The only way to take sorrow out of death is to take love out of life.

My dear brothers and sisters, the joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives.

Through the ages, many of His children have had access to the blessings of the gospel, but many more have not.

When I think of the love I feel for each member of our family, I sense, to a slight degree, the love that our Heavenly Father bears for His children.

We need more missionaries - more worthy missionaries.

Missionaries serve to make life better for God's children.

All missionaries, younger and older, serve with the sole hope of making life better for other people.

Preparation for a mission is important. A mission is a voluntary act of service to God and humankind. Missionaries support that privilege with their personal savings. Parents, families, friends, and donors to the General Missionary Fund may also assist.

All that the future holds in store for each sacred child of God will be shaped by his or her parents, family, friends, and teachers. Thus, our faith now becomes part of our posterity's faith later.

As apostles and prophets, we are concerned not only for our children and grandchildren but for yours as well - and for each of God's children.

If one accepts the terms of the covenant and obeys God's law, he or she receives the blessings associated with the covenant.

We were born with a capacity to grow, love, marry, and form families.

Think of our physical sustenance. It is truly heaven-sent. The necessities of air, food, and water all come to us as gifts from a loving Heavenly Father.

We are eternal beings - spirit children of heavenly parents.

Each day brings opportunity for decisions for eternity.

Even the best teams can fail. Celebrities can fade. There is only One in whom your faith is always safe, and that is in the Lord Jesus Christ. And you need to let your faith show!

The ways of the Lord are different from the ways of man. Man's ways remove people from office or business when they grow old or become disabled. But man's ways are not and never will be the Lord's ways.

Our inquiring friends and neighbors not of our faith can also catch the wave. We encourage them to keep all that is good and true in their lives. And we invite them to receive more, especially the glorious truth that through God's eternal plan, families can be together forever.

Mission presidents hold keys of responsibility for the welfare, safety, and success of their missionaries.

Many institutions of higher learning will grant an 18- to 30-month deferral to prospective missionaries. This will enable you elders and sisters to serve without worrying about where you will begin your advanced education. We are very grateful to leaders of educational institutions who are making such planning possible!

Young men and women, your education is ever important - to us, to you, and to God.

I worry about all who are impure in their thoughts, feelings, or actions or who demean their wives or children, thereby cutting off priesthood power.

We make the Sabbath a delight when we teach the gospel to our children.

The Lord has often chosen to instruct His people in their times of trial.