Tweets from @LDSMessages from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
President Russell M. Nelson |
As you choose to live on the Lord’s side, you are never alone. -Russell M. Nelson
As you diligently, earnestly pour out your heart to Him in daily prayer, He will send His angels to help you. -Russell M. Nelson Do you want to increase your spiritual capacity? Read the Book of Mormon! —Russell M. Nelson Faith in God engenders a love for the Sabbath. … A sacred Sabbath truly is a delight. —Russell M. Nelson I testify of Jesus Christ as the Master Healer. —Russell M. Nelson I thank God … for the Restoration and its power to propel a magnificent wave of truth … across the earth. —Russell M. Nelson If the Restoration did anything, it shattered the age-old myth that God had stopped talking to His children. —Russell M. Nelson Nothing is more crucial to your eternal life than your own conversion. @NelsonRussellM Obedience allows God’s blessings to flow without constraint. —Russell M. Nelson Our sustaining of prophets is a personal commitment that we will do our utmost to uphold their prophetic priorities. —Russell M. Nelson “Real intent” means that one really intends to follow the divine direction given. —Russell M. Nelson Scriptures of the Restoration do not compete with the Bible; they complement the Bible. —Russell M. Nelson Some of the most sublime examples of the Lord’s love are recorded in the Book of Mormon. —Russell M. Nelson Spiritual security will always depend upon how we live, not where we live. —Russell M. Nelson The fruits of repentance are sweet. —Russell M. Nelson The invitation to ask, seek, and knock for divine direction exists because God lives and Jesus is the living Christ. —Russell M. Nelson The Lord’s pure religion, … striving to become a true disciple of Jesus Christ, is a way of life and a daily commitment. @NelsonRussellM The wise use of your freedom to make your own decisions is crucial to your spiritual growth, now and for eternity. —Russell M. Nelson There is only One in whom your faith is always safe, and that is in the Lord Jesus Christ. —Russell M. Nelson True change … can come only through the healing, cleansing, and enabling power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. —Russell M. Nelson We all need guidance through life. We obtain it best from the standard works and teachings of the prophets of God. —Russell M. Nelson We all need to remember: men are that they might have joy—not guilt trips! —Russell M. Nelson We need women who have a bedrock understanding of the doctrine of Christ and who will … raise a sin-resistant generation. -Russell M. Nelson “What sign do I want to give to God?” That question made my choices about the Sabbath day crystal clear. —Russell M. Nelson When the laws of man are created and enforced, God’s laws must ever be our standard. -Russell M. Nelson When you read the Book of Mormon, concentrate on the principal figure in the book … the Lord Jesus Christ. —Russell M. Nelson Whether truth emerges from a scientific laboratory or … revelation, all truth emanates from God. —Russell M. Nelson |
Dallin H. Oaks
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Again and again the Book of Mormon teaches that the gospel of Jesus Christ is universal in its promise and effect. —Dallin H. Oaks
Because of His Atonement, the Savior has the power to succor—to help—every mortal pain and affliction. —Dallin H. Oaks Following Christ is not a casual or occasional practice but a continuous commitment and way of life. —Dallin H. Oaks In our quest for truth, we need to seek the help of our loving Heavenly Father. —@OaksDallinH Jesus Christ is the only Begotten and Beloved Son of God. … This is the most important knowledge on earth. @OaksDallinH Our testimony of Jesus Christ is based on the revelations of God to His prophets and to us individually. —Dallin H. Oaks The assurance of resurrection gives us the strength … to endure the mortal challenges faced by each of us. —Dallin H. Oaks The fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ … affirms that this mortal life has a purpose. —Dallin H. Oaks The healing and strengthening power of Jesus Christ and His Atonement is for all of us who will ask. —Dallin H. Oaks The healing power of the Lord Jesus Christ … is available for every affliction in mortality. —Dallin H. Oaks The ordinance of the sacrament makes the sacrament meeting the most sacred and important meeting in the Church. —Dallin H. Oaks [The Savior's] Atonement empowers Him to succor us—to give us the strength to bear it all. —Dallin H. Oaks There is no middle ground. We are followers of Jesus Christ. @OaksDallinH This Church is “living” because we have prophets who continue to give us the word of the Lord that is needed for our time. —Dallin H. Oaks We are indebted to the men and women who kept the light of faith and learning alive through the centuries to the present day. @OaksDallinH We have the seed of the gospel word. It is up to each of us to…do the things that make our soil good and our harvest plentiful. @OaksDallinH |
Elder M. Russell Ballard
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Because of Jesus Christ, peace can replace guilt. @BallardMRussell
