We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
BOYD K. PACKERAt the temple the dust of distraction seems to settle out, the fog and the haze seem to lift, and we can ‘see’ things that we were not able to see before and find a way through our troubles that we had not previously known.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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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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Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
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If you will turn away from sin, you will be able one day to know the peace that comes from following the pathway of complete repentance.
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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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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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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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Arms now empty will be filled and hearts now hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.
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In a sense, speaking figuratively, to take one’s agency, that precious gift which the scriptures make plain is essential to life itself, and say, “I will do as you direct,” is afterward to learn that in so doing you possess it all the more.
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No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
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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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Christ’s mercy is the mighty healer; even to the wounded innocent.
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In or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved.
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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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Keep the fire of your testimony of the restored gospel and your witness of our Redeemer burning so brightly that our children can warm their hands by the fire of your faith.
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The gift of the Holy Ghost operates equally with men, women, and even little children. It is within this wondrous gift and power that the spiritual remedy to any problem can be found.
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