President Thomas S Monson said:
May I offer to you tonight six road signs which, when observed and followed, will guide you to safety. They are:
1. Choose good friends. Friends help to determine your future. You will
tend to be like them and to be found where they choose to go. Remember,
the path we follow in this life leads to the path we follow in the
next.
2. Seek parental guidance. Your mother, your father, your
family all love you and pray for your eternal happiness. Fathers, be an
example to your sons. Show them the way to go. Walk with them in
righteousness and faith.
3. Study the gospel. Develop a yearning to
know the Lord, to understand His commandments and to follow Him. Then
shadows of despair are dispelled by rays of hope, sorrow yields to joy,
and the feeling of being lost in the crowd of life vanishes with the
certain knowledge that our Heavenly Father is mindful of each of us.
4. Obey the commandments. Make up your mind to serve God. Learn His
word and follow it. President George Albert Smith, the eighth President
of the Church, counseled: "Stay on the Lord’s side of the line."
5.
Serve with love. Jesus was the epitome of service. It was said of Him
that He "went about doing good." Do we do likewise? Our opportunities
are many, but some are perishable and fleeting. Brethren, what supernal
joy you feel when someone recalls counsel you gave, an example you
lived, a truth you taught, the influence you had in prompting another to
do good.
6. Pray with purpose. Prayer is the provider of spiritual
strength. Prayer is the passport to peace. Should we find ourselves in
harm’s way, our power line is unbroken and undamaged—even to God, our
Heavenly Father. He will help us if we will but give Him in our lives an
opportunity to do so.
5. Serve with love. Jesus was the epitome of service. It was said of Him that He "went about doing good." Do we do likewise? Our opportunities are many, but some are perishable and fleeting. Brethren, what supernal joy you feel when someone recalls counsel you gave, an example you lived, a truth you taught, the influence you had in prompting another to do good.
6. Pray with purpose. Prayer is the provider of spiritual strength. Prayer is the passport to peace. Should we find ourselves in harm’s way, our power line is unbroken and undamaged—even to God, our Heavenly Father. He will help us if we will but give Him in our lives an opportunity to do so.
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