Why we sin

1. opportunity/ situation

2. motivation/circumstances

3. integrity

Failure on 2 of the 3 will usually end in sin.

Is life fair?

If life was fair Christ wouldn’t have had to suffer for your sins!

April 2009 We Are Doing a Great Work and Cannot Come Down

Pause for a moment and check where your own heart and thoughts are. Are you focused on the things that matter most? How you spend your quiet time may provide a valuable clue. Where do your thoughts go when the pressure of deadlines is gone? Are your thoughts and heart focused on those short-lived fleeting things that matter only in the moment, or on things that matter most?

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Second Counselor in the First Presidency

April 2009 Counsel to Young Men

Young men speak of the future because they have no past, and old men speak of the past because they have no future. I am an old man, but I will speak to the young men of the Aaronic Priesthood about your future.

President Boyd K. Packer
President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Prayer

"No earthly authority can separate us from direct access to our Creator. There can never be a mechanical or electronic failure when we pray. There is no limit on the number of times or how long we can pray each day. There is no quota of how many needs we wish to pray for in each prayer. We do not need to go through secretaries or make an appointment to reach the throne of grace. He is reachable at any time and any place."

--James E. Faust, "The Lifeline of Prayer", Ensign, May 2002, 59