Agency: Boyd K. Packer - April 2014 General Conference "The Witness"

AGENCY
1. In all of this, let us remember that there is an adversary who

personally seeks to disrupt the work of the Lord. We must choose
whom to follow. Our protection is as simple as deciding individually to
follow the Savior, making certain that we faithfully will remain on His
side.
Boyd K. Packer - April 2014 General Conference The Witness
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/04/the-witness?lang=eng
2. Using our agency to obey means choosing to do what is right [and

letting] the consequence follow. It requires self-mastery and brings
confidence, eternal happiness, and a sense of fulfillment to us and, by
example, to those around us; and it always includes a deep personal
commitment to sustain priesthood leaders and follow their teachings
and counsel.
Robert D. Hales April 2014 General Conference If Ye Love Me, Keep
My Commandments https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2014/04/if-ye-love-me-keep-my-commandments?lang=eng
3. Our love of the Savior is the key to Savior-like obedience. As we strive

to be obedient in todays world, we declare our love and respect for all
of Heavenly Fathers children. Yet it is impossible for this love for others
to modify Gods commandments, which were given for our good! For
example, the commandment thou shalt not kill, nor do anything like
unto it is founded upon spiritual law that protects all of Gods children,
even the unborn. Long experience suggests that when we ignore this
law, immeasurable sorrow results. Yet many believe it is acceptable to
terminate the life of an unborn child for reasons of preference or
convenience.
Robert D. Hales April 2014 General Conference If Ye Love Me, Keep
My Commandments https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2014/04/if-ye-love-me-keep-my-commandments?lang=eng
4. Men and women who ignore the gentle promptings of the Spirit will
often learn, as the prodigal son learned, through the natural
consequences of disobedience and riotous living. It was only after
natural consequences humbled the prodigal son that he came to
himself and heard the whisperings of the Spirit telling him to return to
his fathers house (see Luke 15:1132).
L. Tom Perry April 2014 General Conference Obedience Through Our
Faithfulness https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2014/04/obedience-through-our-faithfulness?lang=eng
5. Too often we think of obedience as the passive and thoughtless

following of the orders or dictates of a higher authority. Actually, at its
best, obedience is an emblem of our faith in the wisdom and power of
the highest authority, even God. When Abraham demonstrated his
unwavering faithfulness and obedience to God, even when
commanded to sacrifice his son, God rescued him. Similarly, when we
demonstrate our faithfulness through obedience, God will ultimately
rescue us.
L. Tom Perry April 2014 General Conference Obedience Through Our
Faithfulness https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2014/04/obedience-through-our-faithfulness?lang=eng
6. You may be tired of others trying to run your lifealways telling you
what to do. After all, you have the right to make your own choices.
That is correct. You have that right. It is your agency. The secret to
solve problems in your life will be found in understanding and using the
eternally beneficial interaction of your agency and His truth.
Richard G. Scott October 1992 General Conference Healing Your
Damaged Life https://www.lds.org/generalconference/1992/10/healing-your-damaged-life?lang=eng
7. My young brothers, if you are not proactive in educating your desires,
the world will do it for you. Every day the world seeks to influence your
desires, enticing you to buy something, click on something, play
something, read or watch something. Ultimately, the choice is yours.
You have agency. It is the power to not only act on your desires but
also to refine, purify, and elevate your desires. Agency is your power to
become. Each choice takes you closer to or further from what you are
meant to become; each click has meaning. Always ask yourself,
Where will this choice lead? Develop the ability to see beyond the
moment.
Randall L. Ridd April 2014 General Conference The Choice
Generation https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/04/thechoice-generation?lang=eng
8. Satan wants to control your agency so he can control what you

become. He knows that one of the best ways to do this is by trapping
you with addictive behavior. Your choices determine whether
technology will empower you or enslave you.
Randall L. Ridd April 2014 General Conference The Choice
Generation https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/04/thechoice-generation?lang=eng
9. Contrary to the worlds secular teaching, the scriptures teach us that

