Morning Session: Sister Sharon G. Larsen
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Agency is the power to think, choose and act for ourselves.
"Using this gift of agency wisely is critical today, because never in the world's history have God's children been so blessed or so blatantly confronted with so many choices."
Choice becomes inescapable. "The world's two opposing forces seek our commitment. On the one hand, there is the reality of Satan, and on the other the more powerful love of the Savior."
Lehi teaches if there was no opposition, there would be no righteousness nor wickedness.
"Satan is permitted to exercise his power, and yielding our will to God can sometimes become difficult. Yet it is in this exercise of acting for ourselves that we grow."
Faith and commitment are tested when the world offers tempting alternatives.
Our choices determine blessings or burdens. Right choices bring freedom and blessings — even in choosing what may appear trivial.
These Lord's gifts of strength include prayer, the gift of the Holy Ghost, sacred covenants, the scriptures and the ultimate gift of the Atonement. Today there are many roads, but only one main road — the straight and narrow.
