Date: Before 8 August 1839 Source: Willard Richards Pocket Companion The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 12 Why I chose this quote? I love the thought that we should “look for angels” to intervene and assist in our lives. I believe the Lord is involved in our lives, he knows our struggles, and he often…
Date: 8 April 1843 Source: William Clayton Report The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 183 Why I Like this Quote? I like this quote for a couple of reasons. One is that it takes you back to the days in the early Church when most of the public sermons were preached outdoors. They braved the elements…
Date: Before 8 August 1839 Source: Willard Richards Pocket Companion The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 11 What does Joseph Smith mean by the building up of Zion? For Latter-day Saints (Mormons), there are a couple of different meanings to the word Zion. Zion is the pure in heart who are of one mind with…
Date: Before 8 August 1839 Source: Willard Richards Pocket Companion The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 11 Why I Like this Quote? This quote is as true today as the day Joseph Smith uttered it. In 1839, it was vitally important that the Latter-day Saints look to the First Presidency of the Church, Joseph Smith…
Date: Before 8 August 1839 Source: Willard Richards Pocket Companion The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 12
Date: 2 July 1839 Source: Wilford Woodruff Journal The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 7 Why I picked this quote? This statement was made to some early traveling missionaries for the Church. It is a good reminder to current and future missionaries that they don’t need to be great orators to be effective instruments in…
Date: 27 June 1839 Source: Willard Richards Pocket Companion The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 5 Why I like this quote? I love this quote because I have experienced it in my own life–sudden strokes of ideas, pure intelligence flowing into my mind, that I know were revelation from God through his Holy Spirit. It’s…
Date: 27 June 1839 Source: Willard Richards Pocket Companion The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 5 Why I choose this Quote? It’s a great definition of the Second or Last Comforter. It’s also interesting to note that when I person receives the Second Comforter, Joseph Smith says that person is then in a position to have…
Date: 27 June 1839 Source: Willard Richards Pocket Companion The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 5 Why I like this quote? I love this quote because it gets right to the heart of the purpose of this life: to prove that we are determined to serve God at all cost. Or, as the Lord put…
Date: 27 June 1839 Source: Willard Richards Pocket Companion The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 4 Why I picked this quote? I like the description here of the Holy Ghost as “pure intelligence.” I have experienced that expanding of the mind and enlightening of the understanding through the Spirit of God, and pure intelligence flowing to…