Parents now are concerned about the moral and spiritual diseases. These can have terrible complications when standards and values are abandoned. We must all take protective measures.
BOYD K. PACKERAddiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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If you need a transfusion of spiritual strength then just ask for it. We call that Prayer. Prayer is powerful spiritual medicine.
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Faith is a real power, not just an expression of belief.
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We are able to feel and learn very quickly through music, through art, through poetry some spiritual things that we would otherwise learn very slowly.
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In or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved.
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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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Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.
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What a wonderful time to be young. You will see events in your lifetime that will test your courage and extend your faith. If you will face the sunlight of truth, the shadows of discouragement and sin and error will fall behind you. You must never give up!
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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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There’s no credit buying on eternal things, none at all. Anything that is worthwhile has to be paid for in advance.
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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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We were given our agency. We must use it wisely and remain close to the Spirit; otherwise, we foolishly find ourselves yielding to the enticements of the adversary.
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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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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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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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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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