The Rock of Our Redeemer
"These early Saints were indeed homeless, but they were not hopeless. Their hearts were broken, but their spirits were strong. They had learned a profound and important lesson. They had learned that hope, with its attendant blessings of peace and joy, does not depend upon circumstance. They had discovered that the true source of hope is faith—faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and in His infinite Atonement, the one sure foundation upon which to build our lives." -- Elder Wilford W. Anderson, The Rock of Our Redeemer, http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-5,00.html, April 2010.
"Hope comes from faith in Jesus Christ. He has already overcome the world and has promised that He will wipe away our tears if we will only turn to Him and believe and follow." -- Elder Wilford W. Anderson, The Rock of Our Redeemer, http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-5,00.html, April 2010.
"When we strive to keep the commandments of God, repenting of our sins and promising our best efforts to follow the Savior, we begin to grow in confidence that through the Atonement everything will be all right. Those feelings are confirmed by the Holy Ghost, who drives from us what our pioneer mothers and fathers called 'our useless cares.' In spite of our trials, we are filled with a sense of well-being and feel to sing with them that indeed “all is well.'" -- Elder Wilford W. Anderson, The Rock of Our Redeemer, http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-5,00.html, April 2010.
“Remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.” -- Helaman 5:12, as quoted in Elder Wilford W. Anderson, The Rock of Our Redeemer, http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-5,00.html, April 2010.
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Monday, 19 April 2010
Great Quotes from Bishop McMullin's Talk
"Though disasters completely disrupt 'the even tenor of [our ways],' they do not have to leave our lives forever shattered. They can 'stir [us] up in remembrance,' 'awaken [us] to a sense of [our] duty to God,' and keep us 'in the path of [our] duty,'" -- Bishop Keith B. McMullin, Our Path of Duty, http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-4,00.html, April 2010.
"For those who eschew evil and live good lives, who strive for a brighter day and keep the commandments of God, things can get better and better even in the face of tragedy. The Savior showed us the way. From Gethsemane, the cross, and the tomb, He rose triumphant, bringing life and hope to us all. He bids us, 'Come, follow me,'” -- Bishop Keith B. McMullin, Our Path of Duty, http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-4,00.html, April 2010.
“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.,” Ecclesiastes 12:13
"Duty does not require perfection, but it does require diligence. It is not simply what is legal; it is what is virtuous. It is not reserved to the mighty or high in station but instead rests on a foundation of personal responsibility, integrity, and courage. Doing one’s duty is a manifestation of one’s faith," -- Bishop Keith B. McMullin, Our Path of Duty, http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-4,00.html, April 2010.
"Humble, sincere, inspired prayer makes available to each of us the divine guidance we so desperately need. Brigham Young counseled, 'At times, men are perplexed and full of care and trouble . . . ; yet our judgment teaches us that it is our duty to pray,'" -- Bishop Keith B. McMullin, Our Path of Duty, http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-4,00.html, April 2010.
"It is as important to be guided by the Holy Spirit while praying as it is to be enlightened by that same Spirit while receiving an answer to prayer. Such prayer brings forth the blessings of heaven because our Father “knoweth what things [we] have need of, before [we] ask him,”24 and He answers every sincere prayer," -- Bishop Keith B. McMullin, Our Path of Duty, http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-4,00.html, April 2010.
"I bear my witness that our path of duty is clearly marked by an undivided faith and belief in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the power of prayer. This path is to be traveled by all of God’s children who love Him and desire to keep His commandments. For the young, it leads to personal achievement and preparation; for adults, it leads to renewed faith and resolve; for the older generation, it leads to perspective and endurance in righteousness to the end. It equips every faithful traveler with the strength of the Lord, protects him from the evils of the day, and endows him with the knowledge that 'the conclusion of the whole matter [is to] Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man,' (Ecclesiastes 12:13)," -- Bishop Keith B. McMullin, Our Path of Duty, http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-4,00.html, April 2010.
"For those who eschew evil and live good lives, who strive for a brighter day and keep the commandments of God, things can get better and better even in the face of tragedy. The Savior showed us the way. From Gethsemane, the cross, and the tomb, He rose triumphant, bringing life and hope to us all. He bids us, 'Come, follow me,'” -- Bishop Keith B. McMullin, Our Path of Duty, http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-4,00.html, April 2010.
