- Should there be changes which need to be made in your life, may you find the incentive and the courage to do so as you listen to the inspired words which will be spoken. May each of us resolve anew to live so that we are worthy sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father. May we continue to oppose evil wherever it is found.
Boyd K. Packer -And a Little Child Shall Lead Them
- "You were holding a nation on your lap." He said to me more than once, "That experience has far greater meaning than your have yet come to know."
- The creation of life is a great responsibility for a married couple. It is the challenge of mortality to be a worthy and responsible parent. Neither man nor woman can bear children alone. It was meant that children have two parents--both a father and a mother. No other pattern or process can replace this one.
- No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair.
- Husbands and wives should understand that their first calling--from which they will never be released--is to one another and then to their children.
- Priesthood leaders must be careful to make the Church family-friendly.
- Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected. We urge our members to show devotion to their families.
Cheryl A. Esplin -Teaching Our Children to Understand
- Sometimes the most powerful way to teach our children to understand a doctrine is to teach in the context of what they are experiencing right at that moment. These moments are spontaneous and unplanned and happen in the normal flow of family life. They come and go quickly, so we need to be alert and recognize a teaching moment when our children come to us with a question or worry, when they have problems getting along with siblings or friends, when they need to control their anger, when they make a mistake, or when they need to make a decision.
- We can know our children are beginning to understand the doctrine when we see it revealed in their attitudes and actions without external threats or rewards.
Donald L. Hallstrom -Converted to His Gospel through His Church
- Sometimes we use the terms gospel and Church interchangeably, but they are not the same. They are, however, exquisitely interconnected, and we need both.
- It is possible to be active in the Church and less active in the gospel. Let me stress: activity in the Church is a highly desirable goal; however, it is insufficient. Activity in the Church is an outward indication of our spiritual desire. If we attend our meetings, hold and fulfill Church responsibilities, and serve others, it is publicly observed.
- By contrast, the things of the gospel are usually less visibly and more difficult to measure, but they are of greater external importance.
- I repeat: we need the gospel and the Church. In fact, the purpose of the Church is to help us live the gospel.
Paul E. Koelliker -He Truly Loves Us
- Awakening the desire to know enables our spiritual capacities to hear the voice of heaven. Finding a way to awaken and nurture that desire is the quest and responsibility of each of us.
- "Satan is abroad in the land, and he goeth forth deceiving the nations." To combat this distracting influence, the Lord said that He would give us "a pattern in all things, that [we] may not be deceived."
- "He that trembleth under my power shall be made strong, and shall bring forth fruits of praise and wisdom, according to the revelations and truths which I have given you."
- It is when we yield to God's will and live His pattern that His Spirit is felt.
- Of God is the root of all virtue, of all goodness, of all strength of character, of all fidelity to do right.
- The feeling of love from our Heavenly Father is like a gravitational pull from heaven. As we remove the distractions that pull us toward the world and exercise our agency to seek Him, we open ur hearts to a celestial force which draws us toward Him.
Dallin H. Oaks -Sacrifice
- For most followers of Christ, our sacrifices involve what we can do one a day-to-day basis in our ordinary personal lives.
Henry B. Eyring - Mountains to Climb
- "There are great challenges ahead of us, giant opportunities to be met. I welcome that exciting prospect and feel to say to the Lord, humbly, 'Give me this mountain,' give me these challenges."
- When hard trials come, the faith to endure them well will be there, built as you may now notice but may have not at the time that you acted on the pure love of Christ, serving and forgiving others as the Savior would have done. You built a foundation of faith from loving as the Savior loved and serving for Him. Your faith in Him led to acts of charity that will bring you hope.
- It is never too late to strengthen the foundation of faith.
- We never need to feel that we are alone or unloved in the Lord's service because we never are. We can feel the love of God. The Savior has promised angels on our left and our right to bear us up. And He always keeps His word.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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