Regardless of our age, experience, or station in life, we are all missionaries. — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
An answer we discover or obtain through the exercise of faith is typically retained for a lifetime. The most important learnings of… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Missionary work is a manifestation of our spiritual identity and heritage. We were foreordained in the premortal existence and born into mortality… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
The Lord's authorized servants repeatedly teach that one of the principal purposes of our mortal existence is to be spiritually changed and… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
All of us now are serving and will continue to serve as lifelong missionaries. We are missionaries every day in our families,… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Sporadic and shallow dipping in the doctrine of Christ and partial participation in His restored Church cannot produce the spiritual transformation that… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
We will not attain a state of perfection in this life, but we can and should press forward with faith in Christ… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Trust and confidence in Christ and a ready reliance on His merits, mercy, and grace lead to hope, through His Atonement, in… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
The power of procreation is spiritually significant. Misuse of this power subverts the purposes of the Father's plan and of our mortal… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
It frankly does not make sense to occasionally 'fill up' with water, with long periods of dehydration in between. The same thing… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
As we seek the Lord's help and in His strength, we can gradually reduce the disparity between what we say and what… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
“It is through the grace of the Lord Jesus, made possible by his atoning sacrifice, that mankind will be raised in immortality,… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
“We begin the process of being born again through exercising faith in Christ, repenting of our sins, and being baptized by immersion… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Righteousness and faith certainly are instrumental in moving mountains - if moving mountains accomplishes God's purposes and is in accordance with His will. — David A. Bednar Copy Share
“Certainly clumsy, embarrassing, unprincipled, and mean spirited things do occur in our interactions with other people that would allow us to take offense. However,… — David A. Bednar Copy Share
“The relationship between love and appropriate action is demonstrated repeatedly in the scriptures and is highlighted by the Savior's instruction to His Apostles: 'If… — David A. Bednar Copy Share
“Each and every member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bears a personal responsibility to learn and live the truths of… — David A. Bednar Copy Share
Righteous marriage is a commandment and an essential step in the process of creating a loving family relationship that can be perpetuated beyond the… — David A. Bednar Copy Share
As we strive to align our attitudes and actions with righteousness, then the Holy Ghost becomes for us today what the Liahona was for… — David A. Bednar Copy Share
Be careful to not haul around in our lives so many nice but unnecessary things that we are distracted and diverted from the things… — David A. Bednar Copy Share
As we learn in [the] scriptures, the fundamental purposes for the gift of agency were to love one another and to choose God. Thus… — David A. Bednar Copy Share
Conversion is an enlarging, a deepening, and a broadening of the undergirding base of testimony. It is the result of revelation from God, accompanied… — David A. Bednar Copy Share
Feeling the security and constancy of love from a spouse, a parent or a child is a rich blessing. Such love nurtures and sustains… — David A. Bednar Copy Share
Regular reading of and talking about the Book of Mormon invite the power to resist temptation and to produce feelings of love within our… — David A. Bednar Copy Share
It's tough for parents to talk to children about heavy-weight topics such as peer pressure, drugs and morality if they don't already have a… — David A. Bednar Copy Share
Godly fear is loving and trusting in Him. As we fear God more completely, we love Him more perfectly. And "perfect love casteth out… — David A. Bednar Copy Share
Ordinary men are given the authority of the priesthood. Worthiness and willingness - not experience, expertise, or education - are the qualifications for priesthood… — David A. Bednar Copy Share
One of my favorite activities as a priesthood leader is visiting members of the Church in their homes. I especially enjoy calling upon and… — David A. Bednar Copy Share