we do have agency, and our righteous exercise of agency always
makes a difference in the opportunities we have and our ability to act
upon them and progress eternally.
Robert D. Hales October 2010 General Conference Agency: Essential
to the Plan of Life https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2010/10/agency-essential-to-the-plan-of-life?lang=eng
10.
I bear my special witness that They live. When we exercise our
agency in righteousness, we come to know Them, become more like
Them, and prepare ourselves for that day when every knee shall bow,
and every tongue confess that Jesus is our Savior.
ATONEMENT
1. Always remember, with the Saviors help, you can break free from
addiction. It may be a long, difficult path, but the Lord will not give up
on you. He loves you. Jesus Christ suffered the Atonement to help you
change, to free you from the captivity of sin.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf April 2014 General Conference Are You Sleeping
Through The Restoration? https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2014/04/are-you-sleeping-through-the-restoration?
lang=eng
2. I testify that the cleansing power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ and
the transformative power of the Holy Ghost can heal and rescue
mankind. It is our privilege, our sacred duty, and our joy to heed the
Saviors call to follow Him with a willing mind and full purpose of heart.
Let us shake off the chains with which [we] are bound, and come forth
out of obscurity, and arise from the dust.
Through The Restoration? https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2014/04/are-you-sleeping-through-the-restoration?
lang=eng
3. The Atonement of His Beloved Son enabled both of the Fathers

objectives to be fulfilled. Without the Atonement, there would be no
immortality. Without the Atonement, there would be no return to the
presence of the Father and no continuation of the family beyond the
grave.
Russell M. Nelson April 2010 General Conference Generations
Linked in Love https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2010/04/generations-linked-in-love?
lang=eng&query=family
4. The Savior will take upon Himself the consequences of your sins as
you repent now. If that is not done, in time you will have to suffer for
them yourself.
Richard G. Scott - October 2002 General Conference To Be Free of
Heavy Burdens https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2002/10/tobe-free-of-heavy-burdens?lang=eng
5. Complete healing will come through your faith in Jesus Christ and His
power and capacity, through His Atonement, to heal the scars of that
which is unjust and undeserved.
6. Whenever we disobey, we spiritually paint ourselves into a corner and

are captive to our choices. Though we are spiritually stuck, there is
always a way back. Like repentance, turning around and walking across
a newly varnished floor means more worka lot of resanding and

refinishing! Returning to the Lord isnt easy, but it is worth it.
7. We are not and never need be alone. We can press forward in our
daily lives with heavenly help. Through the Saviors Atonement we can
receive capacity and strength beyond [our] own (Lord, I Would
Follow Thee, Hymns, no. 220). As the Lord declared, Therefore,
continue your journey and let your hearts rejoice; for behold, and lo, I
am with you even unto the end (D&C 100:12).
David A. Bednar April 2014 General Conference Bear Up Their
Burdens with Ease https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2014/04/bear-up-their-burdens-with-ease?lang=eng
8. Not only does the Atonement of Jesus Christ overcome the effects of
the Fall of Adam and make possible the remission of our individual sins
and transgressions, but His Atonement also enables us to do good and
become better in ways that stretch far beyond our mortal capacities.
9. Our theology begins with heavenly parents. Our highest aspiration is

to be like them. Under the merciful plan of the Father, all of this is
possible through the atonement of the Only Begotten of the Father, our
Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Dallin H. Oaks April 1995 General Conference Apostasy and
Restoration https://www.lds.org/generalconference/1995/04/apostasy-and-restoration?lang=eng&query=glory
10.
For His Atonement to be infinite and eternal, He had to feel what
it was like to die not only physically but spiritually, to sense what it was
like to have the divine Spirit withdraw, leaving one feeling totally,
abjectly, hopelessly alone. But Jesus held on.
Jeffrey R. Holland April 2009 General Conference None Were With
Him https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2009/04/none-were-withhim?lang=eng&query=atonement
EDUCATION
1. God gave you moral agency and the opportunity to learn while on
earth, and He has a work for you to do. To accomplish this work, you
have an individual responsibility to seek learning Education will
open the doors of opportunity. As you follow the Lords admonition to
seek learning, even by study and also by faith, you gain not only
knowledge from your study but added light as you learn by faith.
Sister Mary N. Cook April 2012 General Conference Seek Learning:
You Have a Work to Do https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2012/04/seek-learning-you-have-a-work-to-do?
lang=eng&query=education
2. After all, education continues as long as we live. If there is ever an end

to secular learning, surely there is no end to spiritual learning.
Elder Boyd K. Packer General Conference October 1992 To Be
Learned is Good If https://www.lds.org/generalconference/1992/10/to-be-learned-is-good-if?
3. Leaders of this Church have repeatedly emphasized the importance

of education. It is a vital component of wisdom.
Russell M. Nelson October 1992 General Conference Where Is
Wisdom? https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1992/10/where-iswisdom?lang=eng&query=education
4. Because of our sacred regard for each human intellect, we consider

