But our trials need not be spiritually fatal. They need not take us from our covenants or from the household of God. Neil L. Andersen More Quotes by Neil L. Andersen More Quotes From Neil L. Andersen As surely as the Lord has inspired more missionaries to serve, He is also awakening the minds and opening the hearts of more good and honest people to receive His missionaries. Neil L. Andersen mind heart people With the influences of evil that surround our children, can we even imagine sending them out in the morning without kneeling and humbly asking together for the Lord's protection? Or closing the day without kneeling together and acknowledging our accountability before Him and our thankfulness for His blessings? Brothers and sisters, we need to have family prayer. Neil L. Andersen brother prayer morning As you keep the commandments and pray in faith to see the Lord's hand in your life, I promise you that He will open your spiritual eyes even wider, and you will see more clearly that you are not alone. Neil L. Andersen eye spiritual hands Can you see the hand of God in your own life? Neil L. Andersen hands-of-god hands As we are spiritually awake and alert we see His hand across the world and we see His hand in our own personal lives. Neil L. Andersen awake hands world Our desire to share the gospel takes all of us to our knees, and it should, because we need the Lord's help. Neil L. Andersen knees desire needs Counting the ways the Book of Mormon brings peace to the soul is like counting the sand on the seashore. Neil L. Andersen soul book way My young friends, ... not all the whirlwinds in life are of your own making. Some come because of the wrong choices of others, and some come just because this is mortality. You are His son or His daughter. He made your spirit strong and capable of being resilient to the whirlwinds of life. The whirlwinds in your youth, like the wind against a young tree, can increase your spiritual strength, preparing you for the years ahead. Neil L. Andersen daughter strong spiritual You are His disciple; you are His friend. By His grace He will do for you what you cannot do for yourself. Neil L. Andersen disciple grace The invitation to repent is rarely a voice of chastisement but rather a loving appeal to turn around and to “re-turn” toward God. Neil L. Andersen repent appeals voice Don't let the whirlwinds drag you down. These are your days - to stand strong as disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. Neil L. Andersen strong spiritual jesus The Prophet Joseph Smith warned us to ‘beware of self-righteousness’ and to enlarge our hearts toward all men and women until we feel ‘to take them upon our shoulders. Neil L. Andersen self heart men We see God's miracles in His wondrous work and in our own personal lives. Neil L. Andersen wondrous personal-life miracle I witness that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world. He suffered and died for our sins and rose the third day. He is resurrected. In a future day, every knee will bow and every tongue confess that He is the Christ. On that day, our concern will not be, 'Do others consider me Christian?' At that time, our eyes will be fixed on Him, and our souls will be riveted on the question, 'What thinks Christ of me?' Neil L. Andersen eye christian jesus While many governments and well-meaning individuals have redefined marriage, the Lord has not. Neil L. Andersen individual government lord Our conversion comes step by step, line upon line. We first build a foundation of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Neil L. Andersen foundation lines jesus I testify of the great blessing of children and of the happiness they will bring us in this life and in the eternities. Neil L. Andersen eternity blessing children