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The Church is designed to nourish the imperfect, the struggling, and the exhausted. It is filled with people who desire with all their heart to keep the commandments, even if they haven’t mastered them yet.
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
October 2013 General Conference - Saturday Morning Session ‘Come, Join With Us’
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What we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines who we are - and who we will become.
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “The Love of God” Nov 2009 (via ldsfaith)
The size of your faith or the degree of your knowledge is not the issue-it is the integrity you demonstrate toward the faith you do have and the truth you already know.
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland (via im-only-here-for-the-food)
So how do you best respond when mental or emotional challenges confront you or those you love? Above all, never lose faith in your Father in Heaven, who loves you more than you can comprehend. As President Monson said to the Relief Society sisters so movingly last Saturday evening: “That love never changes. … It is there for you when you are sad or happy, discouraged or hopeful. God’s love is there for you whether or not you feel you deserve [it]. It is simply always there.” Never, ever doubt that, and never harden your heart. Faithfully pursue the time-tested devotional practices that bring the Spirit of the Lord into your life. Seek the counsel of those who hold keys for your spiritual well-being. Ask for and cherish priesthood blessings. Take the sacrament every week, and hold fast to the perfecting promises of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Believe in miracles. I have seen so many of them come when every other indication would say that hope was lost. Hope is never lost. If those miracles do not come soon or fully or seemingly at all, remember the Savior’s own anguished example: if the bitter cup does not pass, drink it and be strong, trusting in happier days ahead.
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
October 2013 General Conference - Saturday Afternoon Session ‘Like a Broken Vessel’
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He has not followed sound counsel, because in his world he cannot see how it would possibly work for him. This distorted view of life is reality to him. It was forged as he succumbed to the subtle temptations of “Go ahead. Try it. Nobody will ever know. It’s your life. Live it the way you want to. They can’t force you. You have your moral agency.” These promptings and the allure of the forbidden led him down a path that seemed fascinatingly attractive. He was carried on the crest of the wave of appetite and passion, oblivious to the consequences until the inevitable crushing encounter with the laws of God occurred. That produced pain, remorse, and regret. Then Satan provided other direction: “There is no way back. You might as well keep doing what you’ve been doing. It’s hopeless to try to change.” Because of his sins, he cannot see a way out of his failures. He will not see the tools needed for a new life in his current environment. His tragic, confining world has been created by the violation of eternal law, motivated by desire for a quick response. Do you find yourself in a similar circumstance? Have you done things that you wish you had not done? Is it difficult for you to see any way to solve your problems? Does there seem to be an oppressive, crushing weight that’s always there no matter how you seek to shake it? Under the influence of powerful emotions or stimulants you may have periods where there seems to be relief. Yet in the quiet moments of reflection that inevitably come, you realize that your life is not what you want it to be. You may publicly complain that your friends and even the Lord have abandoned you, but in times of sober reflection you realize it is you that have abandoned them.
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2002/10/to-be-free-of-heavy-burdens?lang=eng (via kaelvas)
We are given spiritual gifts to guide us as we follow the Lord’s teachings and to protect us from evil. The scriptures are another guide; if we read carefully the word of God, He will reveal our path back to eternal life. The ninth article of faith teaches us that God has revealed, does reveal, and will reveal in the future many great and important truths to His prophets, seers, and revelators. We learn that in addition to listening to the still, small voice of the Spirit and reading the scriptures, another source of guidance is our Church leaders, who are chosen, called, and set apart to bless our lives through the lessons they teach.
Elder L. Tom Perry
October 2013 General Conference - Priesthood Session ‘The Doctrines and Principles Contained in the Articles of Faith’
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“When we enter the waters of baptism we covenant to ‘stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places… It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is always the right thing to do—always”
-Elder M. Russell Ballard (via olivegreenremedy)
Jesus Christ is the light and life of the world. As we fix our gaze on His teachings, we will be guided to the harbor of spiritual safety.
President Boyd K. Packer - “The Atonement” General Conference, October 2012 (via sincerely-with-heart)
"This Is My Work And My Glory", M. Russell Ballard
Brothers and sisters, as the literal spirit children of our loving Heavenly Father, we have unlimited, divine potential. But if we are not careful, we can become like the wilted tomato plant. We can drift away from the true doctrine and gospel of Christ and become spiritually undernourished and wilted, having removed ourselves from the divine light and living waters of the Savior’s eternal love and priesthood power.
There is something wonderful and hopeful about the word now. There is something empowering about the fact that if we choose to decide now, we can move forward at this very moment.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf (January 2014 Ensign)
Elder Robert D. Hales - Agency: Essential to the Plan of Life
Recently I received a letter from a friend of over 50 years who is not a member of our church. I had sent him some gospel-related reading, to which he responded: “Initially it was hard for me to follow the meaning of typical Mormon jargon, such as agency. Possibly a short vocabulary page would be helpful.”
I was surprised he did not understand what we mean by the word agency. I went to an online dictionary. Of the 10 definitions and usages of the word agency, none expressed the idea of making choices to act. We teach that agency is the ability and privilege God gives us to choose and “to act for [ourselves] and not to be acted upon.” Agency is to act with accountability and responsibility for our actions. Our agency is essential to the plan of salvation. With it we are “free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil.”
"There is an increasing feeling that time is out of joint, that no one seems wise enough or strong enough to set it right.
In many cases, governments are in office but not in power, community values and neighborhood pride are often superficial or nonexistent, and too frequently the home is an alarming failure.
If I may be so bold this morning, may I suggest “direction for deliverance”? In words of one syllable, we need to turn to God.” - Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
We learn about the gathering of Israel in preparation for the Second Coming of the Savior. We are instructed that men and women are agents unto themselves, and they can either accept or reject the word of God according to their own conscience. Finally, we learn as we spread the gospel of Jesus Christ to the four corners of the earth that we must respect the governments of each nation we enter. Truly, we believe in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law of each land.
Elder L. Tom Perry
October 2013 General Conference - Priesthood Session ‘The Doctrines and Principles Contained in the Articles of Faith’
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“True happiness comes only by making others happy— the practical application of the Savior’s doctrine of losing one’s life to gain it. In short, the Christmas spirit is the Christ spirit, that makes our hearts glow in brotherly love and friendship and prompts us to kind deeds of service.” -President David O. McKay
Satan, with his angels, will try to capture your thoughts and control what you do…The deceiver preys upon some passion or tendency or weakness. He convinces [us] that the condition cannot be changed and recruits [us] for activities for which [we] never would volunteer. But sooner or later that spark of divinity in each of [us] will ignite. [We] can assert [our] agency as sons and daughters created in the image of God and renounce the destroyer. That which [we] had been led to believe could not be changed, will be changed, and [we] will feel the power of the redemption of Christ. [Our] burden will be lifted and the pain healed up. That is what the Atonement of Christ is all about. [We] can claim [our] inheritance as children of heavenly parents and, despite the tortured, agonizing test of mortal life, know that [we] are not lost.
Boyd K. Packer (via holdonthyway)
