"We need to make our homes a place of refuge from the storm, which is increasing in intensity all about us. Even if the smallest openings are left unattended, negative influences can penetrate the very walls of our homes." Perry, L. (2003, April). The Importance of the Family. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Retrieved from https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2003/04/the-importance-of-the-family?lang=eng&query=Family
“President Brigham Young explained that our families are not yet ours. The Lord has committed them to us to see how we will treat them. Only if we are faithful will they be given to us forever. What we do on earth determines whether or not we will be worthy to become heavenly parents.”
Perry, L. (2003, April). The Importance of the Family. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Retrieved from https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2003/04/the-importance-of-the-family?lang=eng&query=Family
"Elder Robert D. Hales said: “If the example we have received from our parents was not good, it is our responsibility to break the cycle. … Each person can learn a better way and in so doing bless the lives of familymembers now and teach correct traditions for the generations that follow” (“How Will Our Children Remember Us?” Ensign, Nov. 1993, 10).
"…an eternal bond doesn’t just happen as a result of sealing covenants we make in the temple. How we conduct ourselves in this life will determine what we will be in all the eternities to come. To receive the blessings of the sealing that our Heavenly Father has given to us, we have to keep the commandments and conduct ourselves in such a way that our families will want to live with us in the eternities. The family relationships we have here on this earth are important, but they are much more important for their effect on our families for generations in mortality and throughout all eternity." Hales, R. D. (1996, October). The Eternal Family. Salt Lake City, Utah. Retrieved from https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1996/10/the-eternal-family?lang=eng&query=Family#watch=video
"While our individual salvation is based on our individual obedience, it is equally important that we understand that we are each an important and integral part of a family and the highest blessings can be received only within an eternal family. When families are functioning as designed by God, the relationships found therein are the most valued of mortality. The plan of the Father is that family love and companionship will continue into the eternities. Being one in a family carries a great responsibility of caring, loving, lifting, and strengthening each member of the family so that all can righteously endure to the end in mortality and dwell together throughout eternity. Hales, R. D. (1996, October). The Eternal Family. Salt Lake City, Utah. Retrieved from https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1996/10/the-eternal-family?lang=eng&query=Family#watch=video
"THE FAMILY is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities. By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. Extended families should lend support when needed."
This proclamation was read by President Gordon B. Hinckley as part of his message at the General Relief Society Meeting held September 23, 1995, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
"Surely, the most important ingredient in producing family happiness for members of this Church is a deep religious commitment under wise, mature parental supervision. Devotion to God in the home seems to forge the spiritual moorings and stability that can help the family cope. Some may say this is an over-simplification of a very complex problem, yet I believe the answers lie within the framework of the restored gospel of Christ." Faust, J. E. (1983, April). Enriching Fmaily Life. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Retrieved from https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1983/04/enriching-family-life?lang=eng&query=Family
"In our day, the First Presidency has again stressed parental priority. From their recent letter to the Saints, I quote: “We call upon parents to devote their best efforts to the teaching and rearing of their children in gospel principles which will keep them close to the Church. The home is the basis of a righteous life, and no other instrumentality can take its place or fulfill its essential functions in carrying forward this God-given responsibility.” 20 20. In that letter dated 11 February 1999, signed by Presidents Gordon B. Hinckley, Thomas S. Monson, and James E. Faust, they also described what parents might do: “We counsel parents and children to give highest priority to family prayer, family home evening, gospel study and instruction, and wholesome family activities. However worthy and appropriate other demands or activities may be, they must not be permitted to displace the divinely appointed duties that only parents and families can adequately perform” (in “policies, announcements, and appointments,” Ensign, June 1999, 80). Nelson, R. M. (2001, October). Set Thy House in Order. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Retrieved from https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2001/10/set-in-order-thy-house?lang=eng&query=Family#20-
"Parents and children should realize that strong opposition will always come against the work and will of the Lord. Because the work (and glory) of God is to bring to pass our immortality and eternal life as a family, it logically follows that the work of the adversary will strike directly at the heart of the home—the family. Relentlessly Lucifer attacks the sanctity of life and the joy of parenthood.
Because the evil one is ever at work, our vigilance cannot be relaxed—not even for a moment. A small and seemingly innocent invitation can turn into a tall temptation which can lead to tragic transgression. Night and day, at home or away, we must shun sin and “hold fast that which is good.” Nelson, R. M. (2001, October). Set Thy House in Order. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Retrieved from https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2001/10/set-in-order-thy-house?lang=eng&query=Family#20-
"Also pivotal to God’s plan is the family. In fact, a purpose of the plan is to exalt the family. The earth was created so that we as premortal spirit children of our Father in Heaven could come to the earth and obtain physical bodies. We are here to be tried and tested.7 We are here to “choose liberty and eternal life, . . . or to choose captivity and death” (2 Nephi 2:27). And best of all, we are allowed to fall in love, to be married, and to invite children into our families." Faith and Families. (2005, February 6). Salt Lake City, UT. Retrieved from http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=1419
"Individuals who violate covenants of chastity, . . . or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets. [“The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Ensign, November 1995, 102] Faith and Families. (2005, February 6). Salt Lake City, UT. Retrieved from http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=1419
“President Brigham Young explained that our families are not yet ours. The Lord has committed them to us to see how we will treat them. Only if we are faithful will they be given to us forever. What we do on earth determines whether or not we will be worthy to become heavenly parents.”
