We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
BOYD K. PACKERIt has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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The permissiveness afforded by the weakening of the laws of the land to tolerate legalized acts of immorality does not reduce the serious spiritual consequence that is the result of the violation of God’s law of chastity.
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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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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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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….Some needlessly carry a heavy burden of guilt which could be removed through confession and repentance.
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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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Teach our members that if they have a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, to stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out. There is great purpose in our struggle in life.
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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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Mature love has a bliss not even imagined by newlyweds.
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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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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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The idea that life began with mortal birth is preposterous. There is no way to explain life if you believe that.
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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.
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