Motivational Monday

"Service to others deepens and sweetens this life while we are preparing to live in a better world. It is by serving that we learn to serve. When we are engaged in the service of our fellowmen, not only do our deeds assist them, but we put our own problems in a fresher perspective. When we concern ourselves more with others, there is less time to be concerned with ourselves! In the midst of the miracle of serving, there is the promise of Jesus that by losing ourselves, we find ourselves!"

--Spencer W. Kimball, "Speaks Out on Service to Others", New Era, Mar. 1981, 47

Motivational Monday

"The Lord loves you for your strength and your courage. He is always there for you. You are not alone. He has promised us that when we are trying to live righteously and are serving Him, 'I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts and mine angels round about you, to bear you up.'"

Janet Hales Beckham, D&C 84:88 quoted

Motivational Monday

"I have always found that when we do the little things correctly, the Lord gives us the strength to accomplish big things... You might not always understand the reasons for some rules or commandments, but if you will follow them even in the little things you will have more strength to do big things... And you will have the great blessing of knowing that you are on the Lord's side and that He is on yours."

--Donald L. Hallstrom, "Friend to Friend: On the Lord's Side," Friend, Sept. 2002, 8

Motivational Monday, One Day Late

"You are a child of God with great strength. You have the ability to choose righteousness and happiness, no matter what your circumstances."

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints, For the Strength of Youth, Copyright 2001, P. 5

Motivational Monday

For the Righteous the gospel provides a warning before a calamity, a program for the crises, a refuge for each disaster.

Ezra Taft Benson, “Prepare Ye,” Ensign, Jan 1974, 68

An interesting side note: When this talk was given, President Benson hadn't become the President of the Church yet. To read the full text please click on the link above.

Motivational Monday

“If you live up to your privileges, the angels cannot be restrained from being your associates.”

“Chapter 39: Relief Society: Divine Organization of Women,” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, (2007),448–57

Motivational Monday

“Be virtuous and pure; be men of integrity and truth; keep the commandments of God; and then you will be able more perfectly to understand the difference between right and wrong—between the things of God and the things of men; and your path will be like that of the just, which shineth brighter and brighter unto the perfect day [see Proverbs 4:18].”8

Chapter 13: Obedience: “When the Lord Commands, Do It”, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, (2007),158–70

John Taylor, while serving as President of the Quorum of the Twelve, reported: “I well remember a remark that Joseph Smith made to me upwards of forty years ago. Said he, ‘Elder Taylor, you have been baptized, you have had hands laid upon your head for the reception of the Holy Ghost, and you have been ordained to the holy priesthood. Now, if you will continue to follow the leadings of that spirit, it will always lead you right. Sometimes it might be contrary to your judgment; never mind that, follow its dictates; and if you be true to its whisperings it will in time become in you a principle of revelation so that you will know all things.’ ”19

“Chapter 10: Prayer and Personal Revelation,” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, (2007),125–34

Motivational Monday

Motivational Monday

"Because of Christ there is hope smiling brightly before you, and you need not worry too much about sickness, death, poverty, or other afflictions. The Lord will take care of you. Your responsibility is to keep the commandments, feast upon the words of Christ, and stay in the path to your heavenly home."

--Julie B. Beck, "There Is Hope Smiling Brightly before Us", Ensign, May 2003, 103

Motivational Monday

"We can never go wrong when we choose to follow the Savior."

President Thomas S. Monson, "Choose You This Day," Ensign, Nov. 2004, 68

Motivational Monday

Motivational Monday

"You are never lost when you can see the temple."

http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1032-31,00.html

Motivational Monday

Great and Noble...
that's who YOU are!

"As children of God we are somebody. He will build us, mold us, and magnify us if we will but hold our heads up, our arms out, and walk with him."

--Marvin J. Ashton, "In His Strength," Ensign, July 1973, 24

Motivational Monday

My sister sent this...

~I am never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream~

Thanks, Melanie!

Motivational Monday

"When we stand shoulder to shoulder,
who can stand against us?"

Unknown

Motivational Monday

"Any task in life is easier if we approach it with the one at a time attitude. ... To cite a whimsical saying; 'If you chase two rabbits, both of them will escape.' No one is adequate to do everything all at once. We have to select what is important, what is possible, and begin where we are, with what we have. And if we begin and if we keep going the weight, the worry, the doubt, the depression will begin to lift .... We can't do everything always, but we can do something now, and doing something will help to lift the weight and lessen the worry, 'The beginning,' said Plato, 'is the most important part.'" --Richard L. Evans, Thoughts for One Hundred Days, vol. 4, pp. 89-90

Motivational Monday

I Feel My Savior's Love

I feel my Savior's love
In all the world around me.
His Spirit warms my soul
Through ev'rything I see.

He knows I will follow Him,
Give all my life to him.
I feel my Savior's love,
The love he freely gives me.

I feel my Savior's love;
It's gentleness enfolds me,
And when I kneel to pray,
My heart is filled with peace.

He knows I will follow Him,
Give all my life to him.
I feel my Savior's love,
The love he freely gives me.

I feel my Savior's love
And know that He will bless me.
I offer him my heart;
My shepherd he will be.

He knows I will follow Him,
Give all my life to him.
I feel my Savior's love,
The love he freely gives me.

I'll share my Savior's love,
By serving others freely.
In serving I am blessed.
In giving I receive.

He knows I will follow Him,
Give all my life to him.
I feel my Savior's love,
The love he freely gives me.

This music my be copied or downloaded for incidental, noncommercial church or home use.

Words Ralph Rogers Jr., 1936-1996; K Newell Dayley, b. 1939;
Laurie Huffman, b. 1948
Music K Newell Dayley, b. 1939
(c) 1978, 1979 by K Newell Dayley.

Motivational Monday

Motivational Monday

"Our success is never measured by how strongly we are tempted but by how faithfully we respond. We must ask for help from our Heavenly Father and seek strength through the Atonement of His Son, Jesus Christ. In both temporal and spiritual things, obtaining this divine assistance enables us to become provident providers for ourselves and others." Elder Robert D. Hales

To read this entire article on becoming a provident provider, click here.

Motivational Monday

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." - Nelson Mandela