Remember Them No More

The Atonement is not a general thing that is for the whole Church. The Atonement is individual, and if you have something that is bothering you—sometimes so long ago you can hardly remember it—put the Atonement to work. It will clean it up, and you, as does He, will remember your sins no more. 

President Boyd K. Packer- April 2015 General Conference “The Plan of Happiness” 

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/the-plan-of-happiness?lang=eng

Forgiveness Means Forgiveness

Sometimes, even after confession and paying penalties, the most difficult part of repentance is to forgive one’s self. You must come to know that forgiveness‍ means forgiveness.

President Boyd K. Packer - October 2010 General Conference "Cleansing the Inner Vessel"

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/10/cleansing-the-inner-vessel?lang=eng

Don't Look Back

In turn, he asked her to read to him from the Old Testament the account of Lot’s wife, who was turned to a pillar of salt. Then he asked her, “What lesson do you gain from those verses?”"

She answered, “The Lord will destroy the wicked.”

“Not so!” President Smith said that the lesson for this repentant woman and for you is “Don’t look back!” 

President Boyd K. Packer - October 2010 General Conference "Cleansing the Inner Vessel"

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/10/cleansing-the-inner-vessel?lang=eng

Healing Powers of the Atonement

 The mercy and grace of Jesus Christ are not limited to those who commit sins either of commission or omission, but they encompass the promise of everlasting peace to all who will accept and follow Him and His teachings. His mercy is the mighty healer, even to the wounded innocent.

President Boyd K. Packer - October 2014 General Conference "The Reason for Our Hope"

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/10/the-reason-for-our-hope?lang=eng

The Atonement Makes Life Easier

Had He not accomplished the Atonement, there would be no redemption. It would be a difficult world to live in if we could never be forgiven for our mistakes, if we could never purify ourselves and move on.

President Boyd K. Packer - October 2014 General Conference "The Reason for Our Hope"

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/10/the-reason-for-our-hope?lang=eng

Choices and Consequences

 We may not live perfect lives, and there are penalties for our mistakes, but before we came to earth, we agreed to be subject to His laws and to accept the punishment for violating those laws.

President Boyd K. Packer - October 2014 General Conference "The Reason for Our Hope"

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/10/the-reason-for-our-hope?lang=eng

The Atonement Offers Escape

·         The Atonement, which can reclaim each one of us, bears no scars. That means that no matter what we have done or where we have been or how something happened, if we truly repent, He has promised that He would atone. And when He atoned, that settled that. There are so many of us who are thrashing around, as it were, with feelings of guilt, not knowing quite how to escape. You escape by accepting the Atonement of Christ, and all that was heartache can turn to beauty and love and eternity.  The Atonement which can wash clean every stain no matter how difficult or how long or how many times repeated. The Atonement can put you free again to move forward, cleanly and worthily, to pursue that path that you have chosen in life.

President Boyd K. Packer- April 2015 General Conference “The Plan of Happiness” 

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/the-plan-of-happiness?lang=eng

No Scars Remain Because of the Atonement

Nowhere is the generosity and mercy of God more manifest than in repentance.

·         Our spirits are damaged when we make mistakes and commit sins. But unlike the case of our mortal bodies, when the repentance process is complete, no scars remain because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The promise is: “Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.

President Boyd K. Packer- April 2015 General Conference “The Plan of Happiness” 

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/the-plan-of-happiness?lang=eng

Nourishing Love

·         True love requires reserving until after marriage the sharing of that affection which unlocks those sacred powers in that fountain of life. It means avoiding situations where physical desire might take control...   But romantic love is incomplete; it is a prelude. Love is nourished by the coming of children, who spring from that fountain of life entrusted to couples in marriage.  

      President Boyd K. Packer- April 2015 General Conference “The Plan of Happiness” 

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/the-plan-of-happiness?lang=eng

Family Is the Plan of Happiness

       The commandment to multiply and replenish the earth has never been rescinded. It is essential to the plan of redemption and is the source of human happiness. Through the righteous exercise of this power, we may come close to our Father in Heaven and experience a fulness of joy, even godhood. The power of procreation is not an incidental part of the plan; it is the plan of happiness; it is the key to happiness.

President Boyd K. Packer- April 2015 General Conference “The Plan of Happiness” 

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/the-plan-of-happiness?lang=eng

Pornography is Like a Plague

In our day the dreadful influence of pornography is like unto a plague sweeping across the  world,infecting one here and one there, relentlessly trying to invade every home, most   frequently through the husband and father. The effect of this plague can be, unfortunately  often is,spiritually fatal. Lucifer seeks to disrupt “the great plan of redemption,”  “the great plan of happiness.”  

Pornography will always repel the Spirit of Christ and will interrupt the communications   between our Heavenly Father and His children and disrupt the tender relationship between husband and wife.

President Boyd K. Packer - October 2010 General Conference "Cleansing the Inner Vessel"

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/10/cleansing-the-inner-vessel?lang=eng