G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Personal Peace in Challenging Times

 Opposition can refine us for an eternal, celestial destiny. -Quentin L. Cook

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Personal Peace in Challenging Times

 Adversity is not evidence of the Lord's disfavor nor a withdrawal of His blessings. -Quentin L. Cook

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -A Prisoner of Love

 To stand firm in the face of overwhelming opposition, when you have done all you can, is the courage of faith. The courage of faith is the courage of progress. -Vaughn J. Featherstone

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -A Prisoner of Love

 When you come to a crossroads ... take it. -Vaughn J. Featherstone (quoting Yogi Berra)

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -The Revelations of Heaven

 We do not need greater prophets. We need listening ears. We need hearts that are sufficiently pure that we can feel their words. We need souls that will commit to the keeping of our covenants. -L. Aldin Porter

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -The Revelations of Heaven

 Counseling comes not just for our own benefit but for the blessing of those who might be misled by something we might say or do. -L. Aldin Porter

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -A House of Sequential Order

 Miracles operate according to sequential order. Miracles occur when we first exercise faith. Faith precedes the miracle. -Vaiangina Sikahema

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -A House of Sequential Order

 Your faith will increase as you give place for and nourish the seed--or the word of God--in your hearts. -Vaiangina Sikahema

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -A House of Sequential Order

 Our growth is unique to each of us individually and a vital component of Heavenly Father's plan. -Vaiangina Sikahema

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -Be Men!

 Fleshliness never was manliness, and it never will be. A real man is one who yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit and seeks to acquire Christlike virtues. A real man is one who allows the Spirit to direct the course and to call the cadence in his life. -Carlos E. Asay

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -Be Men!

 No sleep is deeper or more deadly than the sleep of ignorance. -Carlos E. Asay

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -Personal Revelation: The Gift, the Test, and the Promise

 Be believing and your faith will be constantly replenished, your knowledge of the truth increased, and your testimony of the Redeemer, of the Resurrection, of the Restoration will be as "a well of living water, springing up unto everlasting life." -Boyd K. Packer

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -Personal Revelation: The Gift, the Test, and the Promise

 The flow of revelation depends on  your faith. You exercise faith by causing, or by making, your mind accept or believe as truth that which you cannot, by reason alone, prove for certainty. -Boyd K. Packer

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -Personal Revelation: The Gift, the Test, and the Promise

 Prayer is your personal key to heaven. The lock is on your side of the veil. -Boyd K. Packer

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -Personal Revelation: The Gift, the Test, and the Promise

 Prayer is so essential a part of revelation that without it the veil may remain closed to you. Learn to pray. Pray often. Pray in your mind, in your heart. -Boyd K. Packer

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -Personal Revelation: The Gift, the Test, and the Promise

 You have your agency, and inspiration does not--perhaps cannot--flow unless you ask for it, or someone asks for you. -Boyd K. Packer

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -Personal Revelation: The Gift, the Test, and the Promise

 If you learn by reason only, you will never understand the Spirit and how it works--regardless of how much you learn about other things. -Boyd K. Packer

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -Save the Children

 Surely after all of the history we have read, after all of the suffering of which we have been told, after all of the exploitation of which we are aware, we can do more than we are now doing to lift the blight that condemns millions of children to lives that know little of happiness, that are tragically brief, and that are filled with pain. -Gordon B. Hinckley

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -The Peace of Christ Abolishes Enmity

 Assume that those with whom we disagree are doing the best they can with the life experiences they have. -Dale G. Renlund

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -The Peace of Christ Abolishes Enmity

 When the love of Christ envelops our lives, we approach disagreements with meekness, patience, and kindness. -Dale G. Renlund

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -The Peace of Christ Abolishes Enmity

 We value the kaleidoscope of others' characteristics, perspectives, and talents. -Dale G. Renlund

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -The Peace of Christ Abolishes Enmity

