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  1. What Has Our Savior Done for Us?

    Dallin H. Oaks April 2021 Priesthood Session

    The Resurrection also gives us a powerful incentive to keep the commandments of God during our mortal lives.

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  2. Hosanna and Hallelujah—The Living Jesus Christ: The Heart of Restoration and Easter

    Gerrit W. Gong April 2020 Saturday Evening Session

    A second promise of Easter and our Lord’s Atonement is that, spiritually, “all things shall be restored to their proper order.” This spiritual restoration reflects our works and desires.

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  3. Be One with Christ

    Quentin L. Cook April 2024 Saturday Afternoon Session

    Other premortal spirits exercised their agency in following Heavenly Father’s plan.

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  4. Lift Up Your Heart and Rejoice

    Marcos A. Aidukaitis April 2022 Saturday Afternoon Session

    Among the many rich blessings He has given me for serving Him as a full-time missionary are a greater faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement and a stronger knowledge and testimony of His teachings, so that I am not easily swayed by “every wind of doctrine” (Ephesians 4:14).

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  5. Come into the Fold of God

    Randy D. Funk April 2022 Sunday Afternoon Session

    Consider some causes of unhappiness: misery comes from sin, sadness and loneliness from the death of a loved one, and fear from the uncertainty of what happens when we die.

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  6. Not as the World Giveth

    Jeffrey R. Holland April 2021 Saturday Afternoon Session

    In that regard, may I speak for a moment about the absence in some quarters of these principles of righteousness in our time.

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  7. Come and Belong

    Dieter F. Uchtdorf April 2020 Sunday Afternoon Session

    I believe most of us would tire very quickly of this sort of heavenly micromanagement.

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  8. Deceive Me Not

    Gary E. Stevenson October 2019 Sunday Morning Session

    The words written so many centuries ago by a Book of Mormon prophet are especially relevant for our day: “Wickedness never was happiness.” May we recognize Satan’s deceptions for what they are.

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  9. Holiness and the Plan of Happiness

    Henry B. Eyring October 2019 Sunday Afternoon Session

    That is what Heavenly Father; His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ; and the Holy Ghost have offered every spirit child of Heavenly Father who now lives, will live, or ever has lived in this world.

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  10. Prepare to Meet God

    Quentin L. Cook April 2018 Sunday Afternoon Session

    As we look around, we see the devastation of wickedness and addiction at every turn.

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  11. Turn On Your Light

    Sharon Eubank October 2017 General Women’s Session

    And finally, the fifth is to do one through four in happy ways.

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  12. Repentance Is Always Positive

    Stephen W. Owen October 2017 Saturday Afternoon Session

    Too often we think of repentance as something miserable and depressing.

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  13. The Book of Mormon: What Would Your Life Be Like without It?

    Russell M. Nelson October 2017 Saturday Afternoon Session

    The Book of Mormon both illuminates the teachings of the Master and exposes the tactics of the adversary.

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  14. His Daily Guiding Hand

    M. Joseph Brough April 2017 Saturday Morning Session

    Heavenly Father’s commandments are key components of the care package.

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  15. The Voice of Warning

    D. Todd Christofferson April 2017 Sunday Afternoon Session

    Far from being anxious to condemn, our Heavenly Father and our Savior seek our happiness and plead with us to repent, knowing full well that “wickedness never was [and never will be] happiness.” So Ezekiel and every prophet before and since, speaking the word of God out of a full heart, have warned all who will to turn away from Satan, the enemy of their souls, and “choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men.”

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  16. Am I Good Enough? Will I Make It?

    J. Devn Cornish October 2016 Saturday Morning Session

    And Alma proclaimed, “Behold, I say unto you, wickedness never was happiness.”

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  17. Shipshape and Bristol Fashion: Be Temple Worthy—in Good Times and Bad Times

    Quentin L. Cook October 2015 Saturday Morning Session

    I recognize that, despite the overwhelming happiness embodied in God’s divine plan, sometimes it can feel far away and disconnected from our current circumstances.

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  18. Obedience to Law Is Liberty

    L. Tom Perry April 2013 Sunday Morning Session

    God reveals to His prophets that there are moral absolutes.

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  19. Cleansing the Inner Vessel

    Boyd K. Packer October 2010 Sunday Morning Session

    We teach a standard of moral conduct that will protect us from Satan’s many substitutes or counterfeits for marriage.

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  20. Rest unto Your Souls

    Per G. Malm October 2010 Sunday Afternoon Session

    Along our way we are aided in our choices through the sustaining influence of the Spirit.

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  21. What Have You Done with My Name?

    Mervyn B. Arnold October 2010 Sunday Afternoon Session

    Sister Arnold learned that our kind, wise, and loving Heavenly Father has given us commandments not to restrict us, as the adversary would have us believe, but to bless our lives and to protect our good name and our legacy for future generations—just as they had for Lehi and Nephi.

