186th Annual General Conference -Sunday Sessions

Sunday Morning Session

President Thomas S. Monson

• The door of history turns on small hinges, and so do people's lives. The choices we make determine destiny.
• The choices we make in a large part determine whether or not we reach our goal.
• If you don't know where you want to go, it doesn't matter what path you take.
• The path we follow in this life effects the path we will find in the next life.
• Without faith we do not know where we will go, but with it we can accomplish our goals.
• May we always choose the harder right, and not the easier wrong.
• We aren't perfect. We will make foolish choices. But we can always get back on the right path.

Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson

• If you know it....do you believe it?
• Families truly are forever. We will see each other again in the eternities.
• In a crisis moment will you have the knowledge and the belief that the Gospel is true?
• What you are taught in life about the Church is more than words. It is true.
• Church is more than a good place to go on Sundays to learn how to be a good person.
• The real test of faith is when ending is not happy.
• Do we sometimes become so accustomed to the blessings of being members that we forget the miracle of what we know?
• Church is more than just a social click! It's ain't about popularity, it's about purpose and priesthood power!
• Don't go through the motions of living the gospel because it is expected. Actually live it.
• Do good continually.
• Faith/Conversion comes from searching the scriptures and not the internet.
• Don't let the Great and Spacious Building be on your radar. Push it far away.
• The people in the Great and Spacious Building will do your best to bring you down. Do not let them. Stand strong! Stay True.
• Keep feasting upon the words of Christ and not upon the words of those who make fun of you and your beliefs.
• Choose faith over doubt.
• We are already on the boat! No need to go searching for it in troubled waters.

Elder W. Christopher Waddell

• Our ability to travel the route of life in peace depends on how often we think of Jesus and his plan for us.
• Not all trials will pass us by, but we can gain strength to withstand them.
• Walk in the meekness in My spirit, and you shall have Peace in me!
• Not every storm will change course, not every infirmity will be healed. These experiences are why we are here
• We. Will. Find. Peace!
• Learn of me and listen to my words. Walk in the meekness of my spirit. LEARN, LISTEN, and WALK.
• Point yourself towards Jesus Christ and you will find peace.
• Don't take up residence in the Great and Spacious Building. Stay under the life sustaining branches of the Tree of Life.
• Do not pay attention to those pointing their fingers of scorn in your direction. They cannot make you happy anyways.
• Stay with the Tree. Enjoy safety and peace. Don't wander in strange paths to be lost. Stand in Holy Places and Do. Not. Be. Moved.
• In the end. The Great and Spacious building will collapse. Will you be within its walls when it does?
• Even if you are now weighed down with Guilt, have faith, you can find Peace.
• Cry unto the Lord with all your heart, and you can find peace to your soul.
• You can find peace, but you must take action to do so!

Elder D. Todd Christofferson

• Fathers are fundamental to the great plan of happiness.
• There is great good that Men can do!
• Fatherhood is one of the greatest callings you can hold.
• As a Church we BELIEVE in Fathers. In a Man who Puts His Family First.
• Fathers are unique and irreplaceable.
• The key for Men is to be Fathers, for Children to Have Fathers, and for Society to Make Fathers.
• For men, Fatherhood exposes to you your own weaknesses.
• Fathers lay down their lives day by day in order to support and care for their families.
• Wherever there are Children there also should be Fathers there to Teach Them.
• Teaching the Gospel is a SHARED duty between Fathers and Mothers, but Fathers should lead out in making it a priority.
• Fathers should be there and present to help shape their children as they grow.
• Exercise particular care when disciplining your children. Your motivation must be with love, and have the guidance of the Spirit.
• Abuse is never justified. Teach in love
• Bread winning is a consecrated activity. Going to work is not inconsistent with fatherhood it's the essence of Fatherhood.
• Do. Not. Neglect. Your. Family. For. Your. Career!
• Strive to do your best to fulfill the Father role.
• Do better. Be better.
• You can become the generation where the divine plan for families truly takes shapes and blesses the generations after you.
• Prepare now for your roles as Father and Mother.
• Do more than perfecting your texting skills.
• Take advantage of the opportunity to interact with people of all ages.
• Your righteousness is the greatest honor that any Father can receive.
• Let us press on. Let us lay aside the exaggerated notions of worldly culture and think of others.
• God bless Fathers and make them equal to it.

