This work of the Lord is indeed great and marvelous, but it moves forward essentially unnoticed by many of mankind’s political, cultural, and academic leaders. It progresses one heart and one family at a time, silently and unobtrusively, its sacred message blessing people everywhere...there is a Savior. He lived in the meridian of time. He atoned for our sins, was crucified, and was resurrected. That matchless message, which we proclaim with authority from God, is the real reason this Church grows as it does.
- L. Whitney Clayton, The Time Shall Come
You can’t please God without upsetting Satan, so you will get pressure from those he tempts to do wrong. Individuals who do wrong want you to join them because they feel more comfortable in what they are doing when others do it also. They may also want to take advantage of you. It is natural to want to be accepted by peers, to be part of a group... You don’t need to compromise your standards to be accepted by good friends. The more obedient you are, the more you stand for true principles, the more the Lord can help you overcome temptation.
- Richard G. Scott, Making the Right Choices
Trust in the Lord is a familiar and true teaching in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. That was Joseph Smith’s teaching when the early Saints experienced severe persecutions and seemingly insurmountable obstacles. That is still the best principle we can use when our efforts to learn or our attempts to find comfort encounter obstacles...There is so much we do not know that our only sure reliance is to trust in the Lord and His love for His children.
- President Dallin H. Oaks, Trust in the Lord
The Lord has a plan for you. He has prepared you for this day, right now, to be a strength and force for good in His mighty work. We need you! It simply will not be as grand without you!…Our eternal purpose is to come unto Christ and actively join Him in His great work...And when we do His work together with Him, we come to know and love Him more…Remember, the best way for you to improve the world is to prepare the world for Christ by inviting all to follow Him…
- Bonnie H. Cordon, Come Unto Christ and Don’t Come Alone
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When The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized… the Lord gave a revelation to the members of the Church through His prophet, Joseph Smith Jr...the Savior instructed Church members to “give heed unto all his words and commandments which he shall give unto you as he receiveth them, walking in all holiness before me; For his word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth, in all patience and faith”…I testify to you that the fulness of the everlasting gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored to the earth through the Prophet Joseph Smith…
- M. Russell Ballard, “His Word Ye Shall Receive”
I have come to better understand how vitally important it is to receive by the Spirit. We often focus, appropriately, on the importance of teaching by the Spirit. But we need to remember that the Lord has placed equal, if not greater, importance on receiving by the Spirit…those who receive by the Spirit intend to act. As the prophet Moroni instructed, to receive a witness of the Book of Mormon, we must ask “with real intent”. The Spirit teaches when we honestly intend to do something about what we learn.
- A. Roger Merrill, Receiving by the Spirit
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[T]he Lord blesses those who want to improve, who accept the need for commandments and try to keep them, who cherish Christlike virtues and strive to the best of their ability to acquire them. If you stumble in that pursuit, so does everyone; the Savior is there to help you keep going...we are going to be blessed for our desire to do good, even as we actually strive to be so... Why? Because our Heavenly Father wants it to be! He wants to bless us.
- President Jeffrey R. Holland, Tomorrow the Lord Will Do Wonders Among You
Because our Heavenly Father wants better for us, He makes it possible for us to hear His voice. Most often, we hear Him through impressions given by the Holy Ghost...The Spirit speaks to different people in different ways, and He may speak to the same person in different ways at different times. As a result, learning the many ways He speaks to us is a lifelong quest…in a world with so many competing voices, I testify that our Heavenly Father has made it possible for us to hear and follow His.
- David P. Homer, Hearing His Voice
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Look up to Jesus Christ—the wise advice of my father—strengthens my faith whenever I face challenges in life. He taught me how to apply the teachings of Christ, as in these words: “Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.”…It is never too late to look up to Jesus Christ. His arms are always open to you...Look up to Christ for strength, balance, and healing..Inviting others to come unto Christ is our purpose, and we can fulfill this purpose by looking up to Jesus Christ.
- Yoon Hwan Choi, Don’t Look Around, Look Up!
I am convinced that each of us, however good, loyal, or dedicated we try to be in the gospel and in the Church, could do so much more if we did it with the power and influence of an unwavering faith in the Lord… our goodness—our every righteous endeavor—our good works, our obedience, and our efforts to bless others must be anchored in and driven by our faith in Christ, our testimonies of his mission and sacrifice...
- Jack H. Goaslind, Spiritual Mountaintops
It is through [the] sacred feelings from the Holy Ghost that we come to know what God would have us do, for this, as stated in scripture, “is the spirit of revelation.”…Through the gift of the Holy Ghost, we receive added capacity and spiritual gifts, increased revelation and protection, steady guidance and direction, and the promised blessings of sanctification and exaltation in the celestial kingdom. All of these blessings are given as a result of our personal desire to receive them.
- Craig C. Christensen, An Unspeakable Gift from God
This sacred ancient record was not “translated” in the traditional way that scholars would translate ancient texts by learning an ancient language...Joseph Smith declared that through God’s power he “translated the Book of Mormon from [hieroglyphs]"...Joseph learned that the Lord would choose witnesses to see the plates…They testified that they heard the voice of God from heaven declaring that the ancient record was translated by the gift and power of God.