the obtaining of an education to be a religious responsibility. Yet
opportunities and abilities differ. I believe that in the pursuit of
education, individual desire is more influential than institution, and
personal faith more forceful than faculty.
Russell M. Nelson October 1992 General Conference Where Is
Wisdom? https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1992/10/where-iswisdom?lang=eng&query=education
5. We encourage our youth in every country to get an education. Even if

at times it seems hopeless. With determination and faith in the Lord,
you will be blessed with success. It is a dream well worth pursuing.
Elder Boyd K. Packer General Conference October 1992 To Be
Learned is Good If https://www.lds.org/generalconference/1992/10/to-be-learned-is-good-if?
6. Providing an education for your children is part of that nurturing and is

your sacred responsibility. Like the stripling warriors, who had been
taught by their mothers, you will be the most important teacher your
children will ever have, so choose your learning carefully. Bless your
children and your future home by learning as much as you can now.
Sister Mary N. Cook April 2012 General Conference Seek Learning:
You Have a Work to Do https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2012/04/seek-learning-you-have-a-work-to-do?
7. Live so that you can be guided and taught by the Spirit in all your
activities, including all your efforts to learn and gain an education:
honor your parents; be true to the teachings of the Church; be clean
and faithful in all things; and be loyal to the leaders of the Church.
Dallin H Oaks October 1971 General Conference Strive for
Excellence https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1971/10/strive-forexcellence?lang=eng&query=education#watch=video
8. My personal experience converts me to the wisdom of the educational

philosophy that joins spiritual with secular instruction. At Brigham
Young University and in the other institutions of the Church Educational
System, we are concerned with teaching the fundaments of spiritual
and secular knowledge and with bringing those teachings into harmony
in the lives of men and women in order to prepare them for a balanced
and full life of service to God and fellowman.
Dallin H Oaks October 1971 General Conference Strive for
Excellence https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1971/10/strive-forexcellence?lang=eng&query=education#watch=video
9. Education is not so much the filling of a bucket as the lighting of a

fire.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf October 2009 General Conference Two Principles
for any Economy https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2009/10/two-principles-for-any-economy?
10.
Brethren, you have a duty to learn as much as you can. Please
encourage your families, your quorum members, everyone to learn and
become better educated. If formal education is not available, do not
allow that to prevent you from acquiring all the knowledge you can.
Under such circumstances, the best books, in a sense, can become
your universitya classroom that is always open and admits all who
apply.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf October 2009 General Conference Two Principles
for any Economy https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2009/10/two-principles-for-any-economy?
FAMILY
1. Public opinion surveys indicate that people everywhere in the world
generally consider the family as the highest priority; yet in recent
years the broader culture seems to ignore or misdefine the family.
Consider some of the changes of the past decade:
a. Many larger national and international institutions that used to
support and strengthen families now try to supplant and even
sabotage the very families they were created to serve.
b. In the name of tolerance, the definition of family has been
expanded beyond recognition to the point that family can
be any individuals of any gender who live together with or
without commitment or children or attention to consequence.
c. Rampant materialism and selfishness delude many into
thinking that families, and especially children, are a burden
and a financial millstone that will hold them back rather than
a sacred privilege that will teach them to become more like
God.
M. Russell Ballard October 2005 General Conference What Matters
Most is What Lasts Longest https://www.lds.org/general-
conference/2005/10/what-matters-most-is-what-lasts-longest?
2. Our family-centered perspective should make Latter-day Saints strive

to be the best parents in the world. It should give us enormous respect
for our children, who truly are our spiritual siblings, and it should cause
us to devote whatever time is necessary to strengthen our families.
Indeed, nothing is more critically connected to happinessboth our
own and that of our childrenthan how well we love and support one
another within the family.
M. Russell Ballard October 2005 General Conference What Matters
Most is What Lasts Longest https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2005/10/what-matters-most-is-what-lasts-longest?
3. When I think of the love I feel for each member of our family, I sense,
to a slight degree, the love that our Heavenly Father bears for His
children. While the family is under attack throughout the world, The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints proclaims, promotes, and
protects the truth that the family is central to the Creators plan for the
eternal destiny of His children. The Family: A Proclamation to the
World and our vast family history efforts are but two evidences of how
this Church brings hope and help to the sacred institution of
the family.
Linked in Love https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2010/04/generations-linked-in-love?
4. Consider the spiritual connections that are formed when a young

