The Battle over Man´s God Given Agency

Kenny Renfro

Kenny was the only person willing to go fishing with me during a blizzard in Kansas last winter.  He is very strong and tough.  He learned lessons that day about the dangers of temptation. We successfully tempted the fish, and that was their last lesson in life.  We need to teach our children about the temptations that can destroy their happiness and limit their opportunities.

Elder M. Russell Ballard

The Battle over Man´s God Given Agency

He showed video of a fly fisherman using artificial lures. The test is the pitting of the fisherman´s skill against the experience and skill of the fish. The fisherman is compared to Satan, designing a special lure addressed to your current weakness. Lucifer is a clever, cunning intelligence who is skilled at lying to deceive you.

13 O that ye would awake; awake from a deep sleep, yea, even from the sleep of hell, and shake off the awful chains by which ye are bound, which are the chains which bind the children of men, that they are carried away captive down to the eternal gulf of misery and woe.

Stay away from any substance or behavior that might trap you. Don´t let Satan hook you with artificial lures that make you dependent and lose your agency. Addictive cycles have spiritual cures. Offer your whole soul to Him in fervent prayer. Seek help from LDS Family Services for addiction recovery. You can overcome addictive cravings. Ask for help to overcome the addiction. Ask to be filled with Christ´s pure love. You will be free. 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.