Remember: sin, even if legalized by man, is still sin in the eyes of God.
Faith in God engenders a love for the Sabbath; faith in the Sabbath engenders a love for God. A sacred Sabbath truly is a delight.
The highest and noblest work in this life is that of a mother.
Rationalization is one of the real obstacles to obedience.
Physical conditioning from regular exercise is important. And we can do so much more to keep our bodies strong.
There is no conflict between science and religion. Conflict only arises from an incomplete knowledge of either science or religion, or both.
Integrity safeguards love, and love makes family life rich and zestful-now and forever.
Unfinished business is our worst business. Perpetual procrastination must yield to perceptive preparation. Today we have a little more time to bless others-time to be kinder, more compassionate, quicker to thank and slower to scold, more generous in sharing, more gracious in caring.
Recently I was tenderly hugging one of our precious little five-year-old granddaughters and said to her, “I love you, sweetheart.” She responded rather blandly: “I know.” I asked, “How do you know that I love you?” Because! You’re my grandfather!
When priorities are proper, the power to endure is increased. And when internalized, those priorities will help keep you from “going overboard.”
Keep studying the scriptures, keep doing the things that build your faith in Jesus Christ and then notice the wise choices you are naturally drawn to make.
Focusing on the Lord and everlasting life can help us not only at Christmas, but through all the challenges of mortality.
While we are free to choose, once we have made those choices, we are tied to the consequences of those choices.
It matters not that giants of tribulation torment you. Your prayerful access to help is just as real as when David battled his Goliath. see 1 Samuel 17.
A pivotal spiritual attribute is that of self-mastery-th e strength to place reason over appetite. Self-mastery builds a strong conscience. And your conscience determines your moral responses in difficult, tempting, and trying situations.
Every religious group, while perhaps a majority somewhere, is also inevitably a minority somewhere else. Thus, religious organizations should and do show tolerance toward members of other religious denominations.
Truth is truth! It is not divisible, and any part of it cannot be set aside.
Could an explosion in a printing shop produce a dictionary?
Eternal principles that govern happiness apply equally to all.
Many religious confessions share common values. They teach that we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us.