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(3/10/98)
"Specific steps to assure that the Atonement is at work in your life will
not always be the same. For some, at one point, it would be to see a bishop, a
judge in Israel, to confess serious sin and to seek help. For another, it would
be to accept baptism. But for everyone, at every stage of purification, there
are constants. One is this: reception of the Holy Ghost is the cleansing agent
as the Atonement purifies you." — Henry B. Eyring, "Come Unto
Christ," BYU Speeches of the Year 1989-90
(1/14/99)
"The Atonement is real. As you steadily do the things the Lord would
have you do, a change will occur in you, and Satan's ability to lead you into
the things that will destroy you and bring misery to you will become
lessened." — Henry B. Eyring, "Surrender to Christ," Ricks
College Devotional, 21 September 1993
(8/26/99)
"There seems to be no end to the Savior's desire to lead us to safety. And
there is constancy in the way He shows us the path. He calls by more than one
means so that it will reach those willing to accept it. And those means always
include sending the message by the mouths of His prophets, whenever people have
qualified to have the prophets of God among them. Those authorized servants are
always charged with warning the people, telling them the way to safety."
— General Conference, April 1997
(8/27/99)
"There are some commandments which, when broken, destroy unity. Some have
to do with what we say and some with how we react to what others say. We must
speak no ill of anyone. We must see the good in each other and speak well of
each other whenever we can." — General Conference, April 1998
(8/28/99)
"The Latter-day Saints are a covenant people. From the day of baptism
through the spiritual milestones of our lives we make promises with God and He
makes promises with us. He always keeps His promises offered through His
authorized servants, but it is the crucial test of our lives to see if we will
make and keep our covenants with him." — "Witnesses for God,"
General Conference, October 1996
(8/29/99)
"Every time in my life when I have chosen to delay following inspired
counsel or decided that I was an exception, I came to know that I had put myself
in harm's way. Every time that I have listened to the counsel of prophets, felt
it confirmed in prayer, and then followed it, I have found that I moved toward
safety. Along the path, I have found that the way had been prepared for me and
the rough places made smooth. God led me to safety along a path which was
prepared with loving care, sometimes prepared long before." —
"Finding Safety in Counsel," General Conference, April 1997
(8/30/99)
"If you want to stay close to someone who has been dear to you but from
whom you are separated, you know how to do it. You would find a way to speak to
them, you would listen to them, and you would discover ways to do things for
each other. The more often that happened, the longer it went on, the deeper
would be the bond of affection. If much time passed without the speaking, the
listening, and the doing, the bond would weaken. 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." — "To Draw
Closer To God," General Conference, April 1991
(8/31/99)
"The Holy Ghost brings back memories of what God has taught us. And one of
the ways God teaches us is with his blessings; and so, if we choose to exercise
faith, the Holy Ghost will bring God's kindnesses to our remembrance." —
"Remembrance And Gratitude," General Conference, October 1989
(7/15/01)
"The Holy Ghost will guide what we say if we study and ponder the
scriptures every day. The words of the scriptures invite the Holy Spirit. The
Lord said it this way: 'Seek not to declare my word, but first seek to obtain my
word, and then shall your tongue be loosed; then, if you desire, you shall have
my Spirit and my word, yea, the power of God unto the convincing of men' (D&C 11:21). With daily
study of the scriptures, we can count on this blessing even in casual
conversations or in a class when we may be asked by a teacher to respond to a
question. We will experience the power the Lord promised: 'Neither take ye
thought beforehand what ye shall say; but treasure up in your minds continually
the words of life, and it shall be given you in the very hour that portion that
shall be meted unto every man' (D&C
84:85)." — Henry B. Eyring, "Feed
My Lambs," "Ensign," Nov. 1997, p. 83–84
(11/9/03)
"We all have people we love. Think of them now. They may be our children or
our grandchildren. Perhaps you think of your husband or your wife. It may
be someone you are teaching as a missionary. It may be a friend. You want with
all your heart to have them someday hear those words from the Master (Enos 1:27). And for that
blessing to come, they will need that testimony offered by the Prophet in
Carthage burning in their hearts through all the tests of life, as it did in
his." - Henry B. Eyring, "An
Enduring Testimony of the Mission of the Prophet Joseph," General
Conference, 5 October 2003
(12/26/03)
"Sometimes we will receive counsel that we cannot understand or that seems
not to apply to us, even after careful prayer and thought. Don't discard the
counsel, but hold it close. If someone you trusted handed you what appeared to
be nothing more than sand with the promise that it contained gold, you might
wisely hold it in your hand awhile, shaking it gently. Every time I have done
that with counsel from a prophet, after a time the gold flakes have begun to
appear and I have been grateful." - Henry B. Eyring, "Finding
Safety in Counsel," General Conference, April 1997
(3/31/04)
"The years pass, we teach the doctrine the best we can, and yet some still
do not respond. There is sorrow in that. But there is hope in the scriptural
record of families. Think of Alma the Younger and Enos. In their moments of
crisis, they remembered the words of their fathers, words of the doctrine of
Jesus Christ. It saved them. Your teaching of that sacred doctrine will be
remembered." - Henry B. Eyring, "The
Power of Teaching Doctrine," Ensign, May 1999, p. 74
(4/12/04)
"President Clark went on: 'When we partake of the Sacrament we covenant to
obey and keep his commandments. There are no exceptions. There are no
distinctions, no differences' (in Conference Report, Apr. 1955, 10-11).
