SATURDAY AM
Elder Carlos A. Godoy taught:
“Anything broken can be mended through ____ ____."
He then quoted President Russell M. Nelson who said:
“Now, if you have stepped off the path, may I invite you with all the hope in my heart to please come back. Whatever your concerns, whatever your challenges, there is a place for you in this, the Lord’s Church. You and generations yet unborn will be blessed by your actions now to return to the covenant path.”
Jesus Christ
Elder Yoon Hwan Choi taught:
My dear brothers and sisters, do you want to be happy? Stay on the _______ ____. Your life will be easier, happier, and filled with joy.
Covenant path
This person taught:
During this conference we’ve heard and will yet hear the unfailing counsel of our prophets and apostles. It’s a perfect occasion to develop humility and let our strong opinions be swallowed by an even stronger conviction that the Lord does speak through these chosen leaders.
Elder Joni L. Koch
President Henry B. Eyring taught:
You and I have the opportunity to have the ____ ____ as our constant companion and to have those truths confirmed as we remember and love the Savior, repent, and ask for His love to be in our hearts.
Holy Ghost
President Russell M. Nelson taught:
“Paying tithing requires faith, and it also builds faith in God and His Beloved Son. Choosing to live a virtuous life in a sexualized, politicized world builds faith.Spending more time in the temple builds faith. And your service and worship in the temple will help you to think celestial.”President Nelson then announced _____ new temples to be built around the world!
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Sister Amy Wright used this parable of Jesus to teach:
“My dear friends, we cannot share our oil, but we can share His light. Oil in our lamps will not only help us “abide the day” but can also be the means of illuminating the path that leads those we love to the Savior, who stands ready “with open arms to receive” them.”
The parable of the 10 virgins
Elder Joaquin E. Costa taught that we can begin exercising a little bit of faith every day by doing these two things each morning to help us remember the covenant we make each week when partaking of the sacrament.
Say a simple prayer and read a scripture.
Elder Gary B. Sabin shared this family experience to teach how we should always remember the worth of a soul and be kind.
Elder Sabin’s son accidentally kicked a skunk on the doorstep right before going to a movie. Even though he tried to get the smell off, when the family went to the theater, no one wanted to sit by them!
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf used this parable to teach:
Though choices may have taken you far away from the Savior and His Church, the Master Healer stands at the road that leads home, welcoming you. And we as members of the Church of Jesus Christ seek to follow His example and embrace you as our brothers and sisters, as our friends. We rejoice and celebrate with you.
The parable of the prodigal son
This person counseled:
There is no end to the adversary’s deceptions. Please be prepared. Never take counsel from those who do not believe. Seek guidance from voices you can trust—from prophets, seers, and revelators and from the whisperings of the Holy Ghost, who “will show unto you all things what ye should do.”
President Russell M. Nelson
This person declared:
“I am grateful for millions of Church members who today are coming unto the Savior and pressing forward on the covenant path in the last wagons of our contemporary wagon trains—and who truly are no less serviceable. Your strong faith in Heavenly Father and the Lord Jesus Christ and your unpretentious, consecrated lives inspire me to be a better man and disciple. I love you. I admire you. I thank you. And I commend you.
Elder David A. Bednar
Elder Gary E. Stevenson taught these four principles to help in seeking to exercise spiritual gifts and learning to recognize promptings of the Spirit.
1.Stand in holy places
2.Stand with holy people
3.Testify of holy truths.
4.Listen carefully to the Holy Spirit.
Elder Gary B. Sabin quoted this person who taught:
“One of the easiest ways to identify a true follower of Jesus Christ is how compassionately that person treats other people.”
President Russell M. Nelson
This person taught:
A covenant is not only about a contract, although that is important. It's about a relationship... We must remember: it’s not the course alone that will exalt us; it’s the companion––our Savior. And this is the why of covenant relationship.
President Emily Belle Freeman
Elder Gerrit W. Gong spoke of these three languages of gospel love and learning and counseled:
May we each learn to speak and hear His love here, in our hearts and homes, and in our gospel callings, activities, ministering, and service.