Elder Quentin L. Cook

• The Lord has prospered our people and has provided the resources and guidance for us to attend the temple.
• Does the joy of the gospel, of temple building have you up in the middle of the night jumping on the bed?
• See yourself in the temple!
• Don't let our imperfections be our focus for disqualifying yourself from entering the temple. Qualify yourself.
• The temple is achievable for everyone. It requires work from everyone. but everyone can get there!
• There is not one thing that the Lord can do for the salvation of the family that he has neglected to do.
• The Lord organizes Eternal Families ONLY in the Temples.
• In the Temple, we are ALL equal before God.
• The Temple can be a place of Refuge. A place of Tranquility and Peace from a World in commotion.
• Mirrors facing each other in temple remind us of eternity - going forwards and backwards!
• Until you have obtained the blessings in the Temple you have not obtained everything the church has to offer
• Can you see the Hand of the Lord evident in your life? Especially in the storms of your life?
• Never underestimate the assistance provided in the temples from the otherside of the veil.
• Jesus Christ is the Chief Cornerstone in our Church.

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

• Even if the Sirens of the World waken you from sleep, do not fear them. You have the Light of Christ by your side.
• The 'Jewel box' may be destroyed, but you can rebuild. In one night your life may be destroyed but it can always be rebuilt.
• What was once destroyed can be restored, even improved, but until we start to build we cannot see how beautiful it can become again.
• Scars may be a reminder of past wars and trials, but can also be a symbol of hope. The ability to rebuild life from the ashes.
• You can take the ruins, rubbles, & remains of a broken city you can rebuild it so that it becomes the brightest symbol in the city.
• There is no life so shattered that it cannot be restored.
• If man can takes a broken city to rebuilt an inspiring structure how much more capably is our Father to restore his children.
• Are you heeding the call of action? To bring back the lost sheep, to find those who are lost?
• Remember the work of the Good Shepherd. That he will always go out and find the one. Those who are lost.
• God is fully aware of the ones who are lost, he will reach out to them, he will find them, he will rescue them.
• The question is....does the lost sheep want to be rescued?
• The Sheep is worthy anytime to be rescued because it is loved by the Savior.
• Rejoice with me! For I have found my sheep that was once lost!
• Is there a catch to being rescued? NO! You just have to want to be rescued for he will not rescue you against your will.
• Do not despair. If you cannot muster faith right now, begin with hope."
• Are we all his lost sheep but at varying degrees of lost?
• It matters not how you became lost...what matters is that you are His child.
• As we increase in faith, we must also increase in faithfulness.
• There is nothing good unless you do it.
• Obedience is the lifeblood of faith. It is through obedience that we gather light into our souls.
• Obedience isn't an end, it's a means to an end.
• Don't let the dust and grime of the earth stain our souls.
• Obedience isn't a punishment. It's a liberating path to our divine destiny. Corruption/dust/limitations of earth will fall away.
• God sees us as we truly are. He sees us as Worthy of Rescue.
• If you will only lift up your heart to the Savior of the Lord and he will find you. He will lift you. He will carry you home

Sunday Afternoon

Elder Robert D. Hales

• The Light of Christ is given to everyone who enters into the world. It is in all things helping us distinguish from right & wrong.
• Personal revelation is essential but is only one part of the work of the Holy Ghost.
• The Holy Ghost teaches us the peaceable things and leads us to do good.
• The Holy Ghost honors the principle of agency. He speaks to us gently about consequences but doesn't force us to choose. We choose.
• Faithfulness in commandments and covenants will protect us from being deceived. We will know the Holy Ghost from the Adversary.
• Remember, we cannot receive revelation for others. But we can receive it for ourselves.
• When I have the same dream, I will come and talk to you."
• Our desires won't always align to the Lord's will. Things won't happen exactly as we planned out.
• The Holy Ghost is not given to micromanage or control us. He is given to guide us, and help us.
• Be humble enough to accept personal revelation from the Lord, even when it doesn't align with our wants and desires.
• Lead others with love unfeigned, meekness, gentleness, kindness.
• The Holy Ghost is here to bless us all. To keep us safe. To help us return home.
• Pray to the Father, Listen to the Holy Ghost, Follow the Promptings you are given. And all will Work Out.

Elder Gerrit W. Gong

• Remembering and Forgetting is a part of everyday life.
• Have confidence in the Lord's promises, covenants, and commandments.
• The Lord remembers and keeps all his promises.
• It isn't the work of God that is frustrated, but the work of men.
• Life must be understood backwards but needs to be lived forward.
• Have you ever thought of yourself as your own living book of remembrance? What are you reflecting towards others about your life?
• The Lord’s hand is often clearest in our lives in hindsight.
• Become someone that others will remember when they most need help.
• Because of Thy faith in Christ, and remembering him, you can have your guilt swept away
• To be worthy does not mean to be perfect
• The Lord knows everything we don't want others to know about us. And Still Loves Us.
• Treat others better than they treat you. Sometimes you don't have the strength to do so by yourself, but you can find it in Christ.
• Always remember Him when you're wandering what you need to let go off and hold onto in life.
• When trust is betrayed...when we want justice but need mercy...we can always remember Him
• Sometimes you need to look at the old familiar things anew. As if its for the first time.
• We each grow through our imperfect participation.

