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Prayer in the hour of need is a great boon. From simple trials to our Gethsemanes, prayer - persistent prayer - can put us in touch with God, our greatest source of comfort and counsel.

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Ezra Taft Benson
Age: 94 †
Born: 1899
Born: August 4
Died: 1994
Died: May 30
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Rights are either God-given as part of the divine plan, or they are granted by government as part of the political plan. If we accept the premise that human rights are granted by government, then we must be willing to accept the corollary that they can be denied by government.
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This nation was established by the God of heaven as a citadel of liberty. A Constitution guaranteeing those liberties was designed under the superintending influence of heaven.
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When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives. Our love of the Lord will govern the claims for our affection, the demands on our time, the interests we pursue, and the order of our priorities.
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There could not be a restoration of the gospel without freedom. God provided this country as the base of his operations in these the last days, a place where there would be freedom, where he could restore his gospel.
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You must keep your honor! You can't speak for the country you can do little about the national economy or actions of moral weaklings who excuse themselves with the expression, That is politics nor can you be responsible for deception in others. But you are responsible for yourself! There are no collective panaceas - only individual ones.
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Pride is essentially competitive in nature. We pit our will against God's.
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Pride is the great stumbling block of Zion. I repeat: Pride is the great stumbling block of Zion.
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