The Instituteness continues...

Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except the best.

Helaman 5:12 - No building your foundation on your obedience!

We sometimes get caught up with a temple marriage this and a temple marriage that, that we don't ever think about what exactly a temple marriage is and its effects on eternity.

Luke 23:46 - In order to gain the Spirit back you have to do the will of God.  Once you get rid of all that bad, do the will of the Lord and fill yourself with good.

Don't lose the fire of what you're living in just because it's all around.

The Joseph Smith History was written by revelation, not recollection.

Meek: Absolute power under absolute control.

Once you really understand the Atonement, there's no more alonement.

Sometimes we're given crosses to bear that won't ever be taken off or end in this life.  It all depends on our perspective and if we're going to gird up our loins, put on a smile, and truly enjoy the time we have left, or if we focus on the weight of the cross, and the splinters and slivers that temporarily pierce our skin.

"Upon common theaters, indeed, the applause of the audience is of more importance to the actors than their own approbation.  But on the stage of life, while conscience claps, let the world hiss!  On the contrary, if conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little values."  -John Adams

The other side of the veil is as normal and as simple as it is here and now on this side.

That statement of resurrection validates everything He did before and everything He's doing now, and everything that will come to pass.

"Spirituality is the consciousness of victory over self!" -Pres. David O. McKay

"The quality of mercy is not strain'd.  It droppeth as the gentle dews from heaven upon the place beneath.  It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes." -Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

It's only when we turn away from God do we start questioning Him.

Repentance doesn't forgive you of your sins.  Repentance is your access to the Atonement.  The Atonement of Jesus Christ is the only thing that forgives you.

Repent, Change, and Become are all the same sign in sign language.

Christ is Justice, and there needs be a balance, so God extends Mercy unto those who have fulfilled the requirements.

Womanhood is needed in the Power of Priesthood.  God serves Christ, who serves man, who serves woman.

What is communication?  100% of the speaker, 100% of the listener.

Trust is the majority of listening.

Divine Discontent: He reminds us of the divine genes inside of us.  He will do what He can to remind us of our potential and of our first desire to become like Him.

"Rather than downsize divinity, upsize the magnitude of our humility." -Neal A. Maxwell

Sundays are when you get the "rest" of what the Lord has in store for you that week.

Listening is more than being quiet.  Listening is much more than silence.  Listening requires undivided attention.  The time to listen is when someone needs to be heard.

Life and peace can only come through Christ, not through "I'll do better."

The secret lies in the Atonement and yielding to the Holy Ghost.

Genesis 2:18 - Woman is an help-meet.  She helps the man meet God.  She helps him become more god-like.

Godliness is all about selflessness.

"If you live up to your privileges, the angels cannot be restrained from being your associates." -Joseph Smith

Have you ever fasted to say thank you?

"If thou couldst empty all thy self of self,
like to a shell dishabited,
then might He find thee on the ocean shelf,
and say, "This is not dead,"
and fill thee with himself instead.
But thou art replete with very thou
and has such shrewd activity,
that when He comes He says, "This is e'now
unto itself - 'twere better let it be,
it is so small and full, there is no room for me."
-Sir Thomas Browne

It's the work that makes you godly, not the reward.

We need to go to the rescue... But we also need to keep looking up so we don't get lost, too.

Push the Gospel from your mind to your heart!

Our lives reflect what we seek.

Our bodies were created by a God, therefore, they are divine.  You can't destroy divinity unless you want condemnation.

"You sisters belong to the great sorority of saviorhood." -Elder Matthew Cowley

All you can really do in this life is repent and forgive.  Everything else is just a sign of gratitude for the Atonement and everything else that Christ has done for you.

It's like we each give ourselves a law of Moses and we don't accept Christ's higher law, His grace, because we get caught up thinking our works are going to save us.

Christ isn't on the shore watching us sail our boats.  He's in the boats with us and will be our Captain if we so desire.

Just because I might fail at a lot of things here and there, that won't ruin my peace, because I know I'm here for a higher purpose.

The only fear we have of death is that we haven't lived a good enough life.

Christ is the One who consecrates our performance.  If we're going to become gods, we cannot do that as humans.  We need help from a God to become god-like.

Every person going crazy, trying to get everything done perfectly, doesn't understand grace, or the Atonement.