L. Lionel Kendrick Quotes
The temple is a place of holiness. It is the most sacred and holy place on earth and should be treated with the greatest degree of reverence and respect.
We cannot always control everything that happens to us in this life, but we can control how we respond.
We are accountable for our actions as we exercise our moral agency. If we understand this principle and make righteous choices, our lives will be blessed.
The temple is a place of worship. Reverence is a supernal form of worship. It is the form of worship found in the celestial kingdom.
Anger causes anguish to the souls of all of those who experience the feeling as well as to those who are the recipients of this emotional explosion.
Receiving personal revelation is not a passive process. As we seek such revelations, we must prepare for these sacred experiences.
People as well as nations perish without scriptures. The scriptures are spiritual food for our spirit, which is just as important as physical food for our body.
Positive criticism is feedback given with the purpose of helping another person to grow and to develop. Negative criticism is intended to hurt and often to defame and to destroy.
Irreverence not only shows disrespect to Deity but also makes it hard for the Spirit to teach us the things we need to know.
To properly prepare to receive personal revelation, we must repent, ask through prayer, be obedient, search the scriptures, fast, think pure thoughts, and develop a spirit of reverence.
Integrity is the core of our character. Without integrity we have a weak foundation upon which to build other Christ-like characteristics.
The temple and the holy ordinances are indeed sacred, and we should be spiritually sensitive to them. It is a sacred blessing to attend the temple to worship the Lord.
It is inappropriate to discuss matters of business, pleasure or current events in the temple.
May we treasure the divine gift of communication, and may we use it wisely to build and to assist others on this marvelous journey through mortality.