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.
BOYD K. PACKEREvery 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.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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Take hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.
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Some things that are true are not very useful.
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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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The scriptures hold the keys to spiritual protection.
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Temple. One other word is equal in importance to a Latter-day Saint. Home. Put the words holy temple and home together, and you have described the house of the Lord!
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We live in a day when the adversary stresses on every hand the philosophy of instant gratification. We seem to demand instant everything, including instant solutions to our problems. . .
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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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You have that same agency. Use it wisely to deny acting on any impure impulse or unholy temptation that may come into your mind. Just do not go there, and if you are already there, come back out of it. ‘Deny yourselves of all ungodliness’ (Moroni 10:32).
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The Atonement has practical, personal, everyday value; apply it in your life. It can be activated with so simple a beginning as prayer.
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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.
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If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.
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Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
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Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation
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