David A. Bednar Quotes - Page 2

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• The Lord's truth is not altered by fads, trends or public opinion.

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  Public Opinion, Trends, Fads

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• Interestingly, simple and ordinary experiences often provide the most important learning opportunities we ever have.

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  Opportunity, Simple, Important

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• Love increases through righteous restraint and decreases through impulsive indulgence.

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  Increase, Decrease, Righteous

  "We Believe in Being Chaste". www.lds.org. April 2013.

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• We are not, and never need be, alone.

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  Needs

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• The standard is clear. If something we think, see, hear, or do distances us from the Holy Ghost, then we should stop thinking, seeing, hearing, or doing that thing... Because we estrange the Spirit of the Lord when we engage in activities we know we should shun, then such things definitely are not for us.

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  Distance, Thinking, Hearing

  "That We May Always Have His Spirit to Be with Us". David A. Bednar's address at the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, www.lds.org. April 2006.

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• Prayer becomes more meaningful as we counsel with the Lord in all of our doings, as we express heartfelt gratitude, and as we pray for others.

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  Meaningful, Gratitude, Prayer

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• Sincere desire and worthiness invite the spirit of revelation into our lives.

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  Desire, Spirit, Sincere

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• Every sincere prayer is heard and answered by our Heavenly Father, but the answers we receive may not be what we expect or come to us when we want or in the way we anticipate.

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  Prayer, Father, Answers

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• Repentance is the sweet fruit that comes from faith in the Savior and involves turning toward God and away from sin.

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  Sweet, Fruit, Sin

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• The temple is a point of intersection between heaven and earth. In this sacred place, holy work will be performed through selfless service and love. The temple reminds [us] of all that is good and beautiful in the world.

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  Beautiful, Heaven, And Love

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• Understanding who we are, where we came from, and why we are upon the earth places upon each of us a great responsibility both to learn how to learn and to learn to love learning.

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  Responsibility, Understanding, Earth

  "Learning to Love Learning". David A. Bednar's priesthood session address at the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah, www.lds.org. February 2010.

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• Would the Lord send one of the Twelve Apostles halfway around the world to help just one person? The answer is YES. He does it all the time.

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  Twelve, Doe, Answers

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• For many of us, conversion is an ongoing process and not a onetime event that results from a powerful or dramatic experience. Line upon line and precept upon precept, gradually and almost imperceptibly, our motives, our thoughts, our words, and our deeds become aligned with the will of God. Conversion unto the Lord requires both persistence and patience.

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  Powerful, Persistence, Deeds

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• You and I, today and always, are to bear witness of Jesus Christ and declare the message of the Restoration. ... Missionary work is a manifestation of our spiritual identity and heritage.

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  Spiritual, Jesus, Identity

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• As we seek the Lord's help and in His strength, we can gradually reduce the disparity between what we say and what we do, between expressing love and consistently showing it, and between bearing testimony and steadfastly living it. We can become more diligent and concerned at home as we are more faithful in learning, living, and loving the restored gospel of Jesus Christ.

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  Jesus, Home, Faithful

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• Regular reading of and talking about the Book of Mormon invite the power to resist temptation and to produce feelings of love within our families. And discussions about the doctrines and principles in the Book of Mormon provide opportunities for parents to observe their children, to listen to them, to learn from them, and to teach them.

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  Children, Book, Reading

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• By divine design, men and women are intended to progress together toward perfection and a fulness of glory. Because of their distinctive temperaments and capacities, males and females each bring to a marriage relationship unique perspectives and experiences.

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  Unique, Men, Perspective

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• The Lord has made available in our day remarkable resources that enable you to learn about and love this work that is sparked by the Spirit of ElijahIt is no coincidence that FamilySearch and other tools have come forth at a time when young people are so familiar with a wide range of information and communication technologies. Your fingers have been trained to text and tweet to accelerate and advance the work of the Lord-not just to communicate quickly with your friends. The skills and aptitude evident among many young people today are a preparation to contribute to the work of salvation.

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  Communication, Technology, Skills

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• Ordinary men are given the authority of the priesthood. Worthiness and willingness - not experience, expertise, or education - are the qualifications for priesthood ordination.

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  Men, Ordinary, Authority

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• Christ lives and will cleanse, heal, guide, protect and strengthen us.

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  Christ, Guides, Protect

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• What we know is not always reflected in what we do.

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  Knows

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• If all opposition were curtailed, if all maladies were removed, then the primary purposes of the Father's plan would be frustrated.

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  Father, Frustrated, Would Be

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• I believe the best test of our integrity and honesty is when we personally enforce in our own lives that which ultimately cannot be enforced.

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  Honesty, Integrity, Believe

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• Can we hush the fears that so easily and frequently beset us in our contemporary world? The answer to this question is an unequivocal yes. Three basic principles are central to receiving this blessing in our lives: (1) look to Christ, (2) build upon the foundation of Christ, and (3) press forward with faith in Christ.

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  Blessing, Foundation, Receiving

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• Testimony is personal knowledge, based upon the witness of the Holy Ghost, that certain facts of eternal significance are true.

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  Personal Knowledge, Facts, Ghost

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