"Ponder the Path of Thy Feet"
Elaine L. Jack
- Relief Society General President
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📖 general conference
The speaker recalls comforting her young son Gordon after he fell from his bike, assuring him 'I'm right here,' which she likens to the Lord's constant presence.
As a young mother I remember saying to my youngest son, Gordon, when he fell from his bike and faced not only skinned knees but the loss of confidence as well, 'I'm right here.' I would say as I put my arms around him to comfort him, 'I'm right here.' Doesn't that remind us of the Lord, who is with us always? (see Matt. 28:20) He's not just at church, in the temple, or when we kneel at our bed. He's 'right here' when we live by his teachings.
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"Ponder the Path of Thy Feet"
Elaine L. Jack
- Relief Society General President
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📖 general conference
A sister in the Philippines sews for others on an old sewing machine to earn money to take her family to the temple for sealing, showing her commitment to her covenants.
I witnessed commitment when I visited with a sister in her home in the Philippines. She had nothing by the standards of the world. Her family of eight children lived clustered in a two-room nipa hut that stood on stilts. After climbing the ladder to the door, I was taken immediately to a corner where on a small table sat a portable sewing machine. This was not a new model with 320 stitches, bells, whistles, and a serger. It was a machine older than my mother's! But she was not showing off a poss ... (continued)
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"Ponder the Path of Thy Feet"
Elaine L. Jack
- Relief Society General President
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The speaker reflects on the spiritual strength and sense of purpose felt among a small group of sisters in Bangalore, India, who meet as Relief Society and support each other.
I think of the small group of sisters in Bangalore, India, who meet together only once a month as Relief Society. The other weeks they meet individually in small groups in homes. I visited with them last year and quickly recognized how the Spirit of the Lord embraced that little band of women. When their thirty-year-old president, a convert of two years, introduced me and bore testimony of the blessings of the sisterhood of Relief Society, I was touched by the love felt for one another. They are ... (continued)
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"Pray unto the Father in My Name"
Elder L. Edward Brown
- Of the Seventy
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The speaker recounts an incident where their son Steven, at seven years old, successfully opened a locked cabin door by praying and finding a key under a rock.
Some years ago, some close friends of ours loaned us their cabin in Island Park, Idaho. When we arrived at the cabin, we found that the key that we had been given to unlock the front door didn"™t work. We tried to undo windows and pry open screens, all to no avail.
Suddenly our son Steven, who was about seven years old at the time, shouted to us that he had just successfully opened the front door. Steven, with a big grin on his face, was standing triumphantly inside the front doorway. I was am ... (continued)
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"Pray unto the Father in My Name"
Elder L. Edward Brown
- Of the Seventy
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The speaker shares a personal experience of receiving an instant e-mail message from their son-in-law while sending e-mails to other family members, illustrating the concept that God can communicate with us instantly.
Just two weeks ago, I was sending e-mail, or electronic messages, through our personal computer in our apartment in Tokyo, Japan, to a nephew in China; a son in Pocatello, Idaho; and another nephew in Longview, Washington. In the midst of formulating these e-mail messages, a miracle occurred. Our son-in-law in Salt Lake City sent us an instant, on-screen e-mail message. He simply asked, "Are you there?" I immediately responded, "I am here." And we "spoke" with one another via the miracle o ... (continued)
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"Pray unto the Father in My Name"
Elder L. Edward Brown
- Of the Seventy
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The speaker recounts the biblical story of Moses being declared a son of God by the Lord and his subsequent encounter with Satan, where Moses rebukes Satan by affirming his divine sonship.
