Moro. 4:3
“All of us face different family circumstances and home situations. All of us need strength in dealing with them. This strength comes from faith in the Savior’s love and in the power of his atonement. If we trustingly put our hand in the Savior’s, we can claim the promise of the sacramental prayer to always have his Spirit with us. All problems are manageable with that strength, and all other problems are secondary in urgency to maintaining a strong spiritual life.” (Chieko N. Okazaki, Ensign, Nov. 1993, p. 94)
“Do we always stop to think, on that sacred Sabbath day when we meet together to partake of the sacrament, that we witness, promise, obligate ourselves, in the presence of one another, and in the presence of God, that we will do certain things? … The first: We are willing to take upon ourselves the name of the Son. In so doing we choose him as our leader and our ideal: and he is the one perfect character in all the world. Second: That we will always remember him. Not just on Sunday, but on Monday, in our daily acts, in our self-control. When our brother hurts us, we are going to try to master our feelings and not retaliate in the same spirit of anger… . That’s the spirit of the Christ, and that’s what we have promised—that we will do our best to achieve these high standards of Christianity, true Christian principles. The third: We promise to ‘… keep his commandments which he has given …’ —tithing, fast offerings, the Word of Wisdom, kindness, forgiveness, love. The obligation of a member of the Church of Jesus Christ is great, but it is as glorious as it is great, because obedience to these principles gives life, eternal life.” (David O. McKay, Gospel Ideals, p. 146)
“In partaking of the sacrament, we can renew the effects of our baptism… . The renewal of our covenants by partaking of the sacrament should also be preceded by repentance, so we come to that sacred ordinance with a broken heart and a contrite spirit (see 2 Ne. 2:7; 3 Ne. 12:19; D&C 59:8). Then, as we renew our baptismal covenants and affirm that we will ‘always remember him’ (D&C 59:8), the Lord will renew the promised remission of our sins, under the conditions and at the time he chooses… . Out of the seemingly small act of consciously and reverently renewing our baptismal covenants comes a renewal of the blessings of baptism by water and by the Spirit, that we may always have his Spirit to be with us. In this way all of us will be guided, and in this way all of us can be cleansed.” (Dallin H. Oaks, Ensign, Nov. 1996, p. 61)
“Even a child can understand what to do to have the Holy Ghost as a companion. The sacramental prayer tells us… . First, we promise to take His name upon us. That means we must see ourselves as His. We will put Him first in our lives. We will want what He wants rather than what we want or what the world teaches us to want. As long as we love the things of the world first, there will be no peace in us. Holding an ideal for a family or a nation of comfort through material goods will, at last, divide them… . Second, we promise always to remember Him. We do that every time we pray in His name. Especially when we ask for His forgiveness, as we must do often, we remember Him… . We also keep our promise to remember Him when as families we pray together and when we read the scriptures… . Third, we promise as we take the sacrament to keep His commandments, all of them. President J. Reuben Clark, Jr., … warned us against being selective in what we will obey. He put it this way: ‘The Lord has given us nothing that is useless or unnecessary… . When we partake of the Sacrament we covenant to obey and keep his commandments. There are no exceptions’ (Conference Report, Apr. 1955, pp. 10-11).” (Henry B. Eyring, Ensign, May 1998, p. 67)