General Conference – April 2015

[Anonymous]

My feed is going crazy. I will have to catch up later.

[Anonymous]

DJ – High Five –

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He was probably on his device.

[Anonymous]

Somehow I have a feeling my FB will be full of memes and quotes from Elder Pearson and Pres. Uchdorf’s talk this morning on grace will be forgotten. Some TBM’s really love that retrenchment stuff. Oh the sacrament talks based on Elder Pearson… help me now :thumbdown:

[Anonymous]

I love the Neal Maxwell story. Neal Maxwell was heroic to me in his cheer during trials.

Thomas Monson story on miracles also inspiring.

The Lord declared, “I am able to do my own work.” – Love this.

God is mindful of all people. – Love this.

Great scriptures from Christ.

Oh my favorite scripture, “Fear not, for they that be with you are more than they who are against you.”

[Anonymous]

TataniaAvalon wrote:

Somehow I have a feeling my FB will be full of memes and quotes from Elder Pearson and Pres. Uchdorf’s talk this morning on grace will be forgotten. Some TBM’s really love that retrenchment stuff. Oh the sacrament talks based on Elder Pearson… help me now :thumbdown:

I’m tempted to send him (Pearson) a few talks from Q12 this conference with a note saying: thought you might want to read these before you slip into apostasy. 😈

[Anonymous]

My grandmother taught me the Lord’s Prayer and it is dear my heart. I was glad he used it today.

[Anonymous]

I got a nice chuckle out of Pearson and moved on. I hope the stars align and I get his talk when it’s my turn to speak in SM. 😈

mom3 wrote:

My grandmother taught me the Lord’s Prayer and it is dear my heart. I was glad he used it today.

My family wasn’t very religious growing up, probably went to church a few dozen times in my youth. The one thing I remember is going to a non-denominational Christian church and they ended every meeting singing the lord’s prayer. I still remember it because of that song.

[Anonymous]

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My family wasn’t very religious growing up,

My grandparents didn’t either, she had learned it as her prayer in the orphanage she grew up in. She kept it as her prayer all her life. I remember being disappointed when other LDS people didn’t know as well as she had taught me. I still repeat it.

[Anonymous]

Now I am crying. Stories of Jesus – Tell them to me.

Hymns today have been perfect.

[Anonymous]

Time to go make Easter Dinner.

Then I will take my Sabbath Day Nap, then I will have delight.

[Anonymous]

Kind of a dud of a session for me. DW was in attendance (wish she would have picked the AM session) but overall GC was a very, very positive experience for me this time.

:thumbup:

[Anonymous]

I found the Pearson talk to be quite insulting and potentially harmful to the masses. Perhaps one of the worst GC messages since GC October 2011 with the 14 Fs of the Prophet and the Two Lines of Communication.

I didnt care for Hales or Perry message. Otherwise, i have no real problems with the other speeches.

Urchtdorf Sunday speech was very good IMO.

[Anonymous]

Uchtdorf was best all around IMO, but that’s nothing new. I pulled my favorite quote out of each talk from all the sessions (except women’s session because I didn’t watch, but basically that was probably a good move strategically):

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Saturday AM

– Pres. Eyring: “Your fast offering will do more than help feed and clothe bodies. It will heal and change hearts.”

– Pres. Burton: “Sisters and brothers, how often do we intentionally “speak kind words to each other”?”

– Pres. Packer: “Married couples are tried by temptation, misunderstandings, financial problems, by family crises, by illness, and all the while love grows stronger. Mature love has a bliss not even imagined by newlyweds.”

– E. Oaks: “Those who believe in what has been called the theology of prosperity are suffering from the “deceitfulness of riches.” The possession of wealth or significant income is not a mark of heavenly favor, and their absence is not evidence of heavenly disfavor.”

– E. Clayton: “if we search for it, there will always be a spiritual light that beckons to us, giving us the hope of rescue and relief.”

– E. Perry: “When it comes to love of spouse and hopes, worries and dreams for children, we are all the same.”

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Saturday PM

– E. Bednar: “We should look to and have our focus firmly fixed upon the Savior at all times and in all places.”

– E. Christofferson: “Much that is good, much that is essential—even

sometimes all that is necessary for now—can be achieved in less than ideal circumstances. So many of you are doing your very best.”

– E. Andersen: “I can teach you to dance, but I can’t teach you to hear the music.”

