Sister Elaine S. Dalton
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"It is our personal worthiness that will qualify us to fulfill our individual earthly missions."
In the premortal life, Latter-day Saints "knew and understood that our success on this earth would be determined by our worthiness and purity." Worthiness requires that correct choices be made that "enable us to return to our Heavenly Father's presence."
Worthiness also requires faith and repentance and obedience. "We must live the standards and do those things which will entitle us to the constant companionship and guidance of the Holy Ghost — for the Spirit cannot dwell in unholy temples."
President Hinckley counseled Sister Dalton and her husband when they were married to "always remember our prayers — night and morning; to pray as a couple and as a family. He counseled us to always pay a full and honest tithing. He counseled us to read the scriptures daily and apply the principles in our lives. And he counseled us to remain worthy. He said: Always live in such a way that when you need the Lord's blessings, you can call upon Him and receive them because you are worthy."
Young people should "look into the windows of eternity! See yourselves in the Lord's holy temples. See yourselves living worthy and pure lives."
