wall.
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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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If you will turn away from sin, you will be able one day to know the peace that comes from following the pathway of complete repentance.
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Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.
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No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
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There is little to be gained by seeking after the mysteries, for there is hardly time in a lifetime to master the plain and precious things.
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If you need a transfusion of spiritual strength then just ask for it. We call that Prayer. Prayer is powerful spiritual medicine.
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Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
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Joseph’s vision of the Father and the Son opened this dispensation. Then came the Restoration of the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ with the same organization that existed in the primitive Church, built upon the foundation of apostles and prophets.
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