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4/15/06
"When we speak and act, we should ask whether our words and
expressions are calculated to invite the powers of heaven into our
lives and to invite all to come unto Christ. We must treat sacred
things with reverence. We need to eliminate from our conversations the
immodest and the lewd, the violent and the threatening, the demeaning
and the false. As the Apostle Peter wrote, 'But as he which hath
called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation' (
1 Pet.
1:15 ). The expression conversation
refers here not only to speech but also to our entire comportment. As
Nephi, he is inviting us to so live that we may speak with the 'tongue
of angels.'" - Robert S. Wood, " The
Tongue of Angels ," Ensign (CR), November
1999, p.83
7/3/07
"What we say and
how we present ourselves not only betray our inner person but also
mold that person, those around us, and finally our whole society.
Every day each of us is implicated in obscuring the light or in
chasing away the darkness. We have been called to invite the light
and to be a light, to sanctify ourselves and edify others." - Robert
S. Wood, "The
Tongue of Angels," Ensign (CR), November
1999, p.83
1/13/13
The prophet Lehi, in
his counsel to his son Jacob, stressed that life poses real
alternatives with different consequences (see 2
Ne. 2). Adherence to divine commandments will protect us from
those consequences that are most damaging to our quest for
sanctification and exaltation. If we abide strictly by the commands of
our Heavenly Father, we may not necessarily be protected from
adversity, but we will be protected from that which is most deadly—the
weakening of our integrity, alienation from God, the surrender of our
divine destiny as children of God, and the destruction of our soul.
Consequently, when we disobey the commands of God and the counsels of
the living prophets, we always pay a price. No rationalization, no
excuse, no complaining will alter the consequences. - Robert S.
Wood, "On
the Responsible Self," Ensign March 2002