The family is
essential to our Heavenly Father's Plan of Salvation. It is the single most
important organization in the world today. However, the adversary wants us
underestimate the importance of the family. He is doing all in his power to
tear families and marriages apart. There are many things that he uses to tear
apart the family; he knows our weaknesses and he will use them against us. It
is important for all of us to recognize that Satan is working to destroy that which
is most important to us - when we understand what he is doing, we can better
arm ourselves with the tools and weapons necessary to keep our families safe.
Parents are instructed to teach their children the laws of the gospel at home,
so they may be prepared to live them outside the home. And parents must always
teach by example.
I have come to better understand the importance of the family since getting
married almost three years ago. I have also felt the pull of temptation as the
adversary tries to take hold of us and tear apart our marriage. For my husband
and I, it is so comforting to know about the precious role that the family
plays in our Father in Heaven's plan. It helps us to know that what we are
working at will not only be beneficial in this life, but also in the
eternities. We take comfort in knowing that we will be together forever and
that we will see our deceased loved ones again someday if we are faithful to
the things that we know to be true. As parents, we recognize the importance of teaching
our daughter (and all of our future children) about her divine role as a
daughter of God and about her duty to return to live with Him again.
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L. Tom Perry, "Therefore I was Taught," April 1994 General Conference,
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1994/04/therefore-I-was-taught?lang=eng
Gordon B. Hinckley, "The Family: A Proclamation to the World," 1995 September General Relief Society Meeting, http://www.lds.org/topics/family-proclamation?lang=eng
One of the greatest blessings we can offer to the
world is the power of a Christ-centered home where the gospel is taught,
covenants are kept, and love abounds.
Richard G. Scott, For Peace at Home, April 2013 General Conference,
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/04/for-peace-at-home?lang=eng
All larger units of society depend on the smallest
and most fundamental unit, the family. No matter who or what we are, we help
ourselves when we help families.
M. Russell Ballard, What
Matters Most Is What Lasts Longest, October 2005 General Conference,
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2005/10/what-matters-most-is-what-lasts-longest?lang=eng
One of the great messages of the gospel is the
doctrine of the eternal nature of the family unit. We declare to the world the
value and importance of family life, but much of the confusion and difficulty
we find existing in the world today is being traced to the deterioration of the
family. Home experiences where children are taught and trained by loving
parents are diminishing.
L. Tom Perry, "Therefore
I was Taught," April
1994 General Conference, http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1994/04/therefore-I-was-taught?lang=eng
The family is ordained of God.
Marriage between a man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are
entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father
and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family
life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on
principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love,
compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities.
Gordon B.
Hinckley, "The Family: A
Proclamation to the World," 1995
September General Relief Society Meeting, http://www.lds.org/topics/family-proclamation?lang=eng
One thing is very clear: the safest place and the best protection against the moral and spiritual diseases is a stable home and family. This has always been true; it will be true forever. We must keep that foremost in our minds.
One thing is very clear: the safest place and the best protection against the moral and spiritual diseases is a stable home and family. This has always been true; it will be true forever. We must keep that foremost in our minds.
Boyd K. Packer, Do Not Fear, April 2004 General Conference, http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2004/04/do-not-fear?lang=eng
A man and a woman are to make sacred covenants
that they will put the welfare and happiness of the other at the center of
their lives. Children are to be born into a family where the parents hold the
needs of children equal to their own in importance. And children are to love
parents and each other.
Henry B. Eyring, Our
Perfect Example, October 2009 General Conference,
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2009/10/our-perfect-example?lang=eng
We call upon members of the Church everywhere
to put family first and to identify specific ways to strengthen their
individual families.
M. Russell Ballard, What Matters Most Is
What Lasts Longest, October 2005 General Conference,
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2005/10/what-matters-most-is-what-lasts-longest?lang=eng
The family, the fundamental organization in time and eternity, is under attack from forces seen and unseen. The adversary is about. His objective is to cause injury. If he can weaken and destroy the family, he will have succeeded.
Boyd K. Packer, These Things I Know, April 2013 General Conference, http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/04/these-things-I-know?lang=eng
If loving, inspired instruction and example are not provided at home, then our related efforts for success in and around the Church programs are severely limited. It is increasingly clear that we must teach the gospel to our families personally, live those teachings in our homes, or run the risk of discovering too late that a Primary teacher or priesthood adviser or seminary instructor could not do for our children what we would not do for them.
Jeffrey R. Holland, Within the Clasp of Your Arms, April 1983 General Conference Priesthood Session, http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1983/04/within-the-clasp-of-your-arms?lang=eng
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