687. Scriptures and quotes from Prophets, for the Sabbath Day.

Lovely thoughts from Latter Day Light Daily Devotion.  Scriptures and quotes from prophets lift our spirits, and will help us keep this Sabbath Day holy.

August 17, 2016 Prayer

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY  1 Peter 3:12 "For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil."

QUOTE OF THE DAY Spencer W. Kimball "There is a knowledge that our Father in Heaven wants each of us to have, and that is a personal knowledge that he hears and answers our prayers. I have always had very tender feelings about prayer and the power and blessings of prayer. And for this I thank our Heavenly Father and my dear parents and teachers, who taught me by word and example about righteous and heartfelt prayer" ("Pray Always," Ensign, October 1981). August 21, 2016 Obedience SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY  Doctrine & Covenants 132:5 "For all who will have a blessing at my hands shall abide the law which was appointed for that blessing, and the conditions thereof, as were instituted from before the foundation of the world." QUOTE OF THE DAY Thomas S. Monson "There is no need for you or me in this enlightened age, when the fulness of the gospel has been restored, to sail uncharted seas or travel unmarked roads in search of a 'fountain of truth.' For a living Heavenly Father has plotted our course and provided an unfailing map--obedience. "His revealed word vividly describes the blessings that obedience brings and the inevitable heartache and despair that accompany the traveler who detours along the forbidden pathways of sin and error" ("Strength through Obedience," Ensign, July 1996). August 17, 2016 Prayer SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY  1 Peter 3:12 "For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil." QUOTE OF THE DAY Spencer W. Kimball "There is a knowledge that our Father in Heaven wants each of us to have, and that is a personal knowledge that he hears and answers our prayers. I have always had very tender feelings about prayer and the power and blessings of prayer. And for this I thank our Heavenly Father and my dear parents and teachers, who taught me by word and example about righteous and heartfelt prayer" ("Pray Always," Ensign, October 1981). August 14, 2016  Dual Nature of Man SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY  Abraham 5:7 "And the Gods formed man from the dust of the ground, and took his spirit (that is, the man's spirit), and put it into him; and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul." QUOTE OF THE DAY David O. McKay Man is a dual being, and his life a plan of God. That is the first fundamental fact to keep in mind. Man has a natural body and a spiritual body. . . . "Man's body, therefore, is but the tabernacle in which his spirit dwells. Too many, far too many, are prone to regard the body as the man, and consequently to direct their efforts to the gratifying of the body's pleasures, its appetites, its desires, its passions. Too few recognize that the real man is an immortal spirit, which [is] 'intelligence or the light of truth'." (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O. McKay, p. 12-13).