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(7/25/99)
"There is not one of us but what God's love has been expended upon.
There is not one of us that He has not car ed for and caressed. There is not
one of us that He has not desired to save and that He has not devised means
to save. There is not one of us that He has not given His angels charge
concerning. We may be insignificant and contemptible in our own eyes and in
the eyes of others, but the truth remains that we are children of God and
that He has actually given His angels . . . charge concerning us, and they
watch over us and have us in their keeping." — George Q. Cannon, Gospel
Truth, p. 3-4
(7/26/99)
"The transcendent love of God the Father has its counterpart in Christ,
the Son, whose redeeming sacrifice, which was voluntary and love inspired,
loosed the bonds of death and assured to all men the blessings of the
resurrection. He declared it to be His work and His glory to bring to pass
the immortality and eternal life of man." — Hugh B. Brown, The
Abundant Life, p.156 - 157
(7/27/99)
"Love of God is the root of all virtue, of all goodness, of all
strength of character, of all fidelity to do r ight. Love the Lord your God,
and love his Son, and be ever grateful for their love for us. Whenever other
love fades, there will be that shining, transcendent, everlasting love of
God for each of us and the love of his Son, who gave his life for us."
— Gordon B. Hinckley, Ricks College Regional
Conference, 29 Oct. 1995
(7/28/99)
"God loved His Only Begotten Son, who was without sin, more than He
loved sinners. And yet He loved the world so much that He gave His own Son
for the redemption of the world."
— Joseph F. Smith, Collected Discourses, Volume 5 2
June 1895
(7/29/99)
"Our Heavenly Father loves us, not because we deserve it but because he
has given and sacrificed for us. Our Savior Jesus Chris t loves us, not because
we deserve it but because he has given so much and sacrificed for us." —
Robert E. Wells, The Christ-focused Beatitudes, BYU Speeches of
the Year, 20 May 1986
(7/24/01)
"God, through his Son, is the source of love (1 John 4:7–12); love is a
gift of faith received through the Spirit (1 John 4:13–16); love brings
confidence and dispels fear (1 John 4:17–18); love of God is manifest in our
love for others (1 John 4:19–21); and the ultimate reward of keeping God’s
commandment to love is to share in his Son’s victory (1 John 5:1–5)."
Victor L. Ludlow
"John: The Once and Future Witness,"
"Ensign," Dec. 1991, p. 54
(7/25/01)
"If you were my earthly friend, you would win my heart by being kind to my
children. God loves his children more than any earthly parent, so think what
your kindness to his children means to him."
Henry B. Eyring
"To Draw Closer to God,"
"Ensign," May 1991, p. 67
(8/5/01)
"Those who earnestly inquire, under the Spirit of God, will enjoy a
companionship, not only of the Spirit, but of others who seek truth. Thomas
Carlyle said, 'I have always found that the honest truth of our own mind has a
certain attraction for every other mind that loves truth honestly.'"
James E. Faust
"The Truth Shall Make You Free,"
"Ensign," Sept. 1998, p. 5
(8/6/01)
"In fact, in a resurrected, otherwise perfected body, our Lord of this
sacrament table has chosen to retain for the benefit of his disciples the wounds
in his hands and his feet and his side—signs, if you will, that painful things
happen even to the pure and perfect. Signs, if you will, that pain in this world
is not evidence that God doesn’t love you. It is the wounded Christ who is the
captain of our soul—he who yet bears the scars of sacrifice, the lesions of
love and humility and forgiveness."
Jeffrey R. Holland
"This Do in Remembrance of Me,"
"Ensign," Nov. 1995, p. 69
(8/7/01)
"In some way—ultimately incomprehensible to mortals—the Son of God took
upon himself the punishment for the sins of all mankind. And since his sacrifice
was 'infinite and eternal' (see Alma 34:10–14), he satisfied the demands of
justice and mercy and can offer forgiveness to those whose sins he has borne.
This offer is a gift—the scriptures often use the term grace—that the Savior
extends because of his great love for us."
S. Michael Wilcox
"I Have a Question,"
"Ensign," June 1991, p. 51
(7/26/05)
"God is perfect and omnipotent, and you and I are
mortal. But he is our Father, he loves us, and he offers the same opportunity to
draw closer to him as would a loving friend. And you will do it in much the same
way: speaking, listening, and doing." - Henry B. Eyring, "To
Draw Closer to God," Ensign, May 1991, 66
2/11/06
"To love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength is
all-consuming and all-encompassing. It is no lukewarm endeavor. It is total
commitment of our very being—physically, mentally, emotionally, and
spiritually—to a love of the Lord.
"The breadth, depth, and height of this love of God extend into every facet of
one's life. Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a
love of the Lord. Our thoughts and affections should be centered on the Lord.
'Let all thy thoughts be directed unto the Lord,' said Alma, 'yea, let the
affections of thy heart be placed upon the Lord forever' (Alma
37:36)." - Ezra Taft Benson, "The
Great Commandment—Love the Lord," Ensign (CR), May 1988, p.4
4/28/06
"In the midst of God's plan and the
universe's incredible vastness is incredible personalness. For example, '[God]
looketh down upon all the children of men; and he knows all the thoughts and
intents of the heart' (Alma
18:32; see also Isa. 66:18)."