woman helps her grandmother enter family information into a
computer or when a young man sees the name of his greatgrandfather on a census record. When our hearts turn to our ancestors,
something changes inside us. We feel part of something greater than
ourselves. Our inborn yearnings for family connections are fulfilled
when we are linked to our ancestors through sacred ordinances of the
temple.
Linked in Love https://www.lds.org/general-
conference/2010/04/generations-linked-in-love?
5. The doctrine of the family in relation to family history and temple

work is clear. The Lord in initial revelatory instructions referred to
baptism for your dead. Our doctrinal obligation is to our own
ancestors. This is because the celestial organization of heaven is based
on families. The First Presidency has encouraged members, especially
youth and young single adults, to emphasize family history work and
ordinances for their own family names or the names of ancestors of
their ward and stake members. We need to be connected to both our
roots and branches. The thought of being associated in the eternal
realm is indeed glorious.
Elder Quentin L. Cook - April 2014 General Conference Roots and
Branches https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/04/roots-andbranches?lang=eng&query=family
6. Temple and family history work is not just about us. Think of those on
the other side of the veil waiting for the saving ordinances that would
free them from the bondage of spirit prison. Prison is defined as a
state of confinement or captivity. Those in captivity might be asking
William Saroyans question: Now what?
Elder Quentin L. Cook - April 2014 General Conference Roots and
Branches https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/04/roots-andbranches?lang=eng&query=family
7. I believe that Heinrich Eyring knew then that what I am teaching you
today is true. He knew that the happiness of eternal life comes
through family bonds which continue forever. Even when he had so
recently found the Lords plan of happiness, he knew that his hope for
eternal joy depended on the free choices of others to follow his
example. His hope of eternal happiness depended on people not yet
born.
President Henry B. Eyring April 2014 A Priceless Heritage of Hope
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/04/a-priceless-heritageof-hope?lang=eng&query=family
8. All families need strengthening, from the ideal to the most troubled.
That strengthening can come from you. In fact, in some families you
may be the only source of spiritual strength. The Lord is depending on
you to bring the blessings of the gospel to your family. It is important
to establish patterns of righteousness in your own life, which will
enable you to set a good example for your family, whatever form
your family may take.
Sister Mary N. Cook October 2007 Strengthen Home and Family
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2007/10/strengthen-home-andfamily?lang=eng&query=family
9. All of us, single or married, are eternally part of some family

someway, somewhere, somehowand much of our joy in life comes as
we correctly recognize and properly develop those family relationships.
We come to this earth charged with a mission: to learn to love and
serve one another. To best help us accomplish this, God has placed us
in families, for he knows that is where we can best learn to overcome
selfishness and pride and to sacrifice for others and to make happiness
and helpfulness and humility and love the very essence of our
character.
Elder John H. Groberg April 1982 The Power of Family Prayer
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1982/04/the-power-of-familyprayer?lang=eng&query=family
10.
Can you detect that if we do not pray in our families always they
may not be blessedor at least not so fully? If we truly love our
families we will constantly pray for them and with them. I know of no
single activity that has more potential for unifying our families and
bringing more love and divine direction into our homes than consistent,
fervent family prayer.
Elder John H. Groberg April 1982 The Power of Family Prayer
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1982/04/the-power-of-familyprayer?lang=eng&query=family
GLORY
1. As a servant of the Lord, acting in the office to which I have been

ordained, I give those in such circumstances a promise that there will
be nothing essential to your salvation and exaltation that shall not in
due time rest upon you. Arms now empty will be filled, and hearts now
hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.
2. As you live righteously year after year, I assure you that your
experiences will confirm to you again and again that Jesus is the Christ.
The spiritual rock under your feet will be solid and secure. You will
rejoice that God has placed you here to be a part of the final
preparations for Christs glorious return.
Neil L. Andersen April 2014 General Conference Spiritual
Whirlwinds https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/04/spiritualwhirlwinds?lang=eng
3. Sometimes we mistakenly may believe that happiness is the absence
of a load. But bearing a load is a necessary and essential part of the
plan of happiness. Because our individual load needs to generate
spiritual traction, we should be careful to not haul around in our lives
so many nice but unnecessary things that we are distracted and
diverted from the things that truly matter most.
4. The primary purpose of this priesthood power is to bless, sanctify, and

