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….Some needlessly carry a heavy burden of guilt which could be removed through confession and repentance.
BOYD K. PACKEROne 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.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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The scriptures hold the keys to spiritual protection.
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If the word is tolerance, grab that one, too, saying, “I expect you to be tolerant of my lifestyle-obedience, integrity, abstinence, repentance.” If the word is choice, tell them you choose good, old-fashioned morality.
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The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
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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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If prayer is to leave the public schools, let the ridicule of prayer leave also.
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Happiness will depend on what each of us does with what each has, what we learn from what we do, and what we do thereafter.
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Repentance is the key with which we can unlock the prison from inside. We hold that key within our hands, and agency is ours to use it.
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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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If you understand the great plan of happiness and follow it, what goes on in the world will not determine your happiness.
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Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
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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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Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation
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Some things that are true are not very useful.
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