- The Lord settled this a long time ago, and the senior apostle automatically becomes the presiding officer of the Church.
- The president is not elected, but he has to be sustained both by his brethren of the Council and by the members of the Church.
- Faithful members of the Church should be like oak trees and should extend deep roots into the fertile soil of the fundamental principles of the gospel.
- our foundations should be solid and deep-rooted so we can withstand the winds of temptation, false doctrine, adversity, and the onslaught of the adversary without being swayed or uprooted.
- Our spiritual strengths are like batteries; they need to be charged and frequently charged.
- The sins of corruption, dishonesty, strife, contention, and other evils in this world are not here by chance. They are evidences of the relentless campaign of Satan and those who follow him. He uses every tool and device available to him to deceive, confuse, and mislead. He has many followers who do anything for money without regard for the effects of their misdeeds.
- Our church does not and will not in any way compromise its position, and never at any time or place does it falter, hesitate, or show any reluctance to bear unwavering testimony to the divinity of Jesus Christ.
- Teach and show the children that Heavenly Father loves them and has confidence in them because they are his children.
- Teach and show them that they do need Jesus, our Savior, our guide. Help them understand and accept his love and trust him and follow him.
- We declare to all our testimony of the reality of Jesus Christ and of your calling as His prophet at this time.
- "If you feel that ... what you do this year or in the years to come does not make you very famous, take heart. Most of the best people who ever lived weren't very famous either."
- Life, after all, is made up of little things.
- Our first line of defense in a world of spiritual and moral decay is and will continue to be the family.
- "Children are like wet cement; whatever falls on them makes an impression."
- Brothers and sisters, we must not fail to do the simple and easy things that the gospel requires and thereby deny ourselves and our families the great blessings that the Lord has promised.
- "Frequently it is the commonplace tasks that have the greatest positive effect on the lives of others."
- For Zion, the pure in heart, the temple holds the key that unlocks holy places--places of rejoicing --while those in Babylon's byways are condemned to mourn.
- When we visit the temple as often as distance and individual circumstance permit, the temple will be in us.
- "Does it seem reasonable that persons who have lived upon the earth and died without the opportunity of baptism should be deprived throughout eternity? Is there anything unreasonable about the living performing the baptisms for the dead? Perhaps the greatest example of vicarious work for the dead is the Master himself. he gave his life as a vicarious atonement, that all who die shall live again and have life everlasting. He did for us what we could not do for ourselves.In a similar way we can perform ordinances for those who did not have the opportunity to do them in lifetime."
- This exalting service for others unseen is one of the most noble acts of human kindness.
- Here, on this side of the veil, there are limitations of available time and temples. This means that choosing to identify and perform ordinances for our own kindred should receive our highest priority. The Spirit of Elijah will inspire individual members of the Church to link their generations, rather than submit lists of people or popular personalities to whom they are unrelated.
- "Persons submitting names for other than direct ancestors [should] have obtained approval from the closest living relative of the deceased before submitting records of persons born within the last ninety-five years."
- "What would Jesus do?"
- We should make every effort to become like Christ, the one perfect and sinless example this world has ever seen.
- Let us make the temple with temple worship and temple covenants and temple marriage, our ultimate earthly goal and the supreme mortal experience.
- May you let the meaning and beauty and peace of the temple come into your everyday life more directly.
- This world needs the gospel of Jesus Christ. The gospel provides the only way the world will ever know peace.
Elaine L. Jack -"Seek, and Ye Shall Find"
- Sisters, this is a complicated era in which we live. Technology has simplified some tasks and opened up ways to learn that our grandmothers never imagined. But with a computerized society have come increased pressures, causing us to weigh carefully how we use our time, to evaluate thoughtfully what we can do that will make the greatest difference.
- Even though we are continents apart, our hearts beat as one.
- The sisters here are a mobilized unit of charity. We won't fail.
- For us to stand firm and faithful, we must be clearly focused on seeking the Lord.
- "I believe in women, especially thinking women."
- "And if a person gains more knowledge ... in this life through his diligence ... , he will have so much the advantage in the world to come."
- The Lord has given us a lifetime to learn.
- Seeking Jesus is learning to balance what we feel in our hearts with what we know to be true in our minds, and show through our actions that we understand that balance.
- What happens if you try to paddle a boat using only one oar? You go around and around in circles. If you paddle hard, you go fast. If you paddle slowly, you turn gently. But you still just go around in circles. It's the same with trying to make study replace faith or trying to exercise faith but without study. We can often find ourselves just going around in circles. I think that the Holy Ghost cannot give us some answers until we are actively seeking knowledge.
- Each woman needs to develop both gifts, the gift of faith and the gift of study, to the utmost of her capacity.
- Let us not exclude a sister, whatever her life choices and whatever her circumstances.
- If a sister does not marry, she has every right to engage in a profession that allows her to magnify her talents and gifts.
- They taught me to be curious, to ask questions, to observe nature closely, to watch people--especially in a new environment--to treat people respectfully and learn how to make connections with them, to work very hard, and to always do my best. They believed that no matter what I chose to do with my life, these skills would help me.
- Let us trust both study and faith to keep us going straight, instead of around in circles.
- Our scriptural records suggest to us that charity, the word we use for the highest form of love, even "the pure love of Christ" is learned.
- Charity comes to us as we move from grace to grace and as we build precept on precept.
- Relief Society women do seek to learn wisdom, but we place learning charity first.
- The reality of God and Christ and our relationship to them comes to us through a chain of knowing conveyed by words, even holy words, and by the Holy Spirit.
- Our Creator meant for us to value and develop our ability to communicate with him and with each other. He expects us to use these capacities to learn righteous ways, to lift one another, and to develop our divine natures.
- I recognize that many of your unselfish and compassionate deeds are unknown, unheralded, and at times unthanked. However, the Lord is mindful of you.
- Thank you for making our lives so much better because of who you are. Your steady example of righteousness stands in contrast to the ways of the world.
- "Bear in mind, dear sisters, that the eternal blessings which are yours through membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are far, far greater than any other blessings you could possibly receive. No greater recognition can come to you in this world than to be known as a woman of God.
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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