Favorite Talks

I have a lot of church talks that I absolutely love and here are the links to them:

Our Own Liberty Jail by Jeffery R. Holland.  This is an audio recording.   D&C 121, 122, and 123.  I heard this talk on my mission and fell in love with it!  Here are some of my notes:  'everyone will be called upon to face trying times.' 'When suffering we are nearer to God than ever.'  'We can be totally worthy before God and still suffer.'

Broken Things to Mend by Jeffery R. Holland
Video General Conference

Beware of Pride by Ezra Taft Benson
Video General Conference read by President Hinckley.  If you ever need a slap in the face!

Charity Never Faileth by President Thomas S. Monson
Video General Relief Society Broadcast.  There is an amazing story about a crippled man that he tells and it just brings a tear to my eye whenever I hear it.

Safety for The Soul by Jeffery R. Holland
Video General Conference.  "I want it absolutely clear when I stand before the judgement bar of God that I declared to the world... that the Book of Mormon is True."

None Were With Him by Jeffery R. Holland
Video  General Conference  Amazing talk about the Savior.

Because My Father Read the Book of Mormon by Marcos A. Aidukaitis
Video General Conference  I heard this on my mission, and it was awesome!

Walk in The Light by President Henry B. Eyring. A talk he gave to the Young Women of the church.

My Words Never Cease by Jeffery R. Holland
Video General Conference This was also a talk I heard on my mission about the Book of Mormon.  It such a powerful talk!

Finding Joy in The Journey by President Thomas S. Monson
Video General Conference "Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with friends and family."

Come What May and Love It by Joseph B Worthlin
Video General Conference.. title says it all!

The Infinite Power of Hope by President Dieter F Uchtdorf
Video General Conference A really uplifting talk!

Youtube Currant Bush  A short youtube video about the Currant Bush.
The Currant Bush (text) by Hugh B. Brown.  Amazing amazing talk is all I can say, also about trials.

Baptism

Scriptures:
WHY ARE WE BAPTIZED
D&C 49:13 To receive remission, or forgiveness, of sins
2 Ne 31:14 To show willingness to keep Heavenly Father's commandments
D&C 20:17 To become members of the church
2 Ne 31:17-20 To begin on the path to eternal life
D&C 49:14 To be able to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost
2 Ne 6-9 To follow the perfect example of Jesus Christ vs 9 'And again, it showeth unto the children of men the straitness of the path, and the narrowness of the gate, by which they should enter, he having set the example before them.'
Romans 6:3-5
John 3:3-5
D&C 20:37
Mosiah 8:8-10
D&C 20 77

How should I change as a result of what I have studied?

-As a missionary I LOVED my hour of study time.  When I came home my study habits changed, I didn't feel like I had a purpose in my studies anymore, and I didn't study quite as much.  It is still not the same as my mission, but this blog has helped me have more meaningful study time.  One day as a missionary I guess I kinda felt the same way.. or that my studies weren't super meaningful.. (looking back now, heck yes they were).  Here is what I studied that day and how my morning studies changed after that.

Effective Study Ch in PMG
What do the scriptures teach about learning the gospel?  1 Nephi 10:17-19
That it is eternal.. the course of the Lord is one eternal round.  -our learning never ends.

D&C 88:18  Seek learning by study & FAITH.. by faith.. PMG pg.21 'As you study in prayer and faith, your knowledge and testimony will grow.' ( I wrote this as a missionary in a little different way): When I pray each morning Do I have the faith to know that Heavenly Father will help me by allowing His spirit be with me... -Now I can ask.. Heavenly Father will help me having meaningful study..

"True doctrine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior. The study of the doctrines of the gospel will improve behavior quicker than a study of behavior will improve behavior"
~Boyd K. Packer

After you study ask yourself these three questions:  1. What is the author saying? 2. What is the central message? 3. How does this apply to me?

-The most important message I got from my studies this day Was HOW SHOULD I CHANGE AS A RESULT OF WHAT I HAVE STUDIED?  I should not study just to say I studies.  I should study to learn and to change.