President Clark taught that just as we repent of all sin, not just a single sin,
we pledge to keep all the commandments. Hard as that sounds, it is
uncomplicated. We simply submit to the authority of the Savior and promise to be
obedient to whatever He commands (see Mosiah 3:19). It is our
surrender to the authority of Jesus Christ which will allow us to be bound as
families, as a Church, and as the children of our Heavenly Father." - Henry
B. Eyring, "That
We May Be One," Ensign, May 1998, pp. 67-68
(5/4/04)
"...the test a loving God has set before us is not to see if we can endure
difficulty. It is to see if we can endure it well. We pass the test by showing
that we remembered Him and the commandments He gave us. And to endure well is to
keep those commandments whatever the opposition, whatever the temptation, and
whatever the tumult around us. We have that clear understanding because the
restored gospel makes the plan of happiness so plain." - Henry B. Eyring,
"In
the Strength of the Lord," General Conference, April 2004
(5/28/04)
"Those who speak easily and often of the restored gospel prize what it has
meant to them. They think of that great blessing often. It is the memory of the
gift they have received which makes them eager for others to receive it. They
have felt the love of the Savior. For them these words are their daily, hourly
reality: 'There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because
fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him,
because he first loved us.' (1 John 4:18-19.)" -
Henry B. Eyring, "A
Child and a Disciple," General Conference, April 2003
(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
2/12/06
"I learned then as I have since how the stakes of Zion become places of safety.
They become like a great family, united, caring for each other. It comes by
simple faith.
"By faith they are baptized and receive the Holy Ghost. As they continue to keep
the commandments, that gift becomes constant. They can recognize spiritual
things. It becomes easier to see the power of God working through the common
people God calls to serve and lead them. Hearts are softened. Strangers become
fellow citizens in the Lords kingdom, united in loving bonds.
"That happy condition will not last without a constant renewal of faith. The
bishop we love will be released, as will the stake president. The Apostles we
followed in faith will be taken home to the God who called them.
"With those continual changes comes a great opportunity. We can act to qualify
for the revelation that allows us to know that the keys are being passed by God
from one person to another. We can seek to have that experience again and again.
And we must, in order to receive the blessings God has for us and wants us to
offer to others." - Henry B. Eyring, "Faith
and Keys," Ensign (CR), November 2004, p.26
3/16/07
"Love always comes first. A single act of kindness will seldom be enough. The
Lord described the love we must feel, and that those we invite must recognize in
us, with words like these: 'Charity suffereth long,' and it 'beareth all things,
believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.' (1
Cor. 13:4,7)" - Henry B. Eyring, "A
Voice of Warning," Ensign (CR), November 1998, p.32
3/20/07
"In the Masters service, you will come to know and love Him. You will, if you
persevere in prayer and faithful service, begin to sense that the Holy Ghost has
become a companion. Many of us have for a period given such service and felt
that companionship. If you think back on that time, you will remember that there
were changes in you. The temptation to do evil seemed to lessen. The desire to
do good increased. Those who knew you best and loved you may have said, 'You
have become more kind, more patient. You don't seem to be the same person.'
"You weren't the same person because the Atonement of Jesus Christ is real. And
the promise is real that we can become new, changed, and better. And we can
become stronger for the tests of life. We then go in the strength of the Lord, a
strength developed in His service. He goes with us. And in time we become His
tested and strengthened disciples." - Henry B. Eyring, "In
the Strength of the Lord," Ensign (CR), May 2004, p.16
4/29/07
"As the risen Savior, He is this day and forever the Light of the World. It is
He who invites us to come unto Him and serve Him, without delay. His
encouragement to you and to me is this: 'I love them that love me; and those
that seek me early shall find me. (Proverbs
8:17.)
"That is as true of a day as it is of a life. A morning prayer and an early
search in the scriptures to know what we should do for the Lord can set the
course of a day. We can know which task, of all those we might choose, matters
most to God and therefore to us. I have learned such a prayer is always answered
if we ask and ponder with childlike submission, ready to act without delay to
perform even the most humble service.
"On many days, doing what matters most will not be easy. It is not supposed to
be. God's purpose in creation was to let us prove ourselves. The plan was
explained to us in the spirit world before we were born. We were valiant enough
there to qualify for the opportunity to choose against temptation here to
prepare for eternal life, the greatest of all the gifts of God. We rejoiced to
know the test would be one of faithful obedience even when it would not be easy:
'And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever
the Lord their God shall command them.' (Abraham
3:25.)" - Henry B. Eyring, "This
Day," General Conference, April 2007
6/11/07
"A little prosperity and peace, or
even a turn slightly for the better, can bring us feelings of self-sufficiency.
