One thing is very clear: the safest place and the best protection against the moral and spiritual diseases is a stable home and family. This has always been true; it will be true forever. We must keep that foremost in our minds.
BOYD K. PACKERThose who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence … more than a speaker does.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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This great circle of sisters will be a protection for each of you and for your families. The Relief Society might be likened to a refuge- the place of safety and protection- the sanctuary of ancient times. You will be safe within it. It encircles each sister like a protecting wall.
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Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering.
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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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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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If you are burdened with depressing feelings of guilt or disappointment, of failure or shame, there is a cure.
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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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You ought to know that the Lord loves you. He will make that known to you, and it will be a very private and individual experience, something you cannot explain to anyone else.
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Life moves all too fast. When you feel weak, discouraged, depressed, or afraid, open the Book of Mormon and read.
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The scriptures speak of ‘the shield of faith wherewith,’ the Lord said, ‘ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked’ (D&C 27:17).
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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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The Restoration began with the prayer of a 14-year-old boy and a vision of the Father and the Son. The dispensation of the fulness of times was ushered in.
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Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
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Husbands and wives should understand that their first calling-from which they will never be released-is to one another and then to their children.
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The spiritually starving hesitate to partake of the Spirit like a child’s reaction to new and strange food. They must be offered a tiny bite on a spoon.
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