As days lengthen into weeks and months and even years of adversity, the hurt grows deeper. The Church cannot hope to save a man on Sunday if during the week it is a complacent witness to the crucifixion of his soul. D. Todd Christofferson More Quotes by D. Todd Christofferson More Quotes From D. Todd Christofferson One of the blessings of the temple is the perspective that it provides. When we go to the house of the Lord, we leave all of our cares and problems at the door. And when we come back out, they’re still there. We have to pick them back up and they haven’t changed, but what has changed is us. D. Todd Christofferson perspective blessing doors Good men sometimes make mistakes. A man of integrity will honestly face and correct his mistakes, and that is an example we can respect. Sometimes men try but fail. Not all worthy objectives are realized despite one’s honest and best efforts. True manhood is not always measured by the fruits of one’s labors but by the labors themselves–by one’s striving. D. Todd Christofferson mistake integrity men Repentance is a divine gift, and there should be a smile on our faces when we speak of it. It points us to freedom, confidence, and peace. Rather than interrupting the celebration, the gift of repentance is the cause for true celebration. D. Todd Christofferson celebration causes faces A woman’s moral influence is nowhere more powerfully felt or more beneficially employed than in the home. There is no better setting for rearing the rising generation than the traditional family, where a father and a mother work in harmony to provide for, teach, and nurture their children. Where this ideal does not exist, people strive to duplicate its benefits as best they can in their particular circumstances. D. Todd Christofferson mother father children All of us can meet God's high expectations. D. Todd Christofferson high-expectations expectations Take responsibility and go to work so God has something to help us with. D. Todd Christofferson taking-responsibility responsibility helping Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right because it is right, even when it is hard. D. Todd Christofferson agency discipline exercise With faith in the merciful Redeemer and His power, potential despair turns to hope. One's very heart and desires change, and the once-appealing sin becomes increasingly abhorrent. A resolve to abandon and forsake the sin and to repair, as fully as one possibly can, the damage he or she has caused now forms in that new heart. This resolve soon matures into a covenant of obedience to God. With that covenant in place, the Holy Ghost, the messenger of divine grace, will bring relief and forgiveness. D. Todd Christofferson grace desire heart With confidence we testify that the Atonement of Jesus Christ has anticipated and, in the end, will compensate all deprivation and loss for those who turn to Him. No one is predestined to receive less than all that the Father has for His children. D. Todd Christofferson father children jesus Only through repentance do we gain access to the atoning grace of Jesus Christ. D. Todd Christofferson gains grace jesus The Church and the world and women are crying for men, men who are developing their capacity and talents, who are willing to work and make sacrifices, who will help others achieve happiness and salvation. D. Todd Christofferson sacrifice helping-others men The gospel of Jesus Christ opens the path to what we may become. D. Todd Christofferson path may jesus I testify that in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is found the priesthood authority to administer the ordinances by which we can enter into binding covenants with our Heavenly Father in the name of His Holy Son. I testify that God will keep His promises to you as you honor your covenants with Him. D. Todd Christofferson father son jesus A covenant is an agreement between God and man, an accord whose terms are set by God. D. Todd Christofferson covenant term men On the other hand, with a sense of the sacred, one grows in understanding and D. Todd Christofferson understanding opposites hands Everyone has gifts; everyone can contribute. D. Todd Christofferson In creating a family, we fulfill our greatest purpose on earth. D. Todd Christofferson creating purpose earth The work of our missionaries is a magnificent expression of the Lord's redeeming love. D. Todd Christofferson redeeming-love expression lord The scriptures, for example, discredit an ancient philosophy that has come back into vogue in our day-the philosophy of Korihor that there are no absolute moral standards, that "every man prospers according to his genius, and that every man conquers according to his strength; and whatsoever a man does is no crime" and "that when a man is dead, that is the end thereof". D. Todd Christofferson scripture men philosophy You cannot lift others to virtue on the one hand if you are entertaining vice on the other. D. Todd Christofferson virtue vices hands
