- There is one kind of latter-day destruction that has always sounded to me more personal than public, more individual than collective--a warning, perhaps more applicable inside the Church than outside it. The Savior warned that in the last days even those of the covenant, the very elect, could be deceived by the enemy of truth. If we think of this as a form of spiritual destruction, it may cast light on another latter-day prophecy. Think of the heart as the figurative center of our faith, the poetic location of our loyalties and our values; then consider Jesus's declaration that in the last days "men's hearts [shall fail] them."
- Love. Healing. Help. Hope. The power of Christ to counter all troubles in all times--including the end of times. That is the safe harbor God wants for us in personal or public days of despair.
- If anyone is foolish enough or misled enough to reject 531 pages of a heretofore unknown text teeming with literary and Semitic complexity without honestly attempting to account for the origin of those pages--especially without accounting for their powerful witness of Jesus Christ and the profound spiritual impact that witness has had on what is now tens of millions of readers--if that is the case, then such a person, elect or otherwise, has been deceived; and if he or she leaves this Church, it must be done by crawling over or under or around the Book of Mormon to make that exit.
Quentin L. Cook
- A faithful steward is one who exercises righteous dominion, cares for his own, and looks to the poor and needy.
- We live in a time when virtue and chastity are not safeguarded. The eternal significance of personal morality is not respected.
Brent H. Nielson -A Call to the Rising Generation
- I pray that you of this rising generation will stand up for truth and righteousness.
Dale G. Renlund -Preserving the Heart's Mighty Change
- They must have frequently assessed the condition of their spiritually changed hearts. They did not simply assume that all was well. By figuratively examining their changed hearts, they could identify any early hardening or rejection and treat it.
- In our homes we need to talk of, rejoice in, and preach of Christ so that our children--and we ourselves--will desire to apply the Atonement in our lives.
Michael T. Ringwood -An Easiness and Willingness to Believe
- This easiness and willingness to believe in the word of God comes from a softness of heart. It comes from having a heart that is sensitive to the Holy Ghost. It comes from having a heart that can love.
- An easiness and willingness to believe the word of God will come from repentance and obedience.
Joseph W. Sitati -Blessings of the Gospel Available to All
- The love of our Father in Heaven has been evident as the way has been opened for all living and dead of every nation, now and in the future, to receive exaltation in His presence according to the exercise of their agency.
D. Todd Christofferson -Moral Discipline
- I do not believe there is a double standard of morality.
- Policemen and laws can never replace customers, traditions and moral values as a means for regulating human behavior. At best, the police and criminal justice system are the last desperate line of defense for a civilized society. Our increased reliance on laws to regulate behavior is a measure of how uncivilized we've become.
- In the end, it is only an internal moral compass in each individual that can effectively deal with the root causes as well as the symptoms of societal decay. Societies will struggle in vain to establish the common good until sin is denounced as sin and moral discipline takes its place in the pantheon of civic virtues.
- They will have gained strength from what they are, not only from what they know.
- Seeking to be neutral about the gospel is, in reality, to reject the existence of God and His authority. We must, rather, acknowledge Him and His omniscience if we want our children to see life's choices clearly and be able to think for themselves. They should not have to learn by sad experience that "wickedness never was happiness."
- All of us experience temptations. So did the Savior, but He "gave no heed unto them". Similarly, we do not have to yield simply because a temptation surfaces. We may want to, but we don't have to.
- Mere wanting is hardly a proper guide for moral conduct.
Thomas S. Monson -Closing Remarks
- How grateful we are that the heavens are indeed open, that the gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored, and that the Church is founded on the rock of revelation. We are a blessed people, with apostles and prophets upon the earth today.
General Relief Society Meeting
Julie B. Beck -Relief Society: A Sacred Work
- Members [of Relief Society] should permit neither hostile nor competitive interests of any kind to detract from the duties and obligations, the privileges and honors, the opportunities and achievements of membership in this great Society.
- Never suppress a generous thought.
Silvia H. Allred -Every Woman Needs Relief Society
- Among the real heroines in the world who will come into the Church are women who are more concerned with being righteous than with being selfish. These real heroines have true humility, which places a higher value on integrity than on visibility.
Barbara Thompson -Mind the Gap
- Remember that every soul on this earth is also a child of God. We must treat each other with the love and kindness befitting a child of God.
- Do not let doubt and uncertainty enter into your minds. Be assured that God loves you dearly and you are His precious child.
- If you associate together [meaning older and younger women], your minds are improved, you are gaining intelligence, and you are retrenching from ignorance. The Spirit of God will impart it to each other. I say, God bless you my younger sisters. Remember that you are Saints of God; and that you have important works to perform in Zion.
- There is no sister so isolated, and her sphere so narrow but what she can do a great deal towards establishing the Kingdom of God upon the earth.
Henry B. Eyring -The Enduring Legacy of Relief Society
- A wonderful part of the heritage of Relief Society is evident in the way the priesthood has always shown respect to and received it from the Relief Society in turn.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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