Friday, March 24, 2006

Thank you, destinyssweetman!

"Yep Jesus Christ taught us love and we must work hard to love others and spread his Word. We must do our best to spread His Commandments and have faith within God :)"

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Believe in God

"Believe in God. Believe in God the Eternal Father. He is the great Governor of the universe, but He is our Father and our God to whom we may go in prayer. We are His sons and daughters. Have you ever really thought that you were a child of God and that you have something of divinity within you?

"Believe in God and be not faithless. Worship Him in spirit and in truth. Believe in Him. Read His word and follow His teachings.

"Believe in Jesus Christ. . . . He is the Son of God, who came to earth, who left the royal courts on high and came and dwelt among men and gave His life for each of us, for you and for me. It is through Him that we approach the Father. Be not faithless, but believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior and the Redeemer of the world" (meeting, Moscow, Russia, Sept. 10, 2002).


An Unquenchable Faith

"May you carry in your hearts an unquenchable faith, a certain knowledge of the great and salient things of the gospel of Jesus Christ of which you are a part—this the Church and kingdom of God—that the God of heaven and His Beloved Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, parted the curtains in this [day] and opened Themselves to the view of the Prophet Joseph Smith.

"Do you have a certain faith in that? That John the Baptist came? That Peter, James, and John; Moses, Elias, and Elijah came and restored the priesthood and its keys in ushering in this great dispensation? And that when all is said and done, this is where the truth lies?

"Do you have in your heart that certain faith? If you do, the load will be light, I promise you. If you do not, . . . there is a way to get it. And the Savior pointed out that way when He said, 'If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself' (John 7:17)" (regional conference, American Fork, Utah, Aug. 24, 2002).


Cultivate Family Relationships

"Let us not live a life . . . that would bring regret. . . . It is not going to matter very much how much money you made, what kind of a house you lived in, what kind of a car you drove, the size of your bank account—any of those things. What is going to matter is that dear woman who has walked with you side by side as your companion through all of the years of life and those children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren and their faithfulness and their looking to you . . . with respect and love and deference and kindness. . . .

"The only things you will take with you, when all is said and done, are your family relationships. . . . God bless us to be good fathers, . . . good parents, and good husbands to our good wives" (meeting, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Jan. 18, 2003).

~Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley
Inspirational Thoughts, Ensign, March 2006
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