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  22. The Blessing of Scripture

    D. Todd Christofferson April 2010 Saturday Afternoon Session

    In a complete reversal from a century ago, many today would dispute with Alma about the seriousness of immorality.

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  23. Moral Discipline

    D. Todd Christofferson October 2009 Sunday Afternoon Session

    Seeking to be neutral about the gospel is, in reality, to reject the existence of God and His authority.

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  24. Learning the Lessons of the Past

    M. Russell Ballard April 2009 Saturday Afternoon Session

    With all my heart I hope and pray that you will be wise enough to learn the lessons of the past.

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  25. Point of Safe Return

    Dieter F. Uchtdorf April 2007 Sunday Afternoon Session

    The prophet Alma, who was reclaimed from sin to happiness by God’s forgiveness, declared, “Wickedness never was happiness” (Alma 41:10).

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  26. The Great Plan of Happiness

    Marcus B. Nash October 2006 Priesthood Session

    “And now, my son, all men that are … in a carnal state … are without God in the world, and they have gone contrary to the nature of God; therefore, they are in a state contrary to the nature of happiness” (Alma 41:10–11).

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  27. Wherefore, Settle This in Your Hearts

    Larry W. Gibbons October 2006 Sunday Afternoon Session

    You lived with your Heavenly Father in a premortal life.

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  28. Nurturing Marriage

    Russell M. Nelson April 2006 Saturday Afternoon Session

    Marriage is both a commandment and an exalting principle of the gospel.

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  29. The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ—Plain and Precious Things

    Boyd K. Packer April 2005 Saturday Morning Session

    A few words or a phrase in a verse, such as “wickedness never was happiness” (Alma 41:10), will tell you of the reality of the evil one and how he works.

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  30. Be Thou an Example

    Thomas S. Monson April 2005 General Young Women Meeting

    Remember the words from the Book of Mormon: “Wickedness never was happiness.”

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  31. How to Live Well amid Increasing Evil

    Richard G. Scott April 2004 Sunday Afternoon Session

    Consider the lives of those who create what for some are captivating images of life.

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  32. “The Standard of Truth Has Been Erected”

    Boyd K. Packer October 2003 Saturday Afternoon Session

    Satan, with his angels, will try to capture your thoughts and control what you do.

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  33. To Be Free of Heavy Burdens

    Richard G. Scott October 2002 Sunday Afternoon Session

    Do you find yourself in a similar circumstance?

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  34. Fun and Happiness

    Claudio R. M. Costa October 2002 Sunday Afternoon Session

    Being obedient to God’s commandments, we will live happily for all eternity.

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  35. The Peaceable Things of the Kingdom

    M. Russell Ballard April 2002 Sunday Afternoon Session

    As President Hinckley instructed the brethren last night, there is no peace in sin.

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  36. “The Touch of the Master’s Hand”

    Boyd K. Packer April 2001 Saturday Afternoon Session

    The gospel plan is the “great plan of happiness.” It is contrary to the nature of God and contrary to the very nature of man to find happiness in sin.

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  37. Satan’s Bag of Snipes

    Richard C. Edgley October 2000 Priesthood Session

    Alma reminded his wayward son, Corianton, regarding sexual impurity: “Know ye not, my son, that these things are an abomination in the sight of the Lord?” (Alma 39:5).

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  38. Washed Clean

    Boyd K. Packer April 1997 Saturday Morning Session

    The prophet Alma bluntly told his wayward son that because he transgressed he was “in a state contrary to the nature of happiness” and that “wickedness never was happiness.” Those who don’t know how to erase mistakes often feel cornered and rebellious and lose themselves in unworthy living.

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  39. Converts and Young Men

    Gordon B. Hinckley April 1997 Priesthood Session

    It is not God who has given us the spirit of fear; this comes from the adversary.

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  40. “If Thou Wilt Enter into Life, Keep the Commandments”

    Robert D. Hales April 1996 Priesthood Session

    Brethren, choosing to live the commandments frees us from the shackles of sin and allows us to experience true happiness.

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  41. Stay on the True Course

    Carlos E. Asay April 1996 Sunday Morning Session

    It must be remembered that “wickedness never was happiness” and never will be.

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  42. Live in Obedience

    Joseph B. Wirthlin April 1994 Priesthood Session

    The commandments of the gospel come from a tender, loving Father whose laws are given to make us happy, to protect us, and to help us avoid the inescapable pain and misery that always result when we yield to Satan and give in to temptation.

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  43. A Mighty Change of Heart

    Spencer J. Condie October 1993 Saturday Morning Session

    One of the powerful doctrines of the Book of Mormon is that we can, indeed we must, undergo a mighty change of heart (see Mosiah 5:2; Alma 5:14).

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  44. Take Time for Your Children

    Ben B. Banks October 1993 Saturday Afternoon Session

    It is not easy for children to stay clean and pure in today’s world.

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  45. The Search for Happiness

    W. Eugene Hansen October 1993 Sunday Afternoon Session

    Isn’t that true?

