Russell M. Nelson

Marriage has been divinely designated as an eternal and everlasting covenant. 7 Marriage is sanctified when it is cherished and honored in holiness. II. Strengthening Marriage With these doctrinal underpinnings in mind, let us consider the second step—specific actions that would strengthen a marriage.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > May 2006

Russell M. Nelson

My purpose in speaking out on this topic is to declare, as an Apostle of the Lord,3 that marriage between a man and a woman is sacred—it is ordained of God.4 I also assert the virtue of a temple marriage. A temple marriage is also called a celestial marriage.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > November 2008

Dallin H. Oaks

Some even refer to a first marriage as a “starter marriage,” like a small home one uses for a while before moving on. Influenced by their own parents’ divorce or by popular notions that marriage is a ball and chain that prevents personal fulfillment, some young people shun marriage.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > May 2007

Dallin H. Oaks

Some even refer to a first marriage as a “starter marriage,” like a small home one uses for a while before moving on. Influenced by their own parents’ divorce or by popular notions that marriage is a ball and chain that prevents personal fulfillment, some young people shun marriage.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > May 2007

Russell M. Nelson

Marriage has been divinely designated as an eternal and everlasting covenant. 7 Marriage is sanctified when it is cherished and honored in holiness. II. Strengthening Marriage With these doctrinal underpinnings in mind, let us consider the second step—specific actions that would strengthen a marriage.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > May 2006

Russell M. Nelson

My purpose in speaking out on this topic is to declare, as an Apostle of the Lord,3 that marriage between a man and a woman is sacred—it is ordained of God.4 I also assert the virtue of a temple marriage. A temple marriage is also called a celestial marriage.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > November 2008

Gordon B. Hinckley

What about this ‘marriage for eternity’ to which reference was made in one of the rooms? But marriage is a covenant sealed by authority.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > July 2003

Ezra Taft Benson

Marriage itself must be regarded as a sacred covenant before God. When parents themselves have complied with the ordinances of salvation, when they have set the example of a temple marriage, not only is their own marriage more likely to succeed, but their children are far more likely to follow their example.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > July 1992

James E. Faust

Enriching a Marriage You might wonder, “How can a marriage be constantly enriched? There are a few simple, relevant questions that each person, whether married or contemplating marriage, should honestly ask in an effort to become “one flesh.” They are: First, am I able to think of the interest of my marriage and spouse first before I think of my own desires?

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > April 2007

James E. Faust

Enriching a Marriage You might wonder, “How can a marriage be constantly enriched? There are a few simple, relevant questions that each person, whether married or contemplating marriage, should honestly ask in an effort to become “one flesh.” They are: First, am I able to think of the interest of my marriage and spouse first before I think of my own desires?

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > April 2007

James E. Faust

Those who enter into marriage should be fully prepared to establish their marriage as the first priority in their lives. Someone has said that we “should keep [our] eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterward.” 9 True charity ought to begin in marriage, for it is a relationship that must be rebuilt every day.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > August 2004

Lance B. Wickman

Such selfishness has a way of prompting some to postpone the marriage decision. Remember, like every other important decision, marriage is your choice.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > April 2010

W. Douglas Shumway

Today we are witnessing an unending assault on marriage and the family. In a society where marriage is often shunned, parenthood avoided, and families degraded, we have the responsibility to honor our marriages, nurture our children, and fortify our families.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > May 2004

F. Burton Howard

President Gordon B. Hinckley has called eternal marriage a wonderful thing (see “What God Hath Joined Together,” Ensign, May 1991, 71) and a “gift, precious beyond all others” (“The Marriage That Endures,” Ensign, May 1974, 23). This means that the parties to the marriage covenant agree to invite God into their marriage, to pray together, to keep the commandments, to keep wants and passions within certain limits that the prophets have outlined.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > May 2003

Lance B. Wickman

Such selfishness has a way of prompting some to postpone the marriage decision. Remember, like every other important decision, marriage is your choice.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > April 2010

Marion D. Hanks

Temple Marriage Honorable marriage is approved of the Lord. A Happy Marriage—Forever But a marriage designed to last forever will be a good marriage, growing and gracious.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > November 1984

Gordon B. Hinckley

I clipped from the morning newspaper a story that led off with this statement: “More than half the Americans who might have celebrated their 25th wedding anniversaries since 2000 were divorced, separated or widowed before reaching that milestone” (Sam Roberts, “Most U.S. Marriages Don’t Get to Silver,” Deseret Morning News, Sept. 20, 2007, p. A1). Your marriages and family relationships will be preserved.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > November 2007

Gordon B. Hinckley

I clipped from the morning newspaper a story that led off with this statement: “More than half the Americans who might have celebrated their 25th wedding anniversaries since 2000 were divorced, separated or widowed before reaching that milestone” (Sam Roberts, “Most U.S. Marriages Don’t Get to Silver,” Deseret Morning News, Sept. 20, 2007, p. A1). Your marriages and family relationships will be preserved.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > November 2007

L. Tom Perry

Among the first instructions given to man and woman was, “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh.” 8 God, in His divine plan, ordained marriage to bring about His basic organizational unit—the family.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > November 2002

Gordon B. Hinckley

Temples and Temple Marriage “What a magnificently beautiful building [a temple] is. That facility was erected and dedicated for the performance of the sacred ordinances which the Lord has revealed in this time, and among those sacred ordinances is that of marriage for time and all eternity.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > August 1997