Matthew F. Stroshine

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

[Matthew F. Stroshine @LilStros]

"The duty of each of us is to teach the doctrine of the restored gospel, keep the commandments, love and help one another, and do the work of salvation in the holy temples."

Dallin H. Oaks
GC: Oct. 2019

[Matthew F. Stroshine @LilStros]

“Miracles can come as answers to prayer.
They are not always what we ask for or what we expect, but when we trust in the Lord, He will be there, and He will be right.
He will suit the miracle to the moment we need it.”

Ronald R. Rasband
General Conference, April 2021

[Matthew F. Stroshine @LilStros]

"We obviously cannot control all that goes on in our presence. Modern revelation suggests one alternative for those who would be clean: 'Go ye out from among the wicked. Save yourselves.' (D&C 38:42.)

Sometimes we can remove ourselves from language that is profane or vulgar. If this is not possible, we can at least register an objection so that others cannot conclude that our silence means approval or acquiescence."

Dallin H. Oaks
GC: Apr. 1986

[Matthew F. Stroshine @LilStros]

"We praise Thy Holy Name, our Beloved Father. We are grateful that Thou didst cause this land to be discovered by an inspired man and settled by people who largely searched for God instead of gold and who, with their posterity, founded a great nation with an inspired constitution guaranteeing a quality of freedom in which there could come the glorious restoration of the gospel and the Church of Thy Beloved Son with all its attendant blessings."

Spencer W. Kimball
Mesa Arizona Temple, 15 April 1975

[Matthew F. Stroshine @LilStros]

"Learning of and following the Savior helps us come to know the Father. “Being … the express image of his [Father],” Jesus taught, “The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do.” Christ’s every word and deed reveals the true nature of God and our relationship to Him. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland taught, “With blood appearing at every pore and an anguished cry upon His lips, Christ sought Him whom He had always sought—His Father. ‘Abba,’ He cried, ‘Papa.’”

- President Jeffrey Roy Holland

[Matthew F. Stroshine @LilStros]

"We know for certain that if and when everything else in the latter days is down or dying; if governments, economies, industries, and institutions crumble; if societies and cultures become a quagmire of chaos and insecurity, nevertheless, through it all the gospel of Jesus Christ and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that bears that gospel to the world will stand triumphant. It will stand undefiled in God’s hand until the very Son of God Himself comes to rule and reign as Lord of lords and King of kings. Nothing is more certain in this world. Nothing is more sure. Nothing could be more of an antidote to anxiety."

Jeffrey R. Holland
Address to CES Religious Educators • February 6, 2015 • Salt Lake Tabernacle

[Matthew F. Stroshine @LilStros]

"Just as surely as the son of Mary came to dwell among his fellowmen, so shall the Son of God come, in all the glory of his Father’s kingdom, to rule among the sons of men.

In that dread day the world that now is shall end; wickedness will cease; every corruptible thing will be consumed. And the glory of the Lord will shine daily upon all men from the rising of the sun until it sinks in the western sky.

Those among us who abide the day of his coming shall find joy and peace everlasting. The faithful Saints shall live and reign with him on earth for a thousand years and shall then go on to their celestial rest.

The second coming of the Son of Man will be a day of vengeance and burning and sorrow for the wicked and ungodly."

Bruce R McConkie

[The Book of Mormon @thebookofmormon]

The gospel of Jesus Christ is a plan that shows us how to become what our Heavenly Father desires us to become.”
—President Dallin H. Oaks, “The Challenge to Become,” October 2000

How has the Book of Mormon helped you become a better disciple?

#TheBookOfMormon

[Matthew F. Stroshine @LilStros]

"I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded."

Isaiah 45:12"

[Matthew F. Stroshine @LilStros]

"Tithing is a debt which everyone owes to the Lord for his use of the things that the Lord has made and given to him to use. It is a debt just as literally as the grocery bill, or a light bill, or any other duly incurred obligation.

As a matter of fact, the Lord, to whom one owes tithing, is in a position of a preferred creditor. If there is not enough to pay all creditors, he should be paid first."

