“To make a covenant with the Lord to always keep His commandments is a serious obligation, and to renew that covenant by partaking of the sacrament is equally serious. The solemn moments of thought while the sacrament is being served have great significance. They are moments of self-examination, introspection, self-discernment...a time to reflect and to resolve.” SelfMomentsLordSeriousObligationSignificanceResolveCommandmentsIntrospectionSacramentsExaminationDiscernmentSolemnCovenantSelf-examination Author:Howard W. Hunter
“Giving consistent effort in the little things in day-to-day life leads to true greatness. Specifically, it is the thousands of little deeds and tasks of service and sacrifice that constitute the giving or losing of one's life for others and for the Lord. They include gaining a knowledge of our Father in Heaven and of the gospel. They also include bringing others into the faith and fellowship of his kingdom. These things do not usually receive the attention or the adulation of the world.... .” WorldGivingLittlesFatherHeavenEffortAttentionLordSacrificeGreatnessLosingTasksDeedsKingdomsConsistentLittle ThingsDay To DayFellowshipOur FatherDay LifeFather In HeavenDay To Day LifeAdulationTrue GreatnessService And Sacrifice Author:Howard W. Hunter
“Look to the temple of the Lord as the great symbol of your membership.” LooksLordSymbolsTemplesMembership Author:Howard W. Hunter
“In the service of the Lord, it is not where you serve but how. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one takes the place to which one is duly called, which place one neither seeks nor declines.” JesusChristChurchLordJesus ChristSaintLatterDeclineLatter DaysLatter Day Saints Author:Howard W. Hunter
“Let us be a temple-attending people. Attend the temple as frequently as personal circumstances allow. Keep a picture of a temple in your home that your children may see it. Teach them about the purposes of the House of the Lord. Have them plan from their earliest years to go there and to remain worthy of that blessing.” PeopleYearsMayChildrenHomePurposeHouseLordTeachPlansCircumstancesBlessingOur ChildrenWorthyYour ChildrenTemplesAttending Author:Howard W. Hunter
“Let us truly be a temple-attending and temple-loving people...We should not go only for our kindred dead, but also for the personal blessings of temple worship, for the sanctity and the safety that are within those hallowed and consecrated walls. As we attend the temple, we learn more richly and deeply the purpose of life and the significance of the atoning sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. Let us make the temple, together with temple worship and temple covenants and temple marriage, our ultimate earthly goal and the supreme mortal experience.” PeopleShouldTogetherPurposeJesusGoalChristLordSacrificeWallBlessingWorshipJesus ChristUltimateSafetySupremeMortalsTemplesSignificancePurpose Of LifeCovenantSanctityAttendingLord Jesus ChristKindredTemple Marriage Author:Howard W. Hunter
“There is good reason to make our decision now to serve the Lord. On this Sunday morning, when the complications and temptations of life are somewhat removed, and when we have the time and more of an inclination to take an eternal perspective, we can more clearly evaluate what will bring us the greatest happiness in life. We should decide now, in the light of the morning, how we will act when the darkness of night and when the storms of temptation arrive.” ShouldReasonLightNightChoicesDecisionLordMorningDarknessPerspectiveEternalStormTemptationSundayInclinationEvaluateLife HappinessComplicationSunday MorningDarkness Of Night Author:Howard W. Hunter
“The first recorded instruction given to Adam after the Fall dealt with the eternal principle of work. The Lord said: "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread." (Gen. 3:19.) Our Heavenly Father loves us so completely that he has given us a commandment to work. This is one of the keys to eternal life. He knows that we will learn more, grow more, achieve more, serve more, and benefit more from a life of industry than from a life of ease.” KnowsLifeFirstsSaidFacesFallFatherGivenGrowsLordPrinciplesLearningAchieveKeysIndustryBenefitsEternalBreadEaseHeavenlySweatAdamInstructionCommandmentsEternal LifeHeavenly Father Author:Howard W. Hunter
“Surely the Lord loves, more than anything else, an unwavering determination to obey his counsel.” LordDeterminationObedienceUnwavering Book:That We Might Have Joy Source: That We Might Have Joy
