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Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering.

Boyd K. Packer

In a sense, speaking figuratively, to take one’s agency, that precious gift which the scriptures make plain is essential to life itself, and say, “I will do as you direct,” is afterward to learn that in so doing you possess it all the more.
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Afterward Discovery Greatest Learn Scriptures
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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Agency Differences Giving
Christ’s mercy is the mighty healer; even to the wounded innocent.
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Christ Innocent Mercy
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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Certified Edge Everything Faith
No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
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Church Community Home
If you need a transfusion of spiritual strength then just ask for it. We call that Prayer. Prayer is powerful spiritual medicine.
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Powerful Prayer Spiritual Strength
Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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Needs Temptation Trials
Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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Offended Punish Sins
The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
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Closest Ministry Target
Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.
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Bailout Battle Moral Standards
Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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Family Sacred Should Time
How grateful we are for you, our youth.
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Grateful Sucess Young Youth
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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Convince Done Tools Us
It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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Beats Meetings
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.
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Individual Lord Love Ought You
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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Accepting Judge Rejects
The spiritually starving hesitate to partake of the Spirit like a child’s reaction to new and strange food. They must be offered a tiny bite on a spoon.
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Children Cooking Hesitate Spiritual Spoons
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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Atonement Christ Jesus
No teaching is equal, more spiritually rewarding, or more exalting than that of a mother teaching her children.
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Children Mother Teaching
Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
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Historians Inspire Truth
Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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Behavior Clean Decent
The choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil.
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Accountability Fame Choices Evil Fortune Poverty
If you have seen one of the temples at night, fully lighted, you know what an impressive sight that can be.
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Inspiration Jesus Spiritual
No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.
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Inspiration Today World
The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
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Beautiful Love Marriage Romance
Latter-day Saints are not obedient because they are compelled to be obedient. They are obedient because they know certain spiritual truths and have decided, as an expression of their own individual agency, to obey the commandments of God. . . .
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Agency Expression Spiritual
What a wonderful time to be young. You will see events in your lifetime that will test your courage and extend your faith. If you will face the sunlight of truth, the shadows of discouragement and sin and error will fall behind you. You must never give up!
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Event Faith Give Up Test Time Truth

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