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Focus on fruitful relationships that bring you closer to Jesus Christ.

M. Russell Ballard

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M. Russell Ballard
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: October 8
Businessperson
Salt Lake City
Utah
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Fruitful
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The important questions focus on what matters most-Heavenly Father's plan and the Savior's Atonement.
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We need to commit to serve the Lord and our communities with the same diligence and faith that the pioneers had. We must ever be on our guard that we do not become casual in keeping God's commandments, in abiding by His laws, and in being honest and trustworthy in all that we do.
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The Lord does not want us to miss supper. In fact, He has a great feast prepared for those who return clean and pure through the door.
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...We need to strive to keep things in proper balance. Good balance comes in doing things in a timely way and in not procrastinating our preparation or waiting to fulfill our responsibilities until the last minute.
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A mother's nurturing love arouses in children, from their earliest days on earth, an awakening of the memories of love and goodness they experience in their premortal existence, Because our mothers love us, we learn, or more accurately remember, that God also loves us
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We must prepare ourselves to assist the missionaries in finding those of our Heavenly Father's children who will embrace the message of the Restoration.
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Friends and family are vitally important for an individual who is struggling to return to the gospel path. Those around such a person must refrain from judging. They must do all they can to show love.
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Just as He had done with David, Samuel, and Joseph of the Old Testament, God took an innocent, unlearned boy, one still unsullied by the world and pliable to His divine will, and molded and shaped him into His chosen prophet.
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When a leader in the Church inspires council members with vision, he helps them focus on their real mission so that they are ministering to people rather than merely administering programs.
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If we are one in purpose, spirit, principle and faith, then it doesn't really matter if we are always of the same opinion. Opinions change and can be easily altered by time, experience, and circumstance. But principles, purposes, spirituality, and faith are enduring values that can bind us as one despite disagreement or dispute.
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No matter how difficult the trial... we can take comfort in knowing that others before us have borne life's most grievous trials and tragedies by looking to heaven.
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Sacrifice is a demonstration of pure love.
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It is the parents duty to intervene when they see wrong choices being made.
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We each shape our own life, and the shape of it is determined largely by our attitude.
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Do not think that you are too busy to study the gospel.
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Members are more likely to seek counsel from leaders from whom they feel sincere love emanating.
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All of us must come to an honest, open self-examination, an awareness within as to who and what we want to be.
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We should seek at all times to purify ourselves and to lead such worthy lives that the Light of Christ emanates from us in all that we say and do.
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When the Spirit is present, people are not offended when you share your feelings about the gospel.
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The answer is, of course, to simplify, to prioritize, and in some cases, to use a well-known phrase, Just say no! But actually doing it may prove to be one of the real challenges in our complicated, overheated lives.
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