The LDS Daily WOOL Home Page
(8/12/01)
"The Book of Mormon prophets make it very clear that the Holy Ghost is
willing to exert a very powerful influence in our lives when we are
responsive to his promptings. Nephi, Mormon, and Ether explained that
the Spirit strives with us to guide our lives on righteous paths (see
2 Ne. 26:11; Morm. 5:16; Ether 2:15). Moroni proclaimed that the
Spirit persuades us to do good (see Ether 4:11–12). Amulek taught that
the Holy Ghost contends with us to do that which is right (see Alma
34:38), and King Benjamin explained that the Holy Ghost entices us to
be righteous (see Mosiah 3:19)."
Spencer
J. Condie
"Agency: The Gift of Choices,"
"Ensign," Sept. 1995, p. 21
(8/13/01)
"The Holy Ghost speaks with a voice that you feel more than you hear.
It is described as a 'still small voice.' And while we speak of
'listening' to the whisperings of the Spirit, most often one describes
a spiritual prompting by saying, 'I had a feeling...'."
Boyd
K. Packer
"Personal Revelation: The Gift, the Test, and the Promise,"
"Ensign," Nov. 1994, p. 60
(8/14/01)
"The Holy Ghost is the third member of the Godhead, sent forth by God
to reveal all needful things. He teaches and testifies with divine
power and clarity. His witness may go unheard or unheeded, forsaken or
denied, but it is never misunderstood. 'The Holy Ghost is a revelator'
(Joseph Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, sel. Joseph
Fielding Smith [1976], 328). That which is received of him has a more
powerful effect upon the soul than anything else received in any other
way. A millennium of experience through sight, sound, touch, taste,
smell, and all the powers of the universe combined cannot approach the
sublime and complete experience of one brief moment under the
influence of the Holy Ghost."
Keith
B. McMullin
"Ye May Know,"
"Ensign," May 1996, p. 9
(8/15/01)
"'There is no other experience known to mortal man that can be
compared with the testimony or witness of the Holy Ghost. It is as
powerful as a two-edged sword and burns in the breast of man like a
consuming fire. It destroys fear and doubt, leaving in their stead
absolute unqualified, and incontrovertible knowledge that a principle
or thing is true....'"
Loren
C. Dunn (quoting Brigham Young)
"Drink of the Pure Water,"
"Ensign," June 1971, p. 82
(8/16/01)
"The Holy Ghost bears witness of the truth and impresses upon the soul
the reality of God the Father and the Son Jesus Christ so deeply that
no earthly power or authority can separate him from that knowledge
(see 2 Ne. 31:18)."
James
E. Faust
"A Witness at All Times and in All Places,"
"Ensign," Aug. 1996, p. 68
11/29/09
“True
conversion comes through the power of the Spirit. When the Spirit
touches the heart, hearts are changed. When individuals, both
members and investigators, feel the Spirit working with them, or
when they see the evidence of the Lord's love and mercy in their
lives, they are edified and strengthened spiritually and their faith
in Him increases. These experiences with the Spirit follow naturally
when a person is willing to experiment upon the word. This is how we
come to
feel the gospel is true.” - M.
Russell Ballard, “Now Is the Time,” Ensign (CR), November 2000, p.
75
9/5/15
I
do not believe our Father in Heaven causes the tragedies and
heartbreak in our lives. But as the "works of God" were made
manifest in the healing of a blind man, so also the way we face our
personal trials may manifest the "works of God.” - Richard
C. Edgley, "For
Thy Good," Ensign (CR), May 2002, p. 65