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D. Todd Christofferson

David Todd Christofferson (born January 24, 1945) is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He has been a general authority of the church since 1993. Currently, he is the ninth most senior apostle in the church.

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True success in this life comes in consecrating our lives—that is, our time and choices—to God’s purposes. In so doing, we permit Him to raise us to our highest destiny.

Choices, Consecrating, Destiny, Purpose, Time

On the other hand, with a sense of the sacred, one grows in understanding and truth. The Holy Spirit becomes his frequent and then constant companion. More and more he will stand in holy places and be entrusted with holy things. Just the opposite of cynicism and despair, his end is eternal life.

Constant, Hands, Opposites, Stand, Understanding

All of us can meet God's high expectations.

Expectations, High, High Expectations, Meet

Take responsibility and go to work so God has something to help us with.

God, Help, Helping, Responsibility, Taking Responsibility

The greatest service we can provide to others in this life, beginning with those of our own family, is to bring them to Christ.

Beginning, Bring, Christ, Greatest, This Life

A covenant is an agreement between God and man, an accord whose terms are set by God.

Accord, Covenant, God, Men, Set, Term

The scriptures, for example, discredit an ancient philosophy that has come back into vogue in our day-the philosophy of Korihor that there are no absolute moral standards, that "every man prospers according to his genius, and that every man conquers according to his strength; and whatsoever a man does is no crime" and "that when a man is dead, that is the end thereof".

Absolute, Ancient, Man, Men, Philosophy, Scripture

A mother can exert an influence unequaled by any other person in any other relationship.

Exert, Influence, Mother, Person, Persons

Integrity is fundamental to being men. Integrity means being truthful, but it also means accepting responsibility and honoring commitments and covenants.

Commitment, Commitments, Integrity, Mean, Men

As days lengthen into weeks and months and even years of adversity, the hurt grows deeper. The Church cannot hope to save a man on Sunday if during the week it is a complacent witness to the crucifixion of his soul.

Adversity, Complacent, Grows, Hurt, Sunday

We need strong Christians who can persevere against hardship, who can sustain hope through tragedy, who can lift others by their example and their compassion, and who can consistently overcome temptations. We need strong Christians who can make important things happen by their faith and who can defend the truth of Jesus Christ against moral relativism and militant atheism. What is the source of such moral and spiritual power, and how do we obtain it? The source is God. Our access to that power is through our covenants with Him.

Against, Christian, Hardship, Persevere, Spiritual, Strong

A God who makes no demands, is the functional equivalent of a God who does not exist.

Demand, Doe, Exist, Functional, God, Spiritual

Without repentance, there is no real progress or improvement in life. Pretending there is no sin does not lessen its burden and pain. Suffering for sin does not by itself change anything for the better. Only repentance leads to the sunlit uplands ofa better life.

Pain, Real, Suffering, Change, Life, Lessen

Only through repentance do we gain access to the atoning grace of Jesus Christ.

Atoning, Christ, Gains, Grace, Jesus

The Church and the world and women are crying for men, men who are developing their capacity and talents, who are willing to work and make sacrifices, who will help others achieve happiness and salvation.

Crying, Help, Helping Others, Men, Sacrifice, World

The gifts of the Holy Spirit are testimony, faith, knowledge, wisdom, revelations, miracles, healing, and charity, to name but a few.

Gifts, Healing, Miracle, Miracles, Names, Spirit

Hard-earned achievement brings a sense of self-worth. Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one another and to God. A consecrated life is filled with work, sometimes repetitive, sometimes menial, sometimes unappreciated but always work that improves, orders, sustains, lifts, ministers, aspires.

Character, Menial, Order, Orders, Self Worth, Sustains

Quorum and group leaders should provide the leading voice and laboring oar in every ward and branch council regarding retention of converts.

Groups, Leadership, Provide, Quorum, Voice

With faith in the merciful Redeemer and His power, potential despair turns to hope. One's very heart and desires change, and the once-appealing sin becomes increasingly abhorrent. A resolve to abandon and forsake the sin and to repair, as fully as one possibly can, the damage he or she has caused now forms in that new heart. This resolve soon matures into a covenant of obedience to God. With that covenant in place, the Holy Ghost, the messenger of divine grace, will bring relief and forgiveness.

Bring, Desire, Grace, Heart, Place, Power

Policemen and laws can never replace customs, traditions and moral values as a means for regulating human behavior. At best, the police and criminal justice system are the last desperate line of defense for a civilized society. Our increased reliance on laws to regulate behavior is a measure of how uncivilized we’ve become.

Justice, Law, Mean, Reliance, Society, Uncivilized

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