Many religious confessions share common values. They teach that we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us.

From time to time, ask yourself these questions: "Am I ready to meet my Maker?" "Am I worthy of all the blessings He has in store for His faithful children?" "Have I received my endowment and sealing ordinances of the temple?" "Have I remained faithful to my covenants?" "Have I qualified for the greatest of all God's blessings-the blessing of eternal life."

Throughout the world, the family is increasingly under attack. If families fail, many of our political, economic, and social systems will also fail.

Each day is a day of decision.

I thank God and His Son, Jesus Christ, for the Restoration and its power to propel a magnificent wave of truth and righteousness across the earth.

Each holy temple stands as a symbol of our membership in the Church, as a sign of our faith in life after death, and as a sacred step toward eternal glory for us and our families.

While we are free to choose, once we have made those choices, we are tied to the consequences of those choices.