When you choose whether to make or keep a covenant with God, you choose whether you will leave an inheritance of hope to those who might follow your example. Henry B. Eyring More Quotes by Henry B. Eyring More Quotes From Henry B. Eyring Every child of Heavenly Father born in the world is given at birth, as a free gift, the Light of Christ. Henry B. Eyring light father children You show your trust in Him when you listen with the intent to learn and repent and then you go and do whatever He asks…..And if you then go and do what He would have you do, your power to trust Him will grow, and in time you will be overwhelmed with gratitude to find that He has come to trust you. Henry B. Eyring repent overwhelmed gratitude What all of us long for in our hearts, at Christmastime and always, is to feel bound together in love with the sweet assurance that it can last forever. Henry B. Eyring heart sweet long The Lord's way to help those in temporal need requires people who out of love have consecrated themselves and what they have to God and to His work. Henry B. Eyring people way needs Parents who struggle to get a witness of the Savior into the heart of a child will be helped as they seek for a way to bring the words and the spirit of the Book of Mormon into the home and all the lives in their family. Henry B. Eyring struggle book children Melchizedek Priesthood holders who are fathers in sealed families have been taught what they must do. There is nothing that has come or will come into your family as important as the sealing blessings. There is nothing more important than honoring the marriage and family covenants you have made or will make in the temples of God. Henry B. Eyring important blessing father It is hard to know when we have done enough for the Atonement to change our natures and so qualify us for eternal life. And we don't know how many days we will have to give the service necessary for that mighty change to come. But we know that we will have days enough if only we don't waste them. Henry B. Eyring waste done giving There are more temples across the earth than there have ever been. More people in all the world have felt the Spirit of Elijah move them to record the identities and facts of their ancestors' lives. Henry B. Eyring identity people moving From what might appear to you to be small choices, the Lord will lead you to the happiness you want. Through your choices He will be able to bless countless others. Henry B. Eyring choices want might If you ponder the scriptures and begin to do what you covenanted with God to do, I can promise you that you will feel more love for God and more of His love for you. Henry B. Eyring his-love scripture promise However much faith to obey God we now have, we will need to strengthen it continually and keep it refreshed constantly. We can do that by deciding now to be more quick to obey and more determined to endure. Learning to start early and to be steady are the keys to spiritual preparation. Procrastination and inconsistency are its mortal enemies. Henry B. Eyring procrastination keys spiritual When you meet someone, treat them as if they were in serious trouble, and you will be right more than half the time. Henry B. Eyring serious half trouble Great gift-giving involves three things: you feel what the other feels; you give freely; and you count sacrifice a bargain… those gifts are truly great which are given simply for the joy they bring to another heart. Henry B. Eyring sacrifice heart giving With one eye on today's blessings you will have more staying power for the distant goal. Henry B. Eyring eye blessing thank-you We cannot control what others choose to do, and so we cannot force our children to heaven, but we can determine what we will do. And we can decide that we will do all we can to bring down the powers of heaven into that family we want so much to have forever. Henry B. Eyring forever heaven children We live in a world where finding fault in others seems to be the favorite blood sport. It has long been the basis of political campaign strategy. It is the theme of much television programming across the world. It sells newspapers. Whenever we meet anyone, our first, almost unconscious reaction may be to look for imperfections. Henry B. Eyring sports long blood Most people stop learning out of fear. They are afraid they cannot learn. Henry B. Eyring people We were promised that we would have Jehovah, Jesus Christ, as our Savior and Redeemer. He would assure that we would all be resurrected. And He would make it possible for us to pass the test of life if we exercised faith in Him by being obedient. Henry B. Eyring jehovah tests jesus You will notice that the work is simple obedience. It is not complicated things, it is not fancy things or getting great spiritual manifestations. This work is within the abilities of the most humble and the least educated. Henry B. Eyring spiritual humble education The feeling of longing for home is born into us. That wonderful dream cannot become real without great faith - enough for the Holy Ghost to lead us to repentance, baptism, and the making and keeping of sacred covenants with God. This faith requires enduring bravely the trials of mortal life. Henry B. Eyring faith god home life
