Category: General Conference
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How to be “Favored of the Lord”
Elder Moises Villanueva discusses how we should react to our afflictions in his talk “Favored of the Lord in All My Days“. How do we garner that favor? What can we do to be “favored of the Lord”? There are many talks in this conference that bring us back to the “Primary Answers“. It would…
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The 2nd Coming of the Lord: A Prophet Needed
In “Preparing for the Second Coming of Christ“, Elder Christoffel Golden discusses some of the things to happen during Christ’s second coming. One thing stood out to me more than any other. The need for a living prophet leading up to that event. Elder Golden quotes from the book of Amos in the Old Testament:…
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What are my 8, 9, and 10?
In his talk “The Things of My Soul“, Elder Rasband listed seven things that “prepare [one] to hear promptings, that lift[s] [one’s] sights beyond the ways of the world, that give purpose to [one’s] work in the gospel and to [one’s] very life . . . These things apply to all who seek to be…
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How Do I Know God Loves Me?
In “God’s Love: The Most Joyous to the Soul“, Sister Susan Porter asks two questions. “Do you know how completely God, our Heavenly Father loves you?” and “Have you felt His love deep in your soul?”. That got me thinking, “How do I know God loves me?” The First Great Truth Part of the answer…
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The Primary Answers
In Elder Schmeil’s talk “Faith to Act and Become“, he discusses how to be a better disciple of Jesus Christ. He does this by relating what many of us call the “Primary” answers. These are praying and studying the scriptures. Prayer and Scripture Study Let’s look at the phrase “Primary Answers”. For most of the…
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The Power of God in My Life
In his talk “With the Power of God in Great Glory“, Elder Bednar shares examples of people “armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory.” It got me thinking about the power of God in my life and where I have been a recipient and where I have utilized it. Missionary…
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Why I Go to Church
In his talk “The Need for a Church“, Elder Oaks discusses why having an organization such as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is necessary. As I listened to, and read, his words the question I had was simple, “Why do I go to church?”. Why I Go to Church In my ponderings…
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To Seek and Find
Elder Giuffra talks about his search for God’s church in “A Faithful Search Rewarded.” All of us at one time or another are looking to seek and find answers to questions. What does it take to “Seek and Find”? In order to seek and find answers to our questions, we need to follow a process.…
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Conference Math
Math at General Conference! Geeks of the Church unite! Elder Gilbert’s talk, “Becoming More in Christ: The Parable of the Slope“, doesn’t explore the definition of a line or its equation “y = mx + b”, but it does look at two key components of that equation and how they apply to our lives. Those…
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God’s Love and Parenting
In his talk “The Love of God” Elder Christofferson discusses God’s love. My purpose today is to discuss how understanding God’s love can help us in our parenting efforts. “Our Heavenly Father loves us profoundly and perfectly. In His love, He created a plan, a plan of redemption and happiness to open to us all…
Whether By Mine Own Voice 