We must seek to be firmly rooted and converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

What does it mean to be true to the faith? That word true implies commitment, integrity, endurance, and courage.

My experiences taught me firsthand that when a person is not performing well, there are many possible reasons, some not of his own choosing.

President Lorenzo Snow declared that it is "the grand privilege of every Latter-day Saint . . . to have the manifestations of the spirit every day of our lives."

The Atonement of Jesus Christ and the healing it offers do much more than provide the opportunity for repentance from sins. The Atonement also gives us the strength to endure "pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind," because our Savior also took upon Him "the pains and the sicknesses of his people" (Alma 7:11). Brothers and sisters, if your faith and prayers and the power of the priesthood do not heal you from an affliction, the power of the Atonement will surely give you the strength to bear the burden.

We feel great compassion for parents whose love and protective instincts for their challenged children have moved them to some positions that are adversary to the Church. I hope the Lord will be merciful to parents whose love for their children has caused them to get into such traps.

The commandment to avoid contention applies to those who are right as well as those who are wrong.