Here are some of my favorite #Christian #quotes and messages from this weekends General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (#LDSConf). Which quotes are your favorite? Please share and comment! *** Apologies for the lack of formatting. Blame Facebook. Ive reposted this as a Note so its easier to read: https://facebook/notes/josh-long/36-favorite-quotes-messages-from-april-2014-ldsconf/10152294677839099 *** __________ Elder Jeffrey R. Holland: • Defend your beliefs with courtesy and compassion, but defend them. __________ President Henry B. Eyring: • God makes it attractive to choose the right by letting us feel the effects of our choices. • If the blessings were immediate, choosing the right would not build faith. __________ Elder Russell M. Nelson: • Even if everyone is doing it, wrong is never right. • Increase your faith. Proclaim your faith. Let your faith show. __________ Elder Richard G. Scott: • Always seek to strengthen families. __________ Elder W. Craig Zwick: • Transform corrupt communication into ministering grace (see Ephesians 4:29 KJV) __________ Randall L. Ridd: • When using the Internet, dont waste your time with meaningless things • Each click has meaning. • Every time you plug in your phone, use it as a reminder to make sure youre plugged into…prayer and scripture study • Should we not place more importance on messages from the Lord [than on text messages]? • The divine purpose of technology is to hasten the work of salvation. • The Lord expects you to use these great tools [the Internet and other technologies] to take His work to the next level. __________ President Dieter F. Uchtdorf: • Referring to the story of Rip Van Winkle, Martin Luther King, Jr. said, Dont sleep through the revolution. President Uchtdorf asks, Are you sleeping through the restoration? • Many great and important things will yet be revealed (9th Article of Faith) https://lds.org/scriptures/pgp/a-of-f/1.9#8 • Being a disciple of Jesus Christ is not something one does for a day __________ President Henry B. Eyring: • When we choose heroes, we begin to copy, consciously or unconsciously, what we admire most in them. • As you thank God for His kindness, you will think of people who need your kindness. • The Lord told Moses: The heavens…cannot be numbered unto man; but they are numbered unto me, for they are mine. (Moses 1:39) https://lds.org/scriptures/pgp/moses/1.37#36 __________ President Thomas S. Monson: • Do not be reluctant to declare your faith • If you ever find yourself where you shouldnt ought to be, get out! • Are you the same person wherever you are and whatever youre doing? • It is impossible to stand upright when we plant our feet in the sand of popular approval. • Let all of us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for principle. Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of Gods approval. __________ President Dieter F. Uchtdorf: • Being grateful in our circumstances is an act of faith in God. • Your testimony of Christ, born of the Holy Ghost, can help you look past the disappointing endings in mortality and see the bright future that the Redeemer of the world has prepared. • There seems to be something inside of us that resists endings. Why is this? Because we are made of the stuff of eternity. We are eternal beings. __________ Elder David A. Bednar: • Is the load I am bearing producing the spiritual traction I need? • We do not need to and cannot bear our load alone (see Matthew 11:29) __________ President Thomas S. Monson: • Love is the very essence of the gospel, and Jesus Christ is our exemplar. • I never have yet felt a tinge of regret for being a little too kind (quoted from a poem) • (Quoting the late President Spencer W. Kimball) We must remember that those mortals we meet in parking lots, offices, elevators, and elsewhere are that portion of mankind God has given us to love and to serve. It will do us little good to speak of the general brotherhood of mankind if we cannot regard those who are all around us as our brothers and sisters. __________ President Boyd. K. Packer: • On gaining a testimony of the gospel: If such a thing could come to me, it could come to anyone. • Whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the resurrection. (D&C 130:18) https://lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/130.18#17 • …the promise of eternal increase will not be denied any faithful individual who makes and keeps sacred covenants. __________ Elder D. Todd Christofferson: • Because he was resurrected, Jesus had to have been a god, even the Only Begotten Son of the Father. __________ #faith #religion #ElderHolland #PresEyring #ElderNelson #ElderScott #ElderZwick #BrotherRidd #technology #Internet #PresUchtdorf #PresMonson #ElderBednar #PresKimball #PresPacker #ElderChristofferson #LDS #Mormon #JesusChrist #Christianity #Bible
Posted on: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 00:06:01 +0000
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