There is no physical pain, no spiritual wound, no anguish of soul or heartache, no infirmity or weakness you or I ever confront in mortality that the Savior did not experience first. In a moment of weakness we may cry… — 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 Image
“Certainly clumsy, embarrassing, unprincipled, and mean spirited things do occur in our interactions with other people that would allow us to take offense. However, it ultimately is impossible for another person to offend you or to offend me. Indeed, believing that another person offended us is fundamentally false. To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a… — 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 ye love me, keep my commandments' (John 14:15). Just as our love of and for the Lord is evidenced by walking ever in His ways (see Deuteronomy 19:9), so our love for spouse, parents, and children… — 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 the Savior's restored gospel and to receive by proper authority the ordinances of salvation. We should not expect the Church as an organization to teach or tell us all of the things we need to know… — 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 Image
As we strive to align our attitudes and actions with righteousness, then the Holy Ghost becomes for us today what the Liahona was for Lehi and his family in their day. The very factors that caused the Liahona to work for Lehi will likewise invite the Holy Ghost into our lives. And the very factors that caused the Liahona not… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 closeness. A parent can't just all of a sudden pick out an hour and talk to a son about being morally clean if the parent and child haven't spent much time together for three or four… — David A. Bednar Copy Share
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