We can feel quickly that we are in control of our lives, that the change for the
better is our own doing, not that of a God who communicates to us through the
still, small voice of the Spirit. Pride creates a noise within us which makes
the quiet voice of the Spirit hard to hear. And soon, in our vanity, we no
longer even listen for it. We can come quickly to think we don't need it." -
Henry B. Eyring, "Prayer," Ensign (CR), November 2001, p.15
9/16/07
"Our hearts can only be drawn out to God when they are filled
with love for Him and trust in His goodness. Joseph Smith, even as a boy, gave
us an example of how we can come to pray from a heart filled with the love of
God and then pray unceasingly through a life filled with trials and
blessings.
"Joseph started for the grove to pray with faith that a loving
God would answer his prayer and relieve his confusion. He gained that assurance
reading the word of God and receiving a witness that it was true. He said that
he read in James, 'Let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and
upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.' (James
1:5; JS-H
1:11) His faith to ask of God in prayer came after
pondering a scripture which assured him of Gods loving nature. He prayed, as we
must, with faith in a loving God." - Henry B. Eyring, "Prayer," Ensign (CR), November 2001,
p.15
10/27/07
"Now, tonight let us decide together what
we are going to do. All of us, whatever our callings may be, face tasks that are
beyond our own powers. I do and you do. That’s true from the simple fact that
success is to get testimony down into the hearts of people. We can’t make that
happen. Even God won’t force that on anyone.
"So success requires people we serve to choose to accept the testimony of the Spirit into their hearts. The Spirit is ready. But many people aren’t ready to invite the Spirit. Our task, which is in our power, is to invite the Spirit into our lives so that people we serve will want to have the fruits of the Spirit in their lives—the fruits that they can see in ours." - Henry B. Eyring, "God Helps the Faithful Priesthood Holder," General Conference, 6 October 2007
10/30/07
"My point is to urge you to find ways to
recognize and remember God’s kindness. It will build our testimonies. You may
not keep a journal. You may not share whatever record you keep with those you
love and serve. But you and they will be blessed as you remember what the Lord
has done. You remember that song we sometimes sing: 'Count your many blessings;
name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.' (“Count Your Blessings,” Hymns, no.
241.)
"It won’t be easy to remember. Living as we do with a veil over our eyes, we cannot remember what it was like to be with our Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ, in the premortal world; nor can we see with our physical eyes or with reason alone the hand of God in our lives. Seeing such things takes the Holy Ghost. And it is not easy to be worthy of the Holy Ghost’s companionship in a wicked world.
"That is why forgetting God has been such a persistent problem among His children since the world began. Think of the times of Moses, when God provided manna and in miraculous and visible ways led and protected His children. Still, the prophet warned the people who had been so blessed, as prophets always have warned and always will: 'Take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life.' (Deuteronomy 4:9.)
"And the challenge to remember has always been the hardest for those who are blessed abundantly. Those who are faithful to God are protected and prospered. That comes as the result of serving God and keeping His commandments. But with those blessings comes the temptation to forget their source. It is easy to begin to feel the blessings were granted not by a loving God on whom we depend but by our own powers." - Henry B. Eyring, "O Remember, Remember," General Conference, 7 October 2007
1/6/08
"The Prophet Joseph is an example and a
teacher of enduring well in faith. I do not worship him, but I thank and love
him as the Lords prophet of the Restoration. He has helped me pray with the
intent to obey. I am better able to feast in the word and the love of God.
Because of him I feel the Holy Ghost more often in the moments when I try to
build the faith of a person in the Lords kingdom. And because of what I know of
the Prophet Joseph and the scriptures which were revealed through him, I more
often feel the love of God for His children and of His for me when I reach down
to lift someone up." - Henry B. Eyring, "An
Enduring Testimony of the Mission of the Prophet Joseph,"
Ensign (CR), November 2003, p.89
1/12/08
"Joseph Smith’s mission was
unique, yet his humble prayer can be a helpful model for us. He began, as we
must, with faith in a loving God who can and wants to communicate with us and
help us. That faith was rooted in impressions which came to him as he pondered
the words of God’s servants in the scriptures. We can and must go often and
carefully to the word of God. If we become casual in our study of the
scriptures, we will become casual in our prayers." - Henry B. Eyring, "Prayer,"
Ensign (CR), November 2001, p.15
4/18/08
"Each of us must make an individual
evaluation. First, we need to measure the depth of our gratitude for membership
in the true Church of Jesus Christ. Second, we need to know by the power of the
Holy Ghost in what ways we can do better in keeping the commandments."
- Henry B. Eyring, "The True and Living Church," General Conference, April 2008