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160th Annual Conference April 1990
160th Semi-Annual Conference October 1990
The name Mormon is an honorable name, borne by one who was a great prophet on the American continent. Joseph Smith said that the name meant “more good” (TJS, pp. 299-300). The book that Mormon prepared bears his name—the Book of Mormon. It has touched the lives of thousands for good, for it witnesses of the Savior and Redeemer of the world, Jesus Christ.
161st Annual Conference April 1991
161st Semi-Annual Conference October 1991
Old Testament Topics > Women in the Old Testament
162nd Annual Conference April 1992
Part of this address was filmed in Nauvoo, Illinois, and presented as part of the Relief Society Sesquicentennial Satellite Broadcast.
162nd Semi-Annual Conference October 1992
163rd Annual Conference April 1993
163rd Semi-Annual Conference October 1993
This address was given at the 1993 Parliament of the World’s Religions, Chicago, Illinois, 2 September 1993.
164th Annual Conference April 1994
164th Semi-Annual Conference October 1994
President Hunter, President Hinckley, President Monson, thank you for this opportunity to share my testimony and my feelings of joy, gratitude, and responsibility for being called to serve the Primary children of the Church. Learn more about Mormons: http://mormon.org/
165th Annual Conference April 1995
Old Testament Topics > Covenant [see also Ephraim, Israel, Jews, Joseph]
165th Semi-Annual Conference October 1995
166th Annual Conference April 1996
166th Semi-Annual Conference October 1996
I believe that by His example the Savior was teaching us of the individual and tender care we should give to each one of our little children—indeed to each of our Heavenly Father’s children. It may be the lovable toddler or the wayward teen, the grieving widow or the grateful woman for whom all is well. It may even be your own son or daughter or your own husband or wife. Each is an individual. Each has divine potential. And each must be spiritually nourished and temporally cared for with love, tenderness, and individual attention.
167th Annual Conference April 1997
The Lord is watching over His kingdom. He is inspiring its leadership to care for its ever-growing membership.
Imagine the consoling, liberating, exalting feeling that will come to you when you see the reality of the Atonement and the practical, everyday value of it to you individually.
The redeeming presence of our loving Father-God in the universe is the … supernal truth which, along with His plan of happiness, reigns preeminent and imperial over all other realities.
[Your] most important stewardship is the glorious responsibility your Father in Heaven has given you to watch over and care for your own soul.
Maintaining our spiritual strength is … a daily challenge. The greatest source of that spiritual strength comes … from our temples.
The burden [of a bishop] is a heavy one that cannot be fulfilled without the supportive efforts of ward officers and members.
Every member must come to know the sacred nature of his or her own service in the Church.
For members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, honesty is the only policy.
Just as Jesus’ anxious Apostles were given peace by “another Comforter,” so today can all men and women receive the same marvelous blessing each day of their lives.
I express gratitude and love for Jesus Christ and His Atonement, for His willingness to leave the realms of the heavens as a God and come to earth as a lowly babe.
Learn to be … obedient above all things—that you might be able to carry out the Lord’s work in the majestic way in which it must be done.
Ordinary men, blessed with the privilege of holding the priesthood of God, may be called upon to do extraordinary tasks and accomplish mighty feats through faith in that sacred power!
Caring for others is the very essence of priesthood responsibility. It is the power to bless, to heal, and to administer the saving ordinances of the gospel.
Let us, with faith unwavering and with love unstinting, be bridge builders to the hearts of those with whom we labor.
Every convert is precious. Every convert is a son or daughter of God. Every convert is a great and serious responsibility.
Jesus Christ, Savior of the world … was and is the ultimate pioneer, for He has gone before, showing all others the way to follow.
The Redeemer loves you and will help you do the essential things that bring happiness now and forever.
No matter how difficult the trail … we can take comfort in knowing that others before us have borne life’s most grievous trials and tragedies by looking to heaven.
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With so great an inheritance, we can do no less than our very best. Those who have gone before expect this of us. We have a mandate from the Lord.
The Holy Ghost will be our constant companion if we submit ourselves to the will of our Father in Heaven.
[The] responsibility to endure is uniquely yours. But you are never alone. I testify that the lifting power of the Lord can be yours.
[Can we] set aside our love of substance and hear the cry of the hungry, the needy, the naked, and the sick?
When we use these sacred words, “in the name of Jesus Christ,” … we are on holy ground.
God is at the helm. We will seek His direction. We will listen to the still, small voice of revelation. And we will go forward as He directs.
If you try your best to be the best parent you can be, you will have done all that a human being can do and all that God expects you to do.
167th Semi-Annual Conference October 1997
It is not in the proper spirit for us to decide where we will serve or where we will not. We serve where we are called.
There is a loving Father in Heaven, and His Son, Jesus Christ; there is an adversary, Satan; through agency, all of us choose our own course; the temptations of the devil can always be overcome.
In building the kingdom of God, every positive act, every friendly greeting, every warm smile, every thoughtful, kind note contributes to the strength of the whole.
By strengthening each other spiritually, building faith and fellowship, we wear the shoes of pioneers.
We need an example—someone to show us how spiritual capacity can be developed. I have selected as a model … President Gordon B. Hinckley.
Children learn through gentle direction and persuasive teaching. They search for models to imitate, knowledge to acquire, things to do, and teachers to please.
