Key to Eternal Happiness

·         Marriage and family are still the aspiration and ideal of most people and that we are not alone in those beliefs. It has never been more of a challenge to find a practical balance between employment, families, and personal needs than it is in our day. As a church, we want to assist in all that we can to create and support strong marriages and families... Family is the center of life and is the key to eternal happiness.

      Elder L. Tom Perry - April 2015 General Conference "Why Marriage and Family Matter - Everywhere In the World"

      https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/why-marriage-and-family-matter-everywhere-in-the-world?lang=eng

Families are Eternal

·         Marriage and family-centered priorities cut across and superseded any political, economic, or religious differences. When it comes to love of spouse and hopes, worries, and dreams for children, we are all the same...    While it was wonderful to see and feel that we have so much in common with the rest of the world in regard to our families, only we have the eternal perspective of the restored gospel.  What the restored gospel brings to the discussion on marriage and family is so large and so relevant that it cannot be overstated: we make the subject eternal!

      Elder L. Tom Perry - April 2015 General Conference "Why Marriage and Family Matter - Everywhere In the World"

      https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/why-marriage-and-family-matter-everywhere-in-the-world?lang=eng

Capture the Moment

A successful parent should never be too busy to capture a moment in a child’s life when an important lesson can be taught.  It is my firm conviction that there has never been a period in my many years of life when our Father in Heaven’s children have needed the guiding hand of faithful, devoted parents more. 

     Elder L. Tom Perry - October 2014 General Conference "Finding Lasting Peace and Building Eternal Families"

      https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/10/finding-lasting-peace-and-building-eternal-families?lang=eng

Preserve and Protect the Family

·         Many in our worried society understand that the disintegration of the family will bring only sorrow and hopelessness into a troubled world. As members of the Church, we have the responsibility to preserve and protect the family as the basic unit of society and eternity...  Our homes must be holy places in order to stand against the pressures of the world. Remember that the greatest of all the blessings of the Lord come through and are given to righteous families.

       

      Elder L. Tom Perry - October 2014 General Conference "Finding Lasting Peace and Building Eternal Families"

      https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/10/finding-lasting-peace-and-building-eternal-families?lang=eng