L. Lionel Kendrick Quotes

• Some of our struggles involve making decisions, while others are a result of the decisions we have made. Some of our struggles result from choices others make that affect our lives. We cannot always control everything that happens to us in this life, but we can control how we respond. Many struggles come as problems and pressures that sometimes cause pain. Others come as temptations, trials, and tribulations.

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  Pain, Struggle, Choices

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• We cannot always control everything that happens to us in this life, but we can control how we respond.

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  This Life, Trials And Tribulations, Tribulation

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• To be reverent is not just to be quiet. It involves an awareness of what is taking place. It involves a divine desire to learn and to be receptive to the promptings of the Spirit. It involves a striving to seek added light and knowledge.

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  Light, Desire, Spirit

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• Positive criticism is feedback given with the purpose of helping another person to grow and to develop. Negative criticism is intended to hurt and often to defame and to destroy.

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  Hurt, Criticism, Negative

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• Life is not always easy to live, but the opportunity to do so is a blessing beyond comprehension. In the process of living, we will face struggles, many of which will cause us to suffer and to experience pain.

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  Pain, Struggle, Blessing

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• We are accountable for our actions as we exercise our moral agency. If we understand this principle and make righteous choices, our lives will be blessed.

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  Blessed, Exercise, Agency

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• Struggles are a part of the sacred sanctification process. There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point that we are prepared to live in the presence of the Savior. And there can be blessings in the burdens we bear. As a result of these struggles, our souls are stretched and our spirits are strengthened. Our character becomes more Christlike as we are tried and tested.

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  Struggle, Character, Blessing

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• People as well as nations perish without scriptures. The scriptures are spiritual food for our spirit, which is just as important as physical food for our body.

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  Spiritual, People, Important

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• Anger causes anguish to the souls of all of those who experience the feeling as well as to those who are the recipients of this emotional explosion.

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  Anger, Emotional, Soul

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• Christlike communications are expressed in tones of love rather than loudness. They are intended to be helpful rather than hurtful. They tend to bind us together rather than to drive us apart. They tend to build rather than to belittle.

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  Communication, Hurtful, Together

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• Irreverence not only shows disrespect to Deity but also makes it hard for the Spirit to teach us the things we need to know.

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  Disrespect, Needs, Irreverence

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• Integrity is the core of our character.

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  Courage, Honesty, Integrity

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• The temple is a place of worship. Reverence is a supernal form of worship. It is the form of worship found in the celestial kingdom.

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  Kingdoms, Temples, Worship

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• Our communications reflect in our countenance. Therefore, we must be careful not only what we communicate, but also how we do so. Souls can be strengthened or shattered by the message and the manner in which we communicate.

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  Communication, Soul, Messages

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• The temple is a place of holiness. It is the most sacred and holy place on earth and should be treated with the greatest degree of reverence and respect.

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  Degrees, Earth, Holiness

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• Receiving personal revelation is not a passive process. As we seek such revelations, we must prepare for these sacred experiences.

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  Receiving, Sacred, Revelations

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• To properly prepare to receive personal revelation, we must repent, ask through prayer, be obedient, search the scriptures, fast, think pure thoughts, and develop a spirit of reverence.

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  Prayer, Thinking, Scripture

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• There is a difference in just attending the temple and having a rich spiritual experience. The real blessings of the temple come as we enhance our temple experience. To do so, we must feel a spirit of reverence for the temple and a spirit of worship.

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  Spiritual, Real, Blessing

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• At times, our circumstances call for us to make critical choices to keep our covenants or to compromise them. Covenants should never be compromised, even when at the moment some circumstances might seem to justify it.

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  Choices, Covenant, Might

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• Christlike communications will help us to develop righteous relationships and ultimately to return to our heavenly home safely. May we treasure the divine gift of communication, and may we use it wisely to build and to assist others on this marvelous journey through mortality.

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  Communication, Home, Journey

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• Integrity is the core of our character. Without integrity we have a weak foundation upon which to build other Christ-like characteristics.

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  Integrity, Character, Foundation

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• To gain strength in our struggles, we must have a positive perspective of the principles in the plan of salvation. We must realize that we have a personal Savior whom we can trust and turn to in our times of need.

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  Struggle, Perspective, Principles

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• The temple and the holy ordinances are indeed sacred, and we should be spiritually sensitive to them. It is a sacred blessing to attend the temple to worship the Lord.

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  Blessing, Sacred, Temples

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• It is inappropriate to discuss matters of business, pleasure or current events in the temple.

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  Events, Matter, Temples

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• The Lord gives us a spirit of hope and a feeling of comfort and confidence that we can overcome the obstacles we face. He has shown the way to gain strength during our struggles. With His assistance, we have the ability to succeed. Listen to His words of counsel and comfort: 'Fear not, little children, for you are mine, and I have overcome the world and none of them that my Father hath given me shall be lost.

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  Children, Father, Struggle

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