We Should Seek At All Times To Purify Ourselves And To Lead Such Worthy Lives That The Light Of Christ Emanates From Us In All That We Say And Do.
Of All The Opportunities My Priesthood Authority Affords, There Is None Grander Than The Privilege Of Being In One Of Our Temples And Representing The Master In Officiating In The Marriage Of Two Of His Worthy, Righteous Children.
It Is A Shortsighted Priesthood Leader Who Doesn't See The Value In Calling Upon The Sisters To Share The Understanding And Inspiration They Possess.
We Must Prepare Ourselves To Assist The Missionaries In Finding Those Of Our Heavenly Father's Children Who Will Embrace The Message Of The Restoration.
The Answer Is, Of Course, To Simplify, To Prioritize, And In Some Cases, To Use A Well-known Phrase, "just Say No!" But Actually Doing It May Prove To Be One Of The Real Challenges In Our Complicated, Overheated Lives.
There Are Conversations Going On About The Church Constantly. Those Conversations Will Continue Whether Or Not We Choose To Participate In Them. But We Cannot Stand On The Sidelines While Others, Including Our Critics, Attempt To Define What Our Church Teaches... We Are Living In A World Saturated With All Kinds Of Voices. Perhaps Now, More Than Ever, We Have A Major Responsibility As Latter-day Saints To Define Ourselves, Instead Of Letting Others Define Us.
Our Love For Our Father In Heaven And The Lord Jesus Christ Needs To Be Reflected In Our Daily Choices And Actions. They Have Promised Peace, Joy, And Happiness To Those Who Keep Their Commandments.
In Your Morning Prayer Each New Day, Ask Heavenly Father To Guide You To Recognize An Opportunity To Serve One Of His Precious Children.
Because The Eternal Principle Of Agency Gives Us The Freedom To Choose And Think For Ourselves, We Should Become Increasingly Able To Solve Problems. We May Make The Occasional Mistake, But As Long As We Are Following Gospel Principles And Guidelines, We Can Learn From Those Mistakes And Become More Understanding Of Others And More Effective In Serving Them.
There Is Great Power In Prayer. I Strongly Encourage Personal And Family Prayer, Which Are Important In Building Strong Families. I'm Wondering If Many Of You Parents, You Couples, Have Lost That Essential Moment Of Kneeling Together At The End Of The Day, Just The Two Of You, Holding Hands And Saying Your Prayers. If That Has Slipped Away From Your Daily Routine, May I Suggest You Put It Back-beginning Tonight!
