At the temple the dust of distraction seems to settle out, the fog and the haze seem to lift, and we can ‘see’ things that we were not able to see before and find a way through our troubles that we had not previously known.
BOYD K. PACKERHit the ‘delete’ button when you have unrighteous thoughts.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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Christ’s mercy is the mighty healer; even to the wounded innocent.
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Young men speak about the future because they have no past, and old men speak of the past because they have no future.
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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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Our lives are made up of thousands of everyday choices. Over the years these little choices will be bundled together and show clearly what we value.
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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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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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Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation
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Throughout your life there may be times when you have gone places you never should have gone and done things you never should have done.
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There are many things about living the gospel of Jesus Christ that cannot be measured by that which is counted or charted in records of attendance.
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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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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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Everything that I have learned from the revelations and from life convinces me that there is time and to spare for you to carefully prepare for a long life.
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Somewhere there is a message in the protest of the man who said, “You can’t tell me that worry doesn’t help. The things I worry about never happen.”
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The end of all activity in the church is to see that a man and a woman with their children are happy at home, sealed for eternity.
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