We read this powerful account in the book of Moses, chapter 1. In verse 3, the Lord declares to Moses: "Behold, I am the Lord God Almighty, and Endless is my name; for I am without beginning of days or end of years; and is not this endless?"Moses 1:3Moses must have been overwhelmed with that announcement. Imagine what he must have felt with the next declaration as recorded in verse 4 of the same chapter: He says, "And, behold, thou art my son." This is the Lord God Almighty, and "Endless is ... (continued)
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"Pray unto the Father in My Name"
Elder L. Edward Brown
- Of the Seventy
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The speaker shares a story about a colleague's young daughter, Kim, who after learning to count to ten, ends her counting with 'In the name of Jesus Christ, amen', showing her innocent understanding of prayer.
Years ago, one of our colleagues shared this tender experience with us. His young daughter, Kim, had just learned to count. In fact, she could count all the way from one to ten. They were so excited they called Grandma. "Hi, Grandma. Do you want to hear me count?" Then she began to count, "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen." Perhaps the Savior smiled and was pleased that Kim could count from one to ten.
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"Prepare Every Needful Thing"
Bishop Victor L. Brown
- Presiding Bishop
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A young man dropped out of trade school, took a low-paying job, and later needed assistance from his bishop when his income couldn't support his family.
A young man decided that trade school was too demanding and too expensive. He dropped out of school, got married, and took a low-paying job in a grocery store. When a baby came, he found that his income was not adequate even for the family"™s basic needs. Too embarrassed to approach his parents, he turned to his bishop for help.
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"Prepare Every Needful Thing"
Bishop Victor L. Brown
- Presiding Bishop
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A family chose entertainment over family home evening, leading to a lack of spiritual nourishment and eventually a crisis with a runaway teenage daughter.
Another family chose Monday night sports on television in preference to family home evening. For weeks and months there was no family prayer, no gospel discussions, no reading of the scriptures, no other meaningful family activities. Now a teenage daughter has run away from home, and the parents have turned to the bishop for help.
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"Prepare Every Needful Thing"
Bishop Victor L. Brown
- Presiding Bishop
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A ten-year-old boy named Travis Leal took responsibility for his family's food storage and reached out for guidance and information.
One recent letter reads: "I am over our food storage at home. I"™m ten years old. I would like your manual called "˜Home Storage and Production."™ If you can send me any other information I"™d like that too. [Signed]Travis Leal"
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"Prepare Every Needful Thing"
Bishop Victor L. Brown
- Presiding Bishop
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The speaker observed differences in preparedness between two stakes in predominantly Latter-day Saint communities affected by a temporary employment disruption.
Some time ago while visiting two stakes, I saw the evidence of the point I am trying to make. Both stakes were in predominantly Latter-day Saint communities. Both were affected seriously by the same severe but temporary disruption of employment. Generally, when I arrive in a new community for stake conference, I drive around the neighborhood or countryside to get a feel for the kind of people who live there. For example: Are their yards well taken care of? Are their homes well cared for? Are the ... (continued)
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"Prepare Every Needful Thing"
Bishop Victor L. Brown
- Presiding Bishop
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A young couple canceled their health insurance due to financial strain, faced a crisis with a premature baby, and had to seek help from family and the Church.
A few months ago a young couple decided to cancel their health insurance. They felt they just could not afford it. The high cost of graduate school, in a time of rampant inflation, led them to disregard the counsel of the Brethren. Then came a baby"”premature, with serious complications resulting in incredibly expensive care. Heartsick and frightened, they turned first to their families, who responded with substantial help. That not being nearly enough, they then turned to their bishop, who, f ... (continued)
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"Prepare Every Needful Thing"
Bishop Victor L. Brown
- Presiding Bishop
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President Brigham Young's 1868 speech emphasized the importance of self-reliance and the consequences of neglecting to prepare for hard times.
President Brigham Young, in remarks given in the Mill Creek Ward on July 25, 1868, had this to say, among other things: "I believe the Latter-day Saints are the best people on the earth of whom we have any knowledge. Still, I believe that we are, in many things, very negligent, slothful and slow to obey the words of the Lord. Many seem to act upon the faith that God will sustain us instead of our trying to sustain ourselves. We are frightened at seeing the grasshoppers coming and destroying our ... (continued)
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"Prepare Ye"
Elder John Longden
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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Unexpectedly visiting a home, the speaker was welcomed by a mother who felt inspired to clean her house that morning, not knowing a servant of God would call.
