When You Understand The Atonement, Then You

Because Of Jesus Christ, Peace Can Replace Guilt. Healthy Relationships Can Be Restored. Addictions Can Be Overcome.

Those Who Yearn For True Spiritual Light And Knowledge Can Only Find It Through The Power Of The Holy Ghost. The Spirit Enlightens And Gives Understanding Of The Eternal Purpose Of Life. By The Spirit, Church Members Know The Restored Gospel Of Jesus Christ Is True.

But One Thing Is Certain: The Commandments Have Not Changed. Let There Be No Mistake About That. Right Is Still Right. Wrong Is Still Wrong, No Matter How Cleverly Cloaked In Respectability Or Political Correctness. We Believe In Chastity Before Marriage And Fidelity Ever After. That Standard Is An Absolute Standard Of Truth. It Is Neither Subject To Public Opinion Polls Nor Dependent Upon Situation Or Circumstance. There Is No Need To Debate It Or Other Gospel Standards.

There Is Great Power In Prayer. I Strongly Encourage Personal And Family Prayer, Which Are Important In Building Strong Families. I'm Wondering If Many Of You Parents, You Couples, Have Lost That Essential Moment Of Kneeling Together At The End Of The Day, Just The Two Of You, Holding Hands And Saying Your Prayers. If That Has Slipped Away From Your Daily Routine, May I Suggest You Put It Back-beginning Tonight!

There Are Conversations Going On About The Church Constantly. Those Conversations Will Continue Whether Or Not We Choose To Participate In Them. But We Cannot Stand On The Sidelines While Others, Including Our Critics, Attempt To Define What Our Church Teaches... We Are Living In A World Saturated With All Kinds Of Voices. Perhaps Now, More Than Ever, We Have A Major Responsibility As Latter-day Saints To Define Ourselves, Instead Of Letting Others Define Us.