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I witness that as you gain experience and success in being guided by the Spirit, your confidence in the impressions you feel can become more certain than your dependence on what you see or hear.

Richard G. Scott

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Richard G. Scott
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: November 7
Died: 2015
Died: September 22
Engineer
Nuclear Engineer
Pocatello
Idaho
Richard Gordon Scott
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Don't look for a life virtually free from discomfort, pain, pressure, challenge, or grief, for those are the tools a loving Father uses to stimulate our personal growth and understanding.
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As you live high standards publicly and privately, and even under great pressure adhere to them, you raise the vision of others.
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A key to improved prayer is to learn to ask the right questions. Consider changing from asking for the things you want to honestly seeking what He wants for you. Then as you learn His will, pray that you will be led to have the strength to fulfill it.
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Be grateful that your righteous life molds you so that you don’t fit where you don’t belong
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Create an atmosphere for the Spirit. The Spirit must be present.
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Chose to converse with your Father in Heaven often. Make time every day to share your thoughts and feelings with Him.
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A sense of humor is an escape valve for the pressures of life.
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A true principle makes decisions clear even under the most confusing and challenging circumstances.
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True friendship is like the asphalt of life. It fills in the potholes and makes the journey smooth.
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A knowledge of truth is of little value unless lived in full measure.
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Sadness, disappointment, and severe challenges are events in life, not life itself. I do not minimize how hard some of these events are. They can extend over a long period of time, but they should not be allowed to become the confining center of everything you do.
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. . . we will never be prompted by the Holy Ghost to do something we cannot do. It may require extraordinary effort and much time, patience, prayer, and obedience, but we can do it.
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If you choose to concentrate on the dark side, this is what you will see.
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You are making better progress than you realize.
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The joyful news for anyone who desires to be rid of the consequences of past poor choices is that the Lord sees weaknesses differently than He does rebellion. Whereas the Lord warns that unrepented rebellion will bring punishment, when the Lord speaks of weaknesses, it is always with mercy.
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The endowment and sealing ordinances of the temple are so gloriously rich in meaning that you will want to allow significant time to receive those ordinances and to ponder their meaning.
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Express gratitude for what your spouse does for you. Express that love and gratitude often.
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Can you hang in there with your investigators when things get going tough? Don't give up on investigators because they have a little weakness. Work with them until the Holy Ghost tells you not to.
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Don't let the workings of adversity totally absorb your life. Try to understand what you can. Act where you are able then let the matter rest with the Lord for a period while you give to others in worthy ways before you take on appropriate concern again.
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