Eternal
marriage is such an important part of our Father’s plan for us. Today, we live
in a world where the institution of marriage is being challenged. All around
us, people are trying to redefine the meaning of marriage, walking out of their
own marriages, and excluding marriage from their life plans completely. Living
together before marriage has become a normal and accepted thing in our society.
But that is not God’s way.
Marriage is a sacred
institution and it is ordained of God. It is such a comfort to my husband and
me to know that our Father in Heaven supports our marriage and is, in a sense, “rooting
us on.” The adversary would have us give up on our marriage. He wants to tear
our family apart – and he is working harder than ever to succeed. But, as we
keep the Spirit close to us and continue to live the values that we have been
taught, Satan will have no power over us or our marriage.
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Russell M. Nelson, Nurturing Marriage, April 2006 General Conference,
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2006/04/nurturing-marriage?lang=eng
To willfully destroy a marriage, either your own
or that of another couple, is to offend our God. Such a thing will not be
lightly considered in the judgments of the Almighty and in the eternal scheme
of things will not easily be forgiven.
Boyd K. Packer, Marriage, April 1981
General Conference, http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1981/04/marriage?lang=eng
Marriage between a man and a woman
is ordained of God.
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
The temple sealing has greater meaning as life
unfolds. It will help you draw ever closer together and find greater joy and
fulfillment in mortality.
Richard G. Scott, The Eternal Blessings of Marriage, April 2011 General Conference,
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2011/04/the-eternal-blessings-of-marriage?lang=eng
Russell M. Nelson, Nurturing
Marriage, April 2006 General
Conference,
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2006/04/nurturing-marriage?lang=eng
Marriage is a shelter where families are created.
The society which puts low value on marriage sows the wind and, in time, will
reap the whirlwind - and thereafter, unless they repent, bring upon themselves
a holocaust!
Boyd K. Packer, Marriage, April
1981 General Conference,
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1981/04/marriage?lang=eng
Righteous love is the foundation of a successful
marriage.
Richard G. Scott, The Eternal Blessings of
Marriage, April 2011 General Conference, http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2011/04/the-eternal-blessings-of-marriage?lang=eng
Marriage is sanctified when it is cherished and
honored in holiness. That union is not merely between husband and wife; it
embraces a partnership with God.
Russell M. Nelson, Nurturing Marriage, April 2006 General Conference,
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2006/04/nurturing-marriage?lang=eng
L. Tom Perry, An
Elect Lady, April 1995
General Conference, http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1995/04/an-elect-lady?lang=eng
Marriage provides an ideal setting for overcoming
any tendency to be selfish or self-centered.
Richard G. Scott, The
Eternal Blessings of Marriage, April 2011 General Conference,
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2011/04/the-eternal-blessings-of-marriage?lang=eng
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