purify us so we can live together with our families in the presence of
our heavenly parents, bound by priesthood sealings, participating in
the marvelous work of God and Jesus Christ in forever
expanding Their light and glory.
M. Russell Ballard April 2013 General Conference This Is My Work
and My Glory https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/04/this-ismy-work-and-glory?lang=eng
5. God has freely given His power to those who accept and honor His
priesthood, which leads to the promised blessings of immortality and
eternal life.
M. Russell Ballard April 2013 General Conference This Is My Work

and My Glory https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/04/this-ismy-work-and-glory?lang=eng
6. From the top of the peak where the soles of our feet now tread, we
can look forward, crest upon crest, to the Zion of God which one day
will be ours if we walk in the course charted by those who have gone
before.
Bruce R. McConkie April 1980 General Conference The Coming Tests
and Trials and Glory https://www.lds.org/generalconference/1980/04/the-coming-tests-and-trials-and-glory?lang=eng
7. Our view of the future shall be undimmed, and, whether in life or in

death, we shall see our blessed Lord return to reign on earth. We shall
see the New Jerusalem coming down from God in heaven to join with
the Holy City we have built. We shall mingle with those of Enochs city
while together we worship and serve the Lord forever. And so, as we
view the endless course ahead, the glory and wonder on each
succeeding peak seems to swallow up the shadows and sorrows in the
valleys below.
Bruce R. McConkie April 1980 General Conference The Coming Tests
and Trials and Glory https://www.lds.org/generalconference/1980/04/the-coming-tests-and-trials-and-glory?lang=eng
8. The lowest degree is the telestial domain of those who received not
the gospel, neither the testimony of Jesus, neither the prophets (D&C
76:101) and who have had to suffer for their wickedness. But even this
degree has a glory that surpasses all understanding (D&C 76:89). Its
occupants receive the Holy Spirit and the administering of angels, for
even those who have been wicked will ultimately be heirs of [this
degree of] salvation (D&C 76:88).
9. Following the necessary experience of mortal life, all sons and

daughters of God will ultimately be resurrected and go to a kingdom
of glory. The righteousregardless of current religious denomination or
beliefwill ultimately go to a kingdom of glory more wonderful than

any of us can comprehend. Even the wicked, or almost all of them, will
ultimately go to a marvelousthough lesserkingdom of glory. All of
that will occur because of Gods love for his children and because of
the atonement and resurrection of Jesus Christ, who glorifies the
Father, and saves all the works of his hands (D&C 76:43).
10.
And then he wrote of the celestial glory, which glory is that of
the sun, even the glory of God, the highest of all. (D&C 76:70.) There
the faithful will dwell together with their families, enjoying exaltation
with our Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son. With them will be those
who have been obedient to ordinances and covenants made in holy
temples, where they were sealed to predecessors and posterity.
Russell M. Nelson October 1990 General Conference Choices
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1990/10/choices?
lang=eng&query=glory
PARENTHOOD
1. Parenthood is a sacred privilege, and depending upon faithfulness, it
can be an eternal blessing. The ultimate end of all activity in the
Church is that a man and his wife and their children can be happy at
home.
2. Your secret yearnings and tearful pleadings will touch the heart of
both the Father and the Son. You will be given a personal assurance
from Them that your life will be full and that no blessing that is
essential will be lost to you.
3. We as parents and leaders need to counsel with our children and

youth on an ongoing basis, listening with love and understanding.
Linda S. Reeves April 2014 General Conference Protection from
Pornography A Christ-Focused Home https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2014/04/protection-from-pornography-a-christ-focusedhome?lang=eng
4. We need to make our homes a place of refuge from the storm, which
is increasing in intensity all about us. Even if the smallest openings are
left unattended, negative influences can penetrate the very walls of
our homes.
Elder L. Tom Perry April 2003 General Conference The Importance of
the Family https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2003/04/theimportance-of-the-family?lang=eng&query=family
5. As earthly parents we participate in the gospel plan by providing

mortal bodies for the spirit children of God. The fullness of eternal
salvation is a family matter.
6. Although life sometimes makes us weary, impatient, or too busy for

our children, we must never forget the infinite worth of what we have
in our homesour sons and our daughters. The task at hand, a
business engagement, or a new automobile are all of benefit but pale
in value when compared to the worth of a young soul.
W. Douglas Shumway April 2004 General Conference Marriage and
Family: Our Sacred Responsibility https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2004/04/marriage-and-family-our-sacred-responsibility?
lang=eng&query=parenthood
7. Loving, protecting, and nurturing our children are among the most
sacred and eternally important things we will do. Worldly belongings
will vanish, todays number-one movie or song will be irrelevant
tomorrow, but a son or a daughter is eternal.
W. Douglas Shumway April 2004 General Conference Marriage and
Family: Our Sacred Responsibility https://www.lds.org/general-
conference/2004/04/marriage-and-family-our-sacred-responsibility?
8. At the outset we understand that conscientious parents try their best,

