General Conference October 2011
Saturday Afternoon
Music: Primary Choir
Conducting: Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Song: ??
Song: Families are Forever
Releasing : 13
Sustain: 1
David A. Bednar
Godhead, Revelation, and Salvation for both living and dead.
The last prophet before Christ to have the Melkezedik sealing power.
The sealing powers had to be in place for the restoration of the church to come in its fullness. We could not have a fullness if we had no sealing power, to seal the living and the dead to bring all together as an Eternal Family.
The dead cannot do the work, and we cannot be perfect as our Father unless we do the work for those who cannot and those who need it.
Family History work is not limited or prescribed to those of the elderly. YM and YW should not wait until adulthood to start learning and loving the wok sparked by Elijah.
The youth of the church have been blessed with the ability to tweet and to text quickly to help the work of the Lord along in the Family History centers around the world.
If you turn to this blessing you will turn towards the fathers of old and blessings will pour out and flow like a never ending waterfall and you will be beyond the power of the adversary.
Lds.org/familyhistoryyouth
We can all do Family History Work. These are more than just names, these are people.
Neil L. Andersen
We believe in families, and we believe in children.
Family is ordained of God.
It should not matter for us to wait in marriages to have children. Why not have children right away? Sure there are problems but there will always be problems.
Decide by sincere prayer and faith. To be decided upon privately between husband, wife, and Heavenly Father.
You are not of the world when you remain true to what God has commanded. You do not partake of the world.
Not having children and delaying children…
You do not collect children, or because you don’t want free time. Motherhood is a gift.
REMEMBER: Last year I felt that in 2 to 3 years I would be in the position of my sister and her husband, to have a child on the way and be married. I don’t know but I feel a child is part of this even though the when I felt this I was just thinking about marriage, and child was a side thought of this also. Today marks the 1st year, next year I will be married, and will be the 2nd year. If I become pregnant the following months it will be the 3rd year in which I will be a mother. And that makes me terrified. –I think this is a topic to discuss with Steven when the time is right.
Do not be judgmental in this sacred and noble responsibility.
And this thought is scary. Because that means I will deliver my child in my last year of college. I will be pregnant while taking my PRAXIS. O bo.
Ian S. Ardern (New Zealand)
With the demands made of us, we must priorities our plans to achieve our eternal goals and our long term goals.
If we do not plan ahead we will be blown from one ime wasting activity to another without getting closer to any goal.
Love is spelt Time
Time is a close cousin to idleness
Do not be compulsive fingertip communicators. OOOO Steven. Do not need to always be busy and productive.
Do not let the technology today drown out talking to our Father in Heaven.
Real friends are more important than the ones you make on your RPGs.
Take those things which rob us of precious time, and remove them and let them not be the master’s of us. Okay, therefore I will no longer play any of my facebook games. They are not good for me, and there is a time to become an adult and to put childish things behind me. That does not mean that I cannot still play the random video game, because sometimes you need to stop thinking, but there are many other better things to do with your time and ideas.
Do not be a part of distracting and destructive pursuits.
Virtuous, Lovely, Good report, and Praiseworthy –seek these things. Ask yourself if a time consuming idea and adventure is one of these and if it is not then it is not needful.
Congregational Song: Praise to the Man
Carl G. Cook
Believe in God, believe that he is and has power in both heaven and earth.
LeGrand R. Curtis Jr.
There are many very important redemtions. Personal Redemption as well as the redemption of the saints and of the church. Redemption is the atonement of Jesus Christ. This redemption does not come through gold or silver or anything tangible, but through his blood of which he spilt for all mankind. Whereby all power is given to the Son of God.
All of us will overcome death. This does not meant hat we will find an elixir of life to make one young forever. This does not mean we will use make up to keep ourselves looking young or have plastic surgery for all of our lives. We will through the grace of Heavenly Father and Christ we will have the power and knowledge to overcome the separation of spirit and body.
“Never can I repay thee Lord, but I can try”
“All my life, reflect thy will”
D. Todd Christofferson
Pretending there is no sin does not make suffering from it any easier, or mean that it does not exist.
The gift of repentance is a gift worthy of celebration
Mercy vs Justice that old rivalry is a continuous battle.
1. Invitation of Repentance is an expression of love
An act of genuine repairing
2. An act of change is the true face of repentance
Surely the father smiles on one who wants to come to the threshold pure and clean from stopping all unvirtuous actions.
3. Committing to Obedience
We must stop the action and stop all disobedience.
4. Sorrow for Disobedience, and acknowledgement of what you have done. See the reality of what you did and not just how you see what you did.
5. Ask forgiveness from the Father of Heaven.
L. Tom Perry
We as members of the church, should take any opportunity to set the public mind straight and right about the truths and misconceptions of the church.
We should also answer questions from those both friendly and hostile about our religion.
The important thing is to make sure that we share who we are as a people, and as individuals in our church and what we believe.
Be bold in our declaration of our belief in Jesus Christ, and let no one have a doubt about that we are Christians and worship only Christ and His Father because they are the instruments of our salvation and growth as our saviors.
Only through Jesus Christ is salvation possible, which is why the Christian world, including us , is the reason to our salvation in heaven.
Our lives should be examples of good works and virtue. We should engage in doing good. And as we do this in our daily lives we will be blessed and bless the lives of those around us, even if they are not of our faith.
Accept opportunities in which you can share your religious beliefs and then ask others about theirs and ask them respectfully about theirs. It is always better for you to ask than for you to tell about what you believe. Do not be fearful about this type of situation, simply remember that this is perfect love in God and love of our neighbors. Because if we love our neighbors we will want them to have the fullness of the gospel and to have the blessings of God with no bounds, and therefore you will share what you can with them with Christ-like love.
Avoid being defensive and argumentative.
You can disagree without being disagreeable.
Song: I Know My Father Lives
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