Monday, September 18, 2017

April 2016 General Conference -Sunday Afternoon

Robert D. Hales -The Holy Ghost
  • All of us benefit from this holy light. It is "in all and through all things," and it allows us to distinguish right from wrong. 
  • The Holy Ghost provides personal revelation to help us make major life decisions.
  • The Holy Ghost is not given to control us.
  • Each of us may feel the influence of the Holy Ghost differently. His promptings will be felt in different degrees of intensity according to our individual needs and circumstances.
  • As we receive the inspiration of the Holy Ghost for ourselves, it is wise to remember that we cannot receive revelation for others.
Gerrit W. Gong -Always Remember Him
  • Time, agency, and memory help us learn, grow, and increase in faith.
  • The Lord remembers His promises.
  • It is not the work of God that is frustrated, but the work of men.
  • Life must be understood backward. But ... it must be lived forward.
  • Have you ever thought of yourself as your own living book of remembrance--reflecting what and how you choose to remember?
  • He knows all the things we don't want anyone else to know about us--and loves us still.
  • Sometimes life tests our trust in Christ's mercy, justice, and judgment in His liberating invitation to allow His Atonement to heal us as we forgive others and ourselves.
  • Life is not as cruel as it can sometimes seem.
  • With God, there is no point of no return.
Patrick Kearon -Refuge from the Storm
  • The Savior knows how it feels to be a refugee--He was one.
  • We must be careful that news of the refugees' plight does not somehow become commonplace when the initial shock wears off and yet the wars continue and the families keep coming.
  • We have found refuge. Let us come out from our safe places and share with them, from our abundance.
  • For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love. 
  • Being a refugee may be a defining moment in the lives of those who are refugees, but being a refugee does not define them. 
  • This moment does not define them, but our response will help define us.
Dallin H. Oaks -Opposition in All Things
  • We progress by making choices.
  • All of us experience various kinds of opposition that test us.
  • Some are very great. some are minor. Some are continuous, and some are mere episodes. None of us is exempt. 
  • Opposition permits us to grow toward what our Heavenly Father would have us become.
Kent F. Richards -The Power of Godliness
  • Temple work is ... of as much benefit to the young and the active, as it is to the aged.
  • Come to the temple. Come often.
Paul V. Johnson -And There Shall Be No more Death
  • Jesus has already cured my [problem], and  yours. ... I will be better.
Jeffrey R. Holland -Tomorrow the Lord Will Do Wonders among You
  • It is inevitable that after heavenly moments in our lives, we, of necessity, return to earth, so to speak, where sometimes less-than-ideal circumstances again face us.
  • We all have to come down from peak experiences to deal with the regular vicissitudes of life.
  • The great thing about the gospel is we get credit for trying, even if we don't always succeed.
  • We take some solace in the fact that if God were to reward only the perfectly faithful, He wouldn't have much of a distribution list. 
  • The Lord blesses those who want to improve, who accept the need for commandments and try to keep them, who cherish Christlike virtues and strive to the best of their ability to acquire them. If you stumble in that pursuit, so does everyone; the Savior is there to help you keep going. 
  • He will help you get back up. He will help you repent, repair, fix whatever you have to fix, nd keep going. Soon enough you will have the success you seek.
  • We are going to be blessed for our desire to do good, even as we actually strive to be so. 
  • Love is the foundation stone of eternity, and it should be the foundation stone of our daily life.
  • No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, [God] will never desert us. He never has, and He never will. He cannot do it. It is not His character [to do so.] 
  • We may pass through the fiery furnace; we may pass through deep waters; but we shall not be consumed nor overwhelmed. We shall emerge from all these trials and difficulties the better and purer for them.
  • So keep loving. Keep trying. Keep trusting. Keep believing. Keep growing. Heaven is cheering you on today, tomorrow, and forever.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

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