– E. Renlund: “Even if we’ve been a conscious, deliberate sinner or have repeatedly faced failure and disappointment, the moment we decide to try again, the Atonement of Christ can help us.”

– E. Ringwood: “Today there are some who would have us believe our search for relevance can be satisfied only by obtaining position and power. Yet, thankfully, there are many who are uninfluenced by this perspective. They find relevance in seeking to be truly good and without guile.”

– E. Cook: “We should be careful not to be critical or judgmental of those with concerns.”

Quote:

General Priesthood session

– E. Ballard‘s talk explains the process by which missionary calls are assigned. “When your picture appears, we look into your eyes and review your answers to the missionary recommendation questions. For that brief moment, it seems as if you are present and responding to us directly.”

– E. Soares: “Many of these worldly messages represent nothing more than an attempt of our society to justify sin.”

– E. Gibson: “My heart was full because at his young and tender age he already recognized that one of his most sacred priesthood duties was to be a father.”

– Pres. Uchtdorf: “There is nothing wrong with shining our shoes, smelling our best, or even hiding the dirty dishes before the home teachers arrive.

However, when taken to extremes, this desire to impress can shift from useful to deceitful. . . . This temptation to appear better than we are, is found not just in our personal lives but can be found in our Church assignments as well. . . He began to wonder how their stake’s goals might have been different if they had first asked, “What is our ministry?””

– Pres. Eyring: “All of us must speak and act in the name of God in moments where our unaided judgment will not be enough without inspiration.”

– Pres. Monson: “I revere the priesthood. I have witnessed its power time and time again. I have seen its strength. I have marveled at the miracles it has wrought. Brethren, each of us has been entrusted with one of the most precious gifts ever bestowed upon mankind. As we honor our priesthood and live our lives so that we are at all times worthy, the blessings of the priesthood will flow through us.”

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Sunday AM

New Temples announced in Ivory Coast, Haiti and Bangkok, Thailand.

– Pres. Monson: “There is no blessing more precious to me than the

peace and comfort I receive from the knowledge I have that [Frances] and I will be together again.”

– Pres. Wixom: “The Lord can only teach an inquiring mind.” and “Come, we want you whatever stage you are at, and we will meet you there. Give us whatever you have to offer.”

– E. Texeira: “The habit of setting aside our mobile device for a time will enrich and broaden our view of life, for life is not confined to a four inch screen.”

– E. Causse: “To marvel at the wonders of the gospel is a sign of faith . . . but our ability to marvel is fragile. Over the long term, such things as casual commandment-keeping, apathy, or even weariness may set in and make us insensitive to the most remarkable signs and miracles of the gospel.”

– E. Nielson: (about the parable of the prodigal son) “once the adult son makes his choice, the wise father lets him go. The father then demonstrates sincere love, and he watches and he waits.” and he concludes “I realized that in some ways I was the prodigal son. . . All of us are lost and need to be found.”

– E. Holland: Shares a story about brothers hiking and one must rescue the other from a free fall to certain death, then likens this to the atonement and the importance of Easter.

– Pres. Uchtdorf: “Salvation cannot be bought with the currency of obedience; it is purchased by the blood of the Son of God. Thinking that we can trade our good works for salvation is like buying a plane ticket and then supposing we own the airline. Or thinking that after paying rent for our

home, we now hold title to the entire planet earth.” and “I wonder if sometimes we misinterpret the phrase “after all we can do.” We must understand that “after” does not equal “because.” We are not saved “because” of all that we can do.”

Quote:

Sunday PM

– E. Hales: “Live your life to be a good example of what you believe – in word and deed. How we live our religion is far more important than what we may say about our religion.”

– E. Pearson: “Average is the enemy of excellence, and average commitment will prevent you from enduring to the end.”

– E. Pino: “Perspective is the way we see things when we look at them from a certain distance, and it allows us to appreciate their true value.”

– E. Andersen: quoting Neal Maxwell: “If everything is going perfectly for you right now, just wait.”

– E. Zeballos: “How, then, could we be content with anything short of exaltation if we know that exaltation is possible?”

– E. Sitati: [winning best accent award] “Developing a vision of what I would become was essential to my progress.”

– E. Nelson: “No other work transcends that of righteous, intentional parenting.”

[Anonymous]

I agree with cwald:

When there are only a handful of bad talks and more than a handful of truly wonderful talks, it is an extremely good conference.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for those quotes, Hawkgrrrl. It goes to show that even in the talks I might find most objectionable there are gems of gospel goodness.

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