Nurture

"A mother’s nurturing love arouses in children, from their earliest days on earth, an awakening of the memories of love and goodness they experienced in their premortal existence. Because our mothers love us, we learn, or, more accurately, remember, that God also loves us."

Elder M. Russell Ballard
"The Sacred Responsibilites of Parents"
August 19, 2003 Church Education Week Devotional


"You build up the kingdom of God as you place your family first. A husband's highest priesthood duty is to love and care for his wife, to bless her and their children. A wife's highest calling is to love her husband and nurture their children. As you serve the Lord, know that your "duty is unto the church forever, and this because of [your] family" (D&C 23:3)."

Russell M. Nelson
"Identity, Priority, and Blessings"
September 10, 2000 CES Fireside


"Thoughtful planning and preparation are key to a rewarding future, but we do not live in the future—we live in the present. It is day by day that we work out our plans for the future; it is day by day that we achieve our goals. It is one day at a time that we raise and nurture our families. It is one day at a time that we overcome imperfections. We endure in faith to the end one day at a time."

Elder D. Todd Christofferson
"Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread"
January 9, 2009 CES Fireside


"As a mother you have been given divine instincts to help you sense your child’s special talents and unique capacities. With your husband you can nurture, strengthen, and cause those traits to flower."

Elder Richard G. Scott
"The Eternal Blessings of Marriage"
April 2011 General Conference


"Now, finally, I turn again to you dear sisters, you who have such a profound, innate spiritual ability to hear the voice of the Good Shepherd. You need never wonder again if you have worth in the sight of the Lord and to the Brethren in the presiding councils of the Church. We love you. We cherish you. We respect you. Never doubt that your influence is absolutely vital to preserving the family and to assisting with the growth and spiritual vitality of the Church. This Church will not reach its foreordained destiny without you. We men simply cannot nurture like you nurture. Most of us don’t have the sensitivity—spiritual and otherwise—that by your eternal nature you inherently have. Your influence on families and with children, with youth, and with men is singular. You are natural-born nurturers. Because of these unusual gifts and talents, you are vital to taking the gospel to all the world, to demonstrating that there is joy in living the way the prophets have counseled us to live."

Elder M.Russell Ballard
"Here I Am, Send Me"
March 13, 2001 BYU Devotional


" Marriages would be happier if nurtured more carefully."

Elder Russell M. Nelson
"Nurturing Marriage"
April 2006 General Conference


"Couples need private time to observe, to talk, and really listen to each other. They need to cooperate—helping each other as equal partners. They need to nurture their spiritual as well as physical intimacy. They should strive to elevate and motivate each other. Marital unity is sustained when goals are mutually understood. Good communication is also enhanced by prayer. To pray with specific mention of a spouse’s good deed (or need) nurtures a marriage."

Elder Russell M. Nelson
"Nurturing Marriage"
April 2006 General Conference


"I bear my witness this Easter weekend that “great things [will] be required at the hand[s] of [the] fathers,” as the Lord declared to the Prophet Joseph Smith. ²⁰ Surely the greatest of those things will be to have done all they could for the happiness and spiritual safety of the children they are to nurture."

Elder Jeffery R. Holland
"The Hands of the Fathers"
April 1999 General Conference


"As parents and leaders, how are you cultivating that potential? As a young man or woman of this generation, what are you doing to realize your extraordinary potential? Will you nurture it and rise to exceptional heights of accomplishment and happiness? How will you avoid Satan’s efforts to undermine your potential through transgression? Only you can answer these critical questions."

Elder Richard G. Scott
"Realize Your Potential"
October 2003 General Conference


"Have you ever pondered the sorrow of losing one and what sadness there must be when many are lost? That is what the Lord feels. It is what our prophet feels. And that is what I hope that you and I can feel, that we can show a determination to nurture those who have experienced the joys of feeling the Spirit, being baptized, and gaining a testimony and who are in the process of overcoming trials and tribulations and achieving an enduring conversion that will last eternally."

Elder Robert D. Hales
"When Thou Art Converted, Strengthen Thy Brethren"
April 1997 General Conference