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Prayer/ Agency / Choice and Accountability
“Heavenly Father has not left us alone during our mortal probation. He has already given us all the „safety equipment‟ we will need to successfully return to Him. He has given us personal prayer, the scriptures, living prophets, and the Holy Ghost to guide us. At times, using this equipment may seem cumbersome, awkward, and horribly unfashionable. Its proper use requires our diligence, obedience, and persistence. But I, for one, choose to use it. We must all choose to use it.”
Ann M. Dibb, "Hold On,” Ensign, Nov. 2009, 80
Commandments / Obedience "Of all the things we want to be known for, are there attributes above all others that should define us as members of His Church, even as disciples of Jesus Christ? . . . "The Savior Himself provided the answer with this profound declaration: 'If ye love me, keep my commandments' (John 14:15). This is the essence of what it means to be a true disciple: those who receive Christ Jesus walk with Him (see Colossians 2:6)."
Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "The Love of God," Ensign, Nov. 2009, 21
Priesthood
"The destiny of the rising generation of priesthood holders is far more than to be ready to bring God's power down to heal the sick. The preparation is to be ready to go and do whatever the Lord wants done as the world is preparing for His coming."
Henry B. Eyring, "Be Ready," Ensign, Nov. 2009, 59
Faith / Testimony
Charity / Service
"Amidst the terrible hostilities in Missouri that would put the Prophet in Liberty Jail and see thousands of Latter-day Saints driven from their homes, Sister Drusilla Hendricks and her invalid husband, James, who had been shot by enemies of the Church in the Battle of Crooked River, arrived with their children at a hastily shaped dugout in Quincy, Illinois, to live out the spring of that harrowing year. "Within two weeks the Hendrickses were on the verge of starvation, having only one spoonful of sugar and a saucerful of cornmeal remaining in their possession. In the great tradition of LDS women, Drusilla made mush out of it for James and the children, thus stretching its contents as far as she could make it go. When that small offering was consumed by her famished family, she washed everything, cleaned their little dugout as thoroughly as she could, and quietly waited to die. "Not long thereafter the sound of a wagon brought Drusilla to her feet. It was their neighbor Reuben Allred. He said he had a feeling they were out of food, so on his way into town he'd had a sack of grain ground into meal for them. "Shortly thereafter Alexander Williams arrived with two bushels of meal on his shoulder. He told Drusilla that he'd been extremely busy but the Spirit had whispered to him that 'Brother Hendricks' family is suffering, so I dropped everything and came [running].' "May God, who has blessed all of us so mercifully and many of us so abundantly, bless us with one thing more. May he bless us to hear the often silent cries of the sorrowing and the afflicted, the downtrodden, the disadvantaged, the poor."
Jeffrey R. Holland, "A Handful of Meal and a Little Oil," Ensign, May 1996, 31
"Our spiritual journey is the process of a lifetime. We do not know everything in the beginning or even along the way. Our conversion comes step-by-step, line upon line. We first build a foundation of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. We treasure the principles and ordinances of repentance, baptism, and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost. We include a continuing commitment to prayer, a willingness to be obedient, and an ongoing witness of the Book of Mormon."
Neil L. Andersen, "You Know Enough", Ensign, Nov. 2008, 13
Family
“Security for our families comes from learning selfcontrol, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
Kent D. Watson, “Being Temperate in All Things,” Ensign, Nov. 2009, 39