yet nearly all have made mistakes. One does not launch into such a
project as parenthood without soon realizing that there will be many
errors along the way. Surely our Heavenly Father knows, when he
entrusts his spirit children into the care of young and inexperienced
parents, that there will be mistakes and errors in judgment.
Howard W. Hunter October 1983 General Conference Parents
Concern for Children https://www.lds.org/generalconference/1983/10/parents-concern-for-children?
9. Let us not misunderstand. The responsibilities of parenthood are of
the greatest importance. The results of our efforts will have eternal
consequences for us and the boys and girls we raise. Anyone who
becomes a parent is under strict obligation to protect and love his
children and assist them to return to their Heavenly Father. All parents
should understand that the Lord will not hold guiltless those who
neglect these responsibilities.
Howard W. Hunter October 1983 General Conference Parents
Concern for Children https://www.lds.org/generalconference/1983/10/parents-concern-for-children?
10.
Would our perspective be more clear if we could, for a moment,
look upon parenthood as a calling in the Church. Actually, it is so much
more than that; but if we could look at it that way for a moment, we
could reach a better balance in the way we schedule families.
Boyd K. Packer October 1998 General Conference Parents in Zion
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1998/10/parents-in-zion?
PATIENCE
1. Patiencethe ability to put our desires on hold for a timeis a

precious and rare virtue. We want what we want, and we want it now.
Therefore, the very idea of patience may seem unpleasant and, at
times, bitter.
Nevertheless, without patience, we cannot please God; we cannot
become perfect. Indeed, patience is a purifying process that refines
understanding, deepens happiness, focuses action, and offers hope for
peace.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf General Conference April 2010 Continue in
Patience https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/04/continue-inpatience?lang=eng&query=patience
2. From that experience, I learned that patience was far more than
simply waiting for something to happenpatience required actively
working toward worthwhile goals and not getting discouraged when
results didnt appear instantly or without effort.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf General Conference April 2010 Continue in
Patience https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/04/continue-inpatience?lang=eng&query=patience
3. Another who portrayed the virtue of patience was the Prophet Joseph
Smith. After his supernal experience in the grove called Sacred, where
the Father and the Son appeared to him, he was called upon to wait. At
length, after Joseph suffered through over three years of derision for
his beliefs, the angel Moroni appeared to him. And then more waiting
and patience were required. Let us remember the counsel found in
Isaiah: My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my
ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so
are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your
thoughts.
President Thomas S. Monson General Conference October 1995
Patience A Heavenly Virtue https://www.lds.org/generalconference/1995/10/patience-a-heavenly-virtue?
lang=eng&query=patience
4. Whenever we are inclined to feel burdened down with the blows of

life, let us remember that others have passed the same way, have
endured, and then have overcome. There seems to be an unending
supply of trouble for one and all. Our problem is that we often expect
instantaneous solutions, forgetting that frequently the heavenly virtue
of patience is required.
President Thomas S. Monson General Conference April 1998 Look to
God and Live https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1998/04/look-togod-and-live?lang=eng&query=patience
5. To our temperance we are to add patience. A priesthood holder is to

be patient. Patience is another form of self-control. It is the ability to
postpone gratification and to bridle ones passions. In his relationships
with loved ones, a patient man does not engage in impetuous behavior
that he will later regret. Patience is composure under stress. A patient
man is understanding of others faults.
President Ezra Taft Benson General Conference October 1986 Godly
Characteristics of the Master https://www.lds.org/generalconference/1986/10/godly-characteristics-of-the-master?
6. After that great First Vision, the Prophet Joseph received no additional
communication for three years. However, he did not wonder; he did not
question; he did not doubt the Lord. He waited patiently. He taught us
the heavenly virtue of patienceby example.
President Thomas S. Monson General Conference October 2005 The
Prophet Joseph Smith: Teacher by Example
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2005/10/the-prophet-josephsmith-teacher-by-example?lang=eng&query=patience
7. What, then, does it mean to wait upon the Lord? In the scriptures, the
word wait means to hope, to anticipate, and to trust. To hope and trust
in the Lord requires faith, patience, humility, meekness, long-suffering,
keeping the commandments, and enduring to the end. To wait upon
the Lord means planting the seed of faith and nourishing it with great
diligence, and patience.
Robert D. Hales General Conference October 2011 Waiting upon the

