"The priesthood is the authority of God. Those who hold the priesthood must be worthy and use it to bless others."(Teachings of President George Albert Smith, Chapter 5)
Blessings from the Priesthood: (Notice especially the underlined words in these quotes)
"If we were like all other denominations, we might seek the Lord and receive his blessings, because every man that does good in this world receives a blessing; we might have all the cardinal virtues and make them our own, but without the power of God and the authority of the holy Priesthood it is not possible for men to attain to the celestial kingdom.
"The only plan that will prepare men for the Celestial kingdom is the plan that has been given by Jesus Christ, our Lord; and the only authority that will qualify men to teach and to officiate in the ordinances of the Gospel properly is the authority of Jesus Christ, our Lord" ."(Teachings of President George Albert Smith, Chapter 5)
"The ultimate end of all activity in the Church is that a man and his wife and their children might be happy at home, protected by the principles and laws of the gospel, sealed safely in the covenants of the everlasting priesthood.
"Every law and principle and power, every belief, every ordinance and ordination, every covenant, every sermon and every sacrament, every counsel and correction, the sealings, the calls, the releases, the service—all these have as their ultimate purpose the perfection of the individual and the family, for the Lord has said, “This is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.”30
"I bear witness of the power of the priesthood given to the Church to protect us and guide us. And because we have that, we have no fear of the future. Fear is the opposite of faith. We move forward, certain that the Lord will watch over us, particularly in the family. Of Him I bear witness in the name of Jesus Christ, amen." (President Boyd K. Packer, The Power of the Priesthood, Ensign, May 2010)
Be Inspired,
Janelle Joy
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Now this same a Priesthood,which was in the beginning, shall be in the end of the world also.(Moses 6:7)
"Sister Amy Brown Lyman, who served as the eighth Relief Society general president during most of World War II, said:
“I think that one of the things that I have appreciated as much as anything … is the support that the Relief Society women have always received from the priesthood—from the General Authorities of the Church and also from the local priesthood as well, especially from the ward bishops"
(Daughters in my Kingdom,
Chapter 4)
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