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God honors our agency. He won't force us, but He'll help us. And He'll help us without limitation, because the heavens are open. Can I share the very first-- Please. --song, very first hymn that Emma put in her book? Know this. Know then "that ev'ry soul is free to choose his life and what he'll be; for this eternal truth is giv'n: that God will force no man to heav'n." Oh, good for you. That is eternal truth, and I think we can have that reassurance--we do. We have that reassurance, that we cannot be forced. Our Heavenly Father wants us to choose, to desire to come to Him. And He'll give us all the helps we need, but it's our choice. He will not force us. Well, the Book of Mormon tells you you're free to choose liberty, freedom, and eternal life or eternal--elsewhere.

And it's so simple, really. If you want to be happy, you keep the commandments. If you want to be miserable, you break them. And I think probably, individually, we have experienced both of those. Oh, yes. That's part of life. That's how we learn. That's how we learn. But we can testify that that is true. When we keep the Lord's commandments, we are happy.

Know This, That Every Soul Is Free

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Jean B. Bingham, Relief Society General President, shares with President Russell M. Nelson a verse from Emma Smith’s first hymnbook that notes the agency of individuals to choose for themselves.
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