A few of my General Conference notes...
Saturday morning:
Pres. Henry B. Eyring -
"When we offer succor to anyone, Heavenly Father feels we have offered succor to Him."
Come ye blessed of my Father.
The law of the Fast. The commandment and the blessing. To loose the bands of wickedness... Then shall thy light break forth in the morning, thy health spring forth speedily... Here I am.
We are offered the opportunity to fast once a month, and pay a fast offering to the benefit of the poor and needy.
Rich promises are made to those who fast be assist the needy. To omit to do this righteous act is sin.
{Sierra Leone}
His question was the confirmation... where he not only understood the principle of the Fast, but it had been planted in his heart. His fasting would lead to spiritual blessings and s greater capacity to resist temptation.
Christ resisted Satans temptations...
No more desire to do evil.
We are invited to be faithful in helping Him assist the poor and needy.
• Boyd K. Packer -
"... I read that the two essential ingredients to a successful marriage are a cookie and a kiss." -- Boyd K. Packer 🍪😘
The holding of hands.
Grateful for the atonement and the power of procreation.
• Linda K Burton -
Love and uplift our husbands. Our spouse, our closest friend.
Priesthood holders.
Help create a home where the Spirit can reside.
We complete each other. Not compete.
Our hands.
He always greets us each with a hug and a kiss.. I would have stopped more often and thanked him more often.
Build a home with your husband where the Spirit can be found.
When was the last time I:
Praised my companion?
Thanked him? Expressed love for him?
Stopped myself from saying something hurtful to him?
Apologized to him?
Chose to be happy rather than demanding to be right?
"Guilt is to our spirit what pain is to our body..." --David A. Bednar
"Start speaking with a new tongue. The tongue of angels..."
• Dallin H. Oaks -
Parable of the sower.
The seed that was sewn was the Word of God. The different soils on which the seeds fell represent the different ways in which we mortals receive and follow these teachings.
The seed that fell by the way side have not reached mortal soil heart hardened and unprepared.
My message concern those who have committed to be followers of Christ.
Because it had no root it did not grow. Because they had no root in themselves, when affliction and persecution arises, immediately they are offended.
Some seeds fell into thorns. And the thorns did choke the seeds, and the did bear no fruit.
Materialistic
The cares of this world and the Deceitfulness of riches and the lusts of other things choke the Word, and it becometh unfruitful.
This is a warning to be heeded by all of us. I will speak first of the deceitfulness of riches. Wherever we are - in our spiritual journey- whatever our state of conversion-we are all tempted by this.
Those who believe in the theology of prosperity are suffering from the deceitfulness of riches. The possession of wealth is not in Heavenly favor.
***The root of all evil is not money, but the love of money.
Spiritually sedated by worldly possessions.
Savoring the things of men. In our actions, priorities, and thinking.
We surrender in Addiction= impairs God's precious gift of agency.
"We are overcome by the cares of this life when we're paralyzed by fear of the future, which hinders our going forward in faith- trusting in God and His promises."
Dangers in surrendering to the cares of this world... You have to be willing to take the risk that's exactly where Faith comes in. Our commitment is the test!
• David A. Bednar
Hush our fears
• D Todd Christofferson:
Marriage and Family
"No one is predestined to receive less than all that the Father has for His children."
--D. Todd Christofferson
• Wilford W. Andersen:
Learning the music.
If our children learn the dance steps without learning to hear and to feel the beautiful music of the Gospel. They will eventually become uncomfortable with the dance, and stop. Or almost as bad, they will keep dancing from the pressure to...
Teach your children the music of the Spirit. Gospel.
If our hearts are out of tune with the Gospel then we need to tune up.
If you're not hearing the music of the Gospel in your home, please remember these two words: Keep Practicing.
Harmonious balance
• Dale G. Renlund:
Mandela in South Africa
"A saint is a sinner who keeps on trying."
'Twas I, but tis not I {now}
Conversion.
• Michael Ringwood
Alma 30:
Shiblon- the middle son.
To be like Shiblon.
All I really want in life is to please my fathers- both my Heavenly Father and my Earthly father.
• Elder Quentin L. Cook -
Family
The worth of souls is great in the sight of God.
