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We also know that any commandment by God involves agency. We can obey or disobey, but there is always a choice. When the Lord uses the command form of the verb love in "Thou shalt love thy wife with all they heart, and shall cleave unto her and none else" (D&C 42:22), He is not leaving this love in Cupid's hands. His commandment is a directive, not to the heart, but with the heart, and to the mind with an expectation of thought, reasoning, decision making and obedience--you can't fall out of love if it's a commandment to stay in love.
Author: Elder Lynn G. Robbins, Source: http://www.byui.edu/Presentations/Transcripts/Devotionals/2002...
Saved by mlsscaress in agency behavior love commandment decision cleave directive ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/3715Author: Truman G. Madsen, Source: The Savior, the Sacrament, and Self-Worth. http://ce.byu.edu/c...
Saved by mlsscaress in christ cross joy commandment secure deny exemplify moroni ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/3492done. It is an acknowledgment of the final effect of our acts and thoughts—what we have become. It is not enough for anyone just to go through the motions. The commandments, ordinances, and covenants of the gospel are not a list of deposits required to be made in some heavenly account. The gospel of Jesus Christ is a plan that shows us how to become what our Heavenly Father desires us to become.
Author: Dallin H. Oaks, Source: http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Magazines/Ensign/2000.h...
Saved by cboyack in life obedience character action judgment behavior commandment ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/3370Author: Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Source: Growing into the Priesthood, Ensign, Nov 1999, 38. http://www....
Saved by mlsscaress in jesuschrist scriptures learn commandment holyghost study ponder enlightenment howto careful ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/3359Author: President Spencer W. Kimball, Source: President Kimball Speaks Out on Personal Journals, Ensign, Dec...
Saved by mlsscaress in duty write testimony commandment thoughts journal impressions daily achievements failures associations ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/3318
“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

“By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.” (John 13:34–35; see Moro. 7:44–48 and Luke 10:25–37, Luke 14:12–14.)
Author: President Spencer W. Kimball, Source: “‘And the Lord Called His People Zion’,” Tambuli, Dec 1984, 2...
Saved by mlsscaress in love disciple commandment vicarious fellowman ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/3220Author: President Spencer W. Kimball, Source: “‘And the Lord Called His People Zion’,” Tambuli, Dec 1984, 2...
Saved by mlsscaress in happiness work social commandment selfesteem spiritual wellbeing rulingprinciple emotional ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/3219
That may be one of the Savior’s commandments that is, even in the hearts of otherwise faithful Latter-day Saints, almost universally disobeyed; and yet I wonder whether our resistance to this invitation could be any more grievous to the Lord’s merciful heart.

I can tell you this as a parent. As concerned as I would be if one of my children were seriously troubled or unhappy or disobedient, nevertheless I would be infinitely more devastated if I felt that at such a time that child could not trust me to help, or should feel his or her interest were unimportant to me or unsafe in my care.

In that same spirit I am convinced that none of us can appreciate how deeply it wounds the loving heart of the Savior when he finds his people do not feel confident in his care or secure in his hands or trust in his commandments.
Author: Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, Source: The Message: Come and See. http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.j...
Saved by mlsscaress in jesuschrist trust peace confidence hope commandment parents anxiety trouble secure ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/3001One of the brethren yesterday stated that practically every speaker up to that time had said something about the depression. I suppose I will not be out of place if I too say something about it. I would like to place the blame for it where it belongs. It is so easy for mankind to blame somebody else for their own mistakes, and so easy for us, because of our human nature, to take credit when the thing that is accomplished is something that pleases and benefits. But we never want to shoulder a responsibility for our mistakes that do not please, and so we endeavor to place that kind of responsibility somewhere else and on others.

When the children of Israel came out of Egypt, they were led by Moses as he was directed of the Lord. Constantly they murmured against him, when they found themselves confronting difficulties, and wanted to go back to Egypt to their tasks and to their tribulation.

Now, brethren and sisters, let us shoulder our own responsibilities and not endeavor to place them somewhere else. The responsibility for this depression is partly mine; it is partly yours. It is the fault of the farmer, of the merchant, of the educator, the business man, the professional man -- in fact, men in all walks of life. That is where the responsibility belongs. And why? Because of a failure to heed the commandments of God.

I say it is partly mine. It is mine insofar as I may have failed to heed the commandments. It is mine wherein I may have failed to follow the counsels that have been given from this pulpit for many years. It is your fault because you too, perhaps, have failed to heed those counsels. It is the fault of the whole world, because they have refused to hear the word of God, to heed the warnings that have come from him, not only through ancient prophets and apostles but in the words that have been declared from time to time by modern prophets.

ECONOMIC DEPRESSION: A SIGN OF THE TIMES.
The world today is full of selfishness, greed, the desire to possess. For many years we have been living extravagantly. Our wants have been supplied -- not our needs alone, but our wants -- and we have wanted much. Most of us have been able to obtain them, and now a time comes when we find ourselves somewhat curtailed, hedged around about, not having so many privileges, and our desires are not so fully granted, and so we begin to complain. But we should get rid of our selfishness and greed, our desire to possess that which is beyond the needs and blessings which are really ours.

It is time for men to humble themselves, to repent and seek the Lord. I think the general theme of this conference has been that of repentance. I think it is most timely. I have been crying repentance up and down through the stakes of Zion for years. I think it is needed.

Depression has come because we have forsaken God. Now, I am not speaking of the Latter-day Saints when I say that. I make this saying have general application. The people of this nation, and the people of other nations, have forsaken the Lord. We have violated his laws. We have failed to hearken to his promises. We have not considered that we were under obligation to keep his commandments, and the laws of the land as well as the laws of God are not respected. The Sabbath day has become a day of pleasure, a day of boisterous conduct, a day in which the worship of God has departed, and the worship of pleasure has taken its place. I am sorry to say that many of the Latter-day Saints are guilty of this. We should repent.
Author: Bruce R. McConkie, Source: Doctrines of Salvation, Volume 3, Chapter 2, Page 24
Saved by cboyack in nation remember obedience depression worship economy repentance commandment blessing ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/2986But one thing is certain: the commandments have not changed. Let there be no mistake about that. Right is still right. Wrong is still wrong, no matter how cleverly cloaked in respectability or political correctness.

Author: M. Russell Ballard, Source:
Saved by cboyack in truth right wrong commandment pc relativism absolutism ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/2756
Remember how, with Pharaoh’s angry army in hot pursuit, ancient Israel aligned themselves with the Lord’s instructions? Moses stretched forth his hand and the Red Sea parted. With towering walls of water on each side, Israel walked through the narrow passage obediently, and no doubt quickly! There were no warnings about conforming on that day!

There are passages ahead which will require similar obedience, as prophets lead the “men [and women] of Christ” in a straight and narrow course.
Author: Neal A. Maxwell, Source: “Settle This in Your Hearts,” Ensign, Nov. 1992, 65.
Saved by cboyack in happiness obedience safety commandment orthodoxy ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1618Author: the Lord, Source: Moses 6:60
Saved by mlsscaress in spirit water blood commandment justice sanctify ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/1373Author: D.L. Moody, Source: Unknown
Saved by cboyack in obedience commandment ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/857Author: James E. Faust, Source: LDS General Conference, April 2000
Saved by cboyack in faith righteousness commandment ]]>http://www.quoty.org/quote/534