Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
BOYD K. PACKERNo service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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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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The atonement of Christ is not just for those who sin. The mercy of Christ encompasses all pain.
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Everything that I have learned from the revelations and from life convinces me that there is time and to spare for you to carefully prepare for a long life.
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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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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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If you understand the great plan of happiness and follow it, what goes on in the world will not determine your happiness.
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Our lives are made up of thousands of everyday choices. Over the years these little choices will be bundled together and show clearly what we value.
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Temple. One other word is equal in importance to a Latter-day Saint. Home. Put the words holy temple and home together, and you have described the house of the Lord!
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Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation
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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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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 gospel stands as true for those who reject it as for those who accept it – both will be judged by it.
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We were given our agency. We must use it wisely and remain close to the Spirit; otherwise, we foolishly find ourselves yielding to the enticements of the adversary.
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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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Arms now empty will be filled and hearts now hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.
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