In the eternal scheme of things – not always in mortality – righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.
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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Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.
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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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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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Our whole social order could self-destruct over the obsession with freedom disconnected from responsibility; where choice is imagined to be somehow independent of consequences.
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
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Repentance is the key with which we can unlock the prison from inside. We hold that key within our hands, and agency is ours to use it.
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There’s no credit buying on eternal things, none at all. Anything that is worthwhile has to be paid for in advance.
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There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
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Seek worthy companions. Attend church faithfully. Never fail daily to seek for help through prayer. And I promise you that the way will be easier and you shall have a composure of mind and a confident attitude toward life and the future.
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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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It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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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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The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.
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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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Christ’s mercy is the mighty healer; even to the wounded innocent.
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