You know what that means?
Yes! Highlights from Conference. :D
What follows are highlights that I got from the speakers today. :)
Can I say it's awesome some of the talks were given in their native language? Because I thought it was the coolest thing ever!! :D
So without further adew. Here are my highlights. :D
(Would have posted this sooner, but had to work through conference so I had to wait for them to become available online to watch them. :) )
Saturday Morning
President Thomas S. Monson
- Our temple building continues in Earnest!
- Over 88,000 missionaries currently serving all over the world.
- Christ is the way, the truth, and the life, no man cometh to the father but by him.
- We may not live perfect lives... , but the Savior provides a way for us to become clean again.
- You will find peace and understanding even in the midst of heartache and sorrow.
- Christ's Mercy is the Mighty Healer.
- We need the strength of conviction.
- We need a testimony of the hope of redemption.
- Seek to strengthen all testimonies of everyone.
- Seek out those who have strayed and help them.
- Strengthen your spiritual strength. Focus on making weaknesses new strengths.
- What can I do? I'm only one person.... Do your best, it will be enough.
- Bear witness of the Lord Jesus Christ
- Move into the future with quiet confidence. His spirit will be with you.
- Never forget which way do you face.
- Please God first, Do not try and please people first.
- Do not fear the reproach of men.
- Seek peaceful coexistence with others.
- Courage is the gift of the spirit to god fearing people.
- Courage is the form of every virtue at the testing point.
- The guilty taketh the truth to be hard for it cuteth them to the very center.
- Lowering the Lord's standards to the world's standards is Apostasy.
- Do not falter, you cannot self improve if there isn't trials to build you up. Keep the Lord's Standards.
- Bishops are called upon to boldly defend the Temple's standards. It is the Lord's house.
- Always face the Lord.
- Seek not your own will but the will of the Father.
- To know the Savior is to know the Father
- Always remember whose disciples we are.
- We receive strength when we strive to thoughtfully partake of the sacrament.
- Strive to make things right.
- Offer strengthening words to a friend.
- Taking the Sacrament can be a cleaning and healing experience.
- The Spirit heals and renews our Souls.
- Seek out those who need help.
- Do not give up.
- Do not leave those in need by the door.
- The work of the Lord is never too demanding.
- Comfort those in need as they wait for their trials to pass.
- Sometimes you need more than one person. Everyone needs to work together.
- Who bears responsibility for what happens in our lives?
- God will not live our lives for us.
- He will not control our lives as a puppet master. Neither would his prophets.
- It is God's plan and will that we have the principle decision making role in our life's drama.
- Know and Understand for yourself.
- God will not save us just as we are because 1st: we are unclean and no unclean thing can dwell in his presence.
- 2nd: God will not act to make us something that we do not choose, by our actions, to become.
- We need to taste the bitter in order to prize the good.
- Nothing will happen without our agreement and our action. Our choices.
- Nothing will happen by divine will on it's own.
- God is trustworthy. Trust him in all things.
- Mercy should not trample Justice.
- Repentance respects and sustains our moral agency.
- A God who makes no demands is the functional equivalent of a god that does not exist.
- It would be a world where moral relativism reigns supreme.
- Freedom comes not from resisting it but from applying it.
- It's God's will that we be free men and women that we rise to our full potential physically and spiritually.
- Take responsibility, Go to work, so that there is something God can help us with.
- It seems to be a trait of humanity to assume that we are right...even when we are wrong.
- Are we destined to drift aimlessly on an ocean of conflicting information on a raft we've crafted from our own biases?
- The Lord has given us the promise that we can know the truth for ourselves. We just need to seek it, by approaching him with a sincere heart and pure intent.
- God cares about you. He Will listen. He Will answer your personal questions, but they will come in his own way and in his own time. You need to learn to listen to the Lord's voice.
- If you want to recognize spiritual truth you have to use the Right instruments.
- The church is not for just perfect people, but for all people who want to come and be perfected in Him.
- In the end, we're all pilgrims seeking God's light as we journey on the path of discipleship.
- We nourish and encourage all light until it is known to be God's truth.
- If you do your part. It will come. And it will be Glorious.
- If you seek, you will find.
President Henry B. Eyring -Sustaining of Church Officers
Elder Dallin H. Oaks
- Love is the very essence of the gospel.
- Those who keep the commandments should not stir up man into anger.
- Satan stirs the man up to anger, the Savior promotes peace.
- Speak the truth in Love.
- The wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
- Revile not against revilers.
- Do not compromise or dilute your commitments, truths, positions, values while you seek to keep the peace with others who do not share them.
