Obedience is a principle that resonates with me. There was a story several conferences ago in which which Mervyn B. Arnold shares a story of a cow who breaks through the face to eat some wheat. The cows stomach expands and ultimately dies because of it's unwillingness to stay with in the parameters of the fence. The laws and commandments of the gospel are no different to us than the fence was for that cow. If we obey the commandments and keep the laws we are protected, when we break them we are vulnerable to spiritual death. Truly complete obedience brings happiness.
-Sara
-Sara
“One must be ever mentally and physically clean and have
purity of intent so that the Lord can inspire. One who is obedient to His
commandments is trusted of the Lord. That individual has access to His
inspiration to know what to do and, as needed, the divine power to do it.”
-Elder
Richard G. Scott, “How to Obtain Revelation and Inspiration for Your Personal
Life,” Ensign, May 2012
“Just as order gave life and beauty to the earth when it was
dark and void, so it does to us. Obedience helps us develop the full potential
Heavenly Father desires for us in becoming celestial beings worthy some day to
live in His presence.”
-James
E. Faust, “Obedience: The Path to Freedom,” Ensign, May 1999
“The greatest single lesson we can learn in mortality is
that when God speaks and a man obeys, that man will always be right.”
-President
Thomas S. Monson, “The Call of Duty,” Ensign, May 1986
“However much faith to obey God we now have, we will need to
strengthen it continually and keep it refreshed constantly. We can do that by
deciding now to be more quick to obey and more determined to endure. Learning
to start early and to be steady are the keys to spiritual preparation.
Procrastination and inconsistency are its mortal enemies.”
-President
Henry B. Eyring, “Spiritual Preparedness: Start Early and Be Steady,” Ensign,
November 2005
“I too believe that God will always make a way where there
is no way. I believe that if we will
walk in obedience to the commandments of God, if we will follow the counsel of
the priesthood, he will open a way even where there appears to be no way.”
-Gordon
B. Hinkley, “If Ye Be Willing and Obedient,” Ensign, November 1971
“Knowledge encourages obedience. Obedience enhances
knowledge.”
-Elder
Dallin H. Oaks, “Testimony,” Ensign, May 2008
“Our love for our Father in Heaven and the Lord Jesus Christ
needs to be reflected in our daily choices and actions. They have promised
peace, joy, and happiness to those who keep Their commandments.”
-Elder
M. Russell Ballard, “O That Cunning Plan of the Evil One,” Ensign, November 2010
“Let us resolve to follow the Savior and work with diligence
to become the person we were designed to become. Let us listen to and obey the
promptings of the Holy Spirit. As we do so, Heavenly Father will reveal to us
things we never knew about ourselves. He will illuminate the path ahead and
open our eyes to see our unknown and perhaps unimagined talents.”
-President
Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Of Regrets and Resolutions,” Ensign, November 2012
“We should, as a people, be awake to the fact that our
Father in Heaven has done all he could for the salvation of the human family.
He has made known the laws necessary for the exaltation and glory of man and
has done all that can be done by law. . . . Jesus has died to redeem all men;
but in order that they may be benefitted by His death, and that His blood may
cleanse them from all actual sin committed in the flesh, they must abide the
law of the gospel. The sins done through Adam we have been redeemed from by the
blood of Christ; and in order to obtain salvation we must be obedient and
faithful to the precepts of the gospel.”
-Wilford
Woodruff, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff [2004], 70-71
“Obedience leads to true freedom. The more we obey revealed
truth, the more we become liberated.”
-James
E. Faust, “Obedience: The Path to Freedom,” Ensign, May 1999
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