- "You do not have to sneak up behind this spiritually experienced youth and whisper religion in [their] ears; you can come right out, face to face, and talk with [them]. ... You can bring these truths to [them] openly. ... Youth may prove to be not more fearful of them than you are. there is no need for gradual approaches."
- "Guard and protect [your body]--take nothing into it that shall harm the organs thereof because it is sacred. It is the instrument of your mind and the foundation of your character."
- To be unkempt in your appearance exposes you to influences that are degrading.
- You would not paint a temple with dark pictures or symbols or graffiti or even initials. Do not do so with your body.
- If you consent, the adversary can take control of your thoughts and lead you carefully toward a habit and to an addiction, convincing you that immoral, unnatural behavior is a fixed part of your nature.
- We understand why some feel we reject them. That is not true. We do not reject you, only immoral behavior. We cannot reject you, for you are the sons and daughters of God. We will not reject you, because we love you.
- "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."
- Our beloved, precious youth, stay in the Lord's way. If you stumble, rise up, go on. If you have lost your way, we open our arms and await your return.
- "I am ready to bear my testimony ... at any time, or at any place, or in whatsoever circumstances I may be placed. ... I am ready to go through thick and thin for this cause in which I am engaged."
- You are the key.
- The sisters are "the Lord's secret weapon."
- Lucifer is unleashing vulgar, revolting, violent, and sleazy filth with the design to destroy the spiritual sensitivity of our Father's children. We truly are at war with those who mock God and shun the truth, so let us keep our covenants and heed our call to service. Let us marshal all of the Lord's resources, including the power of our own testimonies. Let them be heard by many more people. Let the spirit be in our hearts. Let us say, "I am ready to bear my testimony ... at any time, or at any place, or in whatsoever circumstance I may be placed."
- Our daily prayers influence our thoughts, our words, and our actions.
- If we do not take action quickly, then the very thing which could have sanctified us may turn to our condemnation.
- "Go ye out from among the wicked. Save yourselves. Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord."
- The Sabbath lasts all day!
- "If thou turn away thy foot ... from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, ... and ... honour him, not ... finding thine own pleasure, ... then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord."
- But are these fears valid? When you extend to a friend an invitation to meet with the missionaries, you are offering to share something that is most valuable and cherished. Is that offensive? Sister Oaks and I have not found this tot be the case. In fact, we have found that when we offer to share the gospel, friendships are strengthened, even though the friends may not embrace the gospel message.
- Brothers and sisters, I pray that we may put our fears and our hesitancy behind us and no more keep secret the great treasure that is ours.
- Freedom for most people of the world means "freedom from" the absence of malice or pain or suppression. But the freedom that God means when He deals with us goes one step further. He means "freedom to"--the freedom to act in the dignity of our own choice.
- Freedom means to have matured to the full knowledge of our dangerously many responsibilities as a human being. We have learned that everything we do, and even say or think, has consequences. We realize that too long we have believed that we were victims of circumstances.
- "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
- One thing, of course, we know: having "freedom to" means that we have the potential of making wrong choices. Wrong choices have their merciless consequences, and when they are not stopped and corrected they lead us into misery and pain. Wrong choices, if not corrected, will lead us to the ultimate possible disaster in each person's life: to become separated from our Heavenly Father in the world to come.
- Prayer is a matter of the heart.
- "I should enter that assembly with my mind entirely free from all influence that would prevent the operation of the Spirit of God upon me. I should go in a prayerful spirit, asking God to write upon my heart His will; not with my own will already prepared, and determined to carry out my will ... , regardless of everyone else's views. If I were to go, and all the rest were to go, with this spirit, then the Spirit of God would be felt in our midst, and that which we would decide upon would be the mind and will of God, because God would reveal it to us. We would see light in the direction where we should go, and we would behold darkness in the direction we should not go."
- I can promise you that no joy will exceed what you would feel if a child of yours prays in the hour of nee and receives such an answer.
- The tumult and the shouting dies; The captains and the kings depart. Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget. -Rudyard Kipling
- We will not remember all that has been said, but there will arise from all of this spiritual uplift. It may be indefinable, but it will be real.
Mary Ellen Smoot -We Are Instruments in the Hands of God
- "No calling in this church is ... of little consequence. All of us in the pursuit of our duty touch the lives of others. ...
- "... Whatever your calling, it is as fraught with the same kind of opportunity to accomplish good as is mine. ... Our work is to go about doing good as did [the Master]."
- Truly, we may each be an instrument in the hands of God. Happily, we need not all be the same kind of instrument. Just as the instruments in an orchestra differ in size, shape, and sound, we too are different from one another. We have different talents and inclinations, but just as the French horn cannot duplicate the sound of the piccolo, neither is it necessary for us to all serve the Lord in the same way.
- Number 1. Our own conversion must come first.
- Number 2. Like the sons of Mosiah, we must wax "strong in the knowledge of the truth."
- It is almost impossible to be an effective instrument within our own families, with our neighbors, or even from the pulpit unless we can discern the whisperings of the Holy Ghost.
- Number 3. Service is a key to being an effective instrument.
- Number 4. Love must undergird everything we do.
- The actions of righteous women ripple on and on through time and space and even generations.
- Virtue and power are found in everyday, ordinary work, in all the daily tasks of caring for our families, and in our regular service to others. Prominence does not equal priority, nor can the world's pay check equal that of our Heavenly Father's, who knows the importance of a woman's devotion to the salvation of souls.
- The gospel is "beauty for ashes;" it is "the oil of gladness."
- The gospel of Jesus Christ is all about people. It's about leaving the ninety and nine and going into the wilderness after those who are lost.
- "If the world is going to be saved, we have to do it."
- I commend you women who are single. You have known much of loneliness. You have known anxiety and fear and desperate longing. But you have not let this overcome you. You have gone forward with your lives, making significant and wonderful contributions along the way. God bless you, my dear sisters and friends.
- You have nothing in this world more precious than your children.
- "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
- "As the twig is bent, so the tree's inclined."
- Teach them to seek for good friends.
- They are going to have friends, good or bad. Those friends will make a vast difference in their lives. It is important that they cultivate an attitude of tolerance toward all people, but it is more important that they gather around them those of their own kind who will bring out the best they have within them. Otherwise they may be infected with the ways of their associates.
- Teach them to value education.
- Teach them to respect their bodies.
- Teach your sons and daughters to avoid illegal drugs as they would the plague.
- Teach them to be honest.
- Teach them to be virtuous.
- Teach them to pray.
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
The Dream
I was in my bedroom, which seemed to be a portion of a camper trailer. And my bed, was rather cool in that I could disconnect a portion of it from either headboard, and turn it out away from the wall so I could change my view of where I was when I was looking out the windows. There was this girl, a new roommate who would be taking over my room when I moved out, basically standing there waiting for me to leave. I got out of bed and went to our tiny kitchen searching for food, but my mom was like "we don't really have anything to cook with." And so my sister and I went out in search of food, and ended up getting on the wrong side of Darth Vader and his minions. We ran, avoiding him, but still causing him trouble wherever we went, only to find that he had found our parent's home, and we were trapped there. Me, my brother and my sister, stole into a closet to stay hidden, but my siblings wouldn't stop talking and I was like "Guys! Be quiet they'll find us!" but they didn't seem to comprehend quiet. Then someone entered our room. It turned out to be two muscular amazon like guys who let my sister and brother leave, but held me back, because Vader would be looking for me specifically, so they took my hair and began twisting and braiding it in the attempt to make me look more like a guy with long hair -like them- when...
the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
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