You ought to know that the Lord loves you. He will make that known to you, and it will be a very private and individual experience, something you cannot explain to anyone else.
BOYD K. PACKERThe choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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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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Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
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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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Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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If you stumble, rise up, go on.
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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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Temple. One other word is equal in importance to a Latter-day Saint. Home. Put the words holy temple and home together, and you have described the house of the Lord!
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In all that we do in the Church, we need to provide the way, as leaders, for parents and children to have time together as families.
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Thoughts, like water, will stay on course if we make a place for them to go. As you learn to control your thoughts, you can gain courage, conquer fear and have a happy life.
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Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering.
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Life moves all too fast. When you feel weak, discouraged, depressed, or afraid, open the Book of Mormon and read.
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Just as chalk can be removed from a chalkboard, with sincere repentance, the effects of our transgression can be erased through the atonement of Jesus Christ.
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If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.
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No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.
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Faith, to be faith, must walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness. If everything has to be known, if everything has to be explained, if everything has to be certified, then there is no need for faith. Indeed, there is no room for it.
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