Category: General Conference
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Nourish the Roots, and the Branches Will Grow
The branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine . {We have to stay connected to Jesus.} If you want to nourish a plant you don’t splash water on the branches, you water the root. The branches of your testimony will draw strength from the root. We nourish the root, the…
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Simple Is the Doctrine of Jesus Christ
Alma was leading a people who were frequently under attack by their enemies. He knew that overcoming would require repentance asking his people as well as their enemies. That was when we determined “to try the virtue of the word of God which has a more powerful effect than the sword or anything else.” We…
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O Youth of the Noble Birthright
Why must latter day saints live so differently? Because of the covenant blessings you receive as a joint heir with Christ. You’ve got this because Jesus Christ has you.
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Seek Him with All Your Heart
Make time for the Lord each and every day. For example when praying: what if we spent less time talking and more time just being with God. … What if while studying scriptures we spent less time just reading and more time… Paradoxically, helping God in His work of salvation may require that we slow…
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Seeking Answers to Spiritual Questions
How can we respond to the limits of our spiritual understanding? (What a fantastic question.) We may be required to wait upon the Lord in the place between our current understanding and {the next line of revelation}. We need to recognize that we do not possess any knowledge independently from God. In order to produce…
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“I Am He”
It sounds like his voice is ready to go at any time. People have come to reduce His righteousness to mere prudishness…His justice to mere anger…His mercy to mere permissiveness. Elder Holland has only one urgent message for the rest of his ministry—to testify of Christ in the most clear and straightforward way he can…
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In the Space of Not Many Years
He’s talking about the book of Helaman and applying it to today. It is a time where the Lamanites are often more righteous than the Nephites. Perhaps the most telling thing about this decline into wickedness by the Nephites is that it came upon them in not many years. … And this came upon them…
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Embrace the Lord’s Gift of Repentance
When he talked about feeling inadequate in his calling at times I thought “he’s obviously nervous and feeling inadequate right now. “No matter which part of the covenant path we are on now, focus on {repentance}.”