We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
BOYD K. PACKERIf you stumble, rise up, go on.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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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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Joseph’s vision of the Father and the Son opened this dispensation. Then came the Restoration of the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ with the same organization that existed in the primitive Church, built upon the foundation of apostles and prophets.
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Hit the ‘delete’ button when you have unrighteous thoughts.
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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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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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Everything that I have learned from the revelations and from life convinces me that there is time and to spare for you to carefully prepare for a long life.
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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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Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.
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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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The atonement of Christ is not just for those who sin. The mercy of Christ encompasses all pain.
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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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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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If the word is tolerance, grab that one, too, saying, “I expect you to be tolerant of my lifestyle-obedience, integrity, abstinence, repentance.” If the word is choice, tell them you choose good, old-fashioned morality.
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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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If you understand the great plan of happiness and follow it, what goes on in the world will not determine your happiness.
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