“With all that is going on in the world, with the lowering of moral standards, you young people are being raised in enemy territory.” —Elder Boyd K. Packer
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Spiritual Battles
“The time will come when only those who believe deeply and actively in the family will be able to preserve their families in the midst of the gathering evil around us.” —President Spencer W. Kimball
“Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. ... We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it: and Christ, because He was the only man who never yielded to temptation, is also the only man who knows to the full what temptation means—the only complete realist.”
“You have agency, and you are free to choose. But there is actually no free agency. Agency has its price. You have to pay the consequences of your choices.” — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“You are growing up in enemy territory. When you become mature spiritually, you will understand how the adversary has infiltrated the world around you. He is in homes, entertainment, the media, language—everything around you.” —President Boyd K. Packer, Seminary Centennial Broadcast, January 22, 2012