The ancient Apostles were common men, and that was part of their credential.

Priesthood ordinances are the pathway to the power of godliness.

Conversion is an offering of self, of love, and of loyalty we give to God in gratitude for the gift of testimony.

Worldly influences would hinder use of our agency afforded through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. But we are agents who can act, and that affects everything in terms of how we live the gospel in our daily lives. It affects how we pray, how we study the scriptures, how we worship at church.

The tender mercies of the Lord are available to all of us and...the Redeemer of Israel is eager to bestow such gifts upon us.

An Apostle is a missionary, bearing testimony of the reality and divinity of Jesus Christ in all the world.

Learning by faith and from experience are two of the central features of the Father's plan of happiness. The Savior preserved moral agency through the Atonement and made it possible for us to act and to learn by faith.