Here is another session of the April 1990 General Conference. :D Here comes the Priesthood Session!
Priesthood Session
Boyd K. Packer- The Library of the Lord
Institute, too, has its fun and games and a course in courtship and marriage. Now the boy-girl chase becomes more exciting because they begin to catch one another!
You do that. And if you can think anything better to say, say it and quote me.
The Lord said that when we read the revelations to one another, by his power we can testify that you have heard my voice, and know my words.
Robert D. Hales- The Aaronic Priesthood: Return with Honor
It is not an activity; and second, it is not a priesthood in which we advance because of age. We are advanced in the priesthood because of worthiness.
Return with honor.
All of us on earth are winners because we chose to come to this mortal probation.
Return with Honor. This motto was a constant reminder to us of our determination to return to our home base with honor only after having expended all of our efforts to successfully complete every aspect of our mission.
Faith is a gift of God bestowed as a reward for personal righteousness.
We are preparing to return with honor.
When fire-warning lights come on in our lives, our eternal progress may be blocked, the price we pay for neglecting the warning. If we ignore the warning lights in our lives, we may not return with honor.
Sometimes choosing good friends is difficult, but the important choices we make in our lives are influenced by our friends. We cannot excuse our conduct because of the actions of our friends or because of the pressure they place upon us.
Do you know how to recognize a true friend? A real friend loves us and protects us.
A true friend makes it easier for us to live the gospel by being around him.
Similarly, a true friend does not make us choose between his way and the Lord's way. A true friend will help us return with honor.
What kind of friend are we? Are we the type of friend who always make sure that those around us know it will be easier for them to live gospel principles, such as the Word of Wisdom or the law of chastity, when they are with us? Do our friends know that they will never have to choose between what we want them to do and what the Lord would have them do?
May we this evening resolve that when fire-warning lights of this nature come on in our lives, we will have made up our minds to do the right thing-to remember who we are and to act accordingly.
[You] should be preconditioned with an automatic response to keep gospel standards.
If we keep these three promises, we are given one of the greatest blessings that can be bestowed upon us: that we will have his Spirit to be with us always, meaning that we will have the Holy Ghost in our lives to guide us and protect us and direct us each day.
As important as obedience is, sometimes people are deceived and choose to be selectively obedient.
Remember, the Lord told us, Keep my commandments continually... and except thou do this, where I am you cannot come.
Be obedient and exercise your free agency righteously. Be worthy and be prepared to perform your calling well.
Kenneth Johnson- The Motorcycle Ride
I determined that day that never again would I let somebody else control my life.
Make sure that every invitation you extend and every invitation you receive is an invitation to come unto Christ.
Clinton L. Cutler- The Greatest Joy
The gospel of Jesus Christ is true. It is the greatest joy, the only pure joy, we have in this life. As we embrace it and all things we hold dear--families, loved ones--all else is wrapped in that great package of love from a Father on high who loves us.
Malcolm S. Jeppsen- Who Is a True Friend?
Now, there is a lesson here. the attendant had erroneously perceived Sneaky as something less than the friend he was.
Phrases like 'just try it once' or 'everybody does it' or 'who is going to know' are all too commonly used. If they were true friends, would they pressure us that way?
In addition, the real damage from the use of these things is usually even more severe to our spiritual lives than it is to our physical bodies. Now, would a true friend be one to entice you to use them? I'm sure he wouldn't.
Look closely at your friends. Cultivate good friends. They're so valuable. Remember the Savior valued his friends so highly that he would lay down his life for them. He had this to say about friends.
Friendship is an extremely important part of your life. Someone has said a true friend is someone who makes it easier to live the gospel of Jesus Christ.
My young friends, you don't have to reject your friends who are on the wrong path; you don't even have to give them up necessarily. You can be their caring friend, ready to help them when they are ready to be helped. You can talk to them and lift them and bear your testimony to them. Lead them by example.
But don't ever be led into displeasing your Father in Heaven by your friends who might ask that as a condition of being your friend, you must choose between their way and the Lord's way.
If that happens, choose the Lord's way and look for new friends.
Especially important are our friends in times of need when we may have feelings f loneliness or despair. True friends will stand by you.
Thy friends do stand by thee, and they shall hail thee again with warm hearts and friendly hands.
Cultivate our Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ as your friend above all. Being his friend will without exception lift your vision and bring you comfort, guidance, peace, and, yes, even the companionship of other true friends.
Just thing! With Jesus as your friend, you may receive increased strength and testimony that will uphold you against temptations when they arise.
Choose your friends wisely. They will provide the foundation of spiritual strength that will enable you to make difficult, extremely important decisions correctly when they come in your life.
Above all, be a friend of the Savior. You, my young men, are the honored holders of a royal priesthood. If you have not done so previously, now is the time to let him know you consider him your true friend and that you will be a true friend of his.
Thomas S. Monson- My Brother's Keeper
-I liked the stories in this talk. :)
Gordon B. Hinckley- Keeping the Temple Holy
Eligibility for a temple recommend is not based on financial worth. that has nothing whatever to do with it. It is based on consistent personal behavior, on the goodness of one's life. It is not concerned with money matters, but rather with things of eternity.
But if it be defiled I will not come into it, and my glory shall not be there; for I will not come into unholy temples.
Each of our temples has on its face the statement, 'Holiness to the Lord,' to which I should like to add the injunction 'Keep His House holy!'
This being the decision, Bishops of Wards and Presidents of Stakes will see the increased necessity for care, so that no unworthy person will be recommended for ordinances in the Temples.
We now have forty-three operating temples.
Entering the temple is a privilege to be earned and not a right that automatically goes with Church membership.
Of course, one is expected to be a full-tithe payer, The payment of tithing is simply a faithful response to a commandment of the Lord. It is a mark of obedience to the divine will. Furthermore, long observation has shown that the faithful and honest payment of tithing is an indicator of faithfulness in other matters.
Loyalty to leadership is a cardinal requirement of ll who serve in the army of the Lord.
Obedience to law, when that law has been declared constitutional, is incumbent upon the Latter-day Saints and therefore becomes a standard of eligibility to enter the temples of the Church.
The temple recommend which you carry, if honestly obtained, is certification of your moral worthiness.
What a unique and remarkable thing is a temple recommend. It is only a piece of paper with a name and signatures, but in reality it is a certificate that says the bearer is 'honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and that he or she believes in doing good to all, that if there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, he or she seeks after such.
Live worthy to serve in that House. Keep it holy. Do your part to keep from the Lord's House any unclean or defiling influence or person. Enjoy its beauty. Enjoy the wonder of the things that are spoken there, the beauty and the blessing of the ordinances there administered.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves!
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
The Dream
There was something involving a boy....
but then I was in my home.
Well....we were looking to buy a remodeled home, my family was.
It was a big sprawling mansion.
With many different rooms...that seemed to be part of a children's book store.
I found a room I liked, but Kikay liked it as well....and we were arguing about whose room it should be.
I liked it for its Emerald Green color and it was connected to a downstairs bedroom.
Then we got talking about our house.
How they had basically remodeled everything and the only original part of the house left, was Kikays bedroom and my parent's bedroom. The rest of the house had been....taken apart and destroyed.
:S And everything in it had been destroyed as well.
We couldn't save anything.
Which meant that everything precious to me....was gone.
Jasper was gone. My laptop was gone.
I hadn't thought that they would destroy anything when they were redoing the house.
So I hadn't taken anything with me....
and Now....it was all gone....
Then the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
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