Nothing Beyond His Healing Touch

Nothing beyond His Healing Touch

“No grief is so great, no pain so profound, no burden so unbearable that it is beyond His healing touch.”

Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “Special Witnesses of Christ,” Ensign, Apr. 2001, 9.

Most Important Anchor

Your testimony of Jesus Christ is the most important anchor that you can have to help hold you, steadfast and immovable, to principles of righteousness, regardless of the challenges and temptations that may come in the future” (“Steadfast in Christ,” Ensign, Dec. 1993, 52).

Elder M. Russell Ballard, "Steadfast in Christ," Ensign, Dec. 1993, 52. 

Those Who Struggle

"Elder B. H. Roberts of the Seventy (1857–1933) said that “those who have to contend with difficulties, brave dangers, endure disappointments, struggle with sorrows, eat the bread of adversity and drink the water of affliction, develop a moral and spiritual strength, together with a purity of life and character, unknown to the heirs of ease, and wealth and pleasure.” 

^{The Gospel: An Exposition of Its First Principles (1965), 278.}

The Temple is the Catalyst

 “The temple is the catalyst whereby the self is revealed to the self.” 

Truman G. Madsen, The Highest in Us (1978), 98.

When Prayers Go Unanswered...You Can Pray:

“I don’t understand, but I know that You do. I love You and I trust You. Please guide me to know how to do what I must do.”

Diane Terry Woolf, "Putting My Hand in the Lord's," Ensign, Jan 2009, 37. 

Don't Shrink From Your Duty

After the tar and feathering...

"I cannot begin to imagine the pain and discomfort the Prophet Joseph must have endured. He had ample excuse not to preach the following morning, but this and many other experiences of similar or worse consequence did not cause him to shrink from his responsibility. How, then, can we feel justified if we shrink from our duty because of a minor discomfort or inconvenience?"

Elder Michael John U. Teh, "Confidence in the Presence of God," Ensign, Jan 2009, 30. 

James 1:5

“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him” (James 1:5).

This passage provides a great insight into the kind of relationship each of us should have with our Father in Heaven. Indeed, this verse expresses the tender mercies and inclinations of our loving Father toward a son who came to Him with a question. The Father does not generally answer prayers with visions, as He did in the Sacred Grove, but He does provide answers that bring much comfort and peace. Such is His promise to us—to give liberally and not upbraid, or chastise.

Elder Michael John U. Teh, "Confidence in the Presence of God," Ensign, Jan 2009, 28.