Latter-day Saints are not obedient because they are compelled to be obedient. They are obedient because they know certain spiritual truths and have decided, as an expression of their own individual agency, to obey the commandments of God. . . . We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
Boyd K. PackerThe purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
Boyd K. PackerDon't live so that your children go unled because of habits that leave you uninspired.
Boyd K. PackerThe first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: โThou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto theeโ (Moses 3:17). You have that same agency. Use it wisely to deny acting on any impure impulse or unholy temptation that may come into your mind. Just do not go there, and if you are already there, come back out of it. โDeny yourselves of all ungodlinessโ (Moroni 10:32).
Boyd K. PackerThe end of all activity in the church is to see that a man and a woman with their children are happy at home, sealed for eternity.
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