When you and I talk to people about faith and belief, don’t we often hear, “I wish I could believe the way you do”?...The world has a long history of rejecting that which it does not understand. And it has particular trouble understanding things it cannot see. But just because we cannot see something with our physical eyes does not mean it doesn’t exist...The universe is filled with wonders profound and astonishing—things that can be comprehended only through spiritual eyes.
- Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Be Not Afraid, Only Believe
Each of us came to earth having been given the Light of Christ. As we follow the example of the Savior and live as He lived and as He taught, that light will burn within us and will light the way for others…our opportunities to shine surround us each day, in whatever circumstance we find ourselves. As we follow the example of the Savior, ours will be the opportunity to be a light in the lives of others.
- President Thomas S. Monson, Be an Example and a Light
[W]hat does your heart desire? What do you gravitate toward? Where will your desires lead?... Every day the world seeks to influence your desires...Ultimately, the choice is yours. You have agency. It is the power to not only act on your desires but also to refine, purify, and elevate your desires. Agency is your power to become. Each choice takes you closer to or further from what you are meant to become...Always ask yourself, “Where will this choice lead?”
- Randall L. Ridd, The Choice Generation
We have earthly debts and heavenly debts. Let us be wise in dealing with each of them and ever keep in mind the words of the Savior...The riches of this world are as dust compared to the riches that await the faithful in the mansions of our Heavenly Father. How foolish is he who spends his days in the pursuit of things that rust and fade away. How wise is he who spends his days in the pursuit of eternal life.
- Joseph B. Wirthlin, Earthly Debts, Heavenly Debts
Prayer is essential to developing faith...In faith we pray, we listen, and we obey, that we might learn to become one with the Father and the Son. A prayer of faith opens the way to receive glorious heaven-sent blessings...If we expect to receive, we must ask, seek, and knock…Prayer is a gift from God. We need never feel lost or alone...every moment of precious prayer can be holy time spent with our Father, in the name of the Son, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
- Carol F. McConkie, The Soul’s Sincere Desire
Revelation comes to us in proportion to the degree to which we have sought to take the doctrine of Christ into our hearts and implement it in our lives…You have questions for which you seek answers. You have at least enough faith to hope that you will receive answers from the Lord through His servants...faith will also have brought the Savior’s softening touch enough for us to hear His direction and be determined and excited to obey…it takes faith to be obedient to the Lord’s commandments.
- President Henry B. Eyring, The Faith to Ask and Then to Act
9th Article of Faith
*I Am Like a Star
*Lord, I Would Follow Thee
More Holiness Give Me
The Commandments
Should You Feel Inclined to Censure
*Seek the Lord Early
The Wise Man and the Foolish Man
*A Child’s Prayer