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No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.

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The ultimate effort of everything in the Church is to the end that a father and a mother and their children can be happy at home. If they are happy at home, they are spiritually prepared for whatever should be ahead of them in the world.
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Your secret yearnings and tearful pleadings will touch the heart of both the Father and the Son.
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Nowhere are the generosity and the kindness and mercy of God more manifest than in repentance.
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The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.
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Perhaps no other book has been denounced so vigorously by those who have never read it as has the Book of Mormon.
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The priesthood holds consummate power. It can protect you from the plague of pornography-and it is a plague-if you are succumbing to its influence. If one is obedient, the priesthood can show how to break a habit and even erase an addiction. Holders of the priesthood have that authority and should employ it to combat evil influences.
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The power of procreation is not an incidental part of the plan it is the plan of happiness.
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Happily ever after never happens in the second act.
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Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.
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We are able to feel and learn very quickly through music, through art, through poetry some spiritual things that we would otherwise learn very slowly.
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Some things that are true are not very useful.
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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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Don't live so that your children go unled because of habits that leave you uninspired.
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The spiritually starving hesitate to partake of the Spirit like a child's reaction to new and strange food. They must be offered a tiny bite on a spoon.
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If prayer is to leave the public schools, let the ridicule of prayer leave also.
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Parents are with their children almost constantly and can observe when they are ready to be instructed. From questions or behavior or because of experiences in their own lives, they can sense that it is time to teach. Parents must know when the time for the lesson is now, right now, for their children are ready for it.
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Seek worthy companions. Attend church faithfully. Never fail daily to seek for help through prayer. And I promise you that the way will be easier and you shall have a composure of mind and a confident attitude toward life and the future. You shall be warned of dangers and shall be guided through the whisperings of the Holy Spirit.
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What a wonderful time to be young. You will see events in your lifetime that will test your courage and extend your faith. If you will face the sunlight of truth, the shadows of discouragement and sin and error will fall behind you. You must never give up!
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We accept the responsibility to preach the gospel to every person on earth. And if the question is asked, you mean you are out to convert the entire world? The answer is, 'yes'. We will try to reach every living soul.
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Peace can be settled in the heart of each who turns to the scriptures and unlocks the promises of protection and redemption that are taught therein.
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