President Thomas S. Monson taught,
“My brothers and sisters, our Heavenly Father is aware of our needs and will help us as we call upon Him for assistance. I believe that no concern of ours is too small or insignificant. The Lord is in the details of our lives.”
“Consider the Blessings”
2012 October General Conference
President Thomas S. Monson observed,
“As I have reviewed the past 49 years, I have made some discoveries. One is that countless experiences I have had were not necessarily those one would consider extraordinary. In fact, at the time they transpired, they often seemed unremarkable and even ordinary. And yet, in retrospect, they enriched and blessed lives—not the least of which was my own.”
“Consider the Blessings”
October 2012 General Conference
President Thomas S. Monson said,
Why are so many willing to give so much in order to receive the blessings of the temple? Those who understand the eternal blessings which come from the temple know that no sacrifice is too great, no price too heavy, no struggle too difficult in order to receive those blessings. There are never too many miles to travel, too many obstacles to overcome, or too much discomfort to endure. They understand that the saving ordinances received in the temple that permit us to someday return to our Heavenly Father in an eternal family relationship and to be endowed with blessings and power from on high are worth every sacrifice and every effort.
Thomas S. Monson
“The Holy Temple–A Beacon Unto the World”
April 2011 General Conference
President Monson spoke in Priesthood Session to the great blessing of having a testimony and our responsibility to obtain and keep it. He said,
“There is absolutely nothing in this world that will provide more comfort and happiness than a testimony of the truth. Although to varying degrees, I believe every man or young man here tonight has a testimony. If you feel that you do not yet have the depth of testimony you would wish, I admonish you to work to achieve such a testimony. If it is strong and deep, labor to keep it that way. How blessed we are to have a knowledge of the truth.”
2012 October General Conference, See Others as They May Become, Priesthood Session – By Thomas S. Monson
President Thomas S. Monson taught,
“In the performance of our responsibilities, I have learned that when we heed a silent prompting and act upon it without delay, our Heavenly Father will guide our footsteps and bless our lives and the lives of others. I know of no experience more sweet or feeling more precious than to heed a prompting only to discover that the Lord has answered another person’s prayer through you.”
“Peace, Be Still,” Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2002, 55.
President Monson illustrated how temple work and family history work go together,
“In my own family, some of our most sacred and treasured experiences have occurred when we have joined together in the temple to perform sealing ordinances for our deceased
ancestors. . . . The all-important and crowning blessings of membership in the Church are those blessings which we receive in the temples of God.”
President Thomas S. Monson
In Conference Report, Apr. 2011, 87; or Ensign, May 2011, 93
Thomas S. Monson taught,
The same Lord who provided a Liahona to Lehi provides for you and for me today a rare and valuable gift to give direction to our lives, to mark the hazards to our safety, and to chart the way, even safe passage–not to a promised land, but to our heavenly home. The gift to which I refer is known as your patriarchal blessing. Every worthy member of the Church is entitled to receive such a precious and priceless personal treasure.
(Thomas S. Monson, CR, Oct. 1986)
President Thomas S. Monson taught us about the importance of retaining our worthiness,
“Let us have ready hands, clean hands, and willing hands, that we may participate in providing what our Heavenly Father would have others receive from Him. If we are not worthy, it is possible to lose the power of the priesthood; and if we lose it, we have lost the essence of exaltation. Let us be worthy to serve.”
“Willing and Worthy to Serve,” April 2012 General Conference – Priesthood Session
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