Marion G. Romney
New Era, Jan/Feb 1982

(See also, "Concerning Tithing" First Presidency Message, June 1980)

[Matthew F. Stroshine @LilStros]

"The scriptures clearly teach the origin and need for a church directed by and with the authority of our Lord, Jesus Christ."

- President Dallin H. Oaks

Ephesians 2:20

20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

[Matthew F. Stroshine @LilStros]

“Nothing that I know of that’s very worthwhile just happens.”

President Jeffrey R. Holland

Face to Face with Elder Holland, Sister Stephens, and Elder Hallstrom

(worldwide young single adult broadcast, Mar. 8, 2016)

[Matthew F. Stroshine @LilStros]

“He is my exemplar. His way of life, His absolutely selfless conduct, His outreach to those in need, His final sacrifice all stand as an example to me. I cannot measure up entirely, but I can try. …

He is my Savior and my Redeemer. Through giving His life in pain and unspeakable suffering, He has reached down to lift me and each of us and all the sons and daughters of God from the abyss of eternal darkness following death. He has provided something better—a sphere of light and understanding, growth and beauty where we may go forward on the road that leads to eternal life. My gratitude knows no bounds. My thanks to my Lord has no conclusion.

He is my God and my King. From everlasting to everlasting, He will reign and rule as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. To His dominion there will be no end. To His glory there will be no night.

None other can take His place. None other ever will. Unblemished and without fault of any kind, He is the Lamb of God, to whom I bow and through whom I approach my Father in Heaven."

- President Gordon B. Hinckley

[Matthew F. Stroshine @LilStros]

"When the storms in life come, you can be steady because you are standing on the rock of your faith in Jesus Christ.

That faith will lead you to daily repentance and consistent covenant keeping.

Then you will always remember Him. And through the storms of hatred and wickedness, you will feel steady and hopeful."

-President Henry B. Eyring

[Matthew F. Stroshine @LilStros]

"The primary purpose of the temple is to provide the ordinances necessary for our exaltation in the celestial kingdom."

Robert D. Hales
Ensign, Oct. 2009

[Matthew F. Stroshine @LilStros]

"He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay."

Matthew 28:6

[Matthew F. Stroshine @LilStros]

"If the listener is spiritually sensitive to gospel truths, parables teach beautiful and powerful principles.

But if one is not spiritually aware, then, as Elder McConkie pointed out, “parables seldom clarify a truth; rather, they obscure and hide the doctrine involved so that none but those already enlightened and informed, on the very point presented, are able to grasp the full meaning.

Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the parable of the wheat and the tares. When Jesus first gave this parable, even the disciples did not understand it. They asked for the interpretation, and he gave it, partially at least.

And then with both the parable and the interpretation before the world, the Lord still had to give a special revelation in latter-days so that the full meaning of this marvelous parable might sink into the hearts of men. (D. & C. 86.)”

(Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, 1:283–84.)"

[Matthew F. Stroshine @LilStros]

"We have false teachers among us. We have apostates among us who are endeavoring to tear down and destroy the kingdom of God, and they are disturbing a great many members of the Church. Why? Because they haven't the faith nor the background in knowledge to resist these false teachers and their false doctrines."

Joseph Fielding Smith
CR, Oct. 1961, p. 20

[Matthew F. Stroshine @LilStros]

“I think it would be very self-defeating for anyone to somehow think because I’m not perfect, then obviously I’m just a failure. Let’s not talk about perfection here. If you’re moving and trying and praying and weeping, that’s what God applauds and that’s what he’ll help.

I think that the thing God loves most about being God is the chance to be merciful and see the gratitude in the faces and in the hearts of those who didn’t think they could find mercy and probably didn’t think they were worthy of it.

Without compromise or equivocation, no one, no one, can ever say that they are beyond the pale of the atonement. No one can sink lower than the light of Christ shines. That is not possible.”

- President Jeffrey Roy Holland

[Matthew F. Stroshine @LilStros]

"In the beginning was the gospel preached through the Son. And the gospel was the word, and the word was with the Son, and the Son was with God, and the Son was of God."

JST, John 1:1