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3 Nephi 1-7

 Lesson Quotes

Bishop Richard C. Edgley
    “Because of the conflicts and challenges we face in today’s world, I wish to suggest a single choice—a choice of peace and protection and a choice that is appropriate for all. That choice is faith. … Choose faith over doubt, choose faith over fear, choose faith over the unknown and the unseen, and choose faith over pessimism. …
    “When logic, reason, or personal intellect come into conflict with sacred teachings and doctrine, or conflicting messages assault your beliefs…, choose to not cast the seed out of your heart by unbelief [see Alma 32:28]. Remember, we receive not a witness until after the trial of our faith” (“Faith—the Choice Is Yours,” Ensign, Nov. 2010, 31, 32–33).

Bishop Gerald Causse
    “My wife and I had the great joy of rearing our five children near the magnificent city of Paris. During those years we wanted to offer them rich opportunities to discover the marvelous things of this world. Each summer, our family took long trips to visit the most significant monuments, historic sites, and natural wonders of Europe. Finally, after spending 22 years in the Paris area, we were getting ready to move. I still remember the day when my children came to me and said, ‘Dad, it’s absolutely shameful! We’ve lived here all our lives, and we have never been to the Eiffel Tower!’ 
    “There are so many wonders in this world. However, sometimes when we have them constantly before our eyes, we take them for granted. We look, but we don’t really see; we hear, but we don’t really listen.” 
    “To marvel at the wonders of the gospel is a sign of faith. It is to recognize the hand of the Lord in our lives and in everything around us. Our amazement also produces spiritual strength. It gives us the energy to remain anchored in our faith and to engage ourselves in the work of salvation.
    “But let us beware. Our ability to marvel is fragile. Over the long term, such things as casual commandment keeping, apathy, or even weariness may set in and make us insensitive to even the most remarkable signs and miracles of the gospel. (“Is It Still Wonderful to You?”, Bishop Causse, April 2015 General Conference)

Elder Gary E. Stevenson
“In team sports, plays are developed for certain game situations and compiled into a playbook. Athletes learn their specific assignment for each play. Successful players study the playbook so thoroughly that when a play is called, they know exactly, almost instinctively, where to go and what to do….

“To take the analogy even further, great coaches know the strengths and weaknesses of their team as well as those of the opposition. They create a game plan that will give them the best chance for victory. What about you?

“You know what temptations you are most vulnerable to, and you can predict how the adversary will try to derail and dishearten you. Have you created a personal game plan and playbook so that you will know how to respond when faced with opposition?"

“I asked a few of the Brethren to recommend plays you might include in your playbook. Here are some of their inspired suggestions:
  • Pray every day for greater light and a testimony of Jesus Christ.
  • Listen carefully to the teachings of your parents, your bishop, and your Young Men and quorum leaders.
  • Avoid pornography and immoral social media content.
  • Remember the promises you have made to God, and work to keep them.
  • Study scripture stories of great prophets, and emulate their good qualities.
  • Bless Heavenly Father’s children through service.
  • Seek good friends to help you become the person you want to be.
  • Become an expert in the FamilySearch app, and research your own family history.
  • Plan places of retreat where you can escape evil influences.
  • Love and help strengthen other members of your priesthood quorum.” 
(“Your Priesthood Playbook”, April 2019 GC)

Elder David A. Bednar
“The word ‘steadfast’ is used to suggest fixed in position, solid and firm, unshaken and resolute (Oxford English Dictionary Online, 2nd ed. [1989], ‘Steadfast’). The word ‘immovable’ is used to indicate that a person or thing is unalterable, firmly secured, and not subject to change. It also signifies the quality of being unyielding and incapable of being diverted from one’s purpose (Oxford English Dictionary Online, ‘Immovable’). Thus, a person who is steadfast and immovable is solid, firm, resolute, firmly secured, and incapable of being diverted from a primary purpose or mission.  Many young women and men in the Church today are blessed with spiritual strength and courage equal to or greater than that exemplified by Captain Moroni or the stripling warriors. They stand firm against the mocking and scorn of the world and live and defend principles of virtue, integrity, chastity, worthiness, and obedience.” (“Steadfast and immovable, always abounding in good works”, Ensign Jan, 2008)


Elder Neil L. Anderson
“As evil increases in the world, there is a compensatory spiritual power for the righteous. As the world slides from its spiritual moorings, the Lord prepares the way for those who seek Him, offering them greater assurance, greater confirmation, and greater confidence in the spiritual direction they are traveling. The gift of the Holy Ghost becomes a brighter light in the emerging twilight.” (“A Compensatory Spiritual Power for the Righteous”, Brigham Young University Education Week devotional, Aug. 18, 2015)

Sister Linda S. Reeves 
“When we are involved in watching, reading, or experiencing anything that is below our Heavenly Father’s standards, it weakens us. Regardless of our age, if what we look at, read, listen to, or choose to do does not meet the Lord’s standards in For the Strength of Youth, turn it off, rip it up, throw it out, and slam the door.” (Worthy of Our Promised Blessings, October 2015)


PRIDE QUOTES

President Ezra Taft Benson:
“The central feature of pride is enmity—enmity toward God and enmity toward our fellowmen. Enmity means ‘hatred toward, hostility to, or a state of opposition.’ It is the power by which Satan wishes to reign over us.” (Benson, CR May 1989)

C.S. Lewis:  
“Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man. We say that people are proud of being rich, or clever, or good-looking, but they are not. They are proud of being richer, cleverer, or better-looking than others. If every one else became equally rich, or clever, or good-looking there would be nothing to be proud about. It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition has gone, pride has gone.” (Mere Christianity, p.95) 

Hugh Nibley: 
What we read about in the Book of Mormon is the ‘Nephite disease’—and we have it!... We can be most grateful, therefore, regardless of how sick others may be, that God in the Book of Mormon has diagnosed our sickness for our special benefit, and prescribed a cure for us” (Since Cumorah, p. 354). 

President Henry B. Eyring:  
“Pride creates a noise within us which makes the quiet voice of the Spirit hard to hear. And soon, in our vanity, we no longer even listen for it. We can come quickly to think we don’t need it” (“Prayer,” Ensign, Nov. 2001, 16). 





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