Browsing Quotes With Tag: obedience (70)
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The great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God’s commands in the midst of the storms of life. It is not to endure storms, but to choose the right while they rage.
Speaker: Henry B. EyringPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:29 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
If you live up to your privileges, the angels cannot be restrained from being your associates.
Speaker: Joseph Smith Jr.Posted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:28 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
In every age we are faced with a choice. We can trust in our own strength, or we can journey to higher ground and come unto Christ.
Each choice has a consequence.
Each consequence, a destination.Speaker: Joseph B. WirthlinPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:28 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The natural consequence that comes to those who depart from the way of the Lord is that they are left in their own strength. While in the heat of our success we might assume that our own strength is sufficient, those who rely upon the arm of the flesh soon discover how weak and unreliable it truly is.
Speaker: Joseph B. WirthlinPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:28 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Now, my brethren and sisters, the time has come for us to stand a little taller, to lift our eyes and stretch our minds to a greater comprehension and understanding of the grand millennial mission of this the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. This is a season to be strong. It is a time to move forward without hesitation, knowing well the meaning, the breadth, and importance of our mission. It is a time to do what is right regardless of the consequences that might follow. It is a time to be found keeping the commandments. It is a season to reach out with kindness and love to those in distress and to those who are wandering in darkness and pain. It is a time to be considerate and good, decent and courteous toward one another in all of our relationships. In other words, to become more Christ-like.
Speaker: Gordon B. HinckleyPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:26 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Every individual who qualifies for a temple recommend is also qualifies as a faithful Latter-Day Saint. He or she will be a full tithe-payer, will observe the Word of Wisdom, will have good family relationships, and will be a better citizen of the community. Temple service is the end product of all our teaching and activity.
Speaker: Gordon B. HinckleyPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:25 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The Lord’s tender mercies do not occur randomly or merely by coincidence. Faithfulness, obedience, and humility invite tender mercies into our lives, and it is often the Lord’s timing that enables us to recognize and treasure these important blessings.
Speaker: David A. BednarPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:23 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
If every man in this church who has been ordained to the Melchizedek priesthood were to qualify himself to hold a temple recommend and then were to go to the house of the Lord and renew his covenants in solemnity before God and witness, we would be a better people. There would be little or no infidelity among us. Divorce would almost entirely disappear. So much of heartache and heartbreak would be avoided. There would be a greater measure of peace and love and happiness in our homes. There would be fewer weeping wives and weeping children. There would be a greater measure of appreciation and of mutual respect among us. And I am confident the Lord would smile with greater favor upon us.
Speaker: Gordon B. HinckleyPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:19 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
One breaks [his] priesthood covenant by transgressing commandments – but also by leaving undone his duties. Accordingly, to break this covenant one needs only to do nothing.
Speaker: Spencer W. KimballPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:13 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
One reason the Lord illustrates doctrines with the most extreme circumstances is to eliminate excuses. If the Lord expects even the poorest widow to pay her mite, where does that leave all others who find that it is not convenient or easy to sacrifice?
Speaker: Lynn G. RobbinsPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:11 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I plead with you, my brothers and sisters, that if you have any doubt concerning any doctrine of this church, that you put it to the test. Try it. Live the principle. Get on your knees and pray about it, and God will bless you with a knowledge of the truth of this work.
Speaker: Gordon B. HinckleyPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:08 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Remember that oft times the wisdom of God appears as foolishness to men, but the greatest single lesson we can learn in morality is that when God speaks and a man obeys, that man will always be right.
Speaker: Thomas S. MonsonPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 11:59 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
[Obedience] is the most simple test to give knowledge to an individual of which the human mind can conceive. Doing a thing, introducing it into your very being, will convince you of whether it is good or whether it is bad. You may not be able to convince me of that which you know, but you know it, because you have lived it.
Speaker: David O. McKayPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 11:07 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
We don’t have to be rich, tall, thin, brilliant, or beautiful to be saved in the kingdom of God – only pure.
Speaker: Clate W. Mask Jr.Posted: 21 Aug 2008 at 9:44 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Brothers and sisters, I believe that if we could truly understand the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ, we would realize how precious is one son or daughter of God. I believe our Heavenly Father’s everlasting purpose for His children Is generally achieved by the small and simple things we do for one another. At the heart of the English word ‘atonement’ is the word ‘one.’
If all mankind understood this, there would never be anyone with whom we would not be concerned, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, or social or economic standing. We would strive to emulate the Savior and would never be unkind, indifferent, disrespectful, or insensitive to others.Speaker: M. Russell BallardPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 9:44 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
True doctrine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior. The study of the doctrines of the Gospel will improve behavior quicker than a study of behavior will improve behavior.
Speaker: Boyd K. PackerPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 9:40 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
As you submit your wills to God, you are giving Him the only thing you can actually give Him that is really yours to give. Don’t wait too long to find the alter or to begin to place the gift of your wills upon it! No need to wait for a receipt; the Lord has His own special ways of acknowledging.
Speaker: Neal A. MaxwellPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 9:37 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
…Do not expect the world’s solutions to the world’s problems to be very effective. Such solutions often resemble… those who go dashing back and forth with fire extinguishers in times of flood. Only the Gospel is constantly relevant, and the substitute things won’t work.
Speaker: Neal A. MaxwellPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 9:36 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
How can we ever repay the debt we owe to the Savior? He paid a debt He did not owe to free us from a debt we can never pay. Because of Him, we will live forever. Because of His infinite Atonement, our sins can be swept away, allowing us to experience the greatest of all the gifts of God; eternal life.
Can such a gift have a price? Can we ever make compensation for such a gift?Speaker: Joseph B. WirthlinPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 9:35 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Credit is so easy to obtain. In fact, it is almost thrust upon us. Those who use credit cards to overspend unwisely should consider eliminating them. It is much better that a plastic credit card should perish than a family dwindle and perish in debt.
Speaker: Joseph B. WirthlinPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 9:35 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment!