While we are free to choose, once we have made those choices, we are tied to the consequences of those choices.
Russell M. NelsonHave faith to keep all the commandments of God, knowing that they are given to bless His children and bring them joy. [You] will encounter people who pick which commandments they will keep and ignore others that they choose to break. I call this the cafeteria approach to obedience. This practice of picking and choosing will not work. It will lead to misery. To prepare to meet God, one keeps all of His commandments. It takes faith to obey them, and keeping His commandments will strengthen that faith.
Russell M. NelsonIt is important for you to know who you are and who you may become. It is more important than what you do, even as vital as your work is and will be.
Russell M. NelsonIt matters not that giants of tribulation torment you. Your prayerful access to help is just as real as when David battled his Goliath. see 1 Samuel 17.
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