Service/Charity

Service/Charity

"My promise to you who pray and serve the Lord cannot be that you will have every blessing you may wish for yourself and your family. But I can promise you that the Savior will draw close to you and bless you and your family with what is best. You will have the comfort of His love and feel the answer of His drawing closer as you reach out your arms in giving service to others. As you bind up the wounds of those in need and offer the cleansing of His Atonement to those who sorrow in sin, the Lord’s power will sustain you. His arms are outstretched with yours to succor and bless the children of our Heavenly Father, including those in your family."
President Henry B. Eyring "Come Unto Me" April 2013 General Conference

"What is charity? The prophet Mormon teaches us that 'charity is the pure love of Christ.'"
President Thomas S. Monson "Charity Never Faileth" October 2010 General Conference

"There is a serious need for the charity that gives attention to those who are unnoticed, hope to those who are discouraged, aid to those who are afflicted. True charity is love in action. The need for charity is everywhere."
President Thomas S. Monson "Charity Never Faileth" October 2010 General Conference

"We rejoice that so many Latter-day Saint couples are among that unselfish group who are willing to surrender their personal priorities and serve the Lord by bearing and rearing the children our Heavenly Father sends to their care. We also rejoice in those who care for disabled family members and aged parents. None of this service asks, what’s in it for me?"
Elder Dallin H. Oaks "Unselfish Service" April 2009 General Conference 

"We do not serve our Savior well if we fear man more than God."
Elder Dallin H. Oaks "Unselfish Service" April 2009 General Conference

"It is only when we love God and Christ with all of our hearts, souls, and minds that we are able to share this love with our neighbors through acts of kindness and service—the way that the Savior would love and serve all of us if He were among us today."
Elder M. Russell Ballard "Finding Joy Through Loving Service" April 2011 General Conference

"First, charity begins at home. The single most important principle that should govern every home is to practice the Golden Rule—the Lord’s admonition that 'all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them'"
Elder M. Russell Ballard "Finding Joy Through Loving Service" April 2011 General Conference

"To all those who serve the Lord by serving their fellowmen, and to those who are the recipients of this selfless service, the Redeemer seems to be speaking to you when He declared:
'When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory'"
President Thomas S. Monson "The Service That Counts" October 1989 General Conference

"Truly, our lives of service and sacrifice are the most appropriate expressions of our commitment to serve the Master and our fellowmen."
Elder Dallin H. Oaks "Sacrifice" April 2012 General Conference

"Other examples of service and sacrifice appear in the lives of the faithful members who serve in our temples. Temple service is unique to Latter-day Saints, but the significance of such sacrifice should be understandable to all Christians."
Elder Dallin H. Oaks "Sacrifice" April 2012 General Conference