Wendy Watson Nelson > Quotes

“The gift of the Holy Ghost … quickens all the intellectual faculties, increases, enlarges, expands and purifies all the natural passions and affections, and adapts them, by the gift of wisdom, to their lawful use. It inspires, develops, cultivates, and matures all the fine-toned sympathies, joys, tastes, kindred feelings, and affections of our nature. It inspires virtue, kindness, goodness, tenderness, gentleness, and charity. It develops beauty of person, form, and features. It tends to health, vigor, animation, and social feeling. It invigorates all the faculties of the physical and intellectual man. It strengthens and gives tone to the nerves. In short, it is, as it were, marrow to the bone, joy to the heart, light to the eyes, music to the ears, and life to the whole being.”
― Wendy L. Watson, Purity and Passion

“He promises that when we go forth from His house we can leave: 1. armed with His power, 2. with His name upon us, 3. with His glory round about us, and 4. with His angels having charge over us.”
― Wendy L. Watson, Purity and Passion

“Our goal is to learn to speak about anything and everything in a manner that allows the Spirit to be present. If we do, contention will be put away.”
― Wendy Watson Nelson, The Heavens Are Open

“Zero contention is a crucial ingredient for opening the heavens.”
― Wendy Watson Nelson, The Heavens Are Open

“was called to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people so that the Savior Himself could open the heart, soften the heart, heal the heart, and change the heart of every person who would choose to follow Him.”
― Wendy Watson Nelson, The Heavens Are Open

“Because of the Savior’s love for us, He wants to offer us all He knows. He offers us His eternal laws and ordinances with their accompanying joy and peace. It seems true that the more laws we know—and, more important, the more laws we live— the more joy and peace we can experience within our marriages.”
― Wendy L. Watson, Purity and Passion

“Cease from all your light speeches … from all your lustful desires, from all your pride and light-mindedness, and from all your wicked doings…. See that ye love one another; cease to be covetous; learn to impart one to another…. Cease to be idle; cease to be unclean; cease to find fault one with another; cease to sleep longer than is needful; retire to thy bed early, that ye may not be weary; arise early, that your bodies and your minds may be invigorated. And above all things, clothe yourselves with the bond of charity.” (D&C 88:121, 123–25.)”
― Wendy L. Watson, Purity and Passion

“President George Q. Cannon … eloquently and fervently pleaded with the saints to overcome each manifested weakness through the acquisition of a countermanding gift of strength, known as a gift of the Spirit.” (The Infinite Atonement, 273.)”
― Wendy L. Watson, Purity and Passion

“But if we are doing good things without depth of feeling, without passion, without deep love, without vigor and commitment, without intentional consistency, without laying hold upon the good things, we will miss out on the joy.”
― Wendy Watson Nelson, The Heavens Are Open

“Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God.” (Alma 37:37.)”
― Wendy L. Watson, Purity and Passion

“These are days that require us to wake up to the realities of an ever-darkening world. Elder Henry B. Eyring recently warned, “As the forces around us increase in intensity, whatever spiritual strength was once sufficient will not be enough.” (Ensign, October 1999, 9.)”
― Wendy L. Watson, Purity and Passion