Families

The Family: a Proclamation to the World
1) Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for a)   each other b)   and for their children. “Children are an heritage of the Lord” (Psalms 127:3). 

2) Parents have a sacred duty to a)   rear their children in love and righteousness, b)   to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, c)   and to teach them to love and serve one another, d)   observe the commandments of God and be law-abiding citizens wherever they live.

3) Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations.

4) The family is ordained of God.  a)   Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan.  b)   Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity.

5) Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when a)   founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ.  b)   Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of  i) faith,  ii) prayer,  iii) repentance,  iv) forgiveness,  v) respect,  vi) love,  vii) compassion, viii) work,  ix) and wholesome recreational activities.  

6) By divine design, a) fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families.  b) Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. 

7) In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. 

8) Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. Extended families should lend support when needed.
“The greatest job that any mother will ever do will be in nurturing, teaching, lifting, encouraging, and rearing her children in righteousness and truth.”  President Gordon B. Hinckley (Women of the Church)
“A child needs a mother more than all the things money can buy. Spending time with your children is the greatest gift of all.”                                                        President Gordon B. Hinckley (Women of the Church)
“In the eternal perspective, children—not possessions, not position, not prestige—are our greatest jewels."
                                                                                                                   President Gordon B. Hinckley (Women of the Church)
“I ask you men, particularly, to pause and take stock of yourselves as husbands and fathers and heads of households. Pray for guidance, for help, for direction, and then follow the whisperings of the Spirit to guide you in the most serious of all responsibilities, for the consequences of your leadership in your home will be eternal and everlasting."    (Good, Better, Best) Elder Dallin H. Oaks  Ensign, Nov 2007

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