All of us can meet God’s high expectations, however great or small our capacity and talent may be. Moroni affirms, “If ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is [God’s] grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ” (Moroni 10:32). It is a diligent, devoted effort on our part that calls forth this empowering and enabling grace, an effort that certainly includes submission to God’s chastening hand and sincere, unqualified repentance. Let us pray for His love-inspired correction.

D. Todd Christofferson
April 2011 General Conference

humility

We can help one another as fellow Church members; it is one of the primary reasons that the Savior established a church. Even when we encounter mean-spirited criticism from persons who have little regard or love for us, it can be helpful to exercise enough meekness to weigh it and sift out anything that might benefit us.

D. Todd Christofferson
April 2011 General Conference

desires

Let us remember that desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions. In addition, it is our actions and our desires that cause us to become something, whether a true friend, a gifted teacher, or one who has qualified for eternal life.

righteous desires

If our righteous desires are sufficiently intense, they will motivate us to cut and carve ourselves free from addictions and other sinful pressures and priorities that prevent our eternal progress.
Dallin H. Oaks
April 2011

the atonement

"The one message Satan does not want us to know or understand or apply is what Elder Bednar has called "the enabling power of the Atonement," because without that understanding we are miserable like he is. This is the one message he doesn't want us to get."


Carolyn J. Rasmussen at BYU-Idaho, Oct. 2009

courageous parenting

Parenting teenagers in the latter days is a very humbling assignment. Satan and his followers are striving to bring this generation down; the Lord is counting on valiant parents to bring them up. Parents, “Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid” (Joshua 1:9).

~Larry R. Lawrence

the Holy Ghost

in today's world we must provide quiet, reflective times for our children and teach them how to listen to the still, small voice. with all the blessings our modern age has given to us, let us not give up the things that promote the workings of the Holy Ghost: time alone to pray, ponder, meditate, and read the scriptures; and time with family undisturbed by noise, distrations, and too many activities.

~Elder Neil L. Anderson