- Neal A. Maxwell, "How
Choice a Seer!," Ensign (CR), November 2003, p.99
5/3/06
"I testify this morning of God's limitless love for his children, of his
unquenchable desire to help us heal our wounds, individually and collectively.
He is our Father, and Wordsworth wrote more than he knew when he said we came to
earth 'trailing clouds of glory'... from God who is our home' ('Ode: Intimations
of Immortality'). But in far too many cases we find no modern belief in a
Heavenly Father, and when there is a belief, it is too often an erroneous one.
God is not dead, and he is not an absentee landlord. God is not uncaring, or
capricious, or cantankerous. Above all, he is not some sort of divine referee
trying to tag us off third base.
"The first and great commandment on earth is for us to love God with all our
heart, might, mind, and strength (see
D&C 59:5;
Matt. 22:37) because
surely the first and great promise in heaven is that he will always love us that
way." - Jeffrey R. Holland, "Look
to God and Live," Ensign (CR), November 1993, p.13
5/25/06
"Alma emphasized the importance of having the love of God always in your hearts
(Alma 13:29). Charity is
that love. Charity is a gift of the Spirit, for 'all things which are good
cometh of God' (Moro. 7:12).
And this gift is multiplied as it is used.
"Both the giver and the receiver are blessed. For charity purifies and
sanctifies all it touches, and 'whoso is found possessed of it at the last day,
it shall be well with him' (Moro.
7:47).
"The greatest acts of charity come from giving of yourself and receiving
expressions of charity with humility as well." - Elaine L. Jack, "Strengthened
in Charity," Ensign (CR), November 1996, p.91
8/8/06
"Did you know that Heavenly Father knows you personally—by name? The scriptures
teach us that this is true. When Enos went into the woods to pray, he recorded,
'There came a voice unto me, saying: Enos, thy sins are forgiven thee,
and thou shalt be blessed.' (Enos
1:5; emphasis added.) Moses not only prayed but also talked to God
face-to-face, and God said to Moses, 'I have a work for thee, Moses, my
son.' (Moses 1:6; emphasis
added.) The Lord knew Jacob's name and changed it to Israel to more accurately
reflect his mission on the earth. (See
Bible Dictionary, 'Israel,' 708.)
Similarly, He changed the names of Paul and Abraham and Sarah. In Doctrine and
Covenants, section 25, Emma Smith is given a blessing for her comfort and
guidance in life. The Lord begins this blessing by saying, 'Hearken unto the
voice of the Lord your God, while I speak unto you, Emma Smith, my
daughter.' (D&C 25:1; emphasis
added.)
"You may not have heard the Lord call you by name, but He knows each one of you
and He knows your name. Elder Neal A. Maxwell said: 'I testify to you that God
has known you individually ... for a long, long time (see
D&C 93:23). He has loved you
for a long, long time. He not only knows the names of all the stars (see
Ps. 147:4;
Isa. 40:26); He knows your
names and all your heartaches and your joys!' ("Remember
How Merciful the Lord Hath Been," Liahona and Ensign, May 2004, p.46.)" -
Elaine S. Dalton, "He
Knows You by Name," Ensign, (CR) May 2005
11/9/06
"To all of you who think you are lost or without hope, or who think you have
done too much that was too wrong for too long, to every one of you who worry
that you are stranded somewhere on the wintry plains of life and have wrecked
your handcart in the process, this conference calls out Jehovah's unrelenting
refrain, '[My] hand is stretched out still.' 'I shall lengthen out mine arm unto
them,' He said, '[and even if they] deny me; nevertheless, I will be merciful
unto them, … if they will repent and come unto me; for mine arm is lengthened
out all the day long, saith the Lord God of Hosts.' His mercy endureth forever,
and His hand is stretched out still. His is the pure love of Christ, the charity
that never faileth, that compassion which endures even when all other strength
disappears." - Jeffrey R. Holland, "Prophets
in the Land Again," Ensign, November 2006
9/10/07
"How can we know that God is aware of us and loves us? He tells us by
the scriptures—likewise, by our honestly counting the blessings and
bestowals of His grace in our lives. Most of all, He tells us by the
still, small voice of the Spirit! (see Alma 34:38; D&C 78:17-19)."
- Neal A. Maxwell, "Encircled in the Arms of His Love," Ensign (CR), November 2002, p.16
5/21/08
"O, my brethren and sisters, when I
think of what God has done for us in this daily temporal life of ours; in this
being that we have here, the clothing that we wear, the air we breathe, the food
to eat, and all are daily given as manifestations of the munificent gifts of
God. We think it was a wonderful thing that He sent manna down to feed Israel:
but every day we have as wonderful a miracle in the things that we have to
subsist upon in this world as the result of God's munificent gifts unto us. I
rejoice in the many things that He has done. Many people ask how they can trust
Him, and how they can believe in the Lord Jesus Christ when they have not seen
Him, or seen a miracle. You do not need to see Him. There is one thing, if He
had done no other that ought to bring forth such confidence in our hearts, and
trust in him, that we could not doubt His love for us. I refer to His most
precious of all gifts. I do not diminish any other gift of God to man, but I do
value above all other things the gift of His Son Jesus Christ to the world."
- Melvin J. Ballard, "Conference Report," October 1910, Overflow Meeting, p.82 -
84