Henry B. Eyring Quotes - Page 8

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• Every missionary who is proclaiming the name and gospel of Jesus Christ will be blessed by daily feasting from the Book of Mormon.

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  Jesus, Book, Blessed

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• We cannot control what others choose to do, and so we cannot force our children to heaven, but we can determine what we will do. And we can decide that we will do all we can to bring down the powers of heaven into that family we want so much to have forever.

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  Children, Heaven, Forever

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• When you choose whether to make or keep a covenant with God, you choose whether you will leave an inheritance of hope to those who might follow your example.

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  Covenant With God, Example, Inheritance

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• Every child of Heavenly Father born in the world is given at birth, as a free gift, the Light of Christ.

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  Children, Father, Light

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• The ideal God holds for us is to form families in the way most likely to lead to happiness and away from sorrow.

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  Sorrow, Way, Form

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• We . . . have to open our mouths and bear testimony.

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  Mouths, Bears, Testimony

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• Our Heavenly Father loves us. He sent His Only Begotten Son to be our Savior. He knew that in mortality we would be in grave danger, the worst of it from the temptations of a terrible adversary. That is one of the reasons why the Savior has provided priesthood keys so that those with ears to hear and faith to obey could go to places of safety.

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  Father, Son, Keys

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• The good word of the Lord with which we must nourish is the simple doctrine of the gospel. We need not fear either simplicity or repetition.

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  Simple, Simplicity, Doctrine

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• Those who submit like a child do it because they know that the Father wants only the happiness of His children and that only He knows the way. That is the testimony we must have to keep praying like a submissive child, in the good times as well as the times of trouble.

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  Children, Father, Want

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• No one who strives with full faith and heart for the blessings of eternal life will be denied. And how great will be the joy and how much deeper the appreciation then after enduring in patience and faith now.

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  Appreciation, Heart, Blessing

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• Increased spiritual strength is a gift from God which He can give when we push in His service to our limits. Through the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, our natures can be changed. Then our power to carry burdens can be increased more than enough to compensate for the increased service we will be asked to give.

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  Spiritual, Jesus, Giving

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• Even before baptism, a child or an adult can have the Holy Ghost testify to their hearts of sacred truth. They must act on that testimony to retain it, but it will guide them toward goodness.

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  Children, Heart, Baptism

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• We help God's children best by providing ways to build faith in Jesus Christ and in His restored gospel when they are young.

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  Mother, Jesus, Children

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• Heavenly Father has given a simple pattern for us to receive the Holy Ghost not once but continually in the tumult of our daily lives. The pattern is repeated in the sacramental prayer: We promise that we will always remember the Savior. We promise to take His name upon us. We promise to keep His commandments.

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  Prayer, Father, Simple

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• There are more temples across the earth than there have ever been. More people in all the world have felt the Spirit of Elijah move them to record the identities and facts of their ancestors' lives.

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  Moving, People, Identity

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• The Lord knew I would someday be charged with the priesthood responsibility for hundreds and even thousands of Heavenly Father's children who were in desperate temporal need.

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  Children, Father, Responsibility

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• Heavenly Father has perfect foresight, knows each of us, and knows our future. He knows what difficulties we will pass through. He sent His Son to suffer so that He would know how to succor us in all our trials.

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  Father, Son, Perfect

  FaceBook post by Henry B Eyring from Sep 24, 2014

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• To keep ourselves grounded in the Lord's Church, we can and must train our eyes to recognize the power of the Lord in the service of those He has called. We must be worthy of the companionship of the Holy Ghost. And we need to pray for the Holy Ghost to help us know that men who lead us hold this power.

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  Eye, Men, Church

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• The thirst for education that comes with the change the gospel brings can be a blessing or a curse, depending on our motives.

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  Blessing, Motive, Curse

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• We live in a world where finding fault in others seems to be the favorite blood sport. It has long been the basis of political campaign strategy. It is the theme of much television programming across the world. It sells newspapers. Whenever we meet anyone, our first, almost unconscious reaction may be to look for imperfections.

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  Sports, Blood, Long

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• We have moral agency as a gift of God. Rather than the right to choose to be free of influence, it is the inalienable right to submit ourselves to whichever of those powers we choose.

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  Agency, Moral, Influence

  "Finding Safety in Counsel". Henry B. Eyring's address at the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, www.lds.org. April 1997.

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• Each life is unique. But for all, repentance will surely include passing through the portal of humble prayer. Our Father in Heaven can allow us to feel fully the conviction of our sins. He knows the depths of our remorse. He can then direct what we must do to qualify for forgiveness.

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  Prayer, Father, Humble

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• The words of confirmation into the Church are an invitation: Receive the Holy Ghost. And that choice must be made not once, but every day, every hour, every minute.

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  Choices, Church, Ghost

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• In the priesthood we share the sacred duty to labor for the souls of men. We must do more than learn that this is our duty. It must go down into our hearts so deeply that neither the many demands on our efforts in the bloom of life nor the trials that come with age can turn us from that purpose.

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  Heart, Men, Effort

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• God asks that we give thanks to Him for whatever blessings we receive from Him. It is easy for us to become mechanical in our prayers of gratitude, often repeating the same words but without the intent to give our thanks as a gift of the heart to God.

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  Gratitude, Prayer, Heart

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