“Would the Lord send one of the Twelve Apostles halfway around the world to help just one person? The answer is YES. He does it all the time.” WorldPersonsDoeHelpingAnswersLordAround The WorldJust OneTwelveHalfwayApostles Author:David A. Bednar
“Through persistent, effective, and diligent work, a person can accumulate knowledge in the form of facts, data, information, and experience. Intelligence, however, can only be gained through obedience. Thus, knowledge is a prerequisite to and foundation for true spiritual intelligence.” PersonsFactsSpiritualFormInformationFoundationDataObediencePersistentDiligentPrerequisitesSpiritual Intelligence Author:David A. Bednar
“The spirit of revelation is available to every person who receives by proper priesthood authority the saving ordinances of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins and the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost - and who is acting in faith to fulfill the priesthood injunction to 'receive the Holy Ghost.'” PersonsHandsSpiritSinActingHolyAuthorityAvailableGhostSavingRevelationsHoly GhostBaptismPriesthoodOrdinancesImmersionRemission Author:David A. Bednar
“When we believe or say we have been offended, we usually mean we feel insulted, mistreated, snubbed, or disrespected. And certainly clumsy, embarrassing, unprincipled, and mean-spirited things do occur in our interactions with other people that would allow us to take offense. However, it ultimately is impossible for another person to offend you or to offend me. Indeed, believing that another person offended us is fundamentally false. To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else.” PeopleFeelsBelieveMeanPersonsHas BeensChoicesBeliefImpossibleConditionsConflictInteractionOffenseEmbarrassingOffendedClumsyMean PeopleInsultedSpiritedOffendingMormonismMistreatedMean SpiritedDisrespectedInteraction With Others Author:David A. Bednar
“Please be careful of becoming so immersed and engrossed in pixels, texting, ear buds, Twittering, online social networking, and potentially addictive uses of media and the Internet that you fail to recognize the importance of your physical body and miss the richness of person-to-person communication. Beware of the digital displays and data in many forms of computer-mediated interaction that can displace the full range of physical capacity and experience.” PersonsUseBodyFormSocialFailingMediaMissingCommunicationBecomingInternetPleaseComputerCapacityEarsImportanceCarefulDataRangeDigitalOnlineBe CarefulDisplayInteractionNetworkingRichnessBudSocial NetworkingSocial NetworkPhysical BodyTextingPixels Author:David A. Bednar
“A grateful person is rich in contentment. An ungrateful person suffers in the poverty of endless discontentment.” PersonsSufferingPovertyRichGratefulEndlessContentmentDiscontentUngratefulUnsatisfiedDiscontentmentUngrateful Person Author:David A. Bednar
“Very simply, the Spirit of Elijah is the Holy Ghost. The Spirit of Elijah will influence anyone who is involved in this work. That, for a young person in the wickedness in the world in which we live today, is one of the greatest safeguards against the temptations of the adversary. The Spirit of Elijah will not only bless you, it will protect you.” WorldPersonsTodayYoungSpiritInfluenceInvolvedHolyProtectGhostTemptationBlessWickednessAdversariesHoly GhostLive For TodayProtect YouElijah Author:David A. Bednar