- Love our neighbor, avoid contention, be examples of civility, even though we may disagree we should not be disagreeable.
- Be wise in explaining our positions and exercising our influence.
- In any event we should be persons of good will to all.
- Teach children to have respect for all.
- Kindness is powerful.
- We must live with differences. When vital our side of these differences should not be abandoned.
- But we should live peacefully with those who have differences from us.
- The wise and virtuous shall seek blessings constantly.
- Why does the Lord allow evil speaking to chase after the good? Because trials strengthen us, and bring us closer to him.
- Spiritual questions deserve spiritual answers from God.
- Never doubt the testimony of God's promise.
- You won't be much help to others if your own faith is not securely in place.
- Youth, speak good of the prophet.
- Do not discard something you know to be true for something that you do not yet understand.
- A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit. Neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. By their fruits you shall know them.
- Never let anything extinguish your burning fire of faith.
- Magnify your calling as a parent.
- Mothers have influence on their children. Use it to strengthen them.
- Express gratitude to your parents. Do so often. Let them feel your love.
- How many of us let our children march out into the world without adequate protection found in spiritual things like Morning Prayer.
- Pray in the Mornings to receive protection throughout the day from the adversaries temptations.
- We need to have the vision and the will to stick with it. One day we will understand and appreciate what has been done.
- Do not yet doubtful thoughts/voices to chisel at your soul and your faith. Feel confidence. Be confident in yourself and your goals.
- The decision to change is yours and yours alone.
- Take responsibility for your own spiritual wellbeing. Stop blaming, justifying and making excuses.
- The Lord knows when you choose not to try.
- Take responsibility for your own physical well being. Feeding the soul while neglecting the body leads to spiritual dissonance.
- Choosing something bad over something worse is still wrong.
- Faithful following of some commandments does not justify neglecting others.
- Spiritual confidence increases when you voluntarily and cheerful repent of sins.
- Become really really good at forgiving.
- Forgive everyone everything all the time or at least try to do so.
- You are pleasing God, despite of your shortcomings.
- Be careful whose voice you follow.
- It is easier to follow the Savior when you have a spouse with the same commitments by your side.
- Make the decision today to act and say "Yes Lord, I will follow thee."
- Persevere in the decisions you have made today.
- The spoil of the needy is in your houses. Care for those, Serve those who are poor in spirit, in body, in mind. Help to lift them up.
- Do what you can.
- Serve those within your reach with what ever resources you have.
- Cease withholding your means because we see the poor as having put their poverty upon themselves.
- Are we not all beggars? Don't we all cry out for help and hope and answer for prayers? Don't we all beg for forgiveness for mistakes we've made and troubles we've caused? Don't we all implore that grace will cover our weaknesses?
- Cherish the ability to fast. Be generous in your fast offerings and other contributions. God will be generous to you in return.
- Though I may not be my Brother's Keeper, but I am my Brother's Brother. I can do what I can to help.
- How we learn to adjust to the changes in life, depends on the foundations of life which we build.
- The disintegration of the family will only bring sorrow and hopelessness and troubles to the world.
- We have the responsibility to protect the family.
- Let us be certain that our example will support and sustain the Lord's plan.
- Our homes must be Holy Places in order to stand up to the Pressures of the World.
- We must carefully continue to evaluate our performance as parents as our children's most valuable teachings will come from us.
- The decisions made by women in this generation will be eternal in their consequences.
- Women do all you can to strengthen the home.
- Fatherhood is a calling from which you're never released.
- Prayers are Fruit.
- We can find lasting peace upon the sure foundation of the Gospel of Christ and build sure family units from it.
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/sessions/2014/10?cid=HPSA100414463&lang=eng
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
The Dream
I was in a resort/mansion place. Nice big rooms, and a pool right below the house (so you could jump from one floor straight into the pool.) We were expecting guests, me and a bunch of other people who were considered to be 'troubled.' Some famous person A girl named Felice from Forest Records was coming to check and see if there was any talent and a guy named Kelt was up next, though as he was getting ready to meet with her, some of the younger kids pulled a nasty trick on him, and ended up dumping him and a toilet into the pool below by rigging that part of the house to fall away. Kelt was furious, clambering back up, soaking wet (and looking so handsome) back up to the room, just in time for the girl to come in, which didn't help his mood at all. That he hadn't been given the same chance as the others -because the others took a disliking to him.- But the girl liked what she saw, and was going to offer him a deal...
When the unholy tones of daylight pulled me away....
and I became myself again. :)
-S.N.D
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