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There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.

Boyd K. Packer

If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.
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Unbearable Unfair Views
The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
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Closest Ministry Target
I’ve learned the power of the dictum, “Early to bed, early to rise.” When I’m under pressure, you won’t find me burning the midnight oil. I’d much rather be in bed early and getting up in the wee hours of the morning.
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Burning Learn Midnight Studying
I’m not ashamed to say that I want to be good. And I’ve found in my life that it has been critically important to establish this intention between me and the Lord so that I knew that HE knew which way I committed my agency.
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Agency Differences Giving
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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Father Jesus Son Vision
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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Afterward Discovery Greatest Learn Scriptures
You have that same agency. Use it wisely to deny acting on any impure impulse or unholy temptation that may come into your mind. Just do not go there, and if you are already there, come back out of it. ‘Deny yourselves of all ungodliness’ (Moroni 10:32).
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Already Come Impulse Mind Use
Life moves all too fast. When you feel weak, discouraged, depressed, or afraid, open the Book of Mormon and read.
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Book Discourage Moving
He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty” – Lao-tsu One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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Conquer Laos Strong
It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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Beats Meetings
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.
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Enough Never Good Thinking Worry
Christ’s mercy is the mighty healer; even to the wounded innocent.
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Christ Innocent Mercy
In all that we do in the Church, we need to provide the way, as leaders, for parents and children to have time together as families.
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Children Leader Parent
There is also an age-old excuse: “The devil made me do it.” Not so! He can deceive you and mislead you, but he does not have the power to force you or anyone else to transgress or to keep you in transgression.
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Age Deceive Devil Excuse
Fear is the opposite of faith. We move forward, certain that the Lord will watch over us, particularly in the family.
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Family Fear Particular
Hit the ‘delete’ button when you have unrighteous thoughts.
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Buttons Delete Thought Unrigheous
Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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Family Sacred Should Time
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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Depend Happiness Learning
When temptation comes, you can invent a delete key in your mind- perhaps the words from a favorite hymn. Your mind is in charge; your body is the instrument of your mind.
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Delete Hymns Keys Powerful Words
The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.
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Answers Kind Temptation
Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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Offended Punish Sins
The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ has the nourishing power to heal starving spirits of the world.
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Book Christ Jesus Nourishment Power World
Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.
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Addiction Agency Moral
Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.
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Freedom Protected Self
If the word is tolerance, grab that one, too, saying, “I expect you to be tolerant of my lifestyle-obedience, integrity, abstinence, repentance.” If the word is choice, tell them you choose good, old-fashioned morality.
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Choose Good Integrity Repentance Say
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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Able Art Music Spiritual
Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
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