 Unity requires effort. It develops when we cultivate the love of God in our hearts and we focus on our eternal destiny. -Dale G. Renlund

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -The Peace of Christ Abolishes Enmity

 Contention is spiritually unhealthy for us as individuals. We are robbed of peace, joy, and rest, and our ability to feel the Spirit is compromised. -Dale G. Renlund

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -The Peace of Christ Abolishes Enmity

 We have work to do to change our hearts and to become unified as the Savior's true disciples. -Dale G. Renlund

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -"My Servant Joseph"

 When we are "inclined to be stiff and refractory, the Spirit of the Lord is held at a distance from us" because we are too busy gratifying our own wills, and thus we "interpose a barrier" between us and God. -Neal A. Maxwell (quoting Erastus Snow)

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -Being a Righteous Husband and Father

 Marriage is like a tender flower and must be nourished constantly with expressions of love and affection. -Howard W. Hunter

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -Being a Righteous Husband and Father

 Tenderness and respect--never selfishness--must be the guiding principles in the intimate relationship between husband and wife. -Howard W. Hunter

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -Being a Righteous Husband and Father

 The family is the most important unit in time and in eternity and, as such, transcends every other interest in life. -Howard W. Hunter

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -Being a Righteous Husband and Father

 Your leadership of the family is your most important and sacred responsibility. -Howard W. Hunter

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -Being a Righteous Husband and Father

 Be faithful in your marriage covenants in thought, word, and deed. -Howard W. Hunter

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Invite Christ to Author Your Story

 Trials are the elements of the plot that make our favorite stories compelling, timeless, faith promoting, and worthy of telling. -Camille N. Johnson

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Invite Christ to Author Your Story

 Frankly, few of us would probably write into our stories the trials that refine us. But don't we love the glorious culmination of a story we read when the protagonist overcomes the struggle? -Camille N. Johnson

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Invite Christ to Author Your Story

 The Savior is "the author and finisher of our faith." -Camille N. Johnson (quoting Hebrews 12:2)

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -The Relief Society and the Church

 If you live up to your privileges, the angels cannot be restrained from being your associates. -Dallin H. Oaks (quoting Joseph Smith)

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -Don't Drop the Ball

 We must strengthen one another, help one another, play the game together if we are to win the victory. -Gordon B. Hinckley

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -Don't Drop the Ball

 Eternal vigilance is the price of eternal development. -Gordon B. Hinckley

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -Don't Drop the Ball

 You can't tell the character of an individual by the way he does his daily work. Watch him when his work is done. See where he goes. Note the companions he seeks, and the things he does when he may do as he pleases. Then you can tell his true character. -Gordon B. Hinckley (quoting George H. Brimhall)

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Daily Restoration

 When darkness creeps into our lives, as it often does, our daily restoration opens our hearts to heavenly light, which illuminates our souls, chasing away shadows, fears, and doubts. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Daily Restoration

 Most of the changes in our spiritual lives--both positive and negative--happen gradually, a step at a time. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Daily Restoration

 Whatever the cause, it is human nature: without reliable landmarks, we drift off course. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -Healing the Tragic Scars of Abuse

 Forgiveness heals terrible, tragic wounds, for it allows the love of God to purge your heart and mind of the poison of hate. It cleanses your consciousness of the desire for revenge. It makes place for the purifying, healing, restoring love of the Lord. -Richard G. Scott

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -Healing the Tragic Scars of Abuse

 Your attitude can control the change for good in your life. -Richard G. Scott

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -Healing the Tragic Scars of Abuse

 Know that the wicked choice of others cannot completely destroy your agency unless you permit it. -Richard G. Scott

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -Healing the Tragic Scars of Abuse

 In justice, and to compensate, the Lord has provided a way for you to overcome the destructive results of others' acts against your will. -Richard G. Scott

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -My Brother's Keeper

 The worth of a human soul is its capacity to become as God. -Thomas S. Monson

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -The Faith to Ask and Then to Act