Lord: Thy Will Be Done https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2011/10/waiting-upon-the-lord-thy-will-be-done?
8. Unsurprisingly, hope is intertwined with other gospel doctrines,

especially faith and patience. Just as doubt, despair, and
desensitization go together, so do faith, hope, charity, and patience.
The latter qualities must be carefully and constantly nurtured,
however, whereas doubt and despair, like dandelions, need little
encouragement in order to sprout and spread. Alas, despair comes so
naturally to the natural man! Patience, for example, permits us to deal
more evenly with the unevenness of lifes experiences.
Neal A. Maxwell General Conference October 1998 Hope through
the Atonement of Jesus Christ https://www.lds.org/generalconference/1998/10/hope-through-the-atonement-of-jesus-christ?
9. Patience is a divine attribute. The Book of Mormon invites us to come

to a knowledge of the goodness of God, and his matchless power, and
his wisdom, and his patience, and his long-suffering towards the
children of men.
Russell M. Nelson General Conference October 1991 TheseWere
Our Examples https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1991/10/thesewere-our-examples?lang=eng&query=patience
10.
The Book of Mormon provides insight into the relationship
between patience and charity. Mormon, after pointing out that if a man
have not charity he is nothing; wherefore he must needs have charity,
goes on to name the 13 elements of charity, or the pure love of Christ.
I find it most interesting that 4 of the 13 elements of this must-have
virtue relate to patience
Robert C. Oaks General Conference October 2006 The Power of
Patience https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2006/10/the-powerof-patience?lang=eng&query=patience
Pornography
1. Many children, youth, and adults are innocently exposed to
pornography, but a growing number of both men and women are
choosing to view it and are drawn back repeatedly until it becomes an
addiction. These individuals may desire with all of their hearts to get
out of this trap but often cannot overcome it on their own. How grateful
we are when these loved ones choose to confide in us as parents or a
Church leader. We would be wise not to react with shock, anger, or
rejection, which may cause them to be silent again.
2. We as leaders are also greatly concerned about the spouses and

families of those suffering from pornography addiction. Elder
Richard G. Scott has pleaded: If you are free of serious sin yourself,
dont suffer needlessly the consequences of anothers sins. You can
feel compassion. Yet you should not take upon yourself a feeling of
responsibility for those acts. Know that you are not alone. There is
help. Addiction recovery meetings for spouses are available, including
phone-in meetings, which allow spouses to call in to a meeting and
participate from their own homes.
3. Addictions often begin subtly. Addictions are thin threads of repeated

action that weave themselves into thick bonds of habit. Negative
habits have the potential to become consuming addictions.
These binding chains of addiction can have many forms, like
pornography, alcohol, sex, drugs, tobacco, gambling, food, work, the
Internet, or virtual reality. Satan, our common enemy, has many
favorite tools he uses to rob us of our divine potential to accomplish
our mission in the Lords kingdom.

Through the Restoration? https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2014/04/are-you-sleeping-through-the-restoration?
lang=eng
4. I know that you can escape the controlling influence of the evil one,
and the repressive chains that bind your life. That relief will require you
to accept a solution that is likely foreign to your current personal
experience. It will require you to exercise faith in a Father in Heaven
who loves you. While you may not understand why now, you must trust
that the Savior has given His life so that you can make the required
changes in your life, changes that will bring peace and the illusive
success that always seem beyond your reach. Believe that you can
overcome the depressing environment in which you live by trusting
that there is a better way. You must seek the help of others who
understand and live that better way, even though you cannot see it
now. This will require you to learn and obey the teachings of the Lord.
Once you have fully committed yourself to that change, you will find
that it is not as difficult as it now may seem.
5. If you have felt impressions to be free of burdens caused by yourself

or others, those promptings are an invitation from the Redeemer. Act
upon them now. He loves you. He gave His life that you may be free of
needless burdens. He will help you do it. I know that He has the power
to heal you. Begin now.
6. If you are trapped and there seems to be no way out, remember what
Robert Frost taught, The best way out is always through. (From A
Servant to Servants.) You must face the challenge and conquer it. The
way through is based on faith in Jesus Christ and obedience to His
commandments. It is the only way to permanently cure damage to
mind and spirit caused by unrighteous acts. It also provides healing,
within the bounds of eternal law, to a body devastated by the effects of

