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Ezra Taft Benson asks what God would have me do with my life. He reminds us that following God’s commandments protects a nation, and that true humility and all‑consuming love for God are essential. He also says pride damages every relationship, while God’s reward is the best pay anyone can receive.

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The great test of life is obedience to God.

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What would God have me do with my life?

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God will not be mocked.

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The Book of Mormon Is the Word of God.

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We should put God ahead of everyone else in our lives.

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The sacred title of 'father' is shared with the Almighty.

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God's revelation to Adam did not instruct Noah how to build the ark.

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He who kneels before God, can stand before any man.

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America, North and South, is a choice land, a land reserved for God's own purposes.

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The great commandment of life is to love the Lord.

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Pride is competition-competition between God and Man.

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Those who are heavy-laden with despair should come unto the Lord.

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The human body is the tabernacle of the spirit, and God expects that it be kept clean and unimpaired.

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Our mothers put God first when they fill their highest mission within the walls of their own homes.

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No nation which has kept the commandments of God has ever perished, but I say to you that once freedom is lost,…

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To love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength is all-consuming and all-encompassing. It is no lukewarm endeavor.

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If we love God, do His will, and fear His judgment more than men's, we will have self-esteem.

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“We urge you to do all within your talent and means to build the kingdom of God on Earth. Always strive to…

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Would we not do well to have the pleasing of God as our motive rather than to try to elevate ourselves above…

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Sacrifice is truly the crowning test of the gospel. Men are tried and tested in this mortal probation to see if they…

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Satan would have you believe that happiness comes only as you surrender to his enticements, but one only needs to look at…

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I reverence the Constitution of the United States as a sacred document. To me its words are akin to the revelations of…

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Our enmity toward God takes on many labels, such as rebellion, hard-heartedness, stiff-neckedness, unrepentant, puffed up, easily offended, and sign seekers. The…

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God loves us; the devil hates us. God wants us to have a fulness of joy as He has. The devil wants…

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The privilege of holding the priesthood, which is the power and authority to act in God's name, is a great blessing and…

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If someone wants to marry you outside the temple, whom will you strive to please - God or a mortal? If you…

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When our children obey the Lord and go to the temple to receive their blessings and enter into the marriage covenant, they…

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God loves us. He's watching us, he wants us to succeed, and we'll know someday that he has not left one thing…

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“For nearly six thousand years, God has held you in reserve to make your appearance in the final days before the Second…

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The Declaration of Independence was to set forth the moral justification of a rebellion against a long-recognized political tradition - the divine…

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I have faith that the Constitution will be saved as prophesied by Joseph Smith. It will be saved by the righteous citizens…

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Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.

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In the beginning, God placed a woman in a companion role with the priesthood.

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If you turn your life over to the Lord he can do so much more with it than we can.

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Pride is essentially competitive in nature. We pit our will against God's.

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The earth was cursed for Adam's sake. Work is our blessing, not our doom. God has a work to do, and so…

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I testify to you that God's pay is the best pay that this world or any other world knows anything about.

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One of Satan's most frequently used deceptions is the notion that the commandments of God are meant to restrict freedom and limit…

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God lives. I know that He lives. I know that Jesus is the Christ and the Redeemer of the world.

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God will have a humble people. Either we can choose to be humble, or we can be compelled to be humble.

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Humility does not mean weakness. It does not mean timidity. It does not mean fear. A man can be humble and fearless. A man…

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The scriptures record remarkable accounts of men whose lives changed dramatically, in an instant, as it were: Alma the Younger, Paul on the road…

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Someone has said it is better to appreciate the things you don't own than to own things you don't appreciate. I hope we will…

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“In framing that great document which Gladstone declared ‘the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose…

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Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It…

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