The First Commandment First
“I know our Heavenly Father’s love for you is real and unending. It is most powerfully manifest through the grace of His Son, Jesus Christ. I bless you that the love of God will envelop you as you love and strive to serve Him.”
In Awe: The Astonishing Goodness of God
What fills me with profound awe is that our Brother Jesus Christ would be willing to “descend from his throne divine” to suffer, bleed, and die to rescue rebellious souls like me and you. His sacrifice is “sufficient . . . to redeem, and to justify” all of humanity, and at the same time He succors you and me personally. That is truly awesome!
Everything We Need
Our Heavenly Father has provided us with great and marvelous gifts for our journey here in mortality—and for the greatest quest of all: to come unto our Savior and gain eternal life.
Experience God’s Love
Addressing our dysfunctional receptors for God’s love restores power, stability, and direction in our lives.
The Gift of Uncertainty
In this life we know only in part, and in fact the more I learn, the more I see that I do not know. But I also believe that God knows us completely, that in our uncertainty we can accept God’s love for us as certain and constant.
To Know Thee, the Only True God
Because of the Restoration and because of a true and fuller understanding of mankind’s origin and destiny, we know that we are not predestined to anything. Each one of us is in fact foreordained unto salvation and exaltation.
God Loves You
I hope that as I speak, you will contemplate the many ways that God loves you. As I conclude today, I will ask you a question: “So what are you going to do?”
The Nature and Character of God
We may rest assured that our Father knows all things and He does all that He does out of love. And He does what is best for us from an eternal perspective.
Make God and His Kingdom the Center of Your Life
Change yourself. Decide today “I am going to make the Church and kingdom of God the center of my life!” Position yourself firmly inside God’s kingdom; allow it to encompass you.
To Know and to Be Known of God
Coming to know the Savior, learning to hear His voice, and allowing Him to be our Shepherd also requires commitment. This kind of commitment requires all that we have and are.
Allegiance to God
We will be ruled by something. If we choose God as our ruler through allegiance and willing submission, we choose true freedom and great peace.
Powerful Truths That Make a Difference in Our Lives
The powerful truths of the gospel stretch our minds and spirits, and after knowing and believing even some of them, our lives are changed forever.
The Human Soul’s Quest for God
Rabbi Harold S. Kushner describes gifts of faith cultivated on the human soul's quest for God. Inspiration and guidance come to those who follow Him.
On How We Know
When you are on record and in the presence of others, and are trying to be truthful, and you consult the depths of your own soul, you yourself may learn how profoundly you know.
“Know He Is There”
I have total confidence and faith in the wisdom and omniscience of a loving, merciful Heavenly Father—to be dependent upon him and yet to communicate with him, I must make faithful personal effort on a never-ending basis.
The Mystery of Godliness
If our vision is blurred where this doctrine and these concepts are concerned, or, if knowingly or unknowingly we have fallen prey to any of the false sectarian notions that abound with reference to them, our progress toward eternal life will be slow indeed.
Message Sublime
The gospel, from our eternal identity as God's children to the doctrine of the Atonement of Christ to the Restoration of His Church, is a message sublime.
The Sacred Way to Eternal Life Is to Love God First
The way to the kingdom of God is to love God first. We must love and serve Him above money, appetites, and other temporary priorities.
All Are Alike unto God
Elder McConkie testifies that the revelation extending priesthood blessings to those of all nations and races is divine and that "all are alike unto God."
Be Worthy of Celestial Exaltation
In order to attain celestial exaltation, teaches Bernard P. Brockbank, we must know God, love Him, obey Him, and listen for His protecting voice.
We Believe in God, the Eternal Father
We believe in God, the Eternal Father of our Spirits. That belief is the foundation of our religion, our purpose in life, and our destiny.
The Lord God of Joseph Smith
The God of Joseph Smith's time is not absent. We can come to know Him, His revelations, and His miracles, just as the Prophet did.
God in Our Lives
We cannot simply ignore God until we feel we need something from Him. To reap the mortal and eternal blessings of faith, we must foster a belief in Him continually. We must make Him the focus of our lives.
A Foundation of Revealed Truth
We should build our testimonies and lives on the foundation of revealed truth that teaches us about the nature of God and His relationship to us.
The Ten Commandments and You
Cecil B. DeMille, producer of the film The Ten Commandments, delivers a stirring call to BYU graduates to let their lives be empowered by the laws of God.
Search for God
The world is in the midst of a search for the nature of God. We need to be able to believe in a loving Father somewhere in this universe.
Understanding God
Joseph Smith gave us the key to understanding Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, but no one can truly understand God without taking time to learn about Him
Godhead
President Clark shares his testimony of the magnificence, love, and mission of each member of the Godhead: our Father, our Savior, and the Holy Spirit.
Devotional: George Albert Smith, 1950
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