ELDER DEITER F UCHTDORF,
Second Counselor in the First Presidency,
Key Doctrines: Without landmarks and reference points we all tend to get lost. Elder Uchtdorf asks, “Have you ever heard the old saying that people who get lost tend to walk in circles?" He then explains," [Many studies] with different methodologies . . . all returned similar results. Without visible landmarks, human beings tend to walk in circles."
Favorite Quotes and Why it Matters:
I feel so strongly about this message and it pertinence to our lives that I have to include it here among the messages from the living prophets, as we study them. Such strengthening messages can not be ignored or set aside. I want to be able to review it often.
The Landmark of the Scriptures
I feel so strongly about this message and it pertinence to our lives that I have to include it here among the messages from the living prophets, as we study them. Such strengthening messages can not be ignored or set aside. I want to be able to review it often.
The Landmark of the Scriptures
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“Without spiritual landmarks, mankind wanders as well.
Without the word of God, we walk in circles. . . The scriptures are the word of
God. They are God’s landmarks that show the way we should travel in order to
draw closer to our Savior and reach worthy goals.
The Landmark of
General Conference
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“The instructions given at general conference are another
landmark that can help us know if we are on course . . . Are we noting and
applying this worthwhile counsel? Are we recognizing and walking toward these
real and valuable landmarks?
The Antidote to
Wandering
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"Spiritual landmarks are indispensable for keeping us on the
straight and narrow path. They give clear direction as to the way we should
travel—but only if we recognize them and walk toward them.
"If we refuse to be guided by these landmarks, they become
meaningless, decorative masses that have no purpose but to break up the
flatness of the horizon.
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"It’s not enough to go solely by our instincts.
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"It’s not enough to have the best of intentions.
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"It won’t do to rely only on our natural senses.
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"Even when we think we are following a straight spiritual
path, without true landmarks to guide us—without the guidance of the Spirit—we
will tend to wander.
"Let us, therefore, open our eyes and see the landmarks . . . we should set our course by them. We
should also make regular course corrections as we orient ourselves . . . [and] not wander in circles but walk with confidence
and certainty toward that great heavenly blessing that is the birthright of all
who walk in the straight and narrow way of Christ’s discipleship.
Ensign June 2013 “[Consider] other spiritual landmarks [that may] influence
and guide your life. . . . Write your
experiences down in your journal”
“Your [patriarchal] blessing is not to be folded neatly and
tucked away. It is not to be framed or published. Rather, it is to be read. It
is to be loved. It is to be followed. Your patriarchal blessing will see you
through the darkest night. It will guide you through life’s dangers.”
PRESIDENT THOMAS S
MONSON,
President of The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints,
“Your Patriarchal Blessing: A Liahona of Light,”Ensign, Nov.
1986, 66.
“Our Heavenly Father did not launch us on our eternal voyage
without providing the means whereby we could receive from Him guidance to
ensure our safe return. I speak of prayer. I speak too of the whisperings from
that still, small voice.”
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
“The Raceof Life,” Liahona and Ensign, May 2012, 92.
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