President Deiter F Uchtdorf, The Joy of the Priesthood, General Conference 2012
"Yes, there is always something imperfect in any situation. Yes, it is easy to find things to complain about."
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Temptation
Elder Anthony D Perkins of the Seventy, Beware Concerning Yourselves, General Conference October 2012
"Each time Jesus alerts priesthood holders to ‘beware, for Satan desireth to sift [you],’ He prescribes prayer as the temptation-countering action."
President Boyd K Packer, “How to Survive in Enemy Territory”,Seminary Centennial Broadcast
“A few of you may have felt or been told that you were born with troubling feelings and that you are not guilty if you act on those temptations. Doctrinally we know that if that were true your agency would have been erased, and that cannot happen. You always have a choice to follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost and live a morally pure and chaste life, one filled with virtue.”
Complaining
President Deiter F Uchtdorf, The Joy of the Priesthood, General Conference 2012
"Yes, there is always something imperfect in any situation. Yes, it is easy to find things to complain about."
"Yes, there is always something imperfect in any situation. Yes, it is easy to find things to complain about."
Duty
Elder David A Bednar - Apostle, Converted unto the Lord, General Conference October 2012
“We should know the gospel is true and be true to the gospel.”
Helaman 15:5-6
5 And I would that ye should behold that the more part of them are in the path of their duty, and they do walk circumspectly before God, and they do observe to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments according to the law of Moses.
6 Yea, I say unto you, that the more part of them are doing this, and they are striving with unwearied diligence that they may bring the remainder of their brethren to the knowledge of the truth; therefore there are many who do add to their numbers daily.
Zina D. Young, in Woman’s Exponent, Oct. 15, 1877, 74
“Sisters, it is for us to be wide awake to our duties.”
Elder D Todd Christofferson - Apostle, Brethren, We Have Work to Do, General Conference October 2012
"Some men and young men have taken the negative signals as an excuse to avoid responsibility and never really grow up."
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“As men of the priesthood, we have an essential role to play in society, at home, and in the Church. But we must be men that women can trust, that children can trust, and that God can trust.”
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"...it is essential that you become proficient so that you can support a family and make a contribution for good in your community and your country."
Teachings: John Taylor, 164
“It is your duty first of all to learn what the Lord wants and then by the power and strength of His holy Priesthood to [so] magnify your calling in the presence of your fellows … that the people will be glad to follow you.”
George Albert Smith, in Conference Report, Apr. 1942, 14
“It is your duty first of all to learn what the Lord wants and then by the power and strength of His holy Priesthood to [so] magnify your calling in the presence of your fellows … that the people will be glad to follow you.”
Doctrine and Covenants 107:99
99 Wherefore, now let every man learn his duty, and to act in the office in which he is appointed, in all diligence.
President Thomas S Monson, Willing and Worthy to Serve, April 2012 General Conference
“Time certainly marches on. Duty keeps cadence with that march. Duty does not dim nor diminish.”
Spencer W Kimball, The Miracle ofForgiveness [1969], 96
“One breaks the priesthood covenant by transgressing commandments—but also by leaving undone his duties. Accordingly, to break this covenant one needs only to do nothing”
President Ezra Taft Benson, So Shall Ye Reap [1960], 21
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Of Things That Matter Most, General Conference October 2010
"What do you suppose pilots do when they encounter turbulence? A student pilot may think that increasing speed is a good strategy because it will get them through the turbulence faster. But that may be the wrong thing to do. Professional pilots understand that there is an optimum turbulence penetration speed that will minimize the negative effects of turbulence. And most of the time that would mean to reduce your speed. The same principle applies also to speed bumps on a road."
My comments: Sometimes we speed up to get through the turbulence of life faster, when in reality it is best to slow down and find the optimum speed. Some hurry to get a promotion or hurry to get through school as fast as possibly, while our other duties of life are neglected.
“We should know the gospel is true and be true to the gospel.”
Helaman 15:5-6
5 And I would that ye should behold that the more part of them are in the path of their duty, and they do walk circumspectly before God, and they do observe to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments according to the law of Moses.
6 Yea, I say unto you, that the more part of them are doing this, and they are striving with unwearied diligence that they may bring the remainder of their brethren to the knowledge of the truth; therefore there are many who do add to their numbers daily.
