Let me recommend that periodically you and I offer a prayer in which we only give thanks and express gratitude. Ask for… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Prayer becomes more meaningful as we counsel with the Lord in all of our doings, as we express heartfelt gratitude, and as… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Prayer is a privilege and the soul's sincere desire. We can move beyond routine and 'checklist' prayers and engage in meaningful prayer… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
The object of our prayers should not be to present a wish list or a series of requests but to secure for… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
The Savior is the perfect example of praying for others with real intent. In His great Intercessory Prayer uttered on the night… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
I witness the reality and divinity of our Eternal Father, of His Only Begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and of the… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
The most meaningful and spiritual prayers I have experienced contained many expressions of thanks and few, if any, requests. — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Every sincere prayer is heard and answered by our Heavenly Father, but the answers we receive may not be what we expect… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Each family prayer, each episode of family scripture study, and each family home evening is a brushstroke on the canvas of our… — 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,… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
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… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image