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General Conference thoughts: Gather Together in One All Things in Christ and One in Christ

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by Elder David A. Bednar 

and Elder Ulisses Soares

We have been taught and now is the day for us to apply our learning.  As we take all that we have and live those truths we point our souls to Christ.  Faith is more than a to-do list (although that is a place to start), it is a way of life.  All gospel truths come together to form us – followers of Christ.  As we apply those truths and live by them and just live them they become part of us and we become the disciples we have the potential to become.   Continue reading →

General Conference thoughts: Opening Remarks and Deep and Lasting Conversion to Heavenly Father and the Lord Jesus Christ

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by President Russell M. Nelson

and Elder Quentin L. Cook

I first heard the rumblings a year or so ago from a friend.  The church was testing a pilot program for a home based Sunday School.  Her sister’s stake was part of the test and according to my friend it “failed” because no one would study at home.  Continue reading →

General Conference thoughts: It Is All about People

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by Bishop Gérald Caussé

I have shared this before but it’s been awhile.  And it’s one of my favorite examples.

When my brother was called to serve as a bishop he asked several esteemed friends for advice.  Out of all the wise advice he was given by leaders and former leaders on the ward and stake level in church the advice he most often recited came from our dad.  In essence, dad told my brother it’s about the people.   Continue reading →

General Conference thoughts: Be With and Strengthen Them

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by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

How to be a decent human being 101.  That’s what this is all about.  If the heart is the symbol of love and we live in a time when “men’s hearts shall fail them” (Doctrine and Covenants 45:26) is it any wonder we need to be reminded how to use our heart?  Or that we need to know how to put the checklist down and focus on people?   Continue reading →