Zina D. Young, in Woman’s Exponent, Oct. 15, 1877, 74
“Sisters, it is for us to be wide awake to our duties.”
Elder D Todd Christofferson - Apostle, Brethren, We Have Work to Do, General Conference October 2012
"Some men and young men have taken the negative signals as an excuse to avoid responsibility and never really grow up."
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“As men of the priesthood, we have an essential role to play in society, at home, and in the Church. But we must be men that women can trust, that children can trust, and that God can trust.”
...
"...it is essential that you become proficient so that you can support a family and make a contribution for good in your community and your country."
Teachings: John Taylor, 164
“It is your duty first of all to learn what the Lord wants and then by the power and strength of His holy Priesthood to [so] magnify your calling in the presence of your fellows … that the people will be glad to follow you.”
George Albert Smith, in Conference Report, Apr. 1942, 14
“It is your duty first of all to learn what the Lord wants and then by the power and strength of His holy Priesthood to [so] magnify your calling in the presence of your fellows … that the people will be glad to follow you.”
Doctrine and Covenants 107:99
99 Wherefore, now let every man learn his duty, and to act in the office in which he is appointed, in all diligence.
President Thomas S Monson, Willing and Worthy to Serve, April 2012 General Conference
“Time certainly marches on. Duty keeps cadence with that march. Duty does not dim nor diminish.”
Spencer W Kimball, The Miracle ofForgiveness [1969], 96
“One breaks the priesthood covenant by transgressing commandments—but also by leaving undone his duties. Accordingly, to break this covenant one needs only to do nothing”
President Ezra Taft Benson, So Shall Ye Reap [1960], 21
“It is not enough to receive the priesthood and then sit back passively and wait until someone prods us into activity. When we receive the priesthood, we have the obligation of becoming actively and anxiously engaged in promoting the cause of righteousness in the earth, because the Lord says:
“‘… He that doeth not anything until he is commanded, and receiveth a commandment with doubtful heart, and keepeth it with slothfulness, the same is damned’ [D&C 58:29]”
“‘… He that doeth not anything until he is commanded, and receiveth a commandment with doubtful heart, and keepeth it with slothfulness, the same is damned’ [D&C 58:29]”
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Of Things That Matter Most, General Conference October 2010
"What do you suppose pilots do when they encounter turbulence? A student pilot may think that increasing speed is a good strategy because it will get them through the turbulence faster. But that may be the wrong thing to do. Professional pilots understand that there is an optimum turbulence penetration speed that will minimize the negative effects of turbulence. And most of the time that would mean to reduce your speed. The same principle applies also to speed bumps on a road."
My comments: Sometimes we speed up to get through the turbulence of life faster, when in reality it is best to slow down and find the optimum speed. Some hurry to get a promotion or hurry to get through school as fast as possibly, while our other duties of life are neglected.
32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Elder Henry B Eyring, Learning in the Priesthood, April 2011 General Conference
"I am grateful to be with you in this meeting of the priesthood of God. We are in many different places tonight and at many stages in our priesthood service. Yet with all the variety of our circumstances, we have a need in common. It is to learn our duties in the priesthood and to grow in our power to perform them."
Elder Neil l Anderson, Preparing the World for the Second Coming , April 2011 General Conference
“He had a priesthood duty to offer two years of his life to declare the reality of the Lord Jesus Christ and His restored gospel. Nothing—not even a chance to play on the national team, with all the acclaim it would bring—would deter him from that duty.”
Alma 60:21
21 Or do ye suppose that the Lord will still deliver us, while we sit upon our thrones and do not make use of the means which the Lord has provided for us?
Doctrine and Covenants 108:7
7 Therefore, strengthen your brethren in all your conversation, in all your prayers, in all your exhortations, and in all your doings.
Elder L. Tom Perry, The Sabbath and the Sacrament
"Brothers and sisters, in the latter days the adversary succeeds when we relax our commitment to the Savior, ignore His teachings in the New Testament and other scripture, and cease to follow Him. "
Reactivation
Helping Others to Help Themselves: The Story of the Mormon Church Welfare Program (1945), 4.
