“We call upon people everywhere to pray for those in need, to do what they can to help the distressed and to seek the Lord’s help in ending any major conflicts.”
“As an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, I now call upon you young men, and those young women who desire to serve a mission, to begin right now to talk with your parents about serving a mission.”
“The Church is more than the buildings and the ecclesiastical structure; the Church is us, the members.”
“I witness that fidelity to the covenants and ordinances of the Savior’s restored gospel enables us to press on in the work of the Lord, to hold fast to Him as the Word of God and to heed not the allurements of the adversary.”
“Peacemakers are not passive; they are persuasive in the Savior’s way.”
“This ‘mighty change of heart’ brings us a feeling of freedom, trust and peace.”
Faith “is not static. It can go up or down according to the choices we make.”
“Our natures must be changed to become as a child to gain the strength we must have to stand steady and at peace in times of peril.”
“You are His most precious possession, His child, to whom He has given prophets and promises, spiritual gifts and revelation, miracles and messages, and angels on both sides of the veil.”
“Bask in His light and lend your own candle to the cause.”
“To any of our youth out there who are struggling, whatever your concerns or difficulties, death by suicide is manifestly not the answer.”
“You are not defined by these terrible things that have been done to you. You are, in glorious truth, defined by your eternally existing identity as a son or daughter of God.”
“Healing can come through the miracle of the redemptive might of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.”
“Our merciful Savior, victorious over darkness and depravity, has power to right all wrongs.”
“Serving a full-time mission may seem difficult to us. Perhaps it requires that we give up important things for a moment. The Lord certainly knows this, and He will always be by our side.”
“My mission completely shaped my life. I learned it is worth the effort to trust in God, to trust in His wisdom and mercy and in His promises.”
“When we serve as full-time missionaries, we will be challenged at times, but the Lord Himself is our great exemplar and guide in such circumstances.”
“We each have a story. Come discover yours. Come find your voice, your song, your harmony in Him.”
“By birth or adoptive lineage, we are ultimately all connected in the family of God and in the human family.”
“Each of our stories is a journey still in progress, as we discover, create and become with possibilities beyond imagination.”
“When we struggle — for any reason — that does not mean the plan isn’t working. That is when we need the plan the most!”
“Coming unto Christ means more than just thinking about Him or talking about Him or even loving Him. It means following Him.”
“Never will the plan of happiness become more real to you than when you are helping others to live it.”
“While it is indeed good to be authentic, we should be authentic to our real, true selves, as sons and daughters of God with a divine nature and destiny to become like Him.”
“Humility, coupled with faith in Jesus Christ, will allow us to access the enabling power of His grace and the fullness of blessings available because of His Atonement.”
“As sons and daughters of a loving Father in Heaven, we have the power within us to change.”
“Over a lifetime of service and spiritual experiences, I have come to understand that true conversion is the result of the conscious acceptance of the will of God, and we can be guided in our actions by the Holy Ghost.”
“Your testimony will be strengthened when you know in your heart through your prayers that the Prophet Joseph Smith was an instrument in the Lord’s hands.”
“The Lord asks each one of us to share His gospel in word and deed. Our personal conversion includes the responsibility to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world.”
“We honor the daughters of God in this special session by concentrating on their concerns and those of their organizations.”
“This is the work of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are His servants, directed by His Holy Spirit.”
“We invoke the blessings of our Lord upon the leaders of these organizations and upon the faithful women and girls who serve the Lord in these organizations and in their individual lives.”
“No matter our circumstances, our lives are sacred and have meaning and purpose.”
“We can choose to turn to the Savior today for the strength and healing that will enable us to fulfill all that we were sent here to do.”
“You may be young or feel of no importance, but you can be as salt in your family and in your community.”
“Conversion won’t come while doing nothing. It comes through the power of the Holy Ghost as we intentionally make an effort by asking, seeking and knocking. It comes by doing.”
“It takes effort to stay focused on what is truly essential for lasting joy.”
“It’s not about doing life perfectly – it’s about finding joy while doing our best to live the covenants we have made with the Lord.”
“Keeping our covenants allows the Savior’s power to cleanse us as we learn through experience — whether it is a minor misjudgment or a major failing.”
“With Jesus Christ as our anchor and perfect partner, we are assured of His loving strength in trial and of eventual deliverance through Him.”
“There is nothing more important to our eternal progress than keeping our covenants with God.”
“God loves you because you are His spirit daughter.”
“Heavenly Father’s prescribed path leads to the best eternal outcomes.”
“I invite you to center your life on Jesus Christ and remember the foundational truths in the Young Women theme.”
“Our repentance and obedience, our service and our sacrifices do matter.”
“In the midst of this refiner’s fire, rather than get angry with God, get close to God.”
“In the end, it is the blessing of a close and abiding relationship with the Father and the Son that we seek.”