“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.,” Ecclesiastes 12:13
"Duty does not require perfection, but it does require diligence. It is not simply what is legal; it is what is virtuous. It is not reserved to the mighty or high in station but instead rests on a foundation of personal responsibility, integrity, and courage. Doing one’s duty is a manifestation of one’s faith," -- Bishop Keith B. McMullin, Our Path of Duty, http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-4,00.html, April 2010.
"Humble, sincere, inspired prayer makes available to each of us the divine guidance we so desperately need. Brigham Young counseled, 'At times, men are perplexed and full of care and trouble . . . ; yet our judgment teaches us that it is our duty to pray,'" -- Bishop Keith B. McMullin, Our Path of Duty, http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-4,00.html, April 2010.
"It is as important to be guided by the Holy Spirit while praying as it is to be enlightened by that same Spirit while receiving an answer to prayer. Such prayer brings forth the blessings of heaven because our Father “knoweth what things [we] have need of, before [we] ask him,”24 and He answers every sincere prayer," -- Bishop Keith B. McMullin, Our Path of Duty, http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-4,00.html, April 2010.
"I bear my witness that our path of duty is clearly marked by an undivided faith and belief in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the power of prayer. This path is to be traveled by all of God’s children who love Him and desire to keep His commandments. For the young, it leads to personal achievement and preparation; for adults, it leads to renewed faith and resolve; for the older generation, it leads to perspective and endurance in righteousness to the end. It equips every faithful traveler with the strength of the Lord, protects him from the evils of the day, and endows him with the knowledge that 'the conclusion of the whole matter [is to] Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man,' (Ecclesiastes 12:13)," -- Bishop Keith B. McMullin, Our Path of Duty, http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-4,00.html, April 2010.
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Great Quotes from Sister Beck's Talk
"The ability to qualify for, receive, and act on personal revelation is the single most important skill that can be acquired in this life. Qualifying for the Lord’s Spirit begins with a desire for that Spirit and implies a certain degree of worthiness. Keeping the commandments, repenting, and renewing covenants made at baptism lead to the blessing of always having the Lord’s Spirit with us.2 Making and keeping temple covenants also adds spiritual strength and power to a woman’s life. Many answers to difficult questions are found by reading the scriptures because the scriptures are an aid to revelation.3 Insight found in scripture accumulates over time, so it is important to spend some time in the scriptures every day. Daily prayer is also essential to having the Lord’s Spirit with us.4 Those who earnestly seek help through prayer and scripture study often have a paper and pencil nearby to write questions and record impressions and ideas," -- Julie B. Beck, “And upon the Handmaids in Those Days Will I Pour Out My Spirit,” http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-3,00.html, April 2010.
"When women nurture as Christ nurtured, a power and peace can descend to guide when help is needed, " -- Julie B. Beck, “And upon the Handmaids in Those Days Will I Pour Out My Spirit,” http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-3,00.html, April 2010.
"Because personal revelation is a constantly renewable source of strength, it is possible to feel bathed in help even during turbulent times," -- Julie B. Beck, “And upon the Handmaids in Those Days Will I Pour Out My Spirit,” http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-3,00.html, April 2010.
"Promised personal revelation comes when we ask for it, prepare for it, and go forward in faith, trusting that it will be poured out upon us," -- Julie B. Beck, “And upon the Handmaids in Those Days Will I Pour Out My Spirit,” http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-3,00.html, April 2010.
"In a world where the measures of success are often distorted, it is important to seek appreciation and affirmation from proper sources. To paraphrase a list found in Preach My Gospel, we are doing well when we develop attributes of Christ and strive to obey His gospel with exactness. We are doing well when we seek to improve ourselves and do our best. We are doing well when we increase faith and personal righteousness, strengthen families and homes, and seek out and help others who are in need. We know we are successful if we live so that we qualify for, receive, and know how to follow the Spirit. When we have done our very best, we may still experience disappointments, but we will not be disappointed in ourselves. We can feel certain that the Lord is pleased when we feel the Spirit working through us.9 Peace, joy, and hope are available to those who measure success properly," -- Julie B. Beck, “And upon the Handmaids in Those Days Will I Pour Out My Spirit,” http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-3,00.html, April 2010.
