Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It is the sharp and keen awareness that our behavior caused the Savior, He who knew no sin, even the greatest of all, to endure agony and suffering.
EZRA TAFT BENSONIf you really want to receive joy and happiness, then serve others with all your heart. Lift their burden, and your own burden will be lighter.
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Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.
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If you really want to receive joy and happiness, then serve others with all your heart. Lift their burden, and your own burden will be lighter.
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When I think of how we show faith, I cannot help but think of the example of my own father. I recall vividly how the spirit of missionary work came into my life. I was about thirteen years of age when my father received a call to go on a mission.
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If we do not feel like praying, then we should pray until we do feel like praying.
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We will not know Him, until we become like him.
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Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
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Our enmity toward God takes on many labels, such as rebellion, hard-heartedness, stiff-neckedness, unrepentant, puffed up, easily offended, and sign seekers. The proud wish God would agree with them. They aren’t interested in changing their opinions to agree with God’s.
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It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters.
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Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless. A man can be humble and courageous.
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Satan works through human agents.
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What would God have me do with my life?
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The so-called civil rights movement as it exists today is used as a Communist program for revolution in America.
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A father’s calling is eternal and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity.
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Every man eventually is backed up to the wall of faith, and there he must make his stand.
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Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive.
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