Conversion will not be a single event or something that will last for just one season of life but will be a continuing process. Life can become brighter until the perfect day, when we will see the Savior and find that we have become like Him. The Lord described the journey this way: ‘That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day’ (D&C 50:24).

We need not just one flash of light and comfort, but we need the continuing blessing of communication with God.

Heavenly Father has assigned us to a great variety of stations to strengthen and, when needed, to lead travelers to safety. Our most important and powerful assignments are in the family. They are important because the family has the opportunity at the start of a child's life to put feet firmly on the path home.

It is by avoiding future sin that we retain a remission of the sins of the past.

The Lord's way to help those in temporal need requires people who out of love have consecrated themselves and what they have to God and to His work.

God loves his children more than any earthly parent, so think what your kindness to his children means to him.

We can with confidence set a goal to make this Christmas brighter than the last and each year that follows brighter still.