Family

1. “May our families and homes be filled with love: love of each other, love of the gospel, love of our fellowman, and love of our Savior. As a result, heaven will be a little closer here on earth.

President Thomas S. Monson-Love at Home August 2011 Liahona  
https://www.lds.org/liahona/2011/08/love-at-home-counsel-from-our-prophet?lang=eng

2. My counsel is that we need to focus our energy on strengthening our families by talking, rejoicing, preaching, and prophesying of Christ, that we may enjoy the reward of righteous families so we can be eternal families.

           Quinten L. Cook, Eternal Families 2014 Women’s Conference BYU-Provo 

                    www.lds.org/church/news/follow-jesus-christ-and-reap-spiritual-rewards-says-elder-cook?lang=eng

3. Never let a day go by without holding family prayer and family scripture study. Put this, the Lord’s program, to the test; and see if it does not bless your home with greater peace, hope, love, and faith.

      L. Tom Perry-Back To Gospel Basics April 1993 General Conference 

      www.lds.org/general-conference/1993/04/back-to-gospel-basics?lang=eng

4. The principles stated in the proclamation on the family are a beautiful expression of this gospel culture.

Dallin H. Oaks-The Gospel Culture March 2013 Liahona 

https://www.lds.org/liahona/2012/03/the-gospel-culture?lang=eng&query=The+principles+stated+in+the+proclamation

5. Of one thing you can be certain: every person you see—no matter the race, religion, political beliefs, body type, or appearance—is family.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf-The Purpose of Your Journey-April 2013 General Conference https://www.lds.org/new-era/2013/05/for-young-women?lang=eng

6. The prophetic counsel to have daily personal and family prayer, daily personal and family scripture study, and weekly family home evening are the essential, weight-bearing beams in the construction of a Christ-centered home. Without these regular practices it will be difficult to find the desired and much-needed peace and refuge from the world.

Richard G Scott-For Peach At Home-April 2013 General Conference- 

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/04/for-peace-at-home?lang=eng

7. We should commence our labors of love and kindness with the family to which we belong, and then extend them to others.”

Teachings of Brigham Young Chapter 30

https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-brigham-young/chapter-30?lang=eng

8. The greatest joys and the greatest sorrows we experience are in family relationships. The joys come from putting the welfare of others above our own. That is what love is. And the sorrow comes primarily from selfishness, which is the absence of love. The ideal God holds for us is to form families in the way most likely to lead to happiness and away from sorrow.”

Henry B. Eyring-Our Perfect Example-October 2009 General Conference

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2009/10/our-perfect-example?lang=eng

9. The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be within the walls of your own homes.

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Harold B. Lee-Chapter 14 Love at Home
 https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-harold-b-lee/chapter-14?lang=eng&query=The+most+important+of+the+Lord%27s+work+you+will+ever+do+will+be+within+the+walls+of+your+own+homes.

10. The Lord has given us a commandment that we shall teach our children the principles of the gospel and have them baptized when they are eight years of age. If we fail to keep this commandment, the blessings that are promised to us by the Lord will be revoked, and we will have to mourn and sorrow in seeing our children grow up without a desire to serve God. And in after years, when we endeavor to instil into their minds of the principles of the gospel, we will make a failure of it.

           Heber J. Grant-Teachings of The Presidents of the Church Chapter 22
     https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-heber-j-grant/chapter-22?lang=eng

I learned quite a bit when it came to family. I know that family comes first and they are the most important thing on the earth today. I find myself reading the Proclamation to The Family from time to time.  I am glad that the church brought it in our home. We all need to remember that if we don’t teach our families the gospel truths or live by the commandments we were given we may not get to see our children have the desire to serve God. I know that I have done my best in rearing my boys. They have their own agency as well. We can teach them all we can, but because of their agency they can choose to follow the teachings of the church. Family has always been important to me because I was raised by a single parent. My brothers and I were close when we were younger. They do not like that I am a member of the Church. Because I choose to live my life the right way they do not want to have anything to do with me.