The idea that life began with mortal birth is preposterous. There is no way to explain life if you believe that.
BOYD K. PACKERNo one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.
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We live in a day when the adversary stresses on every hand the philosophy of instant gratification. We seem to demand instant everything, including instant solutions to our problems. . .
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No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
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Justice 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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In the eternal scheme of things – not always in mortality – righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.
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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.
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If you stumble, rise up, go on.
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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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Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
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The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
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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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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
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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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Fix that truth in your mind and hold to it. However many generations in your mortal ancestry, no matter what race or people you represent, the pedigree of your spirit can be written on a single line. You are a child of God!
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The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.
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It is in the ordinances of the temple that we are placed under covenant to Him….[If] we will enter into our covenants without reservation or apology, the Lord will protect us. We will receive inspiration sufficient for the challenges of life.
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