- - Obedience is a liberating path to divine destiny.
- - Obedience helps us discover what we are really made of.
- - Obedience is not an end to itself.
- - Obedience is the lifeblood of faith.
- - As, we increase in faith we must also increase in faithfulness.
- - If you cannot muster faith, begin with hope.
- - Good will not rescue us against our will.
- - Good is fully aware of those who are lost.
- - Our Father in Heaven has the ability to restore those who are fallen.
- - Never underestimate the power of the other side of the veil in the temple.
- - The mirrors in the celestial room remind us how the ordinances there connect us with our ancestors and descendants.
- - We are all equal before God in the temple.
- - God organizes eternal families only in temple.
- - Temple worship brings us happiness, fulfillment and peace.
- - Despite the lack of righteousness in the world, we live in a sacred and holy time.
- - See yourself in the temple.
- - Priesthood holders should live the kind of life that brings purity to their wife and children.
- - The media needs to show more examples of righteous fathers.
- - Loving the mother of his children and showing it are two best things a dad can do for his children.
- - Spending time away at work to provide for a family is the essence of fatherhood.
- - When providing a correction a father should be motivated by love.
- - The most essential work of a father is to turn the hearts of his children to their Heavenly Father.
- - Fatherhood exposes us to our own weaknesses and the need to improve.
- - Far from being superfluous, fathers are unique and important.
- - We will find peace in your lives when we walk with Jesus Christ
- - The reach of the atonement is as individual as it is infinite.
- - We need to continuously partake of the fruit of the tree of life.
- - Never has the great and spacious building been so crowded.
- - In everything we do in the temple, we are pointed to Jesus Christ.
- - Learn listen and walk in the path of the Savior.
- - The road we travel through sorrow and trials is made easier when we think about Jesus.
- - Membership in the Lord’s kingdom is a gift of immeasurable value.
- - The greatest challenge of youth today is the great and spacious building that surrounds them.
- - Conversion comes from serving those around us.
- - We need to get the gospel from our heads to our hearts.
- - We have a knowledge of the gospel. But do we believe it?
- - This church is more than a good place to go on Sunday.
- - The gift of repentance allows us to correct our course settings.
- - The choices we make determine our destiny.
- - Remember who we are. Pause to consider the consequences.
- - We are the recipients of a sacred trust. Much is expected of us.
- - The most important work you will ever do will be within the walls of your own home.
- - Purity will be the protection of your marraige and family.
- - Our priesthood obligation is to put our families, and those that we serve, first.
- - We all can be saviors of strong families.
- - Charity defines Christ and pride defines Satan. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- - Whatever problems we have, the beginning and the end of them is charity.
- - Those who save marriages pull out the weeds and water the flowers.
- - Astonish your wife by choosing to make her happy.
- - If it appears to take forever to build a great marriage, remember that it is for eternity.
- - Great marriages are built brick by brick.
- - If there really was a perfect woman do you think she would be interested in you?
- - The safe path is integrity and loyalty to covenants.
- - Strong marriages don't just happen because we are members of the church.
- - Replacing the original with something more modern in marriages brings sorrow.
- - In the very act of following Christ we are leading others to him.
- - We cannot be satisfied receiving spiritual blessings just for ourselves.
- - Leadership is an expression of discipleship.
- - We need to see young men not as they are but as they can become.
- - Jesus Christ sets the perfect example of qualities of both leadership and being followers.
- - Priesthood power can calm the fractures in the hearts of our families and overcome the spiritual, emotional and financial earthquakes in our homes.
- - We need to embrace our wives and their counsel.
- - Are we willing to follow President Monson’s example of serving others?
- - To increase our power in the priesthood we need to pray from the heart.
- - We need to live up to our privileges of the priesthood.
- - There are too many men who have the authority but not the power of the priesthood because their access is blocked by their sins.
- - The atonement of Jesus Christ can purify us.
- - Councils are where parents listen to each other and their children.
- - The irony of being good parents is that we get good at it after our children have left home.
- - Ordinances invite spiritual power and purpose into our lives.
- - Baptism is not a destination we should desire to visit over and over again.
- - The sacrament is an opportunity to repent sincerely and be renewed spiritually.
- - There is an inseparable relationship between baptism, confirmation, and the sacrament.
- - Ordinances are far more than rituals or symbolic ordinances.
- - Both the Holy Ghost and ordinances have a role in spiritual rebirth.
- - The Book of Mormon brings us closer to Christ than any other book.
- - We are all called to go to the rescue.
- - Bring one soul unto Christ.
- - We must never give up.
- - We must not delay going to the rescue.
- - What a marvelous role grandparents can play in the lives of their grandchildren.
