If we are practicing our faith and seeking the companionship of the Holy Spirit, his presence can be felt in our hearts and in our homes. A family having daily family prayers and seeking to keep the commandments of God and honor his name and speak lovingly to one another will have a spiritual feeling in their home that will be discernible to all who enter it.
Interpretation
Practicing faith and love within a family fosters a spiritual and positive environment.
The quote emphasizes the importance of faith practices, such as daily prayers and adherence to God's commandments, within a family setting. By nurturing love and respect among family members, a profound spiritual presence is cultivated, creating a welcoming and inspiring atmosphere that can be sensed by guests and outsiders.
In practice
During a family gathering, I shared this quote to emphasize the importance of our shared beliefs.
Tolerance obviously requires a non-contentious 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.
I testify of our Savior, Jesus Christ, whose teachings and example we seek to follow. He invites all of us who are heavy laden to come unto Him, to learn of Him, to follow Him, and thus to find rest to our souls.
The most powerful teaching of children is by the example of their parents.
We should refrain from anything that seems to be a final judgment of any person...the Lord alone has the capacity to judge...And, in all of this we must remember the command to forgive.
Man unquestionably has impressive powers... But after all our obedience and good works, we cannot be saved from the effects of our sins without the grace extended by the atonement of Jesus Christ... Man cannot earn his own salvation.
In order to ask with real intent or to act with full purpose of heart, we must always make an accompanying commitment.
Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.
Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.
One thing I can say about the Motown acts is that we were a family. That's not a myth
My father was a Little League dictator. That really affected me, his control-freakery, his impunity, his arbitrary unreasonable power.
Women know the way to rear up children (to be just). They know a simple, merry, tender knack of tying sashes, fitting baby-shoes, and stringing pretty words that make no sense. And kissing full sense into empty words.
My mother was a woman who was very frustrated. She had a great deal of ability, and all this energy went into me and my brother.
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