Monday, May 15, 2017

October 2014 General Conference -Sunday Afternoon

M. Russell Ballard -Stay in the Boat and Hold On!
  • We are on the old ship Zion. God is at the helm and will stay there. All is right, sing Hallelujah, for the Lord is here. He dictates, guides and directs. If the people will have implicit confidence in their God, never forsake their covenants nor their God, He will guide us right.
  • If ye have experienced a change of heart, and if ye have felt to sing the song of redeeming love, I would ask, can ye feel so now?
  • Stay focused on the simple things, and avoid becoming distracted.
Richard G. Scott -Make the Exercise of Faith Your First Priority
  • Despite all of the negative challenges we have in life, we must take time to actively exercise our faith.
  • Parents, help safeguard your children by arming them morning and night with the power of family prayer. Children are bombarded every day with the evils of lust, greed, pride, and a host of other sinful behaviors. Protect your children from daily worldly influences by fortifying them with the powerful blessings that result from family prayer.
  • We came to mortal life precisely to grow from trials and testing. Challenges help us become more like our Father in Heaven, and the Atonement of Jesus Christ makes it possible to endure those challenges.
Carlos A. Godoy -The Lord Has a Plan for Us!
  • If you continue to live as you are living, will the blessings promised in your patriarchal blessing be fulfilled?
  • It's not always a decision between what is right and wrong, but between what is good and what is better.
  • The best paths in life are rarely the easiest.
  • Are we willing to pay the price for our decisions? Are we prepared to leave our comfort zones to reach a better place?
  • We are not here in this life just to waste our time, grow old, and die. God wants us to grow and achieve our potential.
  • It is very likely that when we decide to take a certain path, the people we love will be affected, and some will even share with us the results of this choice.
  • Just because things are going well does not mean that we should not from time to time consider whether there might be something better.
Allan F. Packer -The Book
  • Seeking the kingdom of God leads to joy and happiness.
  • If needed, we must be willing to change. Frequent small corrections are less painful and disruptive than large course corrections.
  • The ultimate end of all activity in the Church is that a man and his wife and their children can be happy at home.
  • Don't fight the change, embrace it! Change is part of the great plan of happiness.
  • It's time to take the cover off our hatchets and go to work.
Hugo E. Martinez -Our Personal Ministries
  • He who serves in some thing is good for something; he who serves in no thing is good for nothing.
Larry S. Kacher -Trifle Not with Sacred Things
  • There are many currents in this earthly life--some safe and others not.
  • Why would I turn away from that which had brought me such great comfort?
  • If we can create a strong, steady current flowing toward our goal of righteous life, we and our children may be carried forward in spite of the contrary winds of hardship, disappointment, and temptations.
David A. Bednar -Come and See
  • The Church of Jesus Christ always has been and always will be a missionary church.
Thomas S. Monson -Until We Meet Again
  • My we resolve in our hearts to be a little better than we have been in the past. May we be a little kinder and more thoughtful.

General Women's Session

Linda K. Burton -Prepared in a Manner That Never Had Been Known
  • Worthy character is best forged from a life of consistent, correct choices centered in the teachings of the Master.
Jean A. Stevens -Covenant Daughters of God
  • The best way to strengthen a home, current or future, is to keep covenants.
Neill F. Marriott-Sharing Your Light
  • You carry a circle of influence with you wherever you go.
  • You are vibrant and enthusiastic beacons in an ever-darkening world as you show, through the way you live your lives, that the gospel is a joyful message.
  • if you want to give a light to others, you have to glow yourself.
  • In all events, a mother can exert an influence unequaled by any other person in any other relationship.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf -Living the Gospel Joyful
  • Bring sunshine into the lives of all who know you.
  • It is good to remember that you are always a child of God.
  • But your divine origin alone does not guarantee you a divine inheritance.
  • Heavenly Father is constantly raining blessings upon us. It is our fear, doubt, and sin that, like an umbrella, block these blessings from reaching us.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

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