 Opposition and trials have long been a seedbed for the growth of faith. -Henry B. Eyring

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -The Faith to Ask and Then to Act

 The Savior will not shout commands to you and me. -Henry B. Eyring

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -The Faith to Ask and Then to Act

 Revelation comes to us in proportion to the degree to which we have sought to take the doctrine of Christ into our hearts and implement it in our lives. -Henry B. Eyring

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -The Faith to Ask and Then to Act

 [Receiving revelation] is always done by exercising faith -Henry B. Eyring

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -Please Hear the Call!

 Activities can be so much more than fun and games, and so much more than momentary pleasure. -Adney Y. Komatsu

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -The Only True and Valid Basis

 Their faith has given me comfort and security. Their examples have helped me to find and keep the right direction in days of challenge and questioning. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Hold Up Your Light

 Be you and hold up the light. -Marcus B. Nash

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Hold Up Your Light

 Choosing to not hold up the gospel light moves us to the shadows, where we are susceptible to temptation. Importantly, the converse is true: choosing to hold up the gospel light brings us more fully into that light and the protection it provides against temptation. -Marcus B. Nash

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Hold Up Your Light

 Hold up your light that it may shine unto the world. -Marcus B. Nash

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Hold Up Your Light

 I have experienced the blessings of sharing the gospel, and they are remarkable. -Marcus B. Nash

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -Unclutter Your Life

 We give our lives to that which we give our time. -William R. Bradford

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -Unclutter Your Life

 Nothing suits the devil better than to become a silent partner with us. -William R. Bradford

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -Unclutter Your Life

A cluttered life is a life that you do not have control of. It is a life in which the things you have surrounded yourself with, and allow to use up your time, are controlling you and negatively influencing your happiness and eternal progress. -William R. Bradford

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -That Thy Confidence Wax Strong

 Our confidence is either waxing strong in the Lord or waxing strong in Satan. -Richard C. Edgley

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -That Thy Confidence Wax Strong

 Satan takes us an inch at a time, deceiving us as to the consequences of so-called minor sins until he captures us in major transgressions. -Richard C. Edgley

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -That Thy Confidence Wax Strong

 Every act, good or bad, has a consequence. Every good act improves our ability to do good and more firmly stand against sin or failure. -Richard C. Edgley

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -That Thy Confidence Wax Strong

 Our spiritual confidence is largely determined by our prior spiritual successes and, unfortunately, by our prior spiritual mishaps. -Richard C. Edgley

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -To Be a Follower of Christ

 Forgiveness sets us free. -Alfred Kyungu

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -To Be a Follower of Christ

 Let us have the courage to do what is right even when it is unpopular--the courage to defend our faith and to act by faith. -Alfred Kyungu

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -To Be a Follower of Christ

 Humility brings gentle answers. It is the source of a righteous character. -Alfred Kyungu

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -To Be a Follower of Christ

 Let us live in humility because it brings peace. -Alfred Kyungu

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -Patience in Affliction

 Patience in affliction and adversity means to persist firmly and never forsake that which we know to be true. -Angel Abrea

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -Patience in Affliction

The great challenge in this earthly life is not to determine how to escape the afflictions and problems, but rather to carefully prepare ourselves to meet them. -Angel Abrea

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -Making the Right Choices

 You don't need to compromise your standards to be accepted by good friends. -Richard G. Scott

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -Making the Right Choices

 One of the hardest things for you to recognize is how truly strong you already are and how others silently respect you. -Richard G. Scott

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Worthiness Is Not Flawlessness

 We are not just walking toward God and Christ. We are walking with Them. -Bradley R. Wilcox

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Worthiness Is Not Flawlessness

 Some mistakenly receive the message that God is waiting to help until after we repent. God's message is that He will help us as we repent. His grace is available to us no matter where we are in the path of obedience. -Bradley R. Wilcox

