In the eternal scheme of things – not always in mortality – righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.
BOYD K. PACKERJustice 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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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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Latter-day Saints are not obedient because they are compelled to be obedient. They are obedient because they know certain spiritual truths and have decided, as an expression of their own individual agency, to obey the commandments of God. . . .
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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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Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.
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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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Largely because of television, instead of looking over into that spacious building, we are, in effect, living inside of it. That is your fate in this generation. You are living in that great and spacious building.
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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 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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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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The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
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It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.
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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 scriptures hold the keys to spiritual protection.
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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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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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