- - We need to reach out to the youth who are beyond the fence.
- - The greatest tool in keeping youth included is other righteous youth.
- - Knowing someone's name can make a difference.
- - These youth need our time and our testimonies.
- - A child's spiritual DNA is perfect.
- - Reach out and take the Savior’s hand through the hand of our leaders.
- - No one goes on his way alone.
- - Are you standing with leaders in a darkened world to spread the light of Christ?
- - Righteous leaders walk the path of life with you.
- - The sacrament is indispensable to a spiritual foundation.
- - The Lord is more accepting of repentant sinners than those who feel no need to repent.
- The best way to grow closer to the Lord is to prepare for the sacrament.
- - The closer we are to God, the more we are to feel thankful and not entitled
- - The greater the distance between the giver and receiver the more likely the receiver is likely to feel a sense of entitlement.
- - We need to be humble before we walk through the valley of humility.
- - We need to teach our children to be self confident and selfless.
- - Some of the greatest sermons are taught by the singing of hymns.
- - The atonement is not only for those who need to repent but also for those who need to forgive.
- - We need to win and lose with grace.
- - We should not be defined by the worst thing we have ever done.
- - We all have people in our lives with Saul-like lives but Paul-like potential.
- - An unforgiving heart harbors so much needless pain. God will compensate us for every injustice we experience.
- - Forgiveness is the Lord's way to escape the burdens of injustices caused by others.
- - The Lord will not leave us out in the cold without keys.
- - Go forward with faith.
- - Without the keys of the restoration we would be locked out of our blessings of eternal life.
- - We live in a world that can make us forget who we are.
- - You can have what you want our you can have something better
- - Our first response to hardship should be to remember who we are.
- - We are children of a living God
- - We need to prepare homes and children to feel the still small voice.
- - The things of this world can drown out the spirit.
- - Pray with full purpose of heart.
- - Choose to have your heart softened.
- - The Lord is in our midst.
- - Heaven is cheering us on.
- - All things work together for good for those who love God.
- - The first great commandment is to love God but he loved us first.
- - We, are to judge righteously, not self righteously or unrighteously.
- - The Lord blesses those who want to improve and want to keep the commandments.
- - The great thing about the gospel is that we get credit for trying even if we do not achieve it.
- - Don't give up if you can't do everything you have learned at conference.
- - The members are the miracle of this church.
- - The reality of the resurrection overwhelms our heartbreak with hope.
- - We all can be part of a cloud of witnesses that the resurrection is real.
- - Resurrection is the ultimate cure for all our ills.
- - Living as spirits without our bodies is a form of captivity.
- - The Savior’s resurrection brought total victory over death.
- - The temple can change our lives forever.
- - Everything we do in the church is to prepare us to go to the temple.
- - The real power of the temple is found in its ordinances.
- - We have an assurance that good will consecrate or trials for our gain.
- - Some things can only be learned by faith.
- - There is no warrant for a loyal opposition in the government of God.
- - We are not to be at ease in Zion.
- - The Lord does not make life easy but he does make it possible.
- - Opposition is central to the plan off what are to become.
- - Opposition is part of the plan for our mortality.
- - That Satan who opposed the Father's plan actually facilitated it.
- - From the beginning agency and opposition are central to the Father's plan for us.
- - The Savior satisfies the eternal demands of justice.
- - This moment of hardship does not define refugees but helping them will define us.
- - Meeting refugee families personally and not learning about them from a screen will change you forever.
- - Begin on your knees in prayer then find some place to help locally.
- - We must be careful that the news of refugees flight does not become commonplace.
- - The Savior knows what it is like to be a refugee; he was one.
- - God always welcomes us home. Our Savior invites us to remember Him as he always remembers us.
- - Life is not as cruel as it can sometime seem.
- - God knows everything we don't want anyone to know about us yet loves us anyway.
- - We can remember Him by serving others.
- - We can remember God by acknowledging the hand of the Lord in all things.
- - Remembering and forgetting are a part of our eternal journey.
- - Through the Holy Ghost we experience a multitude of miracles that never cease.
- - Seeking the counsel of the Holy Ghost in all things trivializes it.
- - Keeping our covenants will prevent us from being deceived by Holy Ghost impersonators.
- - The Holy Ghost respects our agency.
- - The Holy Ghost is not given to us to control us.
- - Personal revelation is essential.
Sunday, April 3, 2016
I See... The 161 Things I Learned at General Conference This Weekend
Below is a list of 161 things the Mormon Third Eye learned at General Conference this weekend. I haven't included authors of these gems because, in the end, it was the spirit that moved me to record them.
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