“The Church cannot hope to save a man on Sunday if during the week it is a complacent witness to the crucifixion of his soul.”
“The Church cannot hope to save a man on Sunday if during the week it is a complacent witness to the crucifixion of his soul.”
What It Means To Be a Man
Doctrine and Covenants 109:15
15 And that they may grow up in thee, and receive a fulness of the Holy Ghost, and be organized according to thy laws, and be prepared to obtain every needful thing;Elder D Todd Christofferson - Apostle, Brethren, We Have Work to Do, General Conference October 2012
"Some men and young men have taken the negative signals as an excuse to avoid responsibility and never really grow up."
...
“As men of the priesthood, we have an essential role to play in society, at home, and in the Church. But we must be men that women can trust, that children can trust, and that God can trust.”
...
"...it is essential that you become proficient so that you can support a family and make a contribution for good in your community and your country."
Service
Elder James E Faust, “Some Great Thing”, October 2001 General Conference quoting Elder Henry B. Eyring, “Waiting upon the Lord,” Brigham Young University 1990–91 Devotional and Fireside Speeches, 22
A story shared by our beloved associate, Elder Henry B. Eyring, illustrates this principle of commitment still further. This story is about his father, the great scientist Henry Eyring, who served on the Bonneville Stake high council. He was responsible for the welfare farm, which included a field of onions that needed to be weeded. At that time, he was nearly 80 and suffering from painful bone cancer. He assigned himself to do weeding even though the pain was so great that he pulled himself along on his stomach with his elbows. The pain was too great for him to kneel. Yet he smiled, laughed, and talked happily with the others who were there that day weeding that field of onions. I now quote what Elder Eyring said of this incident:
“After all the work was finished and the onions were all weeded, someone [said to] him, ‘Henry, good heavens! You didn’t pull those weeds, did you? Those weeds were sprayed two days ago, and they were going to die anyway.’
“Dad just roared. He thought that was the funniest thing. He thought it was a great joke on himself. He had worked through the day in the wrong weeds. They had been sprayed and would have died anyway.
“… I [asked] him, ‘Dad how could you make a joke out of that?’ …
“He said something to me that I will never forget. … He said, ‘Hal, I wasn’t there for the weeds.’” Lynn G Robbins, Which Way Do You Face?, October 2014 General Conference
“May His inspiring example strengthen us against the pitfalls of flattery from without or of conceit from within. May it give us courage to never cower or fawn at the feet of intimidation. May it inspire us to go about doing good as anonymously as possible and not ‘aspire to the honors of men’ (D&C 121:35). ”
Helping Others to Help Themselves: The Story of the Mormon Church Welfare Program (1945), 4.
“The Church cannot hope to save a man on Sunday if during the week it is a complacent witness to the crucifixion of his soul.”
Elder M Russell Ballard - Apostle, Be Anxiously Engaged, General Conference October 2012
“As the Epistle of James notes, service is the very definition of pure religion ”
James 1:27
27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith [1998], 382, 384)
“There is no happiness without service, and there is no service greater than that which converts the home into a divine institution, and which promotes and preserves family life.”
Elder Ronald A Rasband, Special Lessons, General Conference April 2012
“If you come upon a person who is drowning, would you ask if they need help—or would it be better to just jump in and save them from the deepening waters? The offer, while well meaning and often given, ‘Let me know if I can help’ is really no help at all.”
Jose L Alonso of the Seventy, Doing the Right Thing at the Right Time, without Delay, General Conference, October 2011
When we serve our neighbor, we help those who are in need. In the process we may find solutions to our own difficulties.
President Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985), “The Abundant Life,” Ensign, July 1978, 2.
“God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs. Therefore, it is vital that we serve each other in the kingdom.”
President Deiter F Uchtdorf, Waiting on the Road to Damascus, General Conference April 2011
“Often, the answer to our prayer does not come while we’re on our knees but while we’re on our feet serving the Lord and serving those around us. Selfless acts of service and consecration refine our spirits, remove the scales from our spiritual eyes, and open the windows of heaven. By becoming the answer to someone’s prayer, we often find the answer to our own.”
“If someone is looking for a church that requires very little, this is not the one. It is not easy to be a Latter-day Saint, but in the long run it is the only true course.”
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