G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Legacy of Encouragement

 The commandments and covenants He offers you are not tests to control you. They are a gift to lift you toward receiving all the gifts of God and returning home to your Heavenly Father and the Lord, who love you. -Henry B. Eyring

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Legacy of Encouragement

 Of course it's hard. It's supposed to be. Life is a test. -Henry B. Eyring

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Overcome the World and Find Rest

 With the power of the holy apostleship vested in me, I bless you in your quest to overcome this world. I bless you to increase your faith in Jesus Christ and learn better how to draw upon His power. I bless you to be able to discern truth from error. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Overcome the World and Find Rest

 As you let God prevail in your life, I promise you greater peace, confidence, joy, and yes, rest. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Overcome the World and Find Rest

 My plea for you this morning is to find rest from the intensity, uncertainty, and agnuish of this world by overcoming the world through your covenants with God. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Overcome the World and Find Rest

 Take charge of your own testimony of Jesus Christ and His gospel. Work for it. Nurture it so that it will grow. Feed it truth. Don't pollute it with false philosophies of unbelieving men and women. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Overcome the World and Find Rest

 Please do not misunderstand me: I did not say that making covenants makes life easy. In fact, expect opposition, because the adversary does not want you to discover the power of Jesus Christ. But yoking yourself with the Savior means you have access to His strength and redeeming power. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Overcome the World and Find Rest

 It is much more exhausting to seek happiness where you can never find it! -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Overcome the World and Find Rest

 As we strive to live the higher laws of Jesus Christ, our hearts and our very natures begin to change. The Savior lifts us above the pull of this fallen world by blessing us with greater charity, humility, generosity, kindness, self-discipline, peace, and rest. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Overcome the World and Find Rest

 Living the doctrine of Christ can produce the most powerful virtuous cycle, creating spiritual momentum in our lives. -Russell M. Nelson 

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Overcome the World and Find Rest

Overcoming the world is not an event that happens in a day or two. It happens over a lifetime as we repeatedly embrace the doctrine of Christ. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Overcome the World and Find Rest

 Overcome the world certainly does not mean becoming perfect in this life, nor does it mean that your problems will magically evaporate--because they won't. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Overcome the World and Find Rest

 Despite the distractions and distortions that swirl around us, you can find true rest--meaning relief and peace--even amid your most vexing problems. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Overcome the World and Find Rest

 Because the Savior, through His infinite Atonement, redeemed each of us from weakness, mistakes, and sin, and because He experienced every pain, worry, and burden you have ever had, then as you truly repent and seek His help, you can rise above this present precarious world. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Overcome the World and Find Rest

 The reward for keeping covenants with God is heavenly power--power that strengthens us to withstand our trials, temptations, and heartaches better. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Overcome the World and Find Rest

 We are presently living in what surely is a most complicated time in the history of the world. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Overcome the World and Find Rest

 In coming days, we will see the greatest manifestations of the Savior's power that the world has ever seen. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Overcome the World and Find Rest

 So many wonderful things are ahead. -Russell M. Nelson

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Put On Thy Strength, O Zion

 Surely the Holy Ghost will help us to see ourselves as we really are. -David A. Bednar

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Put On Thy Strength, O Zion

 Each of us should evaulate our temporal and spiritual priorities sincerely and prayerfully to identify the things in our lives that may impede the bounteous blessings that Heavenly Father and the Savior are willing to bestow upon us. -David A. Bednar

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Put On Thy Strength, O Zion

An individual must exercise moral agency and actively "ask, seek, and knock" to discover the truths embedded in a parable. -David A. Bednar

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Lasting Discipleship

 You don't have to wear the badge to bear His name. -Steven J. Lund

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Lasting Discipleship

[We] do not have to go out into battle alone. [We] have each other. -Steven J. Lund

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Lasting Discipleship

 Finding joy in this world of prophesied disruption without becoming part of that world, with its blind spot toward holiness, is [our] particular charge. -Steven J. Lund

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Lasting Discipleship

 Lke brightly hulled steel ships at sea, we live in a spiritually corrosive environment where the most gleaming convictions must be mindfully maintained or they can become etched, then corrode, and then crumble away. -Steven J. Lund

