Declare My Word

Declare My Word Inspiring quotes from prophets & other leaders from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Other opinions are my own. Managed by Kempe Nicoll
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09/09/2026

🗣: Jeffrey R. Holland • “I ask everyone within the sound of my voice to take heart, be filled with faith, and remember the Lord has said He “would fight [our] battles, [our] children’s battles, and [the battles of our] children’s children.” And what do we do to merit such a defense? We are to “search diligently, pray always, and be believing, and [then] all things shall work together for [our] good, if [we] walk uprightly and remember the covenant wherewith [we] have covenanted.” The latter days are not a time to fear and tremble. They are a time to be believing and remember our covenants."
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The Ministry of Angels (Oct'08)
Jeffrey R. Holland

09/04/2026

🗣: Dallin H. Oaks • “I wonder if we fully appreciate the enormous significance of this belief in a literal, universal resurrection. The conviction that death is not the conclusion of our identity changes the whole perspective of our mortal life. It affects how we look on the physical challenges of mortality. It gives us the strength and perspective to endure the mortal challenges faced by each of us and by those we love. It signifies that mortal deficiencies are only temporary! It also gives us the courage to face our own death or that of loved ones—even deaths we might call premature.

Our belief in the Resurrection also encourages us to fulfill our family responsibilities in mortality. It helps us live together in love in this life in anticipation of joyful reunions and associations in the next."
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Alive in Christ (Apr'26)
President Dallin H. Oaks

09/04/2026

🗣: Jeffrey R. Holland • “My beloved brothers and sisters, with the exciting new emphasis on increased gospel learning in the home, it is crucial for us to remember that we are still commanded to “go to the house of prayer and offer up thy sacraments upon my holy day.” In addition to making time for more home-centered gospel instruction, our modified Sunday service is also to reduce the complexity of the meeting schedule in a way that properly emphasizes the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper as the sacred, acknowledged focal point of our weekly worship experience. We are to remember in as personal a way as possible that Christ died from a heart broken by shouldering entirely alone the sins and sorrows of the whole human family.

Inasmuch as we contributed to that fatal burden, such a moment demands our respect. Thus, we are encouraged to come to our services early and reverently, dressed appropriately for participation in a sacred ordinance. “Sunday best” has lost a little of its meaning in our time, and out of esteem for Him into whose presence we come, we ought to restore that tradition of Sabbath dress and grooming when and where we can."
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Behold the Lamb of God (Apr'19)
Jeffrey R. Holland

…this painting of Dan Jones by .Kelley.Price.art was considered for the cover in early versions for what is now our Pr...
08/31/2026

…this painting of Dan Jones by .Kelley.Price.art was considered for the cover in early versions for what is now our Preach My Gospel manual?

Rather than being on the cover, it is now the first photo used on page 1 of Preach My Gospel.

Just below the painting in the manual, it says, “Dan Jones, one of the greatest missionaries in this dispensation, preaches the gospel in Wales.”

“The picture of Christ’s baptism on the cover was determined during a meeting with Elder ’s Curriculum Committee. While looking at the picture of Dan Jones, the feeling was expressed that he was a great missionary but that the image did not capture the fullness of missionary work. If the purpose of missionary work was to bring someone to the waters of baptism after they had faith in Christ and repented of their sins so they could have full access to the Atonement, then that saving ordinance should be depicted. The committee went to work finding a number of different baptismal pictures and, along with Elder Ballard, recommended to the Missionary Committee the one that now appears on the cover. Christ being baptized spoke volumes because that is the example for all of God’s children to follow.”

“Previous attempts at naming the manual included “Obtain the Word,” “Fishers of Men,” and “‘Teach All Nations, Baptizing Them . . . .’” It was suggested that the manual be called Preaching My Gospel with a reference to Doctrine and Covenants 42. Shortly thereafter, the “ing” was dropped from “preaching,” and Elder Ballard added “D&C 50:14” in conjunction with the new title.”
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Quotes are from the .RSC’s

Benjamin Hyrum White, “The History of Preach My Gospel,” Religious Educator 14, no. 1 (2013): 129–158.
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08/29/2026

🗣: Thomas S Monson • “Choose a companion carefully and prayerfully; and when you are married, be fiercely loyal one to another. Priceless advice comes from a small framed plaque I once saw in the home of an uncle and aunt. It read, “Choose your love; love your choice.” There is great wisdom in those few words. Commitment in marriage is absolutely essential.

