Best quotes by Ezra Taft Benson on God

Checkout quotes by Ezra Taft Benson on God

  • When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power.
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  • God will have a humble people. Either we can choose to be humble, or we can be compelled to be humble.
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  • Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It is the sharp and keen awareness that our behavior caused the Savior, He who knew no sin, even the greatest of all, to endure agony and suffering.
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  • The great test of life is obedience to God.
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  • The privilege of holding the priesthood, which is the power and authority to act in God's name, is a great blessing and privilege and one that carries with it equally great obligations and responsibilities.
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  • God's revelation to Adam did not instruct Noah how to build the ark.
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  • If we love God, do His will, and fear His judgment more than men's, we will have self-esteem.
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  • The Book of Mormon Is the Word of God.
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  • No nation which has kept the commandments of God has ever perished, but I say to you that once freedom is lost, only blood - human blood - will win it back.
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  • Disobedience is essentially a prideful power struggle against someone in authority over us. It can be a parent, a priesthood leader, a teacher, or ultimately God. A proud person hates the fact that someone is above him. He thinks this lowers his position.
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  • When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives.
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  • If someone wants to marry you outside the temple, whom will you strive to please - God or a mortal? If you insist on a temple marriage, you will be pleasing the Lord and blessing the other party.
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  • God will not be mocked.
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