Because of Jesus Christ, peace can replace guilt. Healthy relationships can be restored. Addictions can be overcome. @BallardMRussell Christ is always near, waiting and willing to help us when we … are willing to repent and come unto Him. @BallardMRussell Commandments and covenants are priceless truths and doctrines found in the Old Ship Zion, where God is at the helm. @BallardMRussell Everything in the restored gospel of Jesus Christ … is focused on … families becoming part of the eternal family of God. @BallardMRussell God’s plan is in place. He is at the helm, and His great and powerful ship flows toward salvation and exaltation. @BallardMRussell If you will listen to the living prophet and the apostles and heed [their] counsel, you will not go astray. @BallardMRussell Important questions focus on what matters most—Heavenly Father’s plan and the Savior’s Atonement. @BallardMRussell One-on-one prayer and the sharing of testimonies can draw you closer to each other as well as closer to the Lord. @BallardMRussell One of the most important things we do through the gospel of Jesus Christ is to build people. @BallardMRussell One of the sweetest messages the Spirit will relay is how the Lord feels about you. @BallardMRussell Our Father in Heaven is generous with His power. All men and all women have access to this power for help in our own lives. @BallardMRussell Please remember that commandments and covenants are priceless truths and doctrines. @BallardMRussell Please remember that the gospel is the “good news.” It is a message of hope. @BallardMRussell Simply stated, testimony—real testimony, born of the Spirit and confirmed by the Holy Ghost—changes lives. @BallardMRussell The answers to life’s questions are found in the gospel of Christ. @BallardMRussell The Lord’s Apostles are duty bound to watch, warn, and reach out to help those seeking answers to life’s questions. @BallardMRussell The Lord Jesus Christ can help us fix anything that needs fixing in our lives through His atoning sacrifice. @BallardMRussell The most important decision you will make in this life is the decision to marry the right [person] in the temple! @BallardMRussell The priesthood is the divine power through which families are sealed together forever. @BallardMRussell This is God’s work, and God’s work will not be frustrated. But there is still much to be done. @BallardMRussell True conversion comes through the power of the Spirit. When the Spirit touches the heart, hearts are changed. @BallardMRussell We’re all on a journey. … We are all in the process of becoming who we will one day be. @BallardMRussell What are the precious, simple things of the gospel that bring clarity and purpose to our lives? @BallardMRussell |
Robert D. Hales
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As the world was prepared for the Restoration, each of us is prepared to receive the light of the gospel. —Robert D. Hales
Can we see the pattern? Every major event of the Restoration … was preceded by prayer. —Robert D. Hales Cultivate a diligent desire to know that God lives. … Let the evidence of God all around us touch our hearts. —Robert D. Hales Do you remember the first time you knew there was a God and could feel His love? -Robert D. Hales Each daily decision will either limit or broaden your opportunities. —Robert D. Hales I exercised faith and obeyed the commandments. … This is how I came to know for myself. -Robert D. Hales In the Lord’s service the path is not always easy. … But in serving Him, we discover that His hand is truly over us. —Robert D. Hales Listen to a prophet’s voice and obey. There is safety in following the living prophet. —Robert D. Hales Oh, how we need general conference! Our love of the Savior is the key to Savior-like obedience. —Robert D. Hales Our Savior is Jesus Christ, ... He lives, ... our Eternal Heavenly Father loves us and watches over us. —Robert D. Hales Our testimony is true north on a spiritual compass. It is a moving force that cannot be seen but can truly be felt. —Robert D. Hales Take hold of the scriptures! Cling to them, walk by them, live by them, rejoice in them, feast on them. —Robert D. Hales The light of belief is within you, waiting to be awakened and intensified by the Spirit of God. —Robert D. Hales Through conferences our faith is fortified and our testimonies deepened. —Robert D. Hales When we do what is necessary to know [the Father and the Son] … we will obtain … eternal life. -Robert D. Hales When you cannot do what you have always done, then you only do what matters most. —Robert D. Hales Whenever Heavenly Father wants to introduce His Son to us, He commands us to listen—to “hear” the words of Jesus. —Robert D. Hales |
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
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Be strong. Live the gospel faithfully even if others around you don’t live it at all. @HollandJeffreyR
Christ has overcome the world—our world—and His gift to us is peace now and exaltation in the world to come. @HollandJeffreyR “Come unto me,” He means He knows the way out and He knows the way up. @HollandJeffreyR Every human being born into this world is born with the Light of Christ in his or her soul. @HollandJeffreyR I declare this Easter morning that Jesus of Nazareth was and is [the] Savior of the world. @HollandJeffreyR If you haven’t already, you will one day find yourself called upon to defend your faith. @HollandJeffreyR If your faith is a little tested in this or any season, I invite you to lean on mine. @HollandJeffreyR In essence, God is saying, “You give me your heart,…and I will give you the priesthood.