Elder Patrick Kearon

• As members of the Church as a people, we don't have to look far back into the past to when we too were refugees.
• Focus on the People driven from their homes and countries due to wars. Not on policies about them.
• The Savior knows how it feels to be a refugee—He was one.
• Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
• Be a ministering angel, allocating limited supplies to limitless needs.
• Be careful that the stories of those in desperate need of help don't become commonplace and we become lax in service.
• Refugees will still need help even when the news forgets about them.
• Begin on your knees, then go to work.
• The ultimate aim is to help them return to an industrious, self reliant life.
• We must take a stand against intolerance and preach respect and tolerance for those who are different from us.
• Be a place where others can seek refugee from the storm.
• Being a refugee is a defining moment in their lives, but it should not define them or their lives.

Elder Dallin H. Oaks

• We progress by making choices. To be tested we must be given opportunities and opposition to exercise our agency
• There must be an opposition in all things, if there wasn't, righteousness nor wickedness, good or bad, could be brought to pass.
• It's hard to do good, when you do not know sin.
• If Satan didn't tempt us, we wouldn't be agents.
• What is the point of Perfect Equality if we cannot know for ourselves? Grow for ourselves?
• Opposition enables choice. Opportunity to make the right choices that leads to the growth.
• Men are, that they may have joy.
• Opposition permit us to grow towards what our Heavenly Father would have us become.
• The Lord doesn't make it easy, but he will make it possible.
• Sometimes you have to fail multiple times in a row before you can succeed.
• We learn and grow and become refined through hard challenges, difficult choices, and sorrows
• Just because Zion prospers does not mean that all is well.
• There is no such thing as 'loyal opposition.' If you're loyal you wouldn't oppose.

Elder Kent F. Richards

• We need the Temple more than anything else.
• Everything we do in the Church is to prepare each of us to come to the Temple to receive all the Father's promised blessings.
• What greater joy can a family experience than to be together forever?
• Participate in the work both as patrons and workers.
• Bring into Temple work participants of ALL ages. Young and Old.
• The Blessings of the Temple are Priceless. No Sacrifice is too Great.

Elder Paul V. Johnson

• Someday we will be healed. Someday we will be whole. Our heart free of Fear. Our Minds free from anxieties.
• There is a cure. Jesus Christ holds it.
• The Resurrection is the ultimate cure.
• Heartbreak can be overwhelmed with Hope. All the promises of the Gospel are real.
• He can make us whole no matter what is broken in us.

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

• Do you have any idea, inkling, or notion whatsoever of how much we love you?
• The Prophet and Apostles are fixed on you. You thrill them to the center of their soul
• Be your Best.
• You listen and you believe. You are the miracle of this Church.
• No one wants tomorrow to destroy the wonderful feelings we've had this weekend.
• It's inevitable after Heavenly moments in our lives we are returned to Earth to experience less than ideal circumstances.
• Some of us long for the prayerful solitudes of mountain tops.
• When you see limitations among others and yourself please don't be cast down in spirit and Don't Give Up!
• Satan tries to project his own miseries, limitations, and woes onto us. Don't Fall For it! We're better than he is. We can improve!
• We may not always succeed, but we can always work on improving ourselves.
• Please remember tomorrow, and all the days after, that the Lord blesses ALL those who WANT to Improve.
• Everyone stumbles. If you stumble, the savior is there to help you keep going. If you fall, get back up. Have the Savior help you.
• Keep going. Soon enough you'll have the success you seek
• It says again and again and again that we will be blessed for our DESIRE to do good, even as we strive to do so.
• Have the confidence to keep trying to improve.
• No matter how serious the trial, God will NEVER desert us. He NEVER has and NEVER will. He can't do it. It's not his Character.
• We may pass through the fiery furnace. We may pass through deep waters but we will not be consumed or overwhelmed.
• Heavenly Father WANTS to bless us. WANTS to help us. If we just let him we can receive blessings beyond number.
• Keep loving. Keep trying. Keep trusting. Heaven is cheering you on. Today. Tomorrow. Forever.
• God gives power to the faint.
• Sanctify yourself, for tomorrow God will do great wonders for you.

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Until you next see these words;

I'll be watching the leaves.

Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi