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Kelly R. Johnson
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October 2025
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Saturday Morning Session
As taught in the scriptures, we are free to act for ourselves, “to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life.” But if we are not diligent, this freedom to act for ourselves may lead to a loss of alignment with the will of God.
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Steven C. Barlow
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October 2025
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Saturday Evening Session
Heavenly Father gave us agency to inspire us to want to choose Him.
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Neil L. Andersen
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April 2022
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Saturday Morning Session
First, our Heavenly Father has given each individual his or her moral agency, with the ability to choose one’s own path.
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Joy D. Jones
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April 2021
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Saturday Morning Session
Alma taught us to “prepare the minds of [the] children.” We are preparing the rising generation to be the future defenders of the faith, to understand “that [they] are free to act for [themselves]—to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life.” Children deserve to understand this great truth: eternity is the wrong thing to be wrong about.
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Dale G. Renlund
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October 2018
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Sunday Afternoon Session
“Wherefore, my beloved brethren [and sisters], reconcile yourselves to the will of God, and not to the will of the devil … ; and remember, after ye are reconciled unto God, that it is only in and through the grace of God that ye are saved.”
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Henry B. Eyring
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October 2005
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Saturday Afternoon Session
“Wherefore, may God raise you from death by the power of the resurrection, and also from everlasting death by the power of the atonement, that ye may be received into the eternal kingdom of God, that ye may praise him through grace divine.
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Thomas S. Monson
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October 2004
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Sunday Morning Session
The scriptures tell us that we are free to act for ourselves, “to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life.”
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Henry B. Eyring
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October 1998
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Saturday Afternoon Session
“Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to act for yourselves—to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life”
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High confidence
Gene R. Cook
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April 1993
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Yes, works alone cannot bring that divine gift, but they are a key condition upon which the gift is received (see 2 Ne.
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High confidence
Joseph B. Wirthlin
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October 1989
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Sunday Afternoon Session
The Lord has given you the gift of agency (see Moses 7:32) and instructed you sufficiently to know good from evil (see 2 Ne.
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High confidence
Russell M. Nelson
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October 1988
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Saturday Morning Session
Cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to act for yourselves—to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life.
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High confidence
Victor L. Brown
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April 1971
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Priesthood Session
“Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to act for yourselves—to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life.”
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High confidence