General Conference
My week, and what it has been, is summed up in two words:
General Conference.
It was amazing.
It was inspired.
It had messages for all.
I invite any and all to listen to as much of it as they can.
I invite any and all to open their hearts beforehand, with a fervent prayer to gain from it and a desire to be enlightened.
I invite you to consider the age that guarantees wisdom of those who spoke before you discount their words on the basis that they are of a different faith.
I invite my family to send me some of the best quotes they find. I guarantee they are there. There's so many. There is so much to be gained.
I say to all who read this that the best feeling in the world is without doubt the Holy Ghost and its influence. I beg that you will seek it earnestly, and be open to it.
If you would listen to very little, then here are some suggestions (each is found at https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2016/04?cid=HP_SU_3-4-2016_dPFD_fGC_xLIDyL1-B_&lang=eng ):
Where Two or Three are Gathered by Henry B. Eyring
The Greatest Leaders are the Greatest Followers by Stephen W. Owen
The Sacred Place of Restoration by Jairo Mazzagardi
A Child's Guiding Gift by Mary R. Durham
Choices by Thomas S. Monson
Fathers by D. Todd Christofferson
He Will Place You on His Shoulders and Carry You Home by Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Refuge from the Storm by Patrick Kearon
And There Shall Be No More Death by Paul V. Johnson
and
Tomorrow the Lord Will Do Wonders Among You by Jeffrey R. Holland
Only 10 suggestions out of the 37 messages.
If you find your interest piqued by any of those titles, please go to lds.org and search them.
I will share my favorite quotes:
"Now numbering more than one or two, a multitude of His disciples are gathered in this conference, and as promised, the Lord is in our midst."
"Those who are saddened by the loss of the joy they once had are the blessed ones. Some do not see the withering of faith within themselves. Satan is clever. He tells those he wishes to be miserable that the joy they once felt was childish self-delusion."
"He has taught us that we can forgive! Even though we may be a victim once, we need not be a victim twice by carrying the burden of hate, bitterness, pain, resentment, or even revenge. We can forgive, and we can be free!"
"I fear that too many have sadly surrendered their agency to the adversary and are saying by their conduct, “I care more about satisfying my own desires than I do about bearing the Savior’s power to bless others.”"
"Only a man who has paid the price for priesthood power will be able to bring miracles to those he loves and keep his marriage and family safe, now and throughout eternity."
"The role of father is of divine origin, beginning with a Father in Heaven and, in this mortal sphere, with Father Adam."
"Surely, I thought, if man can take the ruins, rubble, and remains of a broken city and rebuild an awe-inspiring structure that rises toward the heavens, how much more capable is our Almighty Father to restore His children who have fallen, struggled, or become lost?"
"But the Holy Ghost is different from the Light of Christ. He is the third member of the Godhead, a distinct personage of spirit with sacred responsibilities, and one in purpose with the Father and the Son."
"Only the adversary, the enemy of us all, would try to convince us that the ideals outlined in general conference are depressing and unrealistic, that people don’t really improve, that no one really progresses. And why does Lucifer give that speech? Because he knows he can’t improve, he can’t progress, that worlds without end he will never have a bright tomorrow. He is a miserable man bound by eternal limitations, and he wants you to be miserable too. Well, don’t fall for that. With the gift of the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the strength of heaven to help us, we can improve, and the great thing about the gospel is we get credit for trying, even if we don’t always succeed."
And the two most important:
"But perhaps there is a different metaphor that can explain why we obey the commandments of God. Maybe obedience is not so much the process of bending, twisting, and pounding our souls into something we are not. Instead, it is the process by which we discover what we truly are made of."
And of course:
"May we ever choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong."
My love to all those who read this, especially my family,
Elder Streeter
General Conference.
It was amazing.
It was inspired.
It had messages for all.
I invite any and all to listen to as much of it as they can.
I invite any and all to open their hearts beforehand, with a fervent prayer to gain from it and a desire to be enlightened.
I invite you to consider the age that guarantees wisdom of those who spoke before you discount their words on the basis that they are of a different faith.
I invite my family to send me some of the best quotes they find. I guarantee they are there. There's so many. There is so much to be gained.
I say to all who read this that the best feeling in the world is without doubt the Holy Ghost and its influence. I beg that you will seek it earnestly, and be open to it.
If you would listen to very little, then here are some suggestions (each is found at https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2016/04?cid=HP_SU_3-4-2016_dPFD_fGC_xLIDyL1-B_&lang=eng ):
Where Two or Three are Gathered by Henry B. Eyring
The Greatest Leaders are the Greatest Followers by Stephen W. Owen
The Sacred Place of Restoration by Jairo Mazzagardi
A Child's Guiding Gift by Mary R. Durham
Choices by Thomas S. Monson
Fathers by D. Todd Christofferson
He Will Place You on His Shoulders and Carry You Home by Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Refuge from the Storm by Patrick Kearon
And There Shall Be No More Death by Paul V. Johnson
and
Tomorrow the Lord Will Do Wonders Among You by Jeffrey R. Holland
Only 10 suggestions out of the 37 messages.
If you find your interest piqued by any of those titles, please go to lds.org and search them.
I will share my favorite quotes:
"Now numbering more than one or two, a multitude of His disciples are gathered in this conference, and as promised, the Lord is in our midst."
"Those who are saddened by the loss of the joy they once had are the blessed ones. Some do not see the withering of faith within themselves. Satan is clever. He tells those he wishes to be miserable that the joy they once felt was childish self-delusion."
"He has taught us that we can forgive! Even though we may be a victim once, we need not be a victim twice by carrying the burden of hate, bitterness, pain, resentment, or even revenge. We can forgive, and we can be free!"
"I fear that too many have sadly surrendered their agency to the adversary and are saying by their conduct, “I care more about satisfying my own desires than I do about bearing the Savior’s power to bless others.”"
"Only a man who has paid the price for priesthood power will be able to bring miracles to those he loves and keep his marriage and family safe, now and throughout eternity."
"The role of father is of divine origin, beginning with a Father in Heaven and, in this mortal sphere, with Father Adam."
"Surely, I thought, if man can take the ruins, rubble, and remains of a broken city and rebuild an awe-inspiring structure that rises toward the heavens, how much more capable is our Almighty Father to restore His children who have fallen, struggled, or become lost?"
"But the Holy Ghost is different from the Light of Christ. He is the third member of the Godhead, a distinct personage of spirit with sacred responsibilities, and one in purpose with the Father and the Son."
"Only the adversary, the enemy of us all, would try to convince us that the ideals outlined in general conference are depressing and unrealistic, that people don’t really improve, that no one really progresses. And why does Lucifer give that speech? Because he knows he can’t improve, he can’t progress, that worlds without end he will never have a bright tomorrow. He is a miserable man bound by eternal limitations, and he wants you to be miserable too. Well, don’t fall for that. With the gift of the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the strength of heaven to help us, we can improve, and the great thing about the gospel is we get credit for trying, even if we don’t always succeed."
And the two most important:
"But perhaps there is a different metaphor that can explain why we obey the commandments of God. Maybe obedience is not so much the process of bending, twisting, and pounding our souls into something we are not. Instead, it is the process by which we discover what we truly are made of."
And of course:
"May we ever choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong."
My love to all those who read this, especially my family,
Elder Streeter
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