You and I were among those who used their agency to accept Heavenly Father's plan to come to earth, to have a mortal life, to progress. "We shouted for joy ... to have the opportunity of coming to the earth to receive bodies [for we knew] that we might become, through faithfulness, like unto our Father, God." Now we are here on earth, where opportunities to use our agency abound; for here "there is an opposition in all things." This opposition is essential to the purpose of our lives.

In the Lord's service the path is not always easy... But in serving Him, we discover that His hand is truly over us.

The events and prophecies of our time are preparing us for the Savior's Second Coming.

Whatever the needs of family members may be, we can strengthen our families as we follow the counsel given by prophets.

Through the Savior's Atonement and by following these basic patterns of faithfulness, we receive "power from on high" to face the challenges of life. We need this divine power today more than ever.

Sometimes we forget that our Heavenly Father desires that each of us have this joy.

The greatest blessings of general conference come to us after the conference is over. Remember the pattern recorded frequently in scripture: we gather to hear the words of the Lord, and we return to our homes to live them.