April 2006 General Conference -Priesthood Session

Dieter F. Uchtdorf -See the End from the Beginning

• We have great confidence in you. You are choice spirits.
• It has been said, "Teaching by example is one way to teach." I would say, "Teaching by example is the best way to teach."

Ronald A. Rasband -Our Rising Generation

• "Many of them are remarkable in their spiritual maturity and in their faith. But even the best of them are sorely tested. And the testing will become more severe."
• We must all look for opportunities to bless the youth whether or not we are currently closely associated with them.

Richard G. Hinckley -Repentance, a Blessing of Membership

• What does my membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints mean to me? It means everything. It influences, enlivens, permeates, and gives purpose and meaning to everything in life that is important to me: my relationship with God, my Eternal Father, and with His Holy Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. It teaches me that through obedience to the principles and ordinances of the gospel, I will find peace and happiness in this life and be invited to live in God's presence, with my family, in the life that surely will follow mortality, where His mercy will satisfy the demands of justice and encircle me and mine, and you and yours, in the arms of safety.

James E. Faust -A Royal Priesthood

• Our fathers and mothers, brothers, sisters and friend who have passed away from this earth, having been faithful, and worthy to enjoy these rights and privileges, may have a mission given them to visit their relatives and friends upon the earth again, bringing from the divine Presence messages of love, of warning, or reproof and instruction, to those whom they had learned to love in the flesh.
• Miraculous events have not always been a source of conversion. For example, when Laman and Lemuel physically mistreated their younger brothers, an angel appeared and warned them to stop. The angel also reassured all of the brothers that Laban would be delivered into their hands. Nephi, on the one hand, believed and claimed the brass plates from Laban. Laman and Lemuel, on the other hand, did not believe, nor did they change their behavior as a result of the angelic visit. As Nephi reminded them, "How is it that ye have forgotten that ye have seen an angel of the Lord?"

Thomas S. Monson -Our Sacred Priesthood Trust

• May we ever be ready "to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you.
• The opportunity to declare a truth may come when we least expect it. Let us prepared.
• "The worth of a soul is its capacity to become as God."
• He is said to have replied, "To magnify a calling is to hold it up in dignity and importance, that the light of heaven may shine through one's performance to the gaze of other men.
• Miracles are everywhere to be found when priesthood callings are magnified. When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes. Whom God calls, God qualifies.

Gordon B. Hinckley -The Need for Greater Kindness

• I remind you that no man who makes disparaging remarks concerning those of another race can consider himself a true disciple of Christ. Nor can he consider himself to be in harmony with the teachings of the Church of Christ.
• Let us all recognize that each of us is a son or daughter of our Father in Heaven, who loves all of His children.
• Brethren, there is no basis for racial hatred among the priesthood of this Church. If any within the sound of my voice is inclined to indulge in this, then let him go before the Lord and ask forgiveness and be no more involved in such.
• "But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel."
• "Women have claim on their husbands for their maintenance, until their husbands are taken. ...
• "All children have claim upon their parents for their maintenance until they are of age."
• I believe that no man can be considered a member in good standing who refuses to work to support his family if he is physically able to do so.
• Why do any of us have to be so mean and unkind to others? Why can't all of us reach out in friendship to everyone about us? Why is there so much bitterness and animosity? It is not a part of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
• We all stumble occasionally. We all make mistakes.
• "'For friends at first, are friends again at last.'"
• There is no end to the good we can do, to the influence we can have with others. Let us not dwell on the critical or the negative. Let us pray for strength; let us pray for capacity and desire to assist others. Let us radiate the light of the gospel at all times and all places, that the Spirit of the Redeemer may radiate from us.

Until you next see these words;

I'll be watching the leaves.

Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi