Faith is a real power, not just an expression of belief.
One of the adversary’s sharpest tools is to convince us that we are no longer worthy to pray. No matter who you are or what you may have done, you can always pray.
If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.
Temple. One other word is equal in importance to a Latter-day Saint. Home. Put the words holy temple and home together, and you have described the house of the Lord!
We are able to feel and learn very quickly through music, through art, through poetry some spiritual things that we would otherwise learn very slowly.
If you are burdened with depressing feelings of guilt or disappointment, of failure or shame, there is a cure.
Happily ever after never happens in the second act.
Prayer is your personal key to heaven.
You may in time of trouble think that you are not worth saving because you have made mistakes, big or little, and you think you are now lost. That is never true! Only repentance can heal what hurts. But repentancecan heal what hurts, no matter what it is.
The guilt that accompanies mistakes can be washed away.
We were given our agency. We must use it wisely and remain close to the Spirit; otherwise, we foolishly find ourselves yielding to the enticements of the adversary.
Everyone is tested. One might think it is unfair to be singled out and subjected to a particular temptation, but this is the purpose of mortal life – to be tested. And the answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.
To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.
Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
There is little to be gained by seeking after the mysteries, for there is hardly time in a lifetime to master the plain and precious things.
The study of doctrine and the teaching of doctrine will change behavior more than the study of behavior will change behavior.
No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair. Repentance and the lasting hope that forgiveness brings will always be worth the effort.
Some people think a miracle is only a miracle if it happens instantaneously, but miracles can grow slowly and patience and faith can compel things to happen that otherwise never would have come to pass.
Throughout your life there may be times when you have gone places you never should have gone and done things you never should have done. If you will turn away from sin, you will be able one day to know the peace that comes from following the pathway of complete repentance.
The Lord will bless us as we attend to the sacred ordinance work of the temples. Blessings there will not be limited to our temple service. We will be blessed in all of our affairs.