Your wife is your equal. In marriage neither partner is superior nor inferior to the other. You walk side by side as a son and a daughter of God. She is not to be demeaned or insulted but should be respected and loved."
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Priesthood Power (Apr'11)
Thomas S. Monson

08/29/2026

🗣: Thomas S. Monson • “Choose a companion carefully and prayerfully; and when you are married, be fiercely loyal one to another. Priceless advice comes from a small framed plaque I once saw in the home of an uncle and aunt. It read, “Choose your love; love your choice.” There is great wisdom in those few words. Commitment in marriage is absolutely essential.

Your wife is your equal. In marriage neither partner is superior nor inferior to the other. You walk side by side as a son and a daughter of God. She is not to be demeaned or insulted but should be respected and loved.”
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Priesthood Power (Apr’11)
Thomas S. Monson

08/28/2026

🗣: Russell M. Nelson • “Your body is your personal temple, created to house your eternal spirit. Your care of that temple is important. Now, I ask you, brethren, are you more interested in dressing and grooming your body to appeal to the world than to please God? Your answer to this question sends a direct message to Him about your feelings regarding His transcendent gift to you. In this reverence for our bodies, brethren, I think we can do better and be better."
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We Can Do Better and Be Better (Apr'19)
Russell M. Nelson

08/28/2026

🗣: Gordon B. Hinckley • “If the pressures of school are too heavy, if you complain about your housing and the food you eat, I can suggest a cure for your problems. Lay your books aside for a few hours, leave your room, and go visit someone who is old and lonely. There are many such right here in this valley. Or visit those who are sick and discouraged; there are hundreds of that kind here, including not a few on this campus, who need the kind of encouragement you could give. If you are complaining about life, it is because you are thinking only of yourself. There was for many years a sign on the wall of a shoe repair shop I patronized. It read, “I complained because I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet.” The most effective medicine for the sickness of self-pity is to lose oneself in the service of others.“
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Forget Yourself
Gordon B. Hinckley
March 6, 1977 - BYU Speeches

08/21/2026

🗣: Richard G Scott • “Think of the long view of life, not just what’s going to happen today or tomorrow. Don’t give up what you most want in life for something you think you want now.

The essential things must be accomplished during your testing period on earth. They must have first priority. They must not be sacrificed for lesser things, even though they are good and worthwhile accomplishments. After this life, you will be restored to that which you have here allowed yourself to become. Oh, if I but had the capacity to communicate the peace and serenity that come from knowing that you and your family have worthily received all of the saving ordinances and the corresponding covenants are being righteously kept.

I encourage you with every capacity that I possess to receive all of the ordinances for salvation and do all you can to have the other members of your family receive those ordinances before departing this earth.”
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Jesus Christ, Our Redeemer (Apr’97)

08/21/2026

🗣: • “Let me ask you to do another hard thing. However tough you think you’ve got it, somebody near you has got it tougher than you do. They may not be started on Pathway––or maybe they are––but they, as limited your dream might be and as worried as you are, they’re more worried. Will you remember them? And you’ll do a lot better if in all of your travail you realize that there’s a neighbor, in the New Testament parable sense, who needs you. We’ve talked about divine help, and I’m going to close with a word of divine help, but I’m going to ask that you give each other help, mortal help. In this little verse that you don’t need to remember, but you can remember that I said it:

“[I’ve] wept in the night for the shortness of sight that to [someone’s] need [I was] blind, but I never have yet [had an ounce] of regret for being a little too kind.”

Remember even in your difficulty––and they’re real––even in your difficulty, make sure you step outside yourself and bring somebody along. It’s amazing how much better two of you will make it than one, or three of you make it than two. And that’s the spirit of the gathering.”
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