The idea that life began with mortal birth is preposterous. There is no way to explain life if you believe that.
BOYD K. PACKERIt was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.
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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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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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If you stumble, rise up, go on.
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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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Fix that truth in your mind and hold to it. However many generations in your mortal ancestry, no matter what race or people you represent, the pedigree of your spirit can be written on a single line. You are a child of God!
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There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
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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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Progression: you can start from where you are.
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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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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty” – Lao-tsu One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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No teaching is equal, more spiritually rewarding, or more exalting than that of a mother teaching her children.
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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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Tolerance is a virtue, but like all virtues, when exaggerated, it transforms itself into a vice. We need to be careful of the “tolerance trap” so that we are not swallowed up in it.
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