Modern Words

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Dissonance in the home is like darkness in a room. It does little good to scold the darkness. We must displace the darkness by introducing light.

Wilford W. Andersen

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...many things are good, many are important, but only a few are essential.

D. Todd Christofferson

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The comforting Spirit of the Holy Ghost can abide with us twenty-four hours a day: when we work, when we play, when we rest. Its strengthening influence can be with us year in and year out. That sustaining influence can be with us in joy and sorrow, when we rejoice as well as when we grieve.

James E. Faust

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God cares a lot more about who we are and who we are becoming than about who we once were.

Dale G. Renlund

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“Avoid the philosophy and excuse that yesterday’s luxuries have become today’s necessities. They aren't necessities unless we ourselves make them such.” —President Thomas S. Monson

Easy ways to save money and prioritize on the blog today. #SelfRelianceSaturday

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...the Fall brought about physical death needed to make our time in mortality temporary so that we would not live forever in our sins.

D. Todd Christofferson

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We learn the dance steps with our minds, but we hear the music with our hearts. The dance steps of the gospel are the things we do; the music of the gospel is the joyful spiritual feeling that comes from the Holy Ghost. It brings a change of heart and is the source of all righteous desires. The dance steps require discipline, but the joy of the dance will be experienced only when we come to hear the music.

Wilford W. Andersen

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The Book of Mormon, the Bible, and other scriptures, along with the guidance of modern prophets, provide true standards of conduct. In addition, the gift of the Holy Ghost is available as a sure guide, as the voice of conscience, and as a moral compass. This guiding compass is personal to each of us. It is unerring. It is unfailing. However, we must listen to it in order to steer clear of the shoals which will cause our lives to sink into unhappiness and self-doubt.

James E. Faust

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Godly fear is loving and trusting in Him. As we fear God more completely, we love Him more perfectly.

David A. Bednar

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We have the seed of the gospel word. It is up to each of us to set the priorities and to do the things that make our soil good and our harvest plentiful. We must seek to be firmly rooted and converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ. We achieve this conversion by praying, by scripture reading, by serving, and by regularly partaking of the sacrament to always have His Spirit to be with us. We must also seek that mighty change of heart that replaces evil desires and selfish concerns with the love of God and the desire to serve Him and His children.

Dallin H. Oaks

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#Truth

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Alma’s call for us to desire to believe and to “give place” in our hearts for the Savior’s words reminds us that belief and faith require our personal choice and action.

L. Whitney Clayton

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Savoring the things of men means putting the cares of this world ahead of the things of God in our actions, our priorities, and our thinking. We surrender to the “pleasures of this life” (1) when we are addicted, which impairs God’s precious gift of agency; (2) when we are beguiled by trivial distractions, which draw us away from things of eternal importance; and (3) when we have an entitlement mentality, which impairs the personal growth necessary to qualify us for our eternal destiny.

Dallin H. Oaks

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… all of us will, at some time or another, have to traverse our own spiritual wilderness and undertake our own rugged emotional journeys. In those moments, however dark or seemingly hopeless they may be, if we search for it, there will always be a spiritual light that beckons to us, giving us the hope of rescue and relief. That light shines from the Savior of all mankind, who is the Light of the World.

L. Whitney Clayton

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… to be securely rooted in the gospel, we must be moderate and measured in criticism and seek always for the broader view of the majestic work of God.

Dallin H. Oaks

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As covenant-keeping women and men, we need to lift each other and help each other become the people the Lord would have us become.

Linda K. Burton

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We nourish and encourage all light until it becomes real, bright and true.

Rosemary M. Wixom