‘Discouraged’?

Elder Russell M. Nelson, as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said: “Please do not be discouraged by the Lord’s expression of hope for your perfection. You should have faith to know that He would not require development beyond your capacity. Of...

Premortal Life

Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (deceased) said: “Essential facts about our premortal life have been revealed. Although they are sketchy, they unravel the mystery of life. When we comprehend the doctrine of premortal life, we know that...

Relief Society—a Refuge, and a Type

Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (deceased), spoke years ago of the Relief Society: “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...

* potentially dangerous..?

“I know no occupation in life more barren of results than the permanent seeking of pleasure. Pleasure is a by-product of doing something that is worth doing. Therefore, do not seek pleasure as such. Pleasure comes of seeking something else, and comes by the way....

Polishing

In his book ‘Even As I Am’, Neal A. Maxwell said; “Instructive, indeed, is that circumstance in which the believing mother of James and John unmeekly pressed the Savior in behalf of her sons, hoping they might sit on his right hand and on his left...

Competition

Elder Neal A. Maxwell said in his book ‘Even As I AM’: “Too often we behave as if we are in massive competition with others for God’s love. But we have His Love, unconditionally and universally; it is our love of Him that remains to be proven,...

The Fellowship of His Sufferings

Neal A. Maxwell wrote in his book ‘All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience, taught:’ “. . . a hard but essential doctrine, if we are to understand life itself, is the reality that since this is a gospel of growth and life is a school of...

‘A war going on…’.

In the Church we are not neutral. We are one-sided. There is a war going on, and we are engaged in it. It is the war between good and evil, and we are belligerents defending good. We are therefore obliged to give preference to  and protect all that is represented in...

Resurrection!

Elder Russell M. Nelson said in May of 1992: “Some facetiously state that nothing is as permanent as death. Not so! The grip of physical death is temporary. It began with the Fall of Adam; it ended with the Atonement of Jesus the Christ. The waiting period in...

Infinite Atonement

Elder Russell M. Nelson, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, said: “In preparatory times of the Old Testament, the practice of atonement was finite—meaning it had an end. It was a symbolic forecast of the definitive Atonement of Jesus The Christ. His...

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