"When women nurture as Christ nurtured, a power and peace can descend to guide when help is needed, " -- Julie B. Beck, “And upon the Handmaids in Those Days Will I Pour Out My Spirit,” http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-3,00.html, April 2010.
"Because personal revelation is a constantly renewable source of strength, it is possible to feel bathed in help even during turbulent times," -- Julie B. Beck, “And upon the Handmaids in Those Days Will I Pour Out My Spirit,” http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-3,00.html, April 2010.
"Promised personal revelation comes when we ask for it, prepare for it, and go forward in faith, trusting that it will be poured out upon us," -- Julie B. Beck, “And upon the Handmaids in Those Days Will I Pour Out My Spirit,” http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-3,00.html, April 2010.
"In a world where the measures of success are often distorted, it is important to seek appreciation and affirmation from proper sources. To paraphrase a list found in Preach My Gospel, we are doing well when we develop attributes of Christ and strive to obey His gospel with exactness. We are doing well when we seek to improve ourselves and do our best. We are doing well when we increase faith and personal righteousness, strengthen families and homes, and seek out and help others who are in need. We know we are successful if we live so that we qualify for, receive, and know how to follow the Spirit. When we have done our very best, we may still experience disappointments, but we will not be disappointed in ourselves. We can feel certain that the Lord is pleased when we feel the Spirit working through us.9 Peace, joy, and hope are available to those who measure success properly," -- Julie B. Beck, “And upon the Handmaids in Those Days Will I Pour Out My Spirit,” http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-3,00.html, April 2010.
Sunday, 11 April 2010
Great Quotes from President Packer's Talk
Here are some great quotes from President Packer's talk, The Power of the Priesthood given on April 3, 2010.
"Today, we are encamped against the greatest array of sin, vice, and evil ever assembled before our eyes. . . . The battle plan whereby we fight to save the souls of men is not our own. It [came through] the inspiration and revelation of the Lord." - President Thomas S. Monson - “Correlation Brings Blessings,” Relief Society Magazine, Apr. 1967, 247, quoted in -- President Boyd K. Packer "The Power of the Priesthood", http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-2,00.html, April 2010.
"We can and in due time certainly will influence all of humanity. It will be known who we are and why we are. It might seem hopeless; it is monumentally difficult; but it is not only possible but certain that we will win the battle against Satan." -- President Boyd K. Packer "The Power of the Priesthood", http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-2,00.html, April 2010.
“It seems clear to me that the Church has no choice—and never has had—but to do more to assist the family in carrying out its divine mission, not only because that is the order of heaven, but also because that is the most practical contribution we can make to our youth—to help improve the quality of life in the Latter-day Saint homes. As important as our many programs and organizational efforts are, these should not supplant the home; they should support the home.” - President Harold B. Lee, “Preparing Our Youth,” Ensign, Mar. 1971, 3; emphasis added, quoted in -- President Boyd K. Packer "The Power of the Priesthood", http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-2,00.html, April 2010.
“In the home the presiding authority is always vested in the father, and in all home affairs and family matters there is no other authority paramount. To illustrate this principle, a single incident will perhaps suffice. It sometimes happens that the elders are called in to administer to the members of a family. Among these elders there may be presidents of stakes, apostles, or even members of the first presidency of the Church. It is not proper under these circumstances for the father to stand back and expect the elders to direct the administration of this important ordinance. The father is there. It is his right and it is his duty to preside. He should select the one who is to administer the oil, and the one who is to be mouth in prayer, and he should not feel that because there are present presiding authorities in the Church that he is therefore divested of his rights to direct the administration of that blessing of the gospel in his home. (If the father be absent, the mother should request the presiding authority present to take charge.) The father presides at the table, at prayer, and gives general directions relating to his family life whoever may be present,” -- President Joseph F. Smith, Gospel Doctrine, 5th ed. (1939), 287, quoted in President Boyd K. Packer "The Power of the Priesthood", http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-2,00.html, April 2010.
"While the priesthood is presently all over the world, we call on every elder and high priest, every holder of the priesthood to stand, like Gideon’s small but powerful force of 300, in his own place. We now must awaken in every elder and high priest, in every quorum and group, and in the father of every home the power of the priesthood of the Almighty." -- President Boyd K. Packer "The Power of the Priesthood", http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-2,00.html, April 2010.
