Daily Messages

Inspirational Message Archive

• "You are a part of this special generation. It is not by chance that you are here at this important time in the history of the Lord's work. It is your opportunity to declare this message of the Restoration with greater force and effect than any of the previous generations."

  —L. Tom Perry, "Accept the Challenge", Ensign, Liahona, August 2002
  Topics: Restoration

• "The gift of grace or mercy is received as a believer repents, enters into the specified covenants, and receives the Holy Ghost. The action of acceptance on our part opens the door for the process of justification (remission, or pardoning, of sins) and sanctification (cleansing from sin) to work in us--something we may refer to as being born again."

  —D. Todd Christofferson, "Justification and Sanctification", Ensign, Liahona, June 2001
  Topics: Grace, Mercy, Justification, Sanctification

• "[Jesus Christ's] Resurrection broke what to that point had been the unyielding chains of death. He opened the path whereby each of Heavenly Father’s children born to earth would have the opportunity to rise from death to live again."

  —Richard G. Scott, "He Lives! All Glory to His Name!", Liahona and Ensign, April 2010
  

• "I am convinced that missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience. Salvation never was easy. We are the Church of Jesus Christ, this is the truth, and He is our Great Eternal Head. How could we believe it would be easy for us when it was never, ever easy for Him?"

  —Jeffrey R. Holland, "Missionary Work and the Atonement", Ensign, Liahona, March 2001
  Topics: Missionary Work, Trials

• "Kneel down to pray. Step up to serve. Reach out to rescue. Each is a vital page of God's blueprint to make a house a home and a home a heaven."

  —Thomas S. Monson, "Heavenly Homes, Forever Families", Ensign and Liahona, June 2006
  Topics: Service, Family, Prayer, Missionary Work, Prophetic Messages

• "Tolerance obviously requires a noncontentious manner of relating toward one another's differences. But tolerance does not require abandoning one's standards or one's opinions on political or public policy choices. Tolerance is a way of reacting to diversity, not a command to insulate it from examination."

  —Dallin H. Oaks, "Weightier Matters", Ensign, Liahona, January 2001
  Topics: Tolerance, Not Judging, Agency, Valiance

• "Prophecies foretelling the life and mission of Jesus Christ promise us the deliverance that He will provide. His Atonement and Resurrection provide all of us an escape from physical death and, if we repent, an escape from spiritual death, bringing with it the blessings of eternal life."

  —L. Tom Perry, "The Power of Deliverance", Liahona and Ensign, May 2012
  Topics: Resurrection, Jesus Christ, Eternal Life

• "My brothers and sisters, involvement in [pornography] will literally destroy the spirit. Be strong. Be clean. Avoid such degrading and destructive types of content at all costs--whatever they may be!"

  —Thomas S. Monson, "Until We Meet Again", Ensign and Liahona, May 2009
  Topics: Pornography

• "Our Heavenly Father loves us. He sent His Only Begotten Son to be our Savior. He knew that in mortality we would be in grave danger, the worst of it from the temptations of a terrible adversary. That is one of the reasons the Savior has provided priesthood keys, so that those with ears to hear and faith to obey could go to places of safety."

  —Henry B. Eyring, "Safety in Counsel"
  Topics: Jesus Christ, Prophets

• "The priesthood represents a mighty army of righteousness--even a royal army. We are led by a prophet of God. In supreme command is our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Our marching orders are clear. They are concise."

  —Thomas S. Monson, "The Army of the Lord", Ensign and Liahona, May 1979
  Topics: Priesthood, Prophets, Prophetic Messages