Spiritual Thoughts

This was submitted by Georgett.  Thanks! One night ago I had 2 children that I was breast feeding. During the night I work up and felt very sick. I took my temperature and it was 103.6. I new that with that high temperature I could not take care of them. I started to cry to [...]

Duty, properly carried out, determines the destiny of peoples and nations. So fundamental is the principle of duty that priesthood bearers are admonished, “Wherefore, now let every man learn his duty, and to act in the office in which he is appointed, in all diligence.” - Keith B. McMullin, “The Power of the Aaronic Priesthood,” Ensign [...]

“I say to the Latter-day Saints the keys of the kingdom of God are here, and they are going to stay here, too, until the coming of the Son of Man.  Let all Israel understand that.  They may not rest upon my head but a short time, but they will then rest on the head [...]

“Miracles are everywhere to be found when priesthood callings are magnified. When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes. The priesthood is not really so much a gift as it is a commission to serve, a privilege to lift, and an opportunity to bless [...]

“I feel that we as a people have got to rise up and clothe ourselves with the power of God.  There must be a reformation, or a change, in our midst.  There is too much evil among us.  The devil has got too much power over us.  A good many that bear the name of [...]

“I testify to you that God’s hand has been in our destiny. I testify that freedom as we know it today is being threatened as never before in our history. I further witness that this land-the Americas-must be protected, its Constitution upheld, for this is a land foreordained to be the Zion of our God. [...]

“Each of you young men of the Aaronic Priesthood has inside of you all of the essential elements for your eternal destiny. These elements, some of them dormant, need to be strengthened and nourished from the outside. Some of them are physical; some of them are spiritual. The human spirit needs to know about its [...]

“Here is the great trouble with men of the world, and too much so with the Elders of Israel: we forget that we are working for God; we forget that we are here in order to carry out certain purposes that we have promised the Lord that we would carry out. It is a glorious [...]

“You recognize that with every promised blessing there are associated responsibilities. Whatever you do according to the will of the Lord is the Lord’s business. Thus, holding the priesthood and doing your duty to God is not only a very serious responsibility but also a remarkable privilege.” –Cecil O. Samuelson Jr., “Our Duty to God”, [...]

“I hope our granddaughters and grandsons grow up knowing that they are not and have never been third-party observers of the priesthood. The blessings of the priesthood, which ‘are available to men and women alike’ (Dallin H. Oaks, “Priesthood Authority in the Family and the Church,” Ensign, Nov. 2005, 26), are woven in and through [...]