Boyd K. Packer -These Things I Know
- We will not always be safe from the adversary's influence, even within our own homes. We need to protect our nestlings.
- We live in a very dangerous world that threatens those things that are most spiritual. The family, the fundamental organization in time and eternity, is under attack from forces seen and unseen. The adversary is about. His objective is to cause injury. If he can weaken and destroy the family, he will have succeeded.
- We are free to choose what we will and to pick and choose our acts, but we are not free to choose the consequences. They come as they will.
- Tolerance is a virtue, but like all virtues, when exaggerated, it transforms itself into a vice. We need to be careful of the "tolerance trap" so that we are not swallowed up in it. The permissiveness afforded by the weakening of the laws of the land to tolerate legalized acts of immorality does not reduce the serious spiritual consequence that is the result of the violation of God's law of chastity.
- Each of us must stay in condition to respond to inspiration and the promptings of the Holy Ghost. The Lord has a way of pouring pure intelligence into our minds to prompt us, to guide us, to teach us, and to warn us. Each son or daughter of God can know the things they need to know instantly. Learn to receive and act on inspiration and revelation.
Dean M. Davies -A Sure Foundation
- If we do not provide for an appropriate balance in our lives of daily personal prayer and feasting from the scriptures, weekly strengthening from partaking of the sacrament, and frequent participation I priesthood ordinances such as temple ordinances, we too are at risk of being weakened in our spiritual structural strength.
- Prayer is one of the most basic and important foundational building blocks of our faith and character.
- Sharing our thoughts, feelings, and desires with God through sincere and heartfelt prayer should become to each of us as important and natural as breathing and eating.
- Searching the scriptures on a daily basis will also fortify our faith and character. Just as we need food to nourish our physical bodies, our spirits and souls will be replenished and strengthened by feasting upon the words of Christ as contained in the writings of the prophets.
- Worthily partaking of the sacrament strengthens our personal connection to the foundation rock, even to Jesus Christ.
Elaine S. Dalton -We Are Daughters of Our Heavenly Father
- What-e'er thou art, act well thy part.
- As daughters of God we are each unique and different in our circumstances and experiences. And yet our part matters--because we matter. Our daily contributions of nurturing, teaching, and caring for others may seem mundane, diminished, difficult, and demeaning at times, and yet as we remember that first line in the Young Women theme-- "We are daughters of our Heavenly Father, who loves us"--it will make all the difference in our relationships and our responses.
- We must never lose sight of the strength of the women. ... It is mothers who most directly affect the lives of their children. ... It is mothers who nurture them and bring them up in the ways of the Lord. Their influence is paramount.
Craig A. Cardon -The Savior Wants to Forgive
- The Savior forgives sins "upon earth" and not just at the Final Judgment. He does not excuse us in our sins. But when we repent and obey His gospel, He forgives us.
- We do well to remember that with very few exceptions, the Lord's "seventy times seven" does not limit forgiveness according to the seriousness of the sin.
- In His mercy, He allows for improvement over time rather than demanding immediate perfection. Even with the multitude of sins occasioned by the weakness of mortality, as often as we repent and seek His forgiveness, He forgives again and again.
- Preach My Gospel speaks of the difficulty in overcoming addictive behavior and encourages priesthood leaders and members to "not be shocked or discouraged" if investigators or new members continue to struggle with such problems.
- We need to bear in mind that people can change. They can put behind them bad habits. They can repent from transgressions.
- We must develop the capacity to see men not as they are at present but as they may become.
M. Russell Ballard -"This Is My Work and Glory"
- Men and women have different but equally valued roles. Just as a woman cannot conceive a child without a man, so a man cannot fully exercise the power of the priesthood to establish an eternal family without a woman. In other words, in the eternal perspective, both the procreative power and the priesthood power are shared by husband and wife.
Henry B. Eyring -"Come unto Me"
- We are under covenant both to lift up those in need and to be witnesses of the Savior as long as we live.
- We will be able to do it without fail only as we feel love or the Savior and His love for us.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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