Unexpectedly I visited a home sometime ago. In this home was a young lady afflicted with a dreadful disease. The mother answered the door and said, "Oh, Brother Longden, come in. I wondered why I was cleaning the house so well this morning. I didn't know a servant of God would be calling."
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"Prepare Ye"
Elder John Longden
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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While visiting a mortuary, the speaker heard a daughter say her mother was prepared to die because she had been prepared to live all her life, impacting many lives.
A few months ago I visited a mortuary in respect to a choice lady whom I had known for many years. In visiting with some of her children, one of the daughters said, "Mother was prepared to die, but Mother was prepared to live all her life." Knowing this lady, I concurred in this sincere tribute. Because of this one woman, many lives were better prepared to live.
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"Prepare Ye"
Elder John Longden
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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The speaker recounts shaking hands with a former missionary companion who exemplified constant preparedness and now serves as a patriarch.
Example of being prepared
It was my privilege this morning, just before the commencement of this conference, to shake hands with a former missionary companion. Forty-six years ago was our first meeting, as he indoctrinated me into the missionary service. Our paths have crossed many times. To me he is a living example of constantly being prepared. He now holds the high office of patriarch in the Hunter Stake.
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"Prepare Ye"
Elder John Longden
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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Former President Eisenhower discussed the most powerful weapon in the world with friends at the White House, concluding that moral and spiritual strength are the greatest forces, feared by enemies.
Former President Eisenhower one evening had a few close friends at the White House in Washington, D. C. They were discussing world problems. For a long while, the President listened; then he said:
"My friends, the biggest, most powerful weapon in the world is not the atomic bomb, or even the fighting ability of men. It is their moral and spiritual strength. Nothing can ever conquer that strength. Remember this, gentlemen, because that is the weapon our enemies really fear."
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"Prepare Ye"
Elder John Longden
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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Two young high school students were killed in a car accident by a drunk driver, and at one of their funerals, a young speaker noted that the deceased had always acted honorably.
Three or four years ago, two young high school students were driving on Wasatch Boulevard in Salt Lake City. It was reported a man under the influence of liquor, driving the car coming in the opposite direction, came over the center line and rammed into their small car. They were killed instantly.
Each of them was a fine young man, not only holding the office of priest in the Aaronic Priesthood but honoring that priesthood by the way he lived. I attended the funeral service of one of them. Never ... (continued)
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"Prepare Ye"
Elder John Longden
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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Elder Adam S. Bennion spoke at the speaker's daughter's funeral 39 years ago, offering a choice between two gates, one leading to despair and the other to hope and faith.
Thirty-nine years ago, we buried our firstborn. Elder Adam S. Bennion spoke these words at our daughter's service:
"There are out beyond today for this young couple two gates. They will choose to open one of them. The first one swings to the touch of grief. It will open quickly and easily. It leads out into doubt and despair, even to bitterness. The other gate opens more slowly, isn't so promising to look at. It yields to the push of patience. I'm not sure that it doesn't swing better to a pull, ... (continued)
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"Prove Me Now Herewith..."
Elder LeGrand Richards
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker references an article by A. Cressy Morrison, which provides seven reasons why a scientist believes in God, emphasizing the improbability of life on Earth being an accident.
In thinking of what I might say today, I want to make reference to a statement I read in an article in the Reader's Digest about six months ago that gave seven reasons why a scientist believed in God. This was by A. Cressy Morrison, former president of the New York Academy of Sciences. I am not going to take time to read the article, but I want to read these statements.
For the first reason, he said: "By unwavering mathematical law, we can prove that our universe was designed and executed by a g ... (continued)
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