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Patterns of Discipleship

 What we do at home is the true crucible of enduring and joyful discipleship. -Joseph W. Sitati

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Patterns of Discipleship

 When we focus our best efforts on loving God and others, we are enabled to discover our own true divine worth as sons and daughters of God. -Joseph W. Sitati

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Patterns of Discipleship

 It is an absolute truth of our human existence that we cannot negotiate around according to our own desires and get away with it. -Joseph W. Sitati

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Happy and Forever

 We are less alone when we realize we are not alone. -Gerrit W. Gong

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Happy and Forever

 Heaven can give us strength and wisdom beyond our own to know when to hold on and how to let go. -Gerrit W. Gong

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Happy and Forever

 Our souls bear record of our works and desires. -Gerrit W. Gong

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Happy and Forever

 Our joy becomes full as we feel Jesus Christ's grace and forgiveness for us. -Gerrit W. Gong

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Happy and Forever

 A bent branch does not mean a bad tree. How we come into this world is less important than who we are when we leave it. -Gerrit W. Gong

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Happy and Forever

 The temple is a place of healing, learning, and acknowledging the Atonement of Jesus Christ. -Gerrit W. Gong

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Happy and Forever

 "Happy and forever" are not the imaginary stuff of fairy tales. True, enduring joy and eternity with those we love are the very essence of God's plan of happiness. -Gerrit W. Gong

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Happy and Forever

 Life happens. We "grow up." Relationships get complicated. This world is noisy, crowded, pushy, with pretense and posturing. Yet, in our "deep heart's core," we believe, or want to believe, somewhere, somehow, happy and forever are real and possible. -Gerrit W. Gong

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -His Yoke Is Easy and His Burden Is Light

 Everyone needs to feel that they really do belong and are needed in the body of Christ. -J. Anette Dennis

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -His Yoke Is Easy and His Burden Is Light

 How often do we judge others based on their outward appearance and actions, or lack of action, when, if we fully understood, we would instead react with compassion and a desire to help instead of adding to their burdens with our judgment? -J. Anette Dennis

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Lifted Up upon the Cross

 A true Christian cannot follow the Master only in those matters with which he or she agrees. No. We follow Him everywhere, including, if necessary, into arenas filled with tears and trouble, where sometimes we may stand very much alone. -Jeffrey R. Holland

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Lifted Up upon the Cross

 To be a follower of Jesus Christ, one must sometimes carry a burden--your own or someone else's--and go where sacrifice is required and suffering is inevitable. -Jeffrey R. Holland

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Lifted Up upon the Cross

 The lives of our people must [be] the symbol of our [faith] -Jeffrey R. Holland (quoting Gordon B. Hinckley)

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Drawing Closer to the Savior

 God will not abandon His relationship with those who have forged such a bond with Him. -Neil L. Andersen (quoting Russell M. Nelson)

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Drawing Closer to the Savior

 Having faith in Jesus Christ and being a true disciple is more than a one-time decision--more than a one-time event. It is a sacred, ongoing process that grows and expands through the seasons of our lives. -Neil L. Andersen

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Drawing Closer to the Savior

 Be rooted, grounded, and settled. -Neil L. Andersen

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Courage to Proclaim the Truth

 Trust in Heavenly Father and do not give up. -Denelson Silva

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Courage to Proclaim the Truth

 The challenges of life can knock us down, but know that when we exercise faith in Jesus Christ, "[our] afflictions shall be but a small moment." -Denelson Silva

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Courage to Proclaim the Truth

 Knowledge of the truth does not make us better than other people. -Denelson Silva

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Courage to Proclaim the Truth

 The defense of the truth should never be done in an aggressive manner but rather with genuine interest to love, share, and invite the people we are testifying to about the truth. -Denelson Silva

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Courage to Proclaim the Truth

 Live healthy lives, seeking for temporal and spiritual self-reliance, because the opportunities to do what the Lord would do for His children are not limited to one age-group. -Denelson Silva

G.C. Droplets October 2022 -Courage to Proclaim the Truth

 Prepare yourselves. -Denelson Silva