There is a falsehood that some are born with an attraction to their own kind, with nothing they can do about it. They are just ‘that way’ and can only yield to those desires. That is a malicious and destructive lie. While it is a convincing idea to some, it is of the devil.
BOYD K. PACKERIf prayer is to leave the public schools, let the ridicule of prayer leave also.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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The scriptures hold the keys to spiritual protection.
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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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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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Arms now empty will be filled and hearts now hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.
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Christ’s mercy is the mighty healer; even to the wounded innocent.
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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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Joseph’s vision of the Father and the Son opened this dispensation. Then came the Restoration of the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ with the same organization that existed in the primitive Church, built upon the foundation of apostles and prophets.
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No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
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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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Every 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.
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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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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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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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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 could be like a father determined to provide everything for his family. He devotes every energy to that end and succeeds; only then does he discover that what they needed most, to be together as a family, has been neglected. And he reaps sorrow in place of contentment.
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