- You can't please God without upsetting Satan.
- Individuals who do wrong want you to join them because they feel more comfortable in what they are doing when others do it also.
- You don't need to compromise your standards to be accepted by good friends.
- Answer questions about your principles when you are asked, but avoid being preachy.
- You be the strong one. You be the leader. Choose good friends and resist peer pressure together.
- Work at keeping your thoughts clean by thinking of something good. The mind can think of only one thing at a time.
- Consistent willing obedience increases your confidence and ability. It produces character that allows you to face difficult challenges and overcome them. It qualifies you to receive inspiration and power from the Lord.
- When you are mature enough to plan seriously for marriage, keep your expressions of feelings to those that are comfortable in the presence of your parents.
- When temptation comes, do not change your standards. Do not abandon them when circumstances seem to justify an exception. That is Satan's way to hurt you by making it seem that sometimes God's law does not apply. There are no exceptions.
- Protect the one you love by controlling your emotions to the limits set by the Lord. You know how to be clean. We trust you to do it.
- Sin is like cancer in the body. It will never heal itself. It will become worse unless cured through repentance.
- The thought of intentionally committing serious sin now and repenting later is perilously wrong. Never do that. many start that journey of intentional transgression and never make it back. Premeditated sin has greater penalties and is harder to overcome. If there is sin, repent now--while you can.
- He was shooting with great confidence.
- Confidence--the big difference.
- "Let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall they confidence wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distill upon thy soul as the dews from heaven."
- Our spiritual confidence is largely determined by our prior spiritual successes and, unfortunately, by your prior spiritual mishaps. Our prior choices will greatly influence how our spiritual basket will look, large or small, the next time we are at the line.
- There are no fringes of sin. Every act, good or bad, has a consequence. Every good act improves our ability to do good and more firmly stand against sin or failure. Every transgression, regardless of how minor, makes us more susceptible to Satan's influence the next time he tempts us.
- Our confidence is either waxing strong in the Lord or waxing strong in Satan.
- Let us hit our foul shots, let us do our duty--every single time we step to the line--that our confidence might wax strong in the presence of God.
- Faith, strength, and willingness to listen to the still, small voice.
- The gospel of Jesus Christ is the only true and valid basis for our lives. If we enter it into our system--into "all [our] heart, might, mind and strength"--we will know how to choose the right and to whom to listen.
- "He had the ability to see Christ in every face he encountered, and he acted accordingly."
- I respect with all my heart you dear friends, because you showed you care. It's easier and doesn't hurt as much when you're aware of the fact that there are nice people who are willing to help you.
- "You can't tell the character of an individual by the way he does his daily work. watch him when his work is done. See where he goes. Note the companions he seeks, and the things he does when he may do as he pleases. Then you can tell his true character."
- People can be either eagles or hogs in their leisure time.
- Eternal vigilance is the price of eternal development.
- "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might."
- "Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil."
- All of us live in the world. Of course we do. We cannot live a cloistered existence. But we can live in the world without partaking of the unseemly ways of the world.
- The Lord is forgiving, but sometimes life is not forgiving.
- We must strengthen one another, help one another, play the game together if we are to win the victory.
- As a matter of priesthood responsibility, a man, under normal circumstances, should not unduly postpone marriage.
- "There is no Latter-day Saint who dies after having lived a faithful life who will lose anything because of having failed to do certain things when opportunities were not furnished him or her. In other words, if a young man or a young woman has no opportunity of getting married, and they live faithful lives up to the time of their death, they will have all the blessings, exaltation, and glory that any man or woman will have who had this opportunity and improved it. That is sure and positive."
- Keep yourselves above any domineering or unworthy behavior in the tender, intimate relationship between husband and wife.
- Tenderness and respect--never selfishness--must be the guiding principles in the intimate relationship between husband and wife. Each partner must be considerate and sensitive to the other's needs and desires. Any domineering, indecent, or uncontrolled behavior in the intimate relationship between husband and wife is condemned by the Lord.
- A man should always speak to his wife lovingly and kindly, treating her with the utmost respect. marriage is like a tender flower, brethren, and must be nourished constantly with expressions of love and affection.
- No man can shift the burden of responsibility to another not even to his wife. The Lord has commanded that women and children have claim on their husbands and fathers for their maintenance.
- If you are to enjoy the blessings of the Lord, you must set your own homes in order.
- Next to your own salvation, brethren, there is nothing so important to you as the salvation of your wife and children.
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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