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The Gospel

Alma 37:44 "...the word of Christ will point you to a straight course to eternal bliss"

"We have neighbors to bless, children to protect, the poor to lift up, and the truth to defend. We have wrongs to make right, truths to share, and good to do. In short, we have a life of devoted discipleship to give in demonstrating our love of the Lord" -Jeffrey R. Holland

"Men and women who turn their lives over to God will discover that He can make a lot more out of their lives than they can. He can deepen their joys, expand their vision, quicken their minds, strengthen their muscles, lift their spirits, multiply their blessings, increase their opportunities, comfort their souls, and pour out peace" -Ezra Taft Benson

"In the gospel of Jesus Christ you have help from both sides of the veil, and you must never forget that. When disappointment and discouragement strike… you remember and never forget that if our eyes could be opened we could see horses and chariots of fire as far as the eye can see riding at reckless speed to come to our protection" -Jeffrey R. Holland

Helaman 3:27-28 "thus we see that the Lord is merciful unto all who will, in the sincerity of their hearts, call upon his holy name. Yea, thus we see that the gate of heaven is open unto all, even to those who will believe on the name of Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God"

Helaman 3:35 "Nevertheless, they did fast and pray oft, and did wax stronger and stronger in their humility, and firmer and firmer in the faith of Christ, unto the filling their souls with joy and consolation, yea, even to the purifying and the sanctification of their hearts, which sanctification cometh because of their yielding their hurts unto God"

Helaman 5:12 "remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall"

"Never check your religion at the door" -Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

3 Nephi 11:40 "but he buildeth upon a sandy foundation, and the gates of hell stand open to receive such when the floods come and the winds beat upon them"

3 Nephi 18:12-13 "If ye shall always do these things blessed are ye, for ye are built upon my rock. But whoso among you shall do more or less than these are not built upon my rock, but are built upon a sandy foundation; and when the rain descends, and the floods come, and the winds bow, and bear upon them, they shall fall, and the gates of hell are ready open to receive them"

"We were foreordained in the preexistence to fulfill the covenant and promise God made to Abraham" -Bednar

3 Nephi 27:8 "And how be it my church saved it be called in my name? for if a church be called in Moses' name then it be Moses' church; or if it be called in the name of a man then it be the church of a man; but if it be called in my name then it is my church, if it so be that they are built upon my gospel"

3 Nephi 27:21-22 "...This is my gospel; and ye know the things that ye must do in my church; for the works which he have seen me that shall ye also do; for that which ye have seen me do even that shall ye do; therefore if ye do these things blessed are ye, for ye shall be lifted up at the last day"

"We seek for truth wherever we might find it" -Uchtdorf

"The heavenly grandstands are cheering you on. We are fast coming to the close of this game. The opposition is real and is scoring. But we have scored, we are scoring, and we will score in the future. The Lord is our coach and manager. His team will win and we can be a valiant part of it if we so desire" -Ezra Taft Benson

Ether 12:4 "Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God"

Moroni 7:27 "Wherefore, my beloved brethren, have miracles ceased because Christ hath ascended into heaven, and hath sat down on the right hand of God, to claim of the Father his rights of mercy which he hath upon the children of men? For he hath answered the ends of the law, and he claimeth all those who have faith in him; and they who have faith in him will cleave unto every good thing; wherefore he advocateth the cause of the children of men; and he dwelleth eternally in the heavens…. Have miracles ceased? Nay; neither have angels ceased to minister unto the children of men"

"When firmly planted, your testimony of the gospel, of the Savior, and of our Heavenly Father will influence all that you do throughout your life. It will help to determine how you spend your time and with whom you choose to associate. It will affect the way you treat your family, how you interact with others. It will bring love, peace, and joy into your life" -President Monson

Matthew 5:14-16 "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father which is in heaven"

Matthew 7:13-14 "Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it"

Matthew 10:27-38- The gospel will bring strife. Households will be disrupted. The doctrine of the Lord will be as a sword to cut and divide

"The whole idea of Mormonism is improvement mentally, physically, morally, and spiritually" -Lorenzo Snow
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Growing up and Maturing

Mosiah 5:2- (No more disposition to do evil) - movies you used to see no longer appealing

"Ah yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it" -Rafiki from Lion King

John 4- Woman at the well and her stages of change

"We must be our own before we can be another's" -Emerson

Alma 13:12- They could not look upon sin save it were with abhorrence

Alma 19:33- "Their hearts had been changed; that they had no more desire to do evil"

Alma 37:32- "Teach them an everlasting hatred against sin and iniquity"

"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it" -Maya Angelou

Alma 48:17- "If all were like Moroni, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men"

"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better" -Maya Angelou

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”  George Santayana

[About Lot's Wife] "her attachment to the past outweighed her confidence in the future" -Jeffrey R. Holland

"The past is to be learned from but not lived in" -Jeffrey R. Holland

See Jeffrey R. Holland's "Remember Lot's Wife"

"To be tied to earlier mistakes—our own or other people’s—is the worst kind of wallowing in the past from which we are called to cease and desist" -Jeffrey R. Holland

"God doesn’t care nearly as much about where you have been as He does about where you are and, with His help, where you are willing to go" -Jeffrey R. Holland

"If you desire to make a difference in the world, you must be different from the world" -Elaine S. Dalton

Mormon 9:31 "Condemn me not because of mine imperfection… but rather give thanks unto God that he hath made manifest unto you our imperfections, that ye may learn to be more wise than we have been"

"Life is meant to be an adventure" -Gordon B. Hinckley