We are not free to break our covenants and escape the consequences.
At the temple the dust of distraction seems to settle out, the fog and the haze seem to lift, and we can ‘see’ things that we were not able to see before and find a way through our troubles that we had not previously known.
Every soul confined in a prison of sin, guilt, or perversion has a key to the gate. The key is labeled “repentance.” If you know how to use this key, the adversary cannot hold you.
Teach yourself and teach your families about the gift of the Holy Ghost and the Atonement of Jesus Christ. You will do no greater eternal work than within the walls of your own home.
Nowhere are the generosity and the kindness and mercy of God more manifest than in repentance.
Largely because of television, instead of looking over into that spacious building, we are, in effect, living inside of it. That is your fate in this generation. You are living in that great and spacious building.
Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
Perhaps no other book has been denounced so vigorously by those who have never read it as has the Book of Mormon.
Repentance is the key with which we can unlock the prison from inside. We hold that key within our hands, and agency is ours to use it.
You must know that baptism for someone who is dead is quite as essential as baptism for some one who is living.
Some things that are true are not very useful.
If you have stumbled or even been lost for a time, you can move forward with faith and not wander to and fro in the world any longer.
Dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith.
The Restoration began with the prayer of a 14-year-old boy and a vision of the Father and the Son. The dispensation of the fulness of times was ushered in.
Your secret yearnings and tearful pleadings will touch the heart of both the Father and the Son.
The gift of the Holy Ghost operates equally with men, women, and even little children. It is within this wondrous gift and power that the spiritual remedy to any problem can be found.
The Word of Wisdom does not promise you perfect health, but it teaches how to keep the body you were born with in the best condition and your mind alert to delicate spiritual promptings.
Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation.
Without a knowledge of the gospel plan, transgression seems natural, innocent, even justified.
Mature love has a bliss not even imagined by newlyweds.