The end of all activity in the church is to see that a man and a woman with their children are happy at home, sealed for eternity.
BOYD K. PACKERSome 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.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
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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.
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Our lives are made up of thousands of everyday choices. Over the years these little choices will be bundled together and show clearly what we value.
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Life moves all too fast. When you feel weak, discouraged, depressed, or afraid, open the Book of Mormon and read.
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I know that God is our Father. He introduced His Son, Jesus Christ, to Joseph Smith. I declare to you that I know that Jesus is the Christ. I know that He lives. He was born in the meridian of time.
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Some worry endlessly over missions that were missed, or marriages that did not turn out, or babies that did not arrive, or children that seem lost, or dreams unfulfilled, or because age limits what they can do.
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Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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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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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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I have a hard time with historians because they idolize the truth. The truth is not uplifting; it destroys. I could tell most of the secretaries in the church office building that they are ugly and fat. That would be the truth, but it would hurt and destroy them.
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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 atonement of Christ is not just for those who sin. The mercy of Christ encompasses all pain.
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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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In the eternal scheme of things – not always in mortality – righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.
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The idea that life began with mortal birth is preposterous. There is no way to explain life if you believe that.
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