Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
BOYD K. PACKERA 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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The ultimate effort of everything in the Church is to the end that a father and a mother and their children can be happy at home. If they are happy at home, they are spiritually prepared for whatever should be ahead of them in the world.
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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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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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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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Seek worthy companions. Attend church faithfully. Never fail daily to seek for help through prayer. And I promise you that the way will be easier and you shall have a composure of mind and a confident attitude toward life and the future.
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You always hold the key of repentance to unlock the prison door. If they throw the word diversity at you, grab hold of it and say, “I am already diverse, and I intend to stay diverse.”
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The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
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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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Husbands and wives should understand that their first calling-from which they will never be released-is to one another and then to their children.
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If you are burdened with depressing feelings of guilt or disappointment, of failure or shame, there is a cure.
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It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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Throughout your life there may be times when you have gone places you never should have gone and done things you never should have done.
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In a sense, speaking figuratively, to take one’s agency, that precious gift which the scriptures make plain is essential to life itself, and say, “I will do as you direct,” is afterward to learn that in so doing you possess it all the more.
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The spiritually starving hesitate to partake of the Spirit like a child’s reaction to new and strange food. They must be offered a tiny bite on a spoon.
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