Friday, February 13, 2015

Love - Marvin J. Ashton

Quote By: Marvin J. Ashton
Topic: Love
Quote: The world is filled with too many of us who are inclined to indicate our love with an announcement or declaration.
True love is a process. True love requires personal action. Love must be continuing to be real. Love takes time. Too often expediency, infatuation, stimulation, persuasion, or lust are mistaken for love. How hollow, how empty if our love is no deeper than the arousal of momentary feeling or the expression in words of what is no more lasting than the time it takes to speak them. 
Talk Title & Reference: "Love Takes Time" General Conference, October 1975
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Thursday, February 12, 2015

Love - Gospel Topics #2

Quote By: Gospel Topics sections of LDS.ORG
Topic: Love
Quote: We manifest our love for Heavenly Father by keeping His commandments and serving His children. Our expressions of love for others may include being kind to them, listening to them, mourning with them, comforting them, serving them, praying for them, sharing the gospel with them, and being their friend.
Our love for those around us increases when we remember that we are all children of God—that we are spirit brothers and sisters. The love that results from this realization has the power to transcend all boundaries of nation, creed, and color. 
Talk Title & Reference: Gospel Topics section of LDS.ORG
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Love - John H. Groberg

Quote By: John H. Groberg
Topic: Love
Quote: What is it about true love that touches every heart? Why does the simple phrase “I love you” evoke such universal joy?
Men give various reasons, but the real reason is that every person who comes to earth is a spirit son or daughter of God. Since all love emanates from God, we are born with the capacity and the desire to love and to be loved. One of the strongest connections we have with our premortal life is how much our Father and Jesus loved us and how much we loved Them. Even though a veil was drawn over our memory, whenever we sense true love, it awakens a longing that cannot be denied.
Responding to true love is part of our very being. We innately desire to reconnect here with the love we felt there. Only as we feel God’s love and fill our hearts with His love can we be truly happy. 
Talk Title & Reference: "The Power of God's Love" General Confernece, October 2004
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Love - Thomas S. Monson

Quote By: Thomas S. Monson
Topic: Love
Quote: We cannot truly love God if we do not love our fellow travelers on this mortal journey. Likewise, we cannot fully love our fellowmen if we do not love God, the Father of us all. The Apostle John tells us, “This commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.”3 We are all spirit children of our Heavenly Father and, as such, are brothers and sisters. As we keep this truth in mind, loving all of God’s children will become easier.
Actually, love is the very essence of the gospel, and Jesus Christ is our Exemplar. His life was a legacy of love. The sick He healed; the downtrodden He lifted; the sinner He saved. At the end the angry mob took His life. And yet there rings from Golgotha’s hill the words: “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do”—a crowning expression in mortality of compassion and love. 
Talk Title & Reference: "Love—the Essence of the Gospel" General Conference, April 2014
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Monday, February 9, 2015

Love - Gospel Topics #1

Quote By: Gospel Topics sections of LDS.ORG
Topic: Love
Quote: Love is a feeling of deep devotion, concern, and affection. The greatest example of God's love for His children is found in the infinite Atonement of Jesus Christ. Love for God and fellow men is a characteristic of disciples of Jesus Christ. 
Talk Title & Reference: Gospel Topics section of LDS.ORG
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