- Ulisses Soares, The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon
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Each of us has problems that we cannot solve and weaknesses that we cannot conquer without reaching out through prayer to a higher source of strength. That source is the God of heaven to whom we pray in the name of Jesus Christ…We are privileged to pray daily for the small and great concerns in our lives...to pray against the power of our enemies and the devil...When we are not crying directly unto God, we should let our hearts be drawn out in prayer unto Him continually.
- James E. Faust, The Lifeline of Prayer
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We as faithful Saints have been strengthened by adversity and are the recipients of the Lord’s tender mercies. We have moved forward under the promise of the Lord: “I will not suffer that [mine enemies] shall destroy my work…”…We should not be surprised by Satan’s efforts to thwart or discredit temple worship and work. The devil despises the purity in and the power of the Lord’s house. And the protection available to each of us in and through temple ordinances and covenants stands as a great obstacle to the evil designs of Lucifer.
- David A. Bednar, Honorably Hold a Name and a Standing,
Significant events unfold in the gospel and in the Church that further the kingdom of God on earth. They are not by accident but by God’s plan…Likewise, events and associations unfold in each of our lives that further God’s work on earth…No trial or calamity can derail God’s plan of happiness…Sometimes we consider changes in our plans as missteps on our journey. Think of them more as first steps to being “on the Lord’s errand.”...By “divine design,” He is in the small details of your life as well as the major milestones.
- Ronald A. Rasband, By Divine Design
Jesus taught us to obey in simple language that is easy to understand: “If ye love me, keep my commandments,” and “Come, follow me.”…Spiritually mature obedience is “the Savior’s obedience.” It is motivated by true love for Heavenly Father and His Son. When we willingly obey, as our Savior did, we cherish the words of our Heavenly Father: “Well done, thou good and faithful servant: … enter…into the joy of thy lord.”
- Robert D. Hales, “If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments”
Spiritual momentum is created “over a lifetime as we repeatedly embrace the doctrine of Christ.”…As the Holy Ghost exerts a greater influence in our lives, we progressively and iteratively develop Christlike attributes. Our hearts change. Our disposition to do evil diminishes. Our inclination to do good increases until we only want “to do good continually.” And we thereby access the heavenly power needed to endure to the end. Our faith has increased...
- Dale G. Renlund, The Powerful, Virtuous Cycle of the Doctrine of Christ
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We cannot love what we do not know... Before we can teach the gospel, we must know the gospel…The Lord has commanded us to search the scriptures, to feast upon them, and to treasure them up…If you earnestly search the scriptures and treasure up in your minds the words of life, if you keep the commandments with all of your heart… you will enjoy the companionship of the Holy Ghost and you will receive revelation.
- David M. McConkie, Gospel Learning and Teaching
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We…are privileged to live in an exceptional time...In no previous dispensation have so many missionaries been called, so many nations been opened for the gospel message, and so many temples been built throughout the world…Our amazement... produces spiritual strength. It gives us the energy to remain anchored in our faith and to engage ourselves in the work of salvation…I testify that the work in which we are engaged is “a marvelous work and a wonder.”
- Gérald Caussé, Is It Still Wonderful to You?
[E]nduring to the end is not just a matter of passively tolerating life’s difficult circumstances or “hanging in there.”...Enduring to the end is a process filling every minute of our life, every hour, every day, from sunrise to sunrise. It is accomplished through personal discipline…[and] implies “patient continuance in well doing”, striving to keep the commandments, and doing the works of righteousness. It requires sacrifice and hard work.
- Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Have We Not Reason to Rejoice?
[W]hen we try to help someone we love come unto Christ, we can do so with confidence that He has the capacity to lift the burden of sin and to forgive....when we make effort...to bring others to Christ, we can do so with certainty that He sees our true intentions and will appropriately honor them…we are all engaged as Latter-day Saint disciples in the work of bringing others to Christ...Each of us has a role to play in the kingdom of God…As we do, and if we will, the Lord blesses us all.
- James W. McConkie III, And They Sought to See Jesus Who He Was
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The Book of Mormon is the most correct of any book on earth because it centers upon the Truth, even Jesus Christ, and...speaks to the spirit and to the heart of the reader like no other volume of scripture…Testimony is personal knowledge, based upon the witness of the Holy Ghost, that certain facts of eternal significance are true…And a testimony need not always begin with the phrase “I bear you my testimony.” Our witness can be declared as simply as “I know I was blessed with inspiration at work today” or “The truth in this scripture always has been a powerful source of direction for me.”
- David A. Bednar, Watching with All Perseverence
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John the Baptist brought back the Aaronic Priesthood with the keys of repentance and baptism…The events describing the return of the priesthood are remarkable in that they conform precisely with the biblical pattern of priesthood restoration in earlier dispensations…Priesthood and priesthood keys open the door to the blessings of the Atonement. Through the power of the priesthood, people are baptized for the remission of sins, made possible by the Savior’s great act of mercy…
- Merrill J. Bateman, Priesthood, Keys and the Power to Bless
God's Priesthood Power | Growing Faith
In many gospel ordinances, we make sacred covenants with God; He promises to bless us as we keep those covenants. Do we realize it is the combination of priesthood ordinances along with the keeping of covenant promises that allows us to draw upon God’s power?…Learn how priesthood ordinances and covenant promises will allow God’s power to flow into your life with greater efficacy, working in and through you, empowering and equipping you to reach your full purpose and potential... We all have access to the gift of God’s power.
- Emily Belle Freeman, Live Up to Your Privileges
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