Tuesday, August 23, 2011

We have no need to worry

"Covenants made with God are not restrictive, but protective."
Elder Russell M. Nelson



  
"There is no such thing as a homesick missionary in the baptismal font."
MTC Mission President

"No missionary can determine the lasting effects of his or her labors."
Elder Richard G. Scott


"If it is to be, it is up to me."
Anonymous

"It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, even some failure is normal. If you have a good, miserable day once in a while
or several in a row stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out.
There is great purpose in our struggle in life."
Elder Boyd K. Packer



 
"The good works that really matter require the help of heaven. And the help of heaven requires working past the point of fatigue so far that only the meek and lowly will keep going long enough. The Lord doesn't put us through this test just to give us a grade;
he does it because the process will change us."
Elder Henry B. Eyring


"Greatness is best measured by how well an individual responds to the happenings in life that appear totally unfair, unreasonable, and undeserved. Sometimes we are inclined to put up with a situation rather than endure. To endure is to bear up under, to stand firm against, to suffer without yielding, to continue to be, or to exhibit the state or power of lasting."
Elder Marvin J. Ashton

"Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic. It is not idly, passively waiting and hoping for something good to happen. It gives us hope by helping us realize that the righteous suffer no failure except in giving up and no longer trying. We must never give up, regardless of temptations, frustrations, disappointments, or discouragements."
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin

David O. McKay's 10 Rules For Happiness
1.     Develop yourself by self discipline.
2.     2. Joy comes through creation—sorrow through destruction. Every living thing can grow; use the world wisely to realize soul growth.
3. Do things that are hard to do.
4. Entertain up building thoughts. What you think about when you do not have to think about shows what you really are.
5. Do your best this hour, and you will do better the next.
6. Be true to those who trust you.
7. Pray for wisdom, courage, and a kind heart.
8. Give heed to God's messages through inspiration. If self-indulgence, jealousy, avarice, or worry have deadened your response, pray to the Lord to wipe out these impediments.
9. True friends enrich life. If you would have a friend, be one.
10. Faith is the foundation of all things—including happiness.


  

"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks! Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle
you shall be the miracle."
Phillips Brooks
 
"I find that when I get casual with my relationship with divinity and when it seems no divine ear is listening and no divine voice is speaking, that I am far, far away. If I immerse myself in the scriptures, the distance narrows and the spirituality returns. I find myself loving more intimately those I should love with all my heart, mind, and strength."
President Spencer W. Kimball

 

"Go out and preach the gospel. If necessary
use words."
Elder Neal A. Maxwell


"Reverence invites revelation."
Elder Boyd K. Packer

"God is very serious about joy in the lives of His children."
Elder Neal A. Maxwell



"All crosses are easier to carry when we keep moving."
Elder Neal A. Maxwell


"God is weaving His tapestry according to his own grand design. All flesh is in His hands. We have no need to fear. We have no need to worry. Our imperative need is to be found doing our duty."
President Gordon B. Hinckley

"A man must rise by his own efforts and walk by faith."
Elder Marvin J. Ashton

"Let us remember: trials are an evidence of a Father's love."
H. Burke Peterson

"There is divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day.
They prepare, they purge, they purify, and thus they bless."
James E. Faust


"For the faithful, our finest hours are sometimes during or just
following our darkest hours."
Neal A. Maxwell


  
"Why read the Book of Mormon? Because angels
do not come on trivial errands."
Hugh Nibley
      
"The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others."
Neal Maxwell


"Some missionaries may wonder whether they are in the right place, in the right mission. It is no accident for them to be where they are assigned. The Lord knows the missionaries. He knows their mission presidents. I think He knows who their companions will be. I don't know the detail to which He knows the future, but my impression is He knows a great deal.
He calls missionaries to the places they are assigned. So, even when it's difficult, you can have confidence that the Lord knew the difficulty in advance, and just as He assured Nephi that He wouldn't give a commandment save He prepared a way for it to be accomplished, missionaries can have that same assurance, tough as it may be, whatever the situation, that
the Lord knew the difficulties would be there.
He has prepared a way. Have faith. Go forward."

Elder Henry B. Eyring

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