Priesthood Session
• Dieter F. Uchdorf -
"We come to church- not to hide our problems- but to heal them." --Uchdorf
***Sunday Morning***
Pres. Thomas S. Monson
144 temples
Pray for guidance.
As we remember our Temple covenants we will be better able to overcome temptations and to bear our trials.
In the temple we can find peace.
• Rosemary M Wixom -
"I know my Savior loves me."
Conversion. "The Lord can only teach an inquiring mind." Russell M. Nelson
She began to question the very foundations of her faith.
Focus on what you know.
Mother Theresa
You're not so much in the dark as you think.
"If Mother Theresa could live her religion without all the answers and without a feeling of clarity in all things, Maybe she could too."
My testimony had become a pile of ashes, it had all burned out. All that remained was Jesus Christ. He does not leave you when you have questions.
Make the Gospel personal.
What do you want?
You have to have your own spiritual experiences.
**"I can still bear testimony, I will just say those things that I know and trust. It may not be a perfect offering of knowledge, but it will be my offering."
Helaman 5:12
"Hold fast to what you know, and stand strong until additional knowledge comes."
Jeffery R Holland
Answers come when we earnestly seek and live the commandments.
• Josè A. Teixeira -
Christ said, "Seek me in every though. Doubt not. Fear not."
"Small and simple gestures and acts made daily will deepen our understanding of the significance of the Lord in our lives and help us to share this understanding with the rising generation..."
Take time away from your mobile phone. You
Habit 1: visit the church's resources. Think and Reflect on what matters most.
Habit 2: subscribe to Church official social networks. Content in seeking of the Lord. Strengthen your desire to learn more.
Habit 3: make time to set aside your mobile devices. It is refreshing to put aside electronic devices and instead turn the pages of the scriptures. Especially in the Lords day. (Sunday)
The habit of setting aside your mobile device for a time- will enrich and broaden your view of life.
We have the means to know Him better and to live His gospel.
• Elder Geráld Causse -
There is always something new to learn each Sunday.
If we seek, we shall find.
• Elder Brent H. Nielson -
We loved. We watched and we waited. Placed her name on the Temple Roll and never lost hope.
Caused the "prodigal son" To turn and walk back home. She did not know she was lost until her faith were awakened.
The windows of Heaven have opened.
All of us need to be saved. We are all on the same path back home.
The father had compassion. Have patience as you love, watch and wait.
• Jeffrey R. Holland -
He grabbed me. He held me. He refused to let me fall.
This is the most sacred day of the year. (Easter) Brotherly hands and determined arms that reached into the very abyss of death to save us from our callings and our failings. Our sorrows and our sins.
We cannot fully understand the atonement without knowing there was an actual Adam and an actual Eve who fell from an actual Eden.
Cutting them of from the presence of God
Because we were then born into that fallen setting, we too would transgress against the laws of God. We also were sentenced to the same penalties that Adam and Eve were.
Are we all just hanging? Searching for something to grip? With nothing to save us, to hold on to?
We can celebrate the gift of victory because of events that transpired on a weekend precisely like this more than two millennia ago in Jerusalem. Beginning in the spiritual anguish that transpired in the Garden in Gethsemane, moving to the crucifixion on a cross on Calvary, and concluding on a beautiful Sunday morning inside a donated tomb.
• Dieter F. Uchdorf -
His grace helps us become our best selves.
My soul grieved because of my iniquities.
His grace allows and enables to overcome sin.
The gates of Heaven are unlocked
The windows of Heaven are opened.
****Sunday afternoon ***
• Robert D. Hales -
Agency
It is never too late to do what is right.
Religious freedom:
Freedom to share our beliefs with others.
Preach the Gospel to your children.
• Kevin W. Pearson -
Bless me that do not lose my testimony, and stay faithful to the end. No one is immune to Satans temptations.
Enduring to the end is essential to eternal life.
"To hang in there" is not a principal of the Gospel. Enduring to the end means constantly coming unto Christ and being perfected in Him.
Why do we struggle to be Faithful?
We struggle when we are caught between competing priorities. Casual obedience and lukewarm commitment weaken Faith.
Enduring to the end requires total commitment to the Savior and to our covenants.
