“The blessings we enjoy now are because we made the choice to follow the Savior before this life. To everyone hearing or reading these words, whoever you are and whatever your past may be, remember this: it is not too late to make that same choice again to follow him.” MayMadePastRememberChoicesReadingEnjoyBlessingLateHearingThis LifeToo LateSaviorOur PastYour Past Author:Robert D. Hales
“To find the gifts we have been given, we must pray and fast. Often Patriarchal blessings tell us the gifts we have received and declare the promise of gifts we can receive if we seek after them. I urge you each to discover your gifts and to seek after those that will bring direction to your life's work and that will further the work of heaven.” IfsHas BeensGivenHeavenPrayingPromiseBlessingUrgesOver YouPatriarchal Blessings Author:Robert D. Hales
“The temple is a sacred edifice, a holy place, where essential saving ceremonies and ordinances are performed to prepare us for exaltation. It is important that we gain a sure knowledge that our preparation to enter the holy house and that our participation in these ceremonies and covenants are some of the most significant events we will experience in our mortal lives.” ImportantHouseEventsHolyBlessingEssentialsGainsSacredSignificantSavingMortalsPreparationTemplesParticipationCeremonyCovenantExaltationEdificeOrdinancesHoly PlacesSignificant Events Author:Robert D. Hales
“We may not know when or how the Lord's answers will be given, but in His time and His way, I testify, His answers will come. For some answers we may have to wait until the hereafter. This may be true for some promises in our patriarchal blessings and for some blessings for family members. Let us not give up on the Lord. His blessings are eternal, not temporary.” KnowsWayGivingMayGivenWaitingAnswersLordPromiseBlessingMembersGiving UpEternalBeing TrueTemporaryNot Giving UpHereafterFamily MembersPatriarchal Blessings Author:Robert D. Hales
“As Latter-day Saints, we need not look like the world. We need not entertain like the world. Our personal habits should be different. Our recreation should be different. Our concern for family will be different. As we establish this distinctiveness firmly in our life's pattern, the blessings of heaven await to assist us.” WorldNeedsShouldLooksDifferentHeavenOur LivesHabitBlessingConcernSaintPatternsLatterRecreationLatter DaysLatter Day Saints Author:Robert D. Hales
“The greatest blessings of general conference come to us after the conference is over. Remember the pattern recorded frequently in scripture: we gather to hear the words of the Lord, and we return to our homes to live them.” HomeRememberLordReturnBlessingPatternsScriptureConferencesGreatest BlessingsGeneral Conference Author:Robert D. Hales
“Let us not give up on the Lord. His blessings are eternal, not temporary.” GivingLordBlessingGiving UpEternalTemporaryNot Giving UpPatriarchal Blessings Author:Robert D. Hales
“How we conduct ourselves in this life will determine what we will be in all the eternities to come. To receive the blessings of the sealing that our Heavenly Father has given to us, we have to keep the commandments and conduct ourselves in such a way that our families will want to live with us in the eternities.” WayWantLifeFatherGivenBlessingEternityDetermineThis LifeOur FamilyHeavenlyCommandmentsHeavenly Father Author:Robert D. Hales
