"You are to do the choosing here and now during this exciting and wonderful time on earth. Moral agency, the freedom to choose, is certainly one of God's greatest gifts next to life itself. We have the honorable right to choose; therefore, we need to choose the right. This is not always easy."
President Uchtdorf
"Your Right to Choose the Right"
August 2005 New Era Article
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Showing posts with label Agency. Show all posts
"Certainly clumsy, embarrassing, unprincipled, and mean spirited things do occur in our interactions with other people that would allow us to take offense. However, it ultimately is impossible for another person to offend you or to offend me. Indeed, believing that another person offended us is fundamentally false. To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else."
Elder David A. Bednar
"And Nothing Shall Offend Them"
October 2006 General Conference
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Elder David A. Bednar
"And Nothing Shall Offend Them"
October 2006 General Conference
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"Endowed with agency, you and I are agents, and we primarily are to act and not just be acted upon. To believe that someone or something can make us feel offended, angry, hurt, or bitter diminishes our moral agency and transforms us into objects to be acted upon. As agents, however, you and I have the power to act and to choose how we will respond to an offensive or hurtful situation."
Elder David A. Bednar
"And Nothing Shall Offend Them"
October 2006 General Conference
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Elder David A. Bednar
"And Nothing Shall Offend Them"
October 2006 General Conference
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"We tend to think of agency as a personal matter. If we ask someone to define 'moral agency,' the answer will probably be something like this: 'Moral agency means I am free to make choices for myself.' Often overlooked is the fact that choices have consequences; we forget also that agency offers the same privilege of choice to others. At times we will be affected adversely by the way other people choose to exercise their agency. Our Heavenly Father feels so strongly about protecting our agency that he allows his children to exercise it, either for good or for evil."
Elder Russell M. Ballard
"Answers to Life's Questions"
May 1995 Ensign Article
"We were given our agency. We must use it wisely and remain close to the Spirit; otherwise, we foolishly find ourselves yielding to the enticements of the adversary. We know that through the Atonement of Jesus Christ our mistakes can be washed clean, and our mortal body will be restored to its perfect frame.
" 'For behold, the Spirit of Christ is given to every man, that he may know good from evil; wherefore, I show unto you the way to judge; for every thing which inviteth to do good, and to persuade to believe in Christ, is sent forth by the power and gift of Christ; wherefore ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of God' (Moroni 7:16)."
President Packer
"Prayer and Promptings"
October 2009
“When temptation comes, you can invent a
delete key in your mind—perhaps the words from a favorite hymn. Your
mind is in charge; your body is the instrument of your mind. When some unworthy
thought pushes into your mind, replace it with your delete key. Worthy music is
powerful and can help you control your thoughts”
President Boyd K. Packer
"Prayer and Promptings"
October 2009
“The Prophet Joseph
Smith promised
that “all beings who have bodies have power over those who have not.”
President Boyd K. Packer
"Prayer and Promptings"
October 2009
“In a similar way, the ground must be
carefully prepared for our foundation of faith to withstand the storms that
will come into every life. That solid basis for a foundation of faith is
personal integrity.”
“Our choosing the right consistently whenever
the choice is placed before us creates the solid ground under our faith.”
President Erying
"Mountains to Climb"
April 2012 General Conference
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