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.
BOYD K. PACKEROne 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.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
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This shield of faith is best fabricated in a cottage industry. While the shield can be polished in classes in the Church and in activities, it is meant to be handcrafted in the home and fitted to each individual.
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The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
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Happiness will depend on what each of us does with what each has, what we learn from what we do, and what we do thereafter.
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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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If you will turn away from sin, you will be able one day to know the peace that comes from following the pathway of complete repentance.
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No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.
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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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A testimony of the hope of redemption is something which cannot be measured or counted. Jesus Christ is the source of that hope.
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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence … more than a speaker does.
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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 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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Do you realize how marvelous it is that you can call upon the Atonement? The Lord effected the Atonement for our sakes. And there isn’t anything that you can’t repent from and that you can’t be rescued from if you will repent and be determined to make the decision.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
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