When temptation comes, you can invent a delete key in your mind- perhaps the words from a favorite hymn. Your mind is in charge; your body is the instrument of your mind.
BOYD K. PACKERThe Spirit is a voice that one feels more than hears.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Happily ever after never happens in the second act.
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Fear is the opposite of faith. We move forward, certain that the Lord will watch over us, particularly in the family.
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The choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil.
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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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Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
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Hit the ‘delete’ button when you have unrighteous thoughts.
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It is in the ordinances of the temple that we are placed under covenant to Him….[If] we will enter into our covenants without reservation or apology, the Lord will protect us. We will receive inspiration sufficient for the challenges of life.
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Arms now empty will be filled and hearts now hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.
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Parents now are concerned about the moral and spiritual diseases. These can have terrible complications when standards and values are abandoned. We must all take protective measures.
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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
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Teach our members that if they have a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, to stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out. There is great purpose in our struggle in life.
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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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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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