The permissiveness afforded by the weakening of the laws of the land to tolerate legalized acts of immorality does not reduce the serious spiritual consequence that is the result of the violation of God’s law of chastity.
BOYD K. PACKERRepentance 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.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Faith is a real power, not just an expression of belief.
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Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
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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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How grateful we are for you, our youth.
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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.
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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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Progression: you can start from where you are.
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Every soul confined in a prison of sin, guilt, or perversion has a key to the gate. The key is labeled “repentance.” If you know how to use this key, the adversary cannot hold you.
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Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.
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I have a hard time with historians because they idolize the truth. The truth is not uplifting; it destroys. I could tell most of the secretaries in the church office building that they are ugly and fat. That would be the truth, but it would hurt and destroy them.
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I know that God is our Father. He introduced His Son, Jesus Christ, to Joseph Smith. I declare to you that I know that Jesus is the Christ. I know that He lives. He was born in the meridian of time.
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The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ has the nourishing power to heal starving spirits of the world.
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The Restoration began with the prayer of a 14-year-old boy and a vision of the Father and the Son. The dispensation of the fulness of times was ushered in.
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Take hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.
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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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