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Worthiness Is Not Flawlessness

 To deal with something [very] big, we may need to work at it in small, daily bites. -Bradley R. Wilcox (quoting D. Todd Christofferson)

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Worthiness Is Not Flawlessness

 The Lord sees weaknesses differently than He does rebellion. When the Lord speaks of weaknesses, it is always with mercy. -Bradley R. Wilcox (quoting Richard G. Scott)

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Worthiness Is Not Flawlessness

 Being honest about your actions and taking steps to move forward is not being a hypocrite. It is being a disciple. -Bradley R. Wilcox

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Worthiness Is Not Flawlessness

 We must strive to keep God's commandments and never give up just because we slip up. -Bradley R. Wilcox

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Worthiness Is Not Flawlessness

 God's message is that worthiness is not flawlessness. Worthiness is being honest and trying. -Bradley R. Wilcox

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Worthiness is Not Flawlessness

 Life is like a cross-country road trip. We an't reach our destination on one tank of gas. We must refill the tank over and over. -Bradley R. Wilcox

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Worthiness Is Not Flawlessness

 Change is what Christ's Atonement is all about. Not only can Christ resurrect, cleanse, console, and heal us, but through it all, He can transform us to become more like Him. -Bradley R. Wilcox

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Worthiness Is Not Flawlessness

 God loves us as we are, but He also loves us too much to leave us this way. -Bradley R. Wilcox

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -"But the Labourers Are Few"

 To you who will accept the call to go forth and serve, I can promise you that your good name will never be forgotten in this world or in the eternities to come. -L. Tom Perry

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -"Brightness of Hope"

 Real hope is much more than wishful musing. It stiffens, not slackens, the spiritual spine. -Neal A. Maxwell

G.C. Droplets October 1994 -"Brightness of Hope"

 In the geometry of restored theology, hope has a greater circumference than faith. If faith increases, the perimeter of hope stretches correspondingly. -Neal A. Maxwell

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Deepening Our Conversion to Jesus Christ

 The Holy Ghost guides us toward truth and testifies to us of the truth. -Arnulfo Valenzuela

G.C. Droplets October 2021 -Deepening Our Conversion to Jesus Christ

 When we study the gospel, we are not simply seeking new information; rather, we are seeking to become "a new creature." -Arnulfo Valenzuela

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -The Tongue Can Be a Sharp Sword

 If we could look into each other's hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance, and care. -Marvin J. Ashton

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -The Tongue Can Be a Sharp Sword

 Be one who nurtures and who builds. Be one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart, who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them. -Marvin J. Ashton

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -The Tongue Can Be A Sharp Sword

 Charity is expecting the best of each other. -Marvin J. Ashton

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -The Tongue Can Be a Sharp Sword

 Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we don't judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give each other the benefit of the doubt or remain quiet. -Marvin J. Ashton

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -The Tongue Can Be a Sharp Sword

 Real charity is not something you give away; it is something that you acquire and make a part of yourself. And when the virtue of charity becomes implanted in your heart, you are never the same again. -Marvin J. Ashton

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -The Tongue Can Be a Sharp Sword

 There will always be those in the days ahead who will be inclined to bash ourselves and others, but we cannot allow a heavy, crushing blow to destroy us or to deter our personal or church progress. -Marvin J. Ashton

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -The Tongue Can Be a Sharp Sword

 Family loyalty will emerge when we reinforce the good and the positive and bridle our negative thoughts as we seek after those things that are of good report. -Marvin J. Ashton

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -The Tongue Can Be a Sharp Sword

 We need to get back to basic principles of recognizing the good and the praiseworthy. -Marvin J. Ashton

G.C. Droplets April 1992 -The Tongue Can Be a Sharp Sword

 Some think the only way to get even, to get attention or advantage, or to win is to bash people. This kind of behavior is never appropriate. -Marvin J. Ashton