"The authority of the priesthood is with us. After all that we have correlated and organized, it is now our responsibility to activate the power of the priesthood in the Church. Authority in the priesthood comes by way of ordination; power in the priesthood comes through faithful and obedient living in honoring covenants. It is increased by exercising and using the priesthood in righteousness," -- President Boyd K. Packer "The Power of the Priesthood", http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-2,00.html, April 2010.
"Every law and principle and power, every belief, every ordinance and ordination, every covenant, every sermon and every sacrament, every counsel and correction, the sealings, the calls, the releases, the service—all these have as their ultimate purpose the perfection of the individual and the family, for the Lord has said, 'This is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.'” -- President Boyd K. Packer "The Power of the Priesthood", http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-2,00.html, April 2010.
"Today, we are encamped against the greatest array of sin, vice, and evil ever assembled before our eyes. . . . The battle plan whereby we fight to save the souls of men is not our own. It [came through] the inspiration and revelation of the Lord." - President Thomas S. Monson - “Correlation Brings Blessings,” Relief Society Magazine, Apr. 1967, 247, quoted in -- President Boyd K. Packer "The Power of the Priesthood", http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-2,00.html, April 2010.
"We can and in due time certainly will influence all of humanity. It will be known who we are and why we are. It might seem hopeless; it is monumentally difficult; but it is not only possible but certain that we will win the battle against Satan." -- President Boyd K. Packer "The Power of the Priesthood", http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-2,00.html, April 2010.
“It seems clear to me that the Church has no choice—and never has had—but to do more to assist the family in carrying out its divine mission, not only because that is the order of heaven, but also because that is the most practical contribution we can make to our youth—to help improve the quality of life in the Latter-day Saint homes. As important as our many programs and organizational efforts are, these should not supplant the home; they should support the home.” - President Harold B. Lee, “Preparing Our Youth,” Ensign, Mar. 1971, 3; emphasis added, quoted in -- President Boyd K. Packer "The Power of the Priesthood", http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-2,00.html, April 2010.
“In the home the presiding authority is always vested in the father, and in all home affairs and family matters there is no other authority paramount. To illustrate this principle, a single incident will perhaps suffice. It sometimes happens that the elders are called in to administer to the members of a family. Among these elders there may be presidents of stakes, apostles, or even members of the first presidency of the Church. It is not proper under these circumstances for the father to stand back and expect the elders to direct the administration of this important ordinance. The father is there. It is his right and it is his duty to preside. He should select the one who is to administer the oil, and the one who is to be mouth in prayer, and he should not feel that because there are present presiding authorities in the Church that he is therefore divested of his rights to direct the administration of that blessing of the gospel in his home. (If the father be absent, the mother should request the presiding authority present to take charge.) The father presides at the table, at prayer, and gives general directions relating to his family life whoever may be present,” -- President Joseph F. Smith, Gospel Doctrine, 5th ed. (1939), 287, quoted in President Boyd K. Packer "The Power of the Priesthood", http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-2,00.html, April 2010.
"While the priesthood is presently all over the world, we call on every elder and high priest, every holder of the priesthood to stand, like Gideon’s small but powerful force of 300, in his own place. We now must awaken in every elder and high priest, in every quorum and group, and in the father of every home the power of the priesthood of the Almighty." -- President Boyd K. Packer "The Power of the Priesthood", http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-2,00.html, April 2010.
"The authority of the priesthood is with us. After all that we have correlated and organized, it is now our responsibility to activate the power of the priesthood in the Church. Authority in the priesthood comes by way of ordination; power in the priesthood comes through faithful and obedient living in honoring covenants. It is increased by exercising and using the priesthood in righteousness," -- President Boyd K. Packer "The Power of the Priesthood", http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-2,00.html, April 2010.
"Every law and principle and power, every belief, every ordinance and ordination, every covenant, every sermon and every sacrament, every counsel and correction, the sealings, the calls, the releases, the service—all these have as their ultimate purpose the perfection of the individual and the family, for the Lord has said, 'This is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.'” -- President Boyd K. Packer "The Power of the Priesthood", http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1207-2,00.html, April 2010.
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