…Together we will change the world.” @HollandJeffreyR In times when fear and despair seem to prevail, … trust Jesus. Let him still the tempest and ride upon the storm. @HollandJeffreyR It is never too late so long as the Master of the vineyard says there is time. @HollandJeffreyR Jesus Christ … suffered, died, and rose from death in order that He could … lift us to eternal life. @HollandJeffreyR Let us try to find peace now. We may not make much headway politically, but maybe as individuals … we can find peace. @HollandJeffreyR Never lose faith in your Father in Heaven, who loves you more than you can comprehend. @HollandJeffreyR Peace and good tidings … these are among the ultimate blessings that the gospel of Jesus Christ brings a troubled world. @HollandJeffreyR Pure Christlike love flowing from true righteousness can change the world. @HollandJeffreyR The latter days are not a time to fear and tremble. They are a time to be believing and remember our covenants. @HollandJeffreyR When He says … The Lord told the ancients this latter-day work would be “a marvelous work and a wonder,” and it is. @HollandJeffreyR The power of God is the priesthood, which is necessary in the true Church of Christ. @HollandJeffreyR We believe…three divine persons constituting a single Godhead are united in purpose, in manner, in testimony, in mission. @HollandJeffreyR We declare it self-evident from the scriptures that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are separate persons. @HollandJeffreyR You may wonder if it is worth it to take a courageous moral stand. … Yes, it is worth it. @HollandJeffreyR |
David A. Bednar
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Absolute truth exists in a world that increasingly disdains and dismisses absolutes. @BednarDavidA
Any honest seeker of truth can obtain a testimony by exercising the necessary “particle of faith” in Jesus Christ. @BednarDavidA Consistently being true to the gospel is the essence of conversion. @BednarDavidA Conversion unto the Lord requires both persistence and patience. @BednarDavidA Faith and hope invite into our lives the sweet peace of conscience for which we all yearn. @BednarDavidA God does not have a list of favorites to which we must hope our names will be added. … We use our agency to choose God. @BednarDavidA Learn about and experience the Spirit of Elijah. … You will be protected against the intensifying influence of the adversary. @BednarDavidA Learning by faith opens the pathway into the heart. @BednarDavidA Strong faith in the Savior is submissively accepting of His will and timing in our lives. @BednarDavidA Strong testimony is the foundation upon which conversion is established. @BednarDavidA The Atonement helps us … become good in ways that we could never recognize or accomplish with our limited mortal capacity. @BednarDavidA The enabling power of the Atonement strengthens us to … serve beyond our own … natural capacity. @BednarDavidA The essence of the gospel of Jesus Christ entails a … change in our very nature … through the Savior’s Atonement. @BednarDavidA The simpleness, the sweetness, and the constancy of the tender mercies of the Lord will do much to fortify and protect us. @BednarDavidA The tender mercies of the Lord are available to all of us, and the Redeemer of Israel is eager to bestow such gifts upon us. @BednarDavidA There is no physical pain, no spiritual wound, no anguish of soul or heartache … that the Savior did not experience first. @BednarDavidA There is no physical pain, no spiritual wound … you or I ever confront … that the Savior did not experience first. @BednarDavidA True faith is focused in and on the Lord Jesus Christ and always leads to action. @BednarDavidA We are not and never need be alone. @BednarDavidA We are not and never need be alone. We can press forward in our daily lives with heavenly help. @BednarDavidA We should not underestimate or overlook the power of the Lord’s tender mercies. @BednarDavidA When it seems that perhaps we are so totally alone, truly we are blessed by the tender mercies of the Lord and made mighty. @BednarDavidA |
Quentin L. Cook
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A child’s insight can also be a meaningful addition in family decisions. … The goal is to reach unified family decisions. -Quentin L. Cook
Because of the Savior’s Atonement and His grace, righteous living will be rewarded with personal peace. —Quentin L. Cook It is especially important to make choices consistent with our covenants to serve Jesus Christ in righteousness. —Quentin L. Cook Let us avoid the [distractions] of life, particularly those that would keep us from the temple. —Quentin L. Cook The Atonement will protect and bless you beyond your ability to fully understand. —Quentin L. Cook The Savior … declared that we would be known as His disciples if we have love one to another. —Quentin L. Cook The Savior … has made it possible for each of us to gain our salvation and exaltation. —Quentin L. Cook To those who struggle with doubts, … put your doubts in the corner and allow the Savior to strengthen you over time. -Elder Cook We are to be positive and of good cheer. We emphasize our faith, not our fears. —Quentin L. Cook You must be willing to have personal time with your Heavenly Father. As you counsel with Him, you will feel direction. @CookQuentinL |
D. Todd Christofferson
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A pernicious philosophy that undermines women’s moral influence is the devaluation of marriage and of motherhood. @ChristoffDTodd
