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(9/10/04)
"Someone once said, 'If you come to a fork in the road, take it.' But
it doesn't work that way. The Savior said, 'No man can serve two
masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else
he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God
and mammon.' (Matt
6:24.) Today many of us are trying to serve two masters-the Lord
and our own selfish interests-without offending the devil. The
influence of God, our Eternal Father, urges us, pleads us, and
inspires us to follow him. In contrast the power of Satan urges us to
disbelieve and disregard God's commandments." - James E. Faust, "Serving
the
Lord and Resisting the Devil," Ensign, September 1995, p. 2
(9/11/04)
"When Gladstone
was asked the secret of his brilliant career, he answered with one
word: 'Concentration.' Concentration is achieved by limiting the
scope. Emerson
said: 'The one prudence in life is concentration; the one evil is
dissipation' (The Complete Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, New York:
Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1929, p. 542). Jesus was limiting the scope
when he cautioned us to keep our eye single (see D&C
4:5). A single vision should also have a narrow focus. Jesus
proclaimed this same philosophy when he said: 'No man can serve two
masters' (Matt. 6:24)."
- Sterling W. Sill, "The
Strait
Gate," Ensign, July 1980, p. 6
1/4/17
Not
too many months ago I received a letter from a man who once thought he
could have it both ways. He has now repented and has brought his life
into compliance with gospel principles and commandments. I want to share
with you a paragraph from his letter, for it represents the reality of
flawed thinking: “I have had to learn for myself (the hard way) that the
Savior was absolutely correct when He said, ‘No man can serve two
masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he
will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and
mammon.’ I tried, about as hard as anyone ever has, to do both. In the
end,” said he, “I had all of the emptiness, darkness, and loneliness
that Satan provides to those who believe his deceptions, illusions, and
lies.” – Thomas S. Monson, “Dare
to
Stand Alone,” Ensign (CR) November 2011