Browsing Quotes With Tag: holy-ghost (20)
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“whenever the Holy Ghost takes up its residence in a person, it not only cleanses, sanctifies, and purifies him, in proportion as he yields himself to its influence, but also imparts to him some gift, intended for the benefit of himself and others. ..”
Speaker: Elder Orson PrattSource: Masterful Discourses, pp. 539–41Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 12:05 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“When Spirit speaks to spirit, the imprint upon the soul is far more difficult to erase.
Speaker: President Joseph Fielding SmithSource: “The First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve,” Improvement Era, Nov. 1966, p. 979.Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 12:04 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
We all know that the Spirit brings joy. The revelation to me is that joy brings the Spirit. When we are happy, the Spirit flows more freely—otherwise, it does not.
Speaker: Truman MadsenSource: "The Joy of the Lord Is Your Strength," BYU, 21 November 2000Posted: 09 Sep 2011 at 8:25 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“The Holy Ghost causes our feelings to be more tender. We feel more charitable and compassionate with each other. We are more calm in our relationships. We have a greater capacity to love each other. People want to be around us because our very countenances radiate the influence of the Spirit. We are more godly in our character. As a result, we become increasingly more sensitive to the promptings of the Holy Ghost and thus able to comprehend spiritual things more clearly.”
Speaker: President Ezra Taft BensonSource: Ensign, April 1988, p. 4Posted: 09 Sep 2011 at 6:30 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
In simple terms, the gift of the Holy Ghost is an enhanced spiritual power permitting those entitled thereto to receive it, to receive a greater knowledge and enjoyment of the influence of Deity.
Speaker: President James E. FaustSource: Ensign, April 1996Posted: 09 Sep 2011 at 6:27 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Dwelling constantly on past injuries is, by its nature, limiting to the Spirit. It does not promote peace.
Speaker: President James E. FaustSource: Ensign, April 1996Posted: 09 Sep 2011 at 6:25 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Our eternal gyroscope is set for the Celestial Kingdom. Any time we do something that takes us off that path, the gyroscope tries to correct itself. This causes stress to the spirit and that is where we get guilt or pain when we sin.
Speaker: (paraphrased) Randy Bott's class, "Teaching How to Continue the Perfecting Process w/o Being DiscourSource: Education Week 2010Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 1:48 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“The Spirit of God speaking to the spirit of man has power to impart truth with greater effect and understanding than the truth can be imparted by personal contact even with heavenly beings. Through the Holy Ghost the truth is woven into the very fibre and sinews of the body so that it cannot be forgotten”
Speaker: President Joseph Fielding SmithSource: Doctrines of Salvation, comp. Bruce R. McConkie, 3 vols. [1954–56], 1:47–48Posted: 25 Aug 2010 at 9:05 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Not only is it necessary to have faith in God, but also in Jesus Christ, his Son, the Savior of mankind and the Mediator of the New Covenant; and in the Holy Ghost, who bears record of the Father and the Son, “the same in all ages and forever.”
Speaker: Joseph F. SmithPosted: 19 Apr 2009 at 8:52 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The only tyrant I accept is the ‘still small voice’ within.
Speaker: Mohandas GandhiPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 3:26 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Rationalization and justification do not come from the Spirit.
Speaker: Fratele ChristiansenPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 1:13 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
You might as well baptize a bag of sand as a man, if not done in view of the remission of sins and getting of the Holy Ghost.
Speaker: Joseph Smith Jr.Posted: 21 Aug 2008 at 1:07 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The only reason we teach people is to invite the Spirit to motivate these people to accept these difficult commitments… it is the commitments that bring them to Jesus Christ.
Speaker: Fratele ChristiansenPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:55 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I testify that there are no greater highs than realizing that you have taught by the spirit.
Speaker: David H. BurtonPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:40 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
We depend on the Holy Ghost to confirm the things we may not say specifically; the why.
Speaker: Richard G. ScottPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:36 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The Spirit cannot be restrained when pure testimony of Christ is borne.
Speaker: M. Russell BallardPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 11:09 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
We need to pray for the Holy Ghost to help us know that men who lead us hold [the] power [of the Lord].
Speaker: Henry B. EyringPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 11:02 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
To be able to perceive by inspiration the common and ordinary things of life in their true meaning is a special gift… To be able to recognize when one is being guided by the Spirit is a supernal gift.
Speaker: James E. FaustPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 9:38 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The missionary is surrounded by a very powerful, cultural, ‘law of Moses,’ as it were; that is, an external set of expectations, rules, and disciplines. These serve as the ancient law of Moses did – as a schoolmaster to bring the missionaries to Christ or to a higher law, so that they transcend the law of Moses and move into the law of Christ, where they are motivated by love, guided by correct principles, directed by the Spirit.
Speaker: Stephen CoveySource: Divine Center, thePosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 8:43 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Our calling is to worship the Father in the name of the Son through the Holy Ghost, to pray to the Father in the name of the Son through the Holy Ghost, to serve in the name of the Son by the power of the Holy Ghost.
Speaker: Stephen CoveySource: Divine Center, thePosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 8:42 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment!