Saturday, April 26, 2014

March 2014 - The Lord's standard of Morality - Elder Tad R. Callister

Pornography,,,

"If you are afflicted with this malady, you need to do all within your power to overcome it. It may require confession, intense prayer, fasting, immersion in the scriptures, replacing idle time with constructive time, putting strict boundaries on Internet usage, professional counseling, and the like, but you can overcome it. At some point willpower will be an indispensable ingredient—there is not a pill or counseling technique to solve every addiction."  (my emphasis)

"In essence, our thoughts become the seeds of our actions. We do have the power within us to take control of our lives and our thoughts. Good and evil thoughts cannot coexist in our minds any more than light and dark can exist at the same time and in the same place. At some point we must decide which will be our invited guest."  (my emphasis)

"If we so desire, we can drive out every evil thought and immediately replace it with an uplifting song or poem or scripture. Just as darkness flees at the presence of light, so evil flees at the presence of good." (my emphasis)

None of us should think we are too powerful or too immune to succumb. Secluded locations, late nights, and morally loose friends have incredible magnetic fields to draw us into Satan’s clutches. (my emphasis)  

 There is no field so dark or corner so secluded that no one will ever know. God will know, and you will know if you violate His moral law. (my emphasis)

The older I get the more sickened I feel at the lack of morality in society. It breaks my heart, especially for babies and children  and families who are so affected by it. TV shows mock the sanctity of  that which the Lord deems sacred - the procreative powers. It is not a sport, it is not a game, it is not a recreational or animalistic activity. It is sacred.

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