A woman’s moral influence is nowhere more powerfully felt or more beneficially employed than in the home. @ChristoffDTodd Don’t let the whirlwinds drag you down. These are your days—to stand strong as disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. @ChristoffDTodd From age immemorial, societies have relied on the moral force of women. @ChristoffDTodd God’s commandments are the voice of reality and our protection against self-inflicted pain. @ChristoffDTodd God uses scripture to unmask erroneous thinking, false traditions, and sin with its devastating effects. @ChristoffDTodd It is God’s will that we … rise to our full potential both temporally and spiritually. @ChristoffDTodd [Jesus] understands the struggle, and He also understands how to win the struggle. @ChristoffDTodd Joined in faith, we teach and edify one another and strive to approach the full measure of discipleship. @ChristoffDTodd Let us seek to build up Zion through unity, godliness, and charity. @ChristoffDTodd Of all your associations, it is your relationship with God … that you must always put first in your life. @ChristoffDTodd Repentance leads to the sunlit uplands of a better life. @ChristoffDTodd Scriptural accounts of the faith of others strengthen our own. @ChristoffDTodd Scripture tutors us in principles and moral values essential to maintaining civil society. @ChristoffDTodd Study [the scriptures] with these questions in mind: “Why was this included? How does this apply today and to me?” @ChristoffDTodd The central purpose of all scripture is to fill our souls with faith in God the Father and in His Son, Jesus Christ. @ChristoffDTodd The gospel of Jesus Christ opens the path to what we may become. @ChristoffDTodd The grace of Christ is real, affording both forgiveness and cleansing to the repentant sinner. @ChristoffDTodd The more I think about it, the more amazed I am at how consistently Jesus gave His life to the Father. @ChristoffDTodd The Sabbath … is a day to … experience the spiritual healing that comes with the sacrament. @ChristoffDTodd The Savior said, “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” I know this promise is real. @ChristoffDTodd The scriptures enlarge our memory by helping us always to remember the Lord and our relationship to Him and the Father. @ChristoffDTodd The very experience of enduring chastening can refine us and prepare us for greater spiritual privileges. @ChristoffDTodd We do not strive for conversion to the Church but to Christ and His gospel. @ChristoffDTodd |
Neil L. Andersen
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Believing the Lord’s miracles … can help us see and believe that the Lord’s hand is at work in our own lives as well. —Neil L. Andersen
Both the Bible and the Book of Mormon give us the beautiful assurance that Jesus is the Christ. —Neil L. Andersen Faith in Jesus Christ is a gift from heaven that comes … as we seek it and hold on to it. —Neil L. Andersen Faith in Jesus Christ, when solidly anchored in our souls, brings true conversion. —Neil L. Andersen Faith in Jesus Christ, when solidly anchored in our souls, brings true conversion … and enduring righteousness. —Neil L. Andersen God’s miracles are not happening just in Haiti, Thailand, or the Ivory Coast. Look around you. —Neil L. Andersen I challenge you to prepare as many names for the temple as ordinances you perform in the temple. -Neil L. Andersen I firmly believe that this generation of righteous youth will do things that no other generation before them has done. Neil L. Andersen In this turbulent environment, we rejoice in being disciples of Jesus Christ. We see the Lord’s hand all around us. —Neil L. Andersen Repentance always means that there is greater happiness ahead. —Neil L. Andersen Spiritual questions deserve spiritual answers from God. —Neil L. Andersen Those who choose to serve the Lord will always listen attentively and specifically to the Prophet. —Neil L. Andersen You may understandably question what you hear on the news, but you need never doubt the testimony of God’s prophets. —Neil L. Andersen |
Elder Ronald A. Rasband
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Reaching out to rescue one another, under any condition, is an eternal measure of love. -Ronald A. Rasband
We follow our Savior best when we base our relationships on principles of love. -Ronald A. Rasband |
Elder Gary E. Stevenson
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Heavenly Father’s generous compensation for living in perilous times is that we also live in the fulness of times. —Gary E. Stevenson One of the divinely appointed responsibilities from the Lord is caring for the poor and needy while building self-reliance. -Gary Stevenson
With all your getting, get understanding—real understanding. -Gary E. Stevenson You are an eternal being. Before you were born … you trained and prepared to come to earth. -Gary E. Stevenson You have the Savior of the world on your side. If you seek His help and follow His directions, how can you fail? @StevensonGaryE You’ll have the rest of eternity to think about what you did in this life. @StevensonGaryE |
Dale G. Renlund
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Even if we’ve been a conscious, deliberate sinner, … the moment we decide to try again, the Atonement of Christ can help us. -Dale Renlund
God cares a lot more about who we are and who we are becoming than about who we once were. He cares that we keep on trying.-Dale G. Renlund Only when we see through Heavenly Father’s eyes can we be filled with the pure love of Christ. —Dale G. Renlund The ultimate operation is not a physical but a spiritual “mighty change” of heart. —Dale G. Renlund |