The Savior empowers us with His grace, not because we've earned it, but because He loves us perfectly.

If we don't have a clear sense of our identity and purpose, we are much more vulnerable to Lucifer. He of course knows this and accordingly attempts to blur our vision. He lies. He shades and obliterates truth. He makes evil look good and good look unenlightened and unsophisticated. Make no mistake about it: Lucifer will do anything to derail, disappoint, dishearten, discourage, and deceive us—and particularly those who have made and are seeking to keep sacred covenants. His motives are entirely self-centered, selfish, destructive, and evil.

We're not alone--at least, we're alone only if we choose to be alone. We're alone only if we choose to go through life relying solely on our own strength rather than learning to draw upon the power of God.

I can't imagine pain greater than stepping across the veil and realizing I had not done what I came here to do - or realizing that I had given up my life to little or nothing, only then to find that it was gone. p 3

The only way that we may overcome the world is by coming unto Christ. And coming to Christ means walking away from the world.

For the Holy Ghost blesses us with optimism and wisdom at times of challenge that we simply cannot muster on our own.

We don't really know what we believe in or care about until what we believe in or care about is threatened, challenged, or measured.