1.the language of warmth and reverence
2.the language of service and sacrifice
3.the language of covenant belonging
Elder D. Todd Christofferson taught:
This _____ power is a perfect manifestation of the justice, mercy, and love of God.
Sealing
This person asked and promised:
As an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, I ask you to serve as a missionary in the gathering of Israel and perhaps even serve again. We need you—we need you. We are grateful to you seniors for the lives you have led and the examples you have been in your homes, wards, and stakes. I now invite you to take your know-how, coupled with your time-honored testimonies, and go on a mission. I pray that the next time I sit down to assign senior couples, there will be hundreds of you waiting anxiously for your call.I also promise that as you serve, you will feel the love of the Lord in your life, you will know Him, He will know you, and “how great shall be your joy.” Your dedicated service to Jesus Christ will inspire and bless your family, your grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. “Peace, and love [will] be multiplied” in their lives for years to come. I promise.
Elder Ronald A. Rasband
This person taught:
It’s the Savior’s work to bring our loved ones back. It’s His work and His timing. It is our work to provide the hope and a heart they can come home to.
Sister Tamara W. Runia
President M. Russell Ballard taught:
My testimony to you this morning is how abundantly blessed we are to know all that we know because we have _____ _____, the prophet of this last dispensation of time.
Joseph Smith
This person taught:
I encourage you to remember and always focus on Jesus Christ. He is our Savior and Redeemer, the “mark” to whom we should look, and our greatest treasure. As you come to Him, you will be rewarded with strength to face life’s challenges, courage to do what is right, and the ability to fulfill your mission in mortality. Treasure the opportunity to repent, the privilege of partaking of the sacrament, the blessing of making and keeping temple covenants, the delight of worshipping in the temple, and the joy of having a living prophet.
Elder Dale G. Renlund
President Dallin H. Oaks taught:
The gospel of Jesus Christ is a plan that shows us how to become what our Heavenly Father desires us to become… Under that loving plan there are multiple _____(s) — many mansions — so that all of God’s children will inherit a _____ of glory whose laws they can comfortably “abide…” We have a loving Heavenly Father who will see that we receive every blessing and every advantage that our own desires and choices allow.
Kingdom
Elder Neil L. Andersen used this story of Sister Kathy Andersen’s mother to teach:
Being honest in our tithes is one way we show our willingness to put the Lord first in our lives, above our own cares and interest. I promise you that as you trust in the Lord, the blessings of heaven will follow.
“Twenty-five years ago, just days before my mother-in-law, Martha Williams, died of cancer, she received a small check in the mail. She immediately asked my wife, Kathy, for her checkbook to pay her tithing. As her mother was so weakened that she could scarcely write, Kathy asked if she could write the check for her. Her mother responded, “No, Kathy. I want to do it myself.” And then she quietly added, “I want to be right before the Lord.” One of the final things Kathy did for her mother was to hand her tithing envelope to her bishop.”
Elder Ulisses Soares used the flowing water of this magnificent waterfall to teach:
My dear brothers and sisters, there is no place for prejudiced thoughts or actions in the community of Saints…May we align our hearts and minds with the knowledge and testimony that we are all equal before God, that we are all fully endowed with the same eternal potential and inheritance.
Iguazu Falls
Elder Quentin L. Cook taught:
Whenever trials occur, we mourn and strive to bear one another’s burdens. We lament things that will not be accomplished and songs that will not be sung. Bad things happen to good people on this mortal journey… It has never been easy for His followers. Nor was it easy for the Savior to faithfully fulfill His mortal mission. For those of us in the Church striving to be “peaceable followers of Christ,” a brighter day awaits us as we focus on ________________.
Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ
President Russell M. Nelson taught:
When you are confronted with a dilemma, think ___! When tested by temptation, think ___! When life or loved ones let you down, think ___! When someone dies prematurely, think ___. When someone lingers with a devastating illness, think ___. When the pressures of life crowd in upon you, think ___! As you recover from an accident or injury, as I am doing now, think ___!...As you think ___, your heart will gradually change. You will want to pray more often and more sincerely. Please don’t let your prayers sound like a shopping list. The Lord’s perspective transcends your mortal wisdom. His response to your prayers may surprise you and will help you to think ___.
Celestial