With celestial sight, trials impossible to change become possible to endure.
Russell M. NelsonRead
He chose to honor us with His priesthood. So we honor Him by honoring His priesthood - both its power and those who bear it.
Interpretation
Honoring the priesthood is a way to honor God and those who serve within it.
This quote emphasizes the reciprocal relationship between divine honor and human acknowledgment. When individuals are bestowed with sacred authority or leadership, such as the priesthood, it is not just a privilege but also a call to honor the source of that authority, which is God. By recognizing the power of the priesthood and the individuals who carry it, we show our respect and gratitude toward the divine.
In practice
In a sermon about leadership and service, you could use this quote to inspire others to respect spiritual leaders.
With celestial sight, trials impossible to change become possible to endure.
Marriage is sanctified when it is cherished and honored in holiness. That union is not merely between husband and wife; it embraces a partnership with God.
Agency, or the power to choose, was ours as spirit children of our Creator before the world was. It is a gift from God, nearly as precious as life itself. Often, however, agency is misunderstood. While we are free to choose, once we have made those choices, we are tied to the consequence of those choices. We are free to take drugs or not. But once we choose to use a habit-forming drug, we are bound to the consequences of that choice. Addiction surrenders later freedom to choose.
We live in a time of turmoil. Earthquakes and tsunamis wreak devastation, governments collapse, economic stresses are severe, the family is under attack,_x000D_ and divorce rates are rising. We have great cause for concern. But we do not need to let our fears displace our faith. We can combat those fears by strengthening our faith.
As we go through life, even through very rough waters, a father's instinctive impulse to cling tightly to his wife or to his children may not be the best way to accomplish his objective. Instead, if he will lovingly cling to the Savior and the iron rod of the gospel, his family will want to cling to him and to the Savior.
Each daughter of God is of infinite worth because of her divine mission.
The only trouble is that in the spiritual life there are no tricks and no shortcuts. Those who imagine that they can discover spiritual gimmicks and put them to work for themselves usually ignore God's will and his grace.
In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him.
Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.
In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.
We never need to feel that we are alone or unloved in the Lord's service because we never are. We can feel the love of God. The Savior has promised angels on our left and our right to bear us up. And He always keeps His word.
Do you realize the weight of the one who has invited us to follow him? He is worthy of more than church attendance and casual association; he is worthy of total abandonment and supreme adoration.
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