“Our spiritual purpose is to overcome both sin and the desire to sin, both the taint and the tyranny of sin. Prophets throughout the ages have emphasized the dual requirements of (1) avoiding and overcoming bad and (2) doing good… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Our sincere desire should be to have both clean hands and a pure heart - both a remission of sins from day to day and to walk guiltless before God. — 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