Christ paid such an enormous, enabling price for us! Will we not apply His Atonement in order to pay the much smaller price required for personal progress?
Jesus is the great Mediator. Through omnipotent and omniscient, all-powerful and all-knowing, He is our friend.
Patriarchal blessings are … similar to a road map that indicates the paths that may be traveled and destinations that may be reached if we stay within those paths.
May [The Family: A Proclamation to the World] become the guideline and standard by which we live in our homes and raise our children.
If you want to become the person the Lord wants you to be, you had better work on it today, because it is a true principle that we become what we do.
In … Church meetings around the world, we come together seeking companionship—the good company of brothers and sisters in the gospel and the comfort of sweet communion with the Spirit of God.
How seriously have you personally taken the Lord’s charge to share His gospel? It is a lifelong responsibility … to be addressed differently according to the various seasons of your life.
Standing for truth and right is not solely a Sunday thing. Every day our neighborhoods and communities are in desperate need of our support and our commitment to safety and law and order.
Our vision of you and your work looks beyond the outward appearance of a boy and sees instead a bearer of the holy priesthood outfitted with its attendant powers, duties, and blessings.
We belong to the greatest cause on earth. We are the pioneers of the future. Let us go forth like the armies of Helaman and build the kingdom of God.
Can we … reach out to those for whom we are responsible and bring them to the table of the Lord to feast on His word and to enjoy the companionship of His Spirit?
May you look upon the Church as your great and good friend, your refuge when the world appears to be closing around you, your hope when things are dark, your pillar of fire.
We are to focus on the inward things of the heart, which we know and value intuitively but often neglect for that which is trivial, superficial, or prideful.
Regardless of life’s circumstances or the nature of one’s calling, all members of the Church have the opportunity to teach and to testify.
Everything in the gospel teaches us that we can change if we need to, that we can be helped if we truly want it, that we can be made whole, whatever the problems of the past.
The key to the success of the work will be the faith of all who call themselves Latter-day Saints.
What a wonderful future we have for the Church. All of these things are dependent upon how we accept the truth, how we live the principles of the gospel.
Fundamentals of daily living—scripture reading, prayer, family home evening, the conversation at dinner—these provide the experiences that make faith a reality.
What a great and wonderful plan is the plan of salvation, which … teaches true principles to allow completion of our journey through life.
Legion are the stories that could and need to be told of women valiant in their testimonies of Jesus Christ who are unsung heroines in our midst.
The gospel of Jesus Christ has universal application. Since the beginning, it was designed to bless the lives of everyone, without exception.
The Saints of God have always been under covenant to nourish each other spiritually, especially those tender in the gospel.
I love you. I love the people of this Church. I love all who are faithful. I love all who follow the ways of the Lord.
Our time has come. We must possess the spiritual strength to overcome our challenges, laying our faults on the altar and giving our lives to the Lord.
A righteous woman’s strength and influence are great. Her opportunities to create safe havens for struggling souls are abundant.
Am I … the woman I want to be? More importantly, am I the woman the Savior needs me to be?
May we gain knowledge through study. May we make home a heaven. May we find joy in service.
168th Annual Conference April 1998
Let us be true disciples of the Christ, observing the Golden Rule, doing unto others as we would have them do unto us.
Take advantage of this great opportunity in your life to live it well, to be good, to have good works, and to influence other people for good.
Through the guidance of loving parents and dedicated teachers, small children can become familiar with the scriptures and the spirit that accompanies them.
The real issue is not how others define us but how the Savior defines us.
The days of our probation are numbered, but none of us knows the number of those days. Each day of preparation is precious.
Ordinances and covenants … are the vehicles the Lord has provided to conduct us into eternal life.
If you will use them as a guide to direct your studies of the Savior’s doctrine, you will find yourselves prepared to declare your witness of the restored, true church of the Lord.
We must revitalize and reenthrone superior teaching in the Church—at home, from the pulpit, in our administrative meetings, and surely in the classroom.
When our converts “come alive”—and they need nourishment—in the gospel, they soon come alive as students, as parents, in their professions, and as citizens.
As we invest our time, talents, and means to build Zion, our hearts are purified, our wisdom increases, celestial habits begin to form.
We need to embrace, study, and appreciate the revealed truths that are ours. We need to declare the gospel generously and kindly to all of our Father’s children.
A new era of family history work has arrived.
Work is always a spiritual necessity even if, for some, work is not an economic necessity.
The excitement and thrill of being a full-time missionary is one of the greatest blessings a young man of the Aaronic Priesthood can aspire to.
You can do so much good that it will astound you as you are changed and as you see others changed.
We hope you are men who are “true at all times in whatsoever thing [you are] entrusted.” [Alma 53:20] … I plead for greater consistency between our beliefs and actions.
There is a battle of significant consequence taking place in the lives of young men today. In simple terms, it is the struggle between doing right or doing wrong.
Make yourself worthy of the loveliest girl in all the world. Keep yourself worthy through all the days of your life.
Whenever we are inclined to feel burdened down with the blows of life, let us remember that others have passed the same way, have endured, and then have overcome.
As Latter-day Saints use the words saved and salvation, there are at least six different meanings.
Strong family relationships don’t just happen. It takes time