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Selected excerpts from messagess delivered by members of the Quorum of the Twelve
Spiritual gifts
If you learn and earnestly seek the gifts of the Spirit, then you will be competent. The problems will be there, but the language barriers will fade and you will find a great solace and comfort and a great power will be with you all the time.
— President Boyd K. Packer
Members and missionary
work
I've watched choir directors at stake conferences with great interest; how they can get the best out of a body of men and women who have no special musical training. It always amazes me. As with the director, so with the choir.
And as with the leader, so with the member. Our challenge is to become the type of leaders who will inspire confidence and enthusiasm in the lives of the members of the Church and assist them in this great assignment.
— Elder L. Tom Perry
Nature of revelation
Fundamental to revelation is the commitment to do all in our power — to work hard. Most revelation comes when [missionaries] are on the move, not sitting back waiting.
— Elder Dallin H. Oaks
Role of Joseph Smith
The Prophet Joseph Smith is the king truss of the restoration of the Church. That the heavens opened and Joseph Smith saw and talked with our Heavenly Father and His beloved son, Jesus Christ, is central to our faith.
— Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
Teaching doctrine
One of the beautiful things of doctrine is that once it has been declared, there is no disputation. . . . The world will keep moving . . . but doctrine and the Church remain constant, today and always.
— Elder Robert D. Hales
Book of Mormon
It is impossible to overstate the role of the Book of Mormon in the Restoration, and in the potential power it brings to the hands of the missionary.
— Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