Perry, L. (2003, April). The Importance of the Family. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Retrieved from https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2003/04/the-importance-of-the-family?lang=eng&query=Family
"Elder Robert D. Hales said: “If the example we have received from our parents was not good, it is our responsibility to break the cycle. … Each person can learn a better way and in so doing bless the lives of familymembers now and teach correct traditions for the generations that follow” (“How Will Our Children Remember Us?” Ensign, Nov. 1993, 10).
"…an eternal bond doesn’t just happen as a result of sealing covenants we make in the temple. How we conduct ourselves in this life will determine what we will be in all the eternities to come. To receive the blessings of the sealing that our Heavenly Father has given to us, we have to keep the commandments and conduct ourselves in such a way that our families will want to live with us in the eternities. The family relationships we have here on this earth are important, but they are much more important for their effect on our families for generations in mortality and throughout all eternity." Hales, R. D. (1996, October). The Eternal Family. Salt Lake City, Utah. Retrieved from https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1996/10/the-eternal-family?lang=eng&query=Family#watch=video
"While our individual salvation is based on our individual obedience, it is equally important that we understand that we are each an important and integral part of a family and the highest blessings can be received only within an eternal family. When families are functioning as designed by God, the relationships found therein are the most valued of mortality. The plan of the Father is that family love and companionship will continue into the eternities. Being one in a family carries a great responsibility of caring, loving, lifting, and strengthening each member of the family so that all can righteously endure to the end in mortality and dwell together throughout eternity. Hales, R. D. (1996, October). The Eternal Family. Salt Lake City, Utah. Retrieved from https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1996/10/the-eternal-family?lang=eng&query=Family#watch=video
"THE FAMILY is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities. By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. Extended families should lend support when needed."
This proclamation was read by President Gordon B. Hinckley as part of his message at the General Relief Society Meeting held September 23, 1995, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
"Surely, the most important ingredient in producing family happiness for members of this Church is a deep religious commitment under wise, mature parental supervision. Devotion to God in the home seems to forge the spiritual moorings and stability that can help the family cope. Some may say this is an over-simplification of a very complex problem, yet I believe the answers lie within the framework of the restored gospel of Christ." Faust, J. E. (1983, April). Enriching Fmaily Life. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Retrieved from https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1983/04/enriching-family-life?lang=eng&query=Family
"In our day, the First Presidency has again stressed parental priority. From their recent letter to the Saints, I quote: “We call upon parents to devote their best efforts to the teaching and rearing of their children in gospel principles which will keep them close to the Church. The home is the basis of a righteous life, and no other instrumentality can take its place or fulfill its essential functions in carrying forward this God-given responsibility.” 20 20. In that letter dated 11 February 1999, signed by Presidents Gordon B. Hinckley, Thomas S. Monson, and James E. Faust, they also described what parents might do: “We counsel parents and children to give highest priority to family prayer, family home evening, gospel study and instruction, and wholesome family activities. However worthy and appropriate other demands or activities may be, they must not be permitted to displace the divinely appointed duties that only parents and families can adequately perform” (in “policies, announcements, and appointments,” Ensign, June 1999, 80). Nelson, R. M. (2001, October). Set Thy House in Order. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Retrieved from https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2001/10/set-in-order-thy-house?lang=eng&query=Family#20-
"Parents and children should realize that strong opposition will always come against the work and will of the Lord. Because the work (and glory) of God is to bring to pass our immortality and eternal life as a family, it logically follows that the work of the adversary will strike directly at the heart of the home—the family. Relentlessly Lucifer attacks the sanctity of life and the joy of parenthood.
Because the evil one is ever at work, our vigilance cannot be relaxed—not even for a moment. A small and seemingly innocent invitation can turn into a tall temptation which can lead to tragic transgression. Night and day, at home or away, we must shun sin and “hold fast that which is good.” Nelson, R. M. (2001, October). Set Thy House in Order. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Retrieved from https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2001/10/set-in-order-thy-house?lang=eng&query=Family#20-
"Also pivotal to God’s plan is the family. In fact, a purpose of the plan is to exalt the family. The earth was created so that we as premortal spirit children of our Father in Heaven could come to the earth and obtain physical bodies. We are here to be tried and tested.7 We are here to “choose liberty and eternal life, . . . or to choose captivity and death” (2 Nephi 2:27). And best of all, we are allowed to fall in love, to be married, and to invite children into our families." Faith and Families. (2005, February 6). Salt Lake City, UT. Retrieved from http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=1419
"Individuals who violate covenants of chastity, . . . or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets. [“The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Ensign, November 1995, 102] Faith and Families. (2005, February 6). Salt Lake City, UT. Retrieved from http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=1419