Obedience opens the door to the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost. And the spiritual gifts and abilities activated by the power… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something… — 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
The responsibility to seek learning by faith rests upon each of us individually, and this obligation will become increasingly important as the… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
One of the ultimate ironies of eternity is that the adversary, who is miserable precisely because he has no physical body, invites… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
If something we think, see, hear, or do distances us from the Holy Ghost, then we should stop thinking, seeing, hearing, or… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Missionary work essentially is a priesthood responsibility, and all of us who hold the priesthood are the Lord's authorized servants on the… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
The Savior knows people by name, He knows their circumstances, and He directs us in our work to bless the lives of… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Sturdy gospel roots that go deep into rich spiritual soil strengthen and steady us in times of trial and difficulty. — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Grace is the divine assistance or heavenly help each of us desperately needs to qualify for the celestial kingdom. Thus, the enabling… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
When we are baptized and confirmed, the promised blessing is that we may always have the Holy Ghost to be with us.… — 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
The Father's plan is designed to provide direction for His children, to help them become happy, and to bring them safely home… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
The Savior has suffered not just for our iniquities but also for the inequality, the unfairness, the pain, the anguish, and the… — 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