“Unburdening our hearts through forgiveness isn’t always easy, but through the enabling power of Jesus Christ, it is possible.”
“Waiting upon the Lord can be a sacred place — a place of polishing and refining where we can come to know the Savior in a deeply personal way.”
“There is nothing in your life that is broken that is beyond the curative, redeeming and enabling power of Jesus Christ.”
“Gratefully, the Savior’s great commission can be accomplished through simple, easily understandable principles taught to each of us from childhood: Love, share and invite.”
“Whenever we show Christlike love towards our neighbor, we preach the gospel — even if we do not voice a single word.”
“Sharing isn’t about ‘selling’ the gospel.”
“God sent Jesus Christ, His Only Son in the flesh, to lay down His life for every one of us. This He did because He loves us and designed a plan for each of us to return home to Him.”
“We are the focus of our Heavenly Father’s plan and the reason for our Savior’s mission. Each of us, individually is Their work and Their glory.”
“Why does Heavenly Father’s personalized plan for us include helping others return to Him? Because that is how we become like Jesus Christ.”
“What is religious freedom? It is freedom of worship in all its configurations: freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, freedom to act on personal beliefs and freedom for others to do the same.”
“When religion is given the space and freedom to flourish, believers perform simple and sometimes heroic acts of service.”
“I invite you to champion the cause of religious freedom. It is an expression of the God-given principle of agency.”
“Adults can best be on the path towards self-reliance when they have been taught the gospel of Jesus Christ and have practiced its doctrine and principles since childhood and as youth in the home.”
“Striving to be self-reliant is part of our work along the covenant path that leads us back to Heavenly Father and to His son Jesus Christ.”
“Self-reliance is a doctrine of the gospel of Jesus Christ and not a program. It is a process that lasts a lifetime and not an event.”
“Any war is a horrifying violation of everything the Lord Jesus Christ stands for and teaches.”
“I plead with you to do all you can to end personal conflicts that are currently raging in your hearts and in your lives.”
“We have never needed positive spiritual momentum more than we do now.”
“To help us develop the godly attributes and the change in nature necessary to realize our divine potential, the Lord has revealed doctrine and established commandments based on eternal law.”
“The kingdom of glory we receive in the Final Judgment is determined by the laws we choose to abide in our Heavenly Father’s loving plan.”
“We affirm that the Family Proclamation, founded on unchangeable doctrine, defines the kind of family relationships where the most important part of our eternal development can occur.”
“The path to perfection is the covenant path, and Jesus Christ is the center of all ordinances and covenants.”
“We need the Spirit to help us navigate through mortality and the sacrament to energize our spiritual being.”
“As you regularly partake of the Savior’s emblem through the sacrament, you will have His Spirit to guide you on the covenant path and stay faithful to your covenants.”
“While some would prefer to be selective in the commandments they follow, let us joyfully accept the Savior’s invitation to ‘live by every word which proceedeth forth out of the mouth of God.’”
“We can accept and respect others without endorsing their beliefs or actions that do not align with the Lord’s will. There is no need to sacrifice truth on the altar of agreeableness and social desirability.”
“If we really want to be valiant disciples of Christ, we will find a way.”
“To be most effective, your experiences with the scriptures must be your own.”
“There is no substitute for the time you spend in the scriptures, hearing the Holy Ghost speak directly to you.”
“When we study the scriptures, there is no spiritual famine in the land.”
“When we truly are in awe of Jesus Christ and His gospel, we are happier, we have more enthusiasm for God’s work, and we recognize the Lord’s hand in all things.”
“As we genuinely and continually strive to learn of the Savior and follow His example, I promise you, in His name, that His divine attributes will be written in our minds and hearts, that we will become more like Him, and that we will walk with Him.”
“May the remembrance of what our eyes have seen and our hearts have felt increase our amazement at the Savior’s atoning sacrifice, which can heal us of our spiritual and emotional wounds and help us to draw closer to Him.”
“The gift of agency is not simply the right to choose, it is the opportunity to choose the right.”
“The blessings of the gospel of Jesus Christ are immeasurable because they are eternal.”
“To receive the marvelous blessings promised to those who come into the fold of God requires us to do just that — we need to choose to come.”
“Very few of us will ever be asked to sacrifice our lives for the Savior. But we are all invited to consecrate our lives to Him.”
“As we seek to purify our lives and look unto Christ in every thought, everything else begins to align.”
“This is how we offer our whole souls — by sacrificing anything that’s holding us back and consecrating the rest to the Lord and His purposes.”
“We have received important direction for the future. My prayer is that the Spirit has spoken to you directly about things the Lord would have you do.”
“I plead with you to counter worldly ways by focusing on the eternal blessings of the temple. Your time there brings blessings for eternity.”
“I love you, my dear brothers and sisters. More importantly, the Lord loves you. He is your Savior and your Redeemer. He leads and guides His Church.”