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Teach yourself and teach your families about the gift of the Holy Ghost and the Atonement of Jesus Christ. You will do no greater eternal work than within the walls of your own home.
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In or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved.
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How grateful we are for you, our youth.
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It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal. Teach our members that if they have a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, to stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out. There is great purpose in our struggle in life.
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Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.
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The Spirit is a voice that one feels more than hears.
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No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
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If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.
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If you are burdened with depressing feelings of guilt or disappointment, of failure or shame, there is a cure.
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This great circle of sisters will be a protection for each of you and for your families. The Relief Society might be likened to a refuge- the place of safety and protection- the sanctuary of ancient times. You will be safe within it. It encircles each sister like a protecting wall.
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Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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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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Some people think a miracle is only a miracle if it happens instantaneously, but miracles can grow slowly and patience and faith can compel things to happen that otherwise never would have come to pass.
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Husbands and wives should understand that their first calling-from which they will never be released-is to one another and THEN to their children.
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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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In the eternal scheme of things - not always in mortality - righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.
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The end of all activity in the church is to see that a man and a woman with their children are happy at home, sealed for eternity.
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Things we cannot solve, we must survive.
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Prayer is your personal key to heaven.
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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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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites the spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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