Here's what PMG says:
'As you feel the joy that comes from understanding the gospel, you will want to apply what you learn.  Strive to live in harmony with your understanding.  Doing so will strengthen your faith, knowledge, and testimony.  Acting on what you have learned will bring added and enduring understanding.
As you treasure up the words of the scriptures and latter-day prophets by study and faith, your desire to share the gospel will increase.'  pg. 19

PMG pg. 22 Study Ideas and Suggestions
-Wonderful suggestions.. some need a little tweaking for me now as a wife, and a future mother.
Bullet point number three:  Plan your study around people, their needs.  -plan my studies around my family, how can help them, how I can be a more patient wife, and one day mother.. lots of topics!

The personal study activity:  Evaluate how well you live the principles that you teach.. -for me the ones I will teach my children.. Always strive to improve.

Remember this PMG 24: 'pursuing the desire to learn is important to your salvation.. and your success as a missionary.. changing that last bit to your success as a wife, and mother, and member of this church.

ALWAYS remember to ask yourself this: HOW SHOULD I CHANGE AS A RESULT OF WHAT I HAVE STUDIED.  If I do this my studies will be more meaningful!

Quotes

"The greatest blessings of all are that my children love the Lord and we are a family forever."

"But regardless of the circumstances in which we find ourselves, if we first pay our obligation to the Lord and then, USE WISDOM & JUDGMENT, the Lord will help us manage the resources He has given us."
~Sheldon F. Child

Quotes

I believe that in the midst of all these tribulations God will send fire from Heaven, if necessary, to destroy our enemies while we carry forward our work and push that stone until it fills the whole earth.  Your destiny is to do that very thing and, this is the kind of protection you will have.  You do not need to fear about world conditions.  You do not need to fear anybody.  Just serve the Lord and keep his commandments and build the kingdom, and as you do so you will be protected in these last days."
~ Mark E. Petersen

Relationships

I heard a wonderful talk one week in Auburn CA from a Stake President about relationships.  I ate everything that he said up!

He started by saying that he heard on the radio a commercial about training dogs.  It said something to the effect of if you want to have a good dog you need to give them love, praise, and affection.   The Stake President said, now why can so many people to these principles and apply them so easily to a dog, but if they take those same principles and apply them to their spouses, it is a lot harder.

-I thought about this and was like holy cow this is soooo true.  It is a lot easier for some people to give their  animals praise, love, and affection, but not their spouses.   It is crazy how true this statement is.

Here are some more thoughts he had:
Be humble:  allow the healing power of the Atonement to work in our relationships.
Don't be arrogant enough to put any problem above the Atonement.
Be humble enough to take hour weaknesses and trials to the Lord.

Forgive: Our unwillingness to forgive is the greatest source of our misery.
Don't put restrictions on the Atonement of forgiveness in your relationship.

Our Heavenly Father has to be a huge part of our relationships.

Go to the temple often.  There is nothing that is beyond the healing capacity of the temple.

The purpose of eternal families is for us to be happy.. we can be wonderfully happy!

A good relationship takes work, effort, Atonement, commitment, LOVE, PRAISE, AFFECTION, and soooo much more.

Repentance

Some wonderful repentance scriptures:

Mosiah 26:30 Yea, and as often as my people repent will I forgive them their trespasses against me.   Alma 36:30 Keep the commandments and prosper in the land.
D&C 1:32 Nevertheless, he that repents and does the commandments of the Lord shall be forgiven.
D&C 19:16 For behold I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent.
D&C 58:42-43 Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.  43: By this ye may know if a man repenteth of his sins- behold, he will confess them and forsaken them.
Isaiah 1:18 ..thou your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Quotes:
"What relief! What comfort! What joy! Those laden with transgressions and sorrows and sin may be forgiven and cleansed and purified if they will return to their Lord, learn of him, and keep his commandments."
~Spencer W. Kimball

"Repent: Perhaps the most hopeful and encouraging word in the Christian vocabulary."
~Jeffery R. Holland

“Men cannot forgive their own sins; they cannot cleanse themselves from the consequences of their sins. Men can stop sinning and can do right in the future, and so far [as] their acts are acceptable before the Lord [become] worthy of consideration. But who shall repair the wrongs they have done to themselves and to others, which it seems impossible for them to repair themselves? By the atonement of Jesus Christ the sins of the repentant shall be washed away; though they be crimson they shall be made white as wool [see Isaiah 1:18]. This is the promise given to you.”⁸
-Joseph F. Smith