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
Obedience to the law of chastity will increase our happiness in mortality and make possible our progress in eternity. — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Many of the lessons we are to learn in mortality can only be received through the things we experience and sometimes suffer.… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
In the school of mortality, we experience tenderness, love, kindness, happiness, sorrow, disappointment, pain, and even the challenges of physical limitations in… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
There is no physical pain, no spiritual wound, no anguish of soul or heartache, no infirmity or weakness you or I ever… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
The gospel of the Savior is not simply about avoiding bad in our lives; it also is essentially about doing and becoming… — 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
