Principle: By choosing to place the Savior at the center of your life while you are here on earth, you will obtain greater blessings in eternity.
Read 1 Nephi 5:7 - 1 Nephi 6:6
Nephi relates the blessings of the plates from Laban in verse 21 including preserving the commandments for his children. What blessings have you found from searching the scriptures?
Elder Robert D. Hales shares a talk on Agency. While reading this talk look for the answers to the following questions:
What is agency?
How does your use of agency and the choices you make impact your life?
What can you do to make the choice to again follow Christ?
What attitudes and actions show you are choosing to follow Christ?
Read Robert D. Hales, "Agency: Essential to the Plan of Life," Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2010, 24-27
Additional Study
"Turn to the Lord" W. Christopher Waddell General Conference Oct. 2017
"Essential Truths - Our Need to Act" Adilson de Paula Prrella General Conference Oct. 2017
"Know This, That Every Soul is Free" Hymns, No. 240