“We are learning, day by day, about the gift of agency that allows us to experience the consequences, good and bad, of our own choices.” ChoicesConsequenceAgencyGood And Bad Author:Robert D. Hales
“As our understanding of obedience deepens, we recognize the essential role of agency.” UnderstandingRolesEssentialsObedienceAgency Author:Robert D. Hales
“Whenever we choose to come unto Christ, take His name upon us, and follow His servants, we progress along the path to eternal life. In our mortal journey, it is helpful to remember that the opposite is also true: when we don't keep the commandments or follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost, our opportunities are reduced; our abilities to act and progress are diminished.” RememberOpportunityNamesChristAbilityPathProgressJourneyHolyEternalOppositesGhostMortalsServantAgencyHelpfulCommandmentsEternal LifeHoly Ghost Author:Robert D. Hales
“Agency used righteously allows light to dispel the darkness and enables us to live with joy and happiness.” LightUsedJoyDarknessAgencyJoy And Happiness Author:Robert D. Hales
“Tests and trials are given to all of us. These mortal challenges allow us and our Heavenly Father to see whether we will exercise our agency to follow His Son. He already knows, and we have the opportunity to learn, that no matter how difficult our circumstances, all these things shall be for our experience, and our good.” KnowsMatterGodFatherOpportunityJesusGivenDifficultChallengesLearningSonCircumstancesExerciseTestsExperienceUnityGoodTrialsMortalsAgencyHeavenlyAllowingLife ExperienceHeavenly FatherFollowing JesusLive And LearnTrial And ErrorLife LearningOpportunities To LearnYou Live And You Learn Author:Robert D. Hales
“You and I were among those who used their agency to accept Heavenly Father's plan to come to earth, to have a mortal life, to progress. "We shouted for joy ... to have the opportunity of coming to the earth to receive bodies [for we knew] that we might become, through faithfulness, like unto our Father, God." Now we are here on earth, where opportunities to use our agency abound; for here "there is an opposition in all things." This opposition is essential to the purpose of our lives.” UseBodyMightEarthUsedJoyPurposeFatherOpportunityAcceptingOur LivesProgressPlansEssentialsAll ThingsMortalsAgencyOppositionHeavenlyFaithfulnessOur FatherHeavenly Father Author:Robert D. Hales