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  46. Keeping Covenants

    M. Russell Ballard April 1993 Saturday Morning Session

    “We counsel you to choose to live a morally clean life.

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  47. Our Moral Environment

    Boyd K. Packer April 1992 Sunday Morning Session

    The code for moral law is found in the scriptures, stated as simply as, “Wickedness never was happiness” (Alma 41:10).

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  48. Seeking the Good

    Joseph B. Wirthlin April 1992 Sunday Afternoon Session

    We should seek to be happy and cheerful and not allow Satan to overcome us with discouragement, despair, or depression.

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  49. Joy and Mercy

    Dallin H. Oaks October 1991 Sunday Afternoon Session

    Persons who pursue Satan’s way are certain to have Satan’s misery.

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  50. Repentance

    F. Burton Howard April 1991 Saturday Morning Session

    Of course we have the right to strive for happiness.

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  51. The Straight and Narrow Way

    Joseph B. Wirthlin October 1990 Sunday Morning Session

    My brothers and sisters, I plead with you also to be certain that you do not cross over the lines of safety into the paths of immorality.

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  52. Covenants

    Boyd K. Packer October 1990 Sunday Afternoon Session

    The laws of God are ordained to make us happy.

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  53. The Aaronic Priesthood: Return with Honor

    Robert D. Hales April 1990 General Priesthood Meeting

    My brethren, this is deception, as the Lord has taught us.

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  54. Chastity: The Source of True Manhood

    Robert L. Backman October 1989 Priesthood Session

    The full force of his actions was obvious to my tearful friend, who understood, at last, the reality of Alma’s words: “Wickedness never was happiness.” (Alma 41:10.)

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  55. Running Your Marathon

    Joseph B. Wirthlin October 1989 Sunday Afternoon Session

    On the other hand, Satan will try, at every step of the way, to lead you off course.

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  56. “They’re Not Really Happy”

    Glenn L. Pace October 1987 Priesthood Session

    When all of the evidence is in, the world’s graduate school of hard knocks will teach what you young men were taught in the kindergarten of your spiritual training, “Wickedness never was happiness” (Alma 41:10).

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  57. Happiness

    Jack H Goaslind April 1986 Sunday Morning Session

    The doctrine is concisely summarized by Alma: “Behold, I say unto you, wickedness never was happiness.” (Alma 41:10; italics added.) If we are not pure, we would be miserable in the presence of God and Christ, who are by their very nature happy and joyful and cannot look upon sin with any allowance.

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  58. “Be of Good Cheer”

    Marvin J. Ashton April 1986 Sunday Afternoon Session

    For many years President Ezra Taft Benson has reinforced his talks of love and guidance to our youth with the truth that wickedness never can be happiness.

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  59. Worthy Fathers, Worthy Sons

    Ezra Taft Benson October 1985 Priesthood Session

    Alma reproved his son Corianton for his immoral behavior.

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  60. Repentance

    F. Burton Howard April 1983 Sunday Morning Session

    Ultimately, they look within.

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  61. To Forgive Is Divine

    Theodore M. Burton April 1983 Sunday Afternoon Session

    My special assignment as a General Authority is to assist the First Presidency in bringing people who have committed serious sins back into the Church.

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  62. To the Young Men of the Church

    Robert L. Backman October 1980 Priesthood Session

    In my lifetime, my young friends, I have discovered that happiness comes in keeping the commandments of God.

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  63. Pornography—the Deadly Carrier

    Thomas S. Monson October 1979 Sunday Afternoon Session

    First, a return to righteousness.

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  64. A Message to the Rising Generation

    Ezra Taft Benson October 1977 Saturday Afternoon Session

    First, I counsel you to live a morally clean life.

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  65. The Road to Happiness

    Joseph Anderson April 1975 Friday Afternoon Session

    As an illustration, every one of the Ten Commandments, if lived, will bring joy and satisfaction.

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  66. Do Not Despair

    Ezra Taft Benson October 1974 Saturday Afternoon Session

    First, repentance.

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  67. Understanding Who We Are Brings Self-Respect

    Harold B. Lee October 1973 Friday Morning Session

    Other prophets have declared likewise, so forcibly as to not be misunderstood, that “wickedness never was happiness.” (Alma 41:10.)

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  68. Success—A Journey or a Destination?

    Hartman Rector, Jr. April 1973 Saturday Afternoon Session

    We must not be misled.

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  69. Counsel to the Saints and to the World

    Joseph Fielding Smith April 1972 Thursday Morning Session

    Marry in the temple, and live joyous and righteous lives.

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  70. Why Stay Morally Clean

    Boyd K. Packer April 1972 Sunday Morning Session

    And now, my young friends, I must tell you soberly and seriously that God has declared in unmistakable language that misery and sorrow will follow the violation of the laws of chastity.

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  71. “Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery”

    Milton R. Hunter April 1971 Saturday Afternoon Session

    Let us cite only a few of the numerous cases that have come to my personal attention recently.

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