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 The scriptures hold the keys to spiritual protection. Boyd K. Packer scripturekeysspiritual We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see. Boyd K. Packer blind-obedienceobedienceblind However common irreverence and profanity become, they are nonetheless wrong Boyd K. Packer profanityirreverencecommon Punctuality is an essential trait of the teacher. It is a foundation, not an embellishment. Boyd K. Packer foundationessentialsteacher The rapid, sweeping deterioration of values is characterized by a preoccupation-even an obsession-with the procreative act. Abstinence before marriage and fidelity within it are openly scoffed at-marriage and parenthood ridiculed as burdensome, unnecessary. Modesty, a virtue of a refined individual or society, is all but gone. Boyd K. Packer before-marriagedeteriorationgone Learn to pray. Pray often. Pray in your mind, in your heart. Pray on your knees. Prayer is your personal key to heaven. The lock is on your side of the veil. And I have learned to conclude all my prayers with ‘Thy will be done’ (Matthew 6:10; see also Luke 11:2; 3 Nephi 13:10). Boyd K. Packer keysprayerheart The idea that life began with mortal birth is preposterous. There is no way to explain life if you believe that. Boyd K. Packer lifebelieveideas In or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved. Boyd K. Packer individual-choiceabortionchoices Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do. Boyd K. Packer imaginerealsuffering Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things. Boyd K. Packer familydifferentchurch His judgments are just; His mercy without limit; His power to compensate beyond any earthly comparison. Boyd K. Packer judgmentlimitsmercy Parents now are concerned about the moral and spiritual diseases. These can have terrible complications when standards and values are abandoned. We must all take protective measures. Boyd K. Packer diseaseparentspiritual In all that we do in the Church, we need to provide the way, as leaders, for parents and children to have time together as families. Boyd K. Packer parentleaderchildren Our competition in life is solely with our old self. Boyd K. Packer competitionselflife Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation Boyd K. Packer preluderevelationsessentials The Word of Wisdom does not promise you perfect health, but it teaches how to keep the body you were born with in the best condition and your mind alert to delicate spiritual promptings. Boyd K. Packer words-of-wisdomspiritualperfect No teaching is equal, more spiritually rewarding, or more exalting than that of a mother teaching her children. Boyd K. Packer teachingmotherchildren Those who speak of blind obedience may appear to know many things, but they do not understand the doctrines of the gospel. There is an obedience that comes from a knowledge of the truth that transcends any external form of control. We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see. Boyd K. Packer doctrinespeakmay One thing is very clear: the safest place and the best protection against the moral and spiritual diseases is a stable home and family. This has always been true; it will be true forever. We must keep that foremost in our minds. The scriptures speak of 'the shield of faith wherewith,' the Lord said, 'ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked' (D&C 27:17). This shield of faith is best fabricated in a cottage industry. While the shield can be polished in classes in the Church and in activities, it is meant to be handcrafted in the home and fitted to each individual. Boyd K. Packer spiritualhomeclass I do not think it pleases the Lord when we worry because we think we never do enough or that what we do is never good enough. Boyd K. Packer never-good-enoughworrythinking