transgression.
7. You may have found that change is hard. But know you can do it. You
may wonder why you are not believed when you decide to change from
a life of disobedience to one of integrity and compliance to truth.
Recognize that it takes time to build a reputation that overcomes the
effects of past deliberate decisions to deceive and to take advantage of
othersbut it is worth it.
8. Pornographic or erotic stories and pictures are worse than filthy or

polluted food. The body has defenses to rid itself of unwholesome food.
With a few fatal exceptions, bad food will only make you sick but do no
permanent harm. In contrast, a person who feasts upon filthy stories or
pornographic or erotic pictures and literature records them in this
marvelous retrieval system we call a brain. The brain wont vomit back
filth. Once recorded, it will always remain subject to recall, flashing its
perverted images across your mind and drawing you away from the
wholesome things in life.
Dallin H Oaks - April 2005 General Conference Pornography"
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2005/04/pornography?
lang=eng&query=Pornography.
9. Some have suggested that pornography should be a separate

question in the temple recommend interview. It is already. At least five
different questions should elicit a confession and discussion on this
subject if the person being interviewed has the spiritual sensitivity and
honesty we expect of those who worship in the house of the Lord.
Dallin H Oaks - April 2005 General Conference Pornography"
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2005/04/pornography?
lang=eng&query=Pornography.
10.
Children are exploited, and their lives are severely damaged.
The minds of youth become warped with false concepts. Continued
exposure leads to addiction that is almost impossible to break. Men, so
very many, find they cannot leave it alone. Their energies and their
interests are consumed in their dead-end pursuit of this raw and sleazy
fare.
Gordon B. Hinckley October 2004 General Conference A Tragic Evil
Among Us https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2004/10/a-tragicevil-among-us?lang=eng

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AGENCY

1. In all of this, let us remember that there is an adversary who

2. Using our agency to obey means choosing to do what is right [and

3. Our love of the Savior is the key to Savior-like obedience. As we strive

5. Too often we think of obedience as the passive and thoughtless

8. Satan wants to control your agency so he can control what you

9. Contrary to the worlds secular teaching, the scriptures teach us that

3. The Atonement of His Beloved Son enabled both of the Fathers

6. Whenever we disobey, we spiritually paint ourselves into a corner and

a newly varnished floor means more worka lot of resanding and

9. Our theology begins with heavenly parents. Our highest aspiration is

2. After all, education continues as long as we live. If there is ever an end

3. Leaders of this Church have repeatedly emphasized the importance

4. Because of our sacred regard for each human intellect, we consider

5. We encourage our youth in every country to get an education. Even if

6. Providing an education for your children is part of that nurturing and is

8. My personal experience converts me to the wisdom of the educational

9. Education is not so much the filling of a bucket as the lighting of a

2. Our family-centered perspective should make Latter-day Saints strive

4. Consider the spiritual connections that are formed when a young

5. The doctrine of the family in relation to family history and temple

9. All of us, single or married, are eternally part of some family

1. As a servant of the Lord, acting in the office to which I have been

4. The primary purpose of this priesthood power is to bless, sanctify, and

M. Russell Ballard April 2013 General Conference This Is My Work

7. Our view of the future shall be undimmed, and, whether in life or in

9. Following the necessary experience of mortal life, all sons and

beliefwill ultimately go to a kingdom of glory more wonderful than

3. We as parents and leaders need to counsel with our children and

5. As earthly parents we participate in the gospel plan by providing

6. Although life sometimes makes us weary, impatient, or too busy for

8. At the outset we understand that conscientious parents try their best,

1. Patiencethe ability to put our desires on hold for a timeis a

4. Whenever we are inclined to feel burdened down with the blows of

5. To our temperance we are to add patience. A priesthood holder is to

Robert D. Hales General Conference October 2011 Waiting upon the

8. Unsurprisingly, hope is intertwined with other gospel doctrines,

9. Patience is a divine attribute. The Book of Mormon invites us to come

2. We as leaders are also greatly concerned about the spouses and

3. Addictions often begin subtly. Addictions are thin threads of repeated

Dieter F. Uchtdorf April 2014 General Conference Are You Sleeping

5. If you have felt impressions to be free of burdens caused by yourself

within the bounds of eternal law, to a body devastated by the effects of

8. Pornographic or erotic stories and pictures are worse than filthy or

9. Some have suggested that pornography should be a separate

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