Justice can seem to be so very demanding. But we must learn that when we put everything as right as we can put it right, it is Justice who invokes the Atonement, orders the adversary off our property, and posts the notice that his agents will make no more collections from us.
BOYD K. PACKERMature love has a bliss not even imagined by newlyweds.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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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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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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Some people think a miracle is only a miracle if it happens instantaneously, but miracles can grow slowly and patience and faith can compel things to happen that otherwise never would have come to pass.
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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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The gift of the Holy Ghost operates equally with men, women, and even little children. It is within this wondrous gift and power that the spiritual remedy to any problem can be found.
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The atonement of Christ is not just for those who sin. The mercy of Christ encompasses all pain.
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No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair. Repentance and the lasting hope that forgiveness brings will always be worth the effort.
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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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No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
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The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
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The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
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If you stumble, rise up, go on.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
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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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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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One thing is very clear: the safest place and the best protection against the moral and spiritual diseases is a stable home and family. This has always been true; it will be true forever. We must keep that foremost in our minds.
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The house of the Lord, bathed in light, standing out in the darkness, becomes symbolic of the power and the inspiration of the gospel of Jesus Christ standing as a beacon in a world that sinks ever further into spiritual darkness.
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Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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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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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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The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.
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Somewhere there is a message in the protest of the man who said, “You can’t tell me that worry doesn’t help. The things I worry about never happen.”
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Christ’s mercy is the mighty healer; even to the wounded innocent.
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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.
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It 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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Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.
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