There is also an age-old excuse: “The devil made me do it.” Not so! He can deceive you and mislead you, but he does not have the power to force you or anyone else to transgress or to keep you in transgression.

Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.

The gospel stands as true for those who reject it as for those who accept it - both will be judged by it.

The guilt that accompanies mistakes can be washed away.

Get to Know Yourself Once you start getting acquainted with yourselves, finding out who you are and where you belong and who your relatives are, spiritually speaking as well as in the earthly frame of reference, you come to the astounding, overwhelming realization that you are a child of God-that you belong to Him, that He is your Father. He is our Father.

No teaching is equal, more spiritually rewarding, or more exalting than that of a mother teaching her children.

If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.