THE HOLY GHOST QUOTES

Remember, “a soft answer turneth away wrath” (Prov. 15:1). When my sweetheart and I were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple, Elder Harold B. Lee gave us wise counsel: “When you raise your voice in anger, the Spirit departs from your home.” Elder Robert D. Hales, Strengthening Families: Our Sacred Duty, April 1999 General Conference, http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1999/04/strengthening-families-our-sacred-duty?lang=eng

Encourage our children’s private religious behavior, such as personal prayer, personal scripture study, and fasting for specific needs. Measure their spiritual growth by observing their demeanor, language, and conduct toward others.  Pray daily with our children. Elder Robert D. Hales, Strengthening Families: Our Sacred Duty, April 1999 General Conference, http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1999/04/strengthening-families-our-sacred-duty?lang=eng

By careful practice, through the application of correct principles, and by being sensitive to the feelings that come, you will gain spiritual guidance. Richard G. Scott, To Acquire Spiritual Guidance, October 2009 General Conference, http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2009/10/to-acquire-spiritual-guidance?lang=eng

Father in Heaven knew that you would face challenges and be required to make some decisions that would be beyond your own ability to decide correctly. In His plan of happiness, He included a provision for you to receive help with such challenges and decisions during your mortal life. That assistance will come to you through the Holy Ghost as spiritual guidance. It is a power, beyond your own capability, that a loving Heavenly Father wants you to use consistently for your peace and happiness. Richard G. Scott, To Acquire Spiritual Guidance, October 2009 General Conference, http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2009/10/to-acquire-spiritual-guidance?lang=eng

Faith must include trust. I am glad that each member of the presidency stressed that fact in her talk. When we have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, we must have trust in him. We must trust him enough that we are content to accept his will, knowing that he knows what is best for us.  The kind of faith that includes trust in the Lord stands in contrast to many imitations. Some people trust no one but themselves. Some put their highest trust in a friend or another family member, perhaps because they feel that person is more righteous or more wise than they. But that is not the Lord’s way. He told us to put our faith and our trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. Dallin H. Oaks, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, April 1994 General Conference, http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1994/04/faith-in-the-lord-jesus-christ?lang=eng

Faith in God and in His guidance through the Holy Spirit will sustain you in an increasingly more challenging world. Richard G. Scott, The Sustaining Power of Faith in Times of Uncertainty and Testing, April 2003 General Conference, http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2003/04/the-sustaining-power-of-faith-in-times-of-uncertainty-and-testing?lang=eng

Even if you exercise your strongest faith, God will not always reward you immediately according to your desires. Rather, God will respond with what in His eternal plan is best for you. He loves you to a depth and completeness you cannot conceive of in your mortal state…Sincere faith gives understanding and strength to accept the will of our Heavenly Father when it differs from our own. We can accept His will with peace and assurance, confident that His infinite wisdom surpasses our own ability to comprehend fully His plan as it unfolds a piece at a time. 

Richard G. Scott, The Sustaining Power of Faith in Times of Uncertainty and Testing, April 2003 General Conference, http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2003/04/the-sustaining-power-of-faith-in-times-of-uncertainty-and-testing?lang=eng

God uses your faith to mold your character. Character is the manifestation of what you are becoming. Strong moral character results from consistent correct choices in the trials and testing of life. Your faith can guide you to those correct choices. Clearly, it is what you do and what you think about that determine what you are and what you will become. Therefore, the choices you make need to be inspired by the Lord.Richard G. Scott, The Sustaining Power of Faith in Times of Uncertainty and Testing, April 2003 General Conference, http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2003/04/the-sustaining-power-of-faith-in-times-of-uncertainty-and-testing?lang=eng

A consistent, righteous life produces an inner power and strength that can be permanently resistant to the eroding influence of sin and transgression.  Richard G. Scott, The Transforming Power of Faith and Character, October 2010 General Conference, http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/10/the-transforming-power-of-faith-and-character?lang=eng

Wherever in life great spiritual values await man’s appropriation, only faith can appropriate them. Man cannot live without faith, because in life’s adventure the central problem is character-building—which is not a product of logic, but of faith in ideals and sacrificial devotion to them.  Hugh B. Brown, October 1969 General Conference p. 105