Dieter F. Uchtdorf Quotes

The supposed revelations of God to humanity through Christ, or the word of God to Mohammed through the angel Gabriel, had the power they did because they indicated new truths, new directions for followers.

We should not run away from religious teachings. We should run to them.

Traditions tell us where we have come from. Scripture itself is a better guide as to where we should now be going.

Spiritual leadership is knowing where God wants people to be and taking the initiative to get them there by God's means in reliance on God's power.

I seek the Will of the Spirit of God through, or in connection with, the Word of God. The Spirit and the Word must be combined. If I look to the Spirit alone without the Word, I lay myself open to great delusions also.

The word of God is a Christian's instructions for life. God speaks to us through His word, so we cannot constantly be running on empty.

Without the presence of the Spirit, it is impossible to comprehend our personal mission or to have the reassurance that our course is right.

With the right to vote, our choice should be for the Holy Spirit to lead us and guide us.

The Bible is our rule of faith and doctrine.

Thank God for the Bible, the Word of God.

Christ is the sun, and all the watches of our lives should be set by the dial of his motion.

The strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way.

The word of God is our only standard, and the Holy Spirit our only teacher.

The words of the Lord are found in the scriptures and the teachings of the apostles and prophets. They provide us counsel and direction that, when followed, will act like a spiritual life jacket and will help us know how to hold on with both hands.

The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.

In the highest sense the Bible is to us the unique repository of eternal spiritual truths.

Well, I do listen to God for direction, but I really don't have time to listen to other artists all that much.

It's not a matter of us standing outside it and ticking off the boxes: yes, the Bible is faithful here; yes, it's telling the truth there, and so on, but rather granted that it's God-given. It's the frame of reference that shows us how to live in, tells us how to think about everything.

Choosing to do what the Lord has defined as right will, in the long run, always lead to the best outcomes.

It is easier to find guides, someone to tell you what to do, than someone to be with you in a discerning, prayerful companionship as you work it out yourself. This is what spiritual direction is.

These days - with the decline of the traditional churches - I'm concerned about where we obtain some form of moral direction.

Common sense is the fundamental factor in all spiritual disciplines. No rule is an eternal rule. Rules change from place to place, time to time and from one condition to another condition.

If you would follow on to know the Lord, come at once to the open Bible expecting it to speak to you. Do not come with the notion that it is a thing which you may push around at your convenience. It is more than a thing, it is a voice, a word, the very Word of the living God.

Half our fears arise from neglect of the Bible.

I would like to be a parson on this island. Explain the Sermon on the Mount to ordinary people and let the world be the world.