Monday, November 20, 2017

April 2017 General Conference -Saturday Morning

Henry B. Eyring -Gathering the Family of God
  • We hope all of you will feel one with us--that you will feel the spiritual power that comes whenever a body of believers gathers in the name of Christ.
  • Each of us was given a portion of God's light, called the "Light of Christ," to help distinguish between good and evil, right and wrong.
  • Families are also the best way to preserve and pass on moral virtues and true principles that are most likely to lead us back to God's presence. 
  • The best technology can never be a substitute for revelation from heaven.
  • We do not know what marvels God will inspire people to create to help in His work of gathering His family. But whatever marvelous inventions may come, their use will require the Spirit working in people like you and me.
M. Joseph Brough -His Daily Guiding Hand
  • Heavenly Father knows what you and I need better than anyone else. As a result, He has developed a personal care package suited to each one of us.
  • Tolerating improper behavior without loving correction is false compassion.
  • Repentance is not a punishment; it is a privilege. 
  • Heavenly Father really does care and listen to and answer every child's prayer. 
Weatherford T. Clayton -Our Father's Glorious Plan
  • Even in our moments of deepest grief, in the moments when time stands still and life seems so unfair, we can find comfort in our Savior because He suffered as well.
Dale G. Renlund -Our Good Shepherd
  • Like the true shepherd He is, He seeks us and finds us to offer relief and hope.
  • While God is empathetic, we should not mistakenly believe that He is accepting and open-minded about sin. He is not. The Savior came to earth to save us from our sin and, importantly, will not save us in our sins. 
  • Our role is also to help and bless, lift and edify, and replace fear and despair with hope and joy.
  • A repenting sinner draws closer to God than does the self-righteous person who condemns that sinner.
  • We must guard against bigotry that raises its ugly voice toward those who hold different opinions. Bigotry manifests itself, in part, in unwillingness to grant equal freedom of expression. Everyone, including people of religion, has the right to express his or her opinions in the public square. But no one has a license to be hateful toward others as those opinions are expressed. 
  • For us to ask for respect, we must be respectful.
Ulisses Soares -Confide in God Unwaveringly
  • Press forward with steadfast faith in Christ.
  • Christ stands ready to help--to help each of us--with every burden.
  • A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
  • God blesses us according to our faith.
  • If we are not rooted by steadfast trust in God and the desire to serve Him, then painful experiences of mortality can lead us to feel as though we are burdened by a heavy yoke; and we can lose the motivation to live the gospel fully. Without faith, we will end up losing the capacity to appreciate those designs of our God regarding the things that will happen later in our life. 
  • If we are steadfast and do not waver in our faith, the Lord will increase our capacity to raise ourselves above the challenges of life.
Mark A. Bragg -Brighter and Brighter until the Perfect Day
  • Even in the most difficult and darkest of times, there is light and goodness all around us. 
  • That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light growth brighter and brighter until the perfect day.
  • Seeking the light is in our spiritual DNA.
  • From single-cell organisms to complex human systems, everything alive has an inherent inclination toward the positive and away from the negative.
  • Please take comfort that there is light available to us.
  • We cannot allow criticism to dull our sensitivity to the light that is available to us. Recognizing the light and seeking after it will qualify us for even more light.
  • Now more than ever, our families must be sources of great light to everyone around us. Families increase in light as they increase in love and kindness. 
  • In a darkening world, the light of the gospel will shine brighter and brighter until the perfect day.
  • The Spirit of Christ is always there. ... The light of Christ is as universal as sunlight itself. Wherever there is human life, there is the Spirit of Christ.
  • May we see the Light of Christ in others constantly and help them see it in themselves.
Russell M. Nelson -Drawing the Power of Jesus Christ into Our Lives
  • Our Heavenly Father never intended that we would deal with the maze of personal problems and social issues on our own.
  • Faith in Jesus Christ propels us to do things we otherwise would not do.
  • Faith that motivates us to action gives us more access to His power.
  • When you reach up for the Lord's power in your life with the same intensity that a drowning person has when grasping and gasping for air, power from Jesus Christ will be yours. 
  • When you spiritually stretch beyond anything you have ever done before, then his power will flow into you.

Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

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