It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all. Boyd K. Packer More Quotes by Boyd K. Packer More Quotes From Boyd K. Packer No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair. Repentance and the lasting hope that forgiveness brings will always be worth the effort. Boyd K. Packer pain spiritual inspirational We are able to feel and learn very quickly through music, through art, through poetry some spiritual things that we would otherwise learn very slowly. Boyd K. Packer music spiritual art Temple. One other word is equal in importance to a Latter-day Saint. Home. Put the words holy temple and home together, and you have described the house of the Lord! Boyd K. Packer together house home It is in the ordinances of the temple that we are placed under covenant to Him….[If] we will enter into our covenants without reservation or apology, the Lord will protect us. We will receive inspiration sufficient for the challenges of life. Boyd K. Packer apology inspiration challenges You are a child of God. He is father of your spirit. Spiritually you are of noble birth, the offspring of the King of Heaven. Fix that truth in your mind and hold to it. However many generations in your mortal ancestry, no matter what race or people you represent, the pedigree of your spirit can be written on a single line. You are a child of God! Boyd K. Packer kings father children It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal. Teach our members that if they have a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, to stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out. There is great purpose in our struggle in life. Boyd K. Packer disappointment struggle life There is little to be gained by seeking after the mysteries, for there is hardly time in a lifetime to master the plain and precious things. Boyd K. Packer mystery lifetime littles The Lord will bless us as we attend to the sacred ordinance work of the temples. Blessings there will not be limited to our temple service. We will be blessed in all of our affairs. Boyd K. Packer sacred blessed blessing Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear. Boyd K. Packer trials temptation needs Throughout your life there may be times when you have gone places you never should have gone and done things you never should have done. If you will turn away from sin, you will be able one day to know the peace that comes from following the pathway of complete repentance. Boyd K. Packer pathways one-day should-have Our whole social order could self-destruct over the obsession with freedom disconnected from responsibility; where choice is imagined to be somehow independent of consequences. Boyd K. Packer independent responsibility self Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony. Boyd K. Packer atmosphere music spirit When music is presented which, however appropriate for other occasions, does not fit the Sabbath, much is lost. . . . The Spirit does not ratify speech nor confirm music which lacks spiritual substance. Boyd K. Packer music spiritual doe The study of doctrine and the teaching of doctrine will change behavior more than the study of behavior will change behavior. Boyd K. Packer doctrine study teaching A testimony of the hope of redemption is something which cannot be measured or counted. Jesus Christ is the source of that hope. Boyd K. Packer redemption jesus christ Life moves all too fast. When you feel weak, discouraged, depressed, or afraid, open the Book of Mormon and read. Boyd K. Packer discouraged book moving We could be like a father determined to provide everything for his family. He devotes every energy to that end and succeeds; only then does he discover that what they needed most, to be together as a family, has been neglected. And he reaps sorrow in place of contentment. Boyd K. Packer parenting sorrow father Don't live so that your children go unled because of habits that leave you uninspired. Boyd K. Packer your-children habit children The ultimate end of all activity in the Church is to see a husband and his wife and their children happy at home, protected by the principles and laws of the gospel, sealed safely in the covenants of the everlasting priesthood. Husbands and wives should understand that their first calling-from which they will never be released-is to one another and then to their children. Boyd K. Packer husband home children Prayer is your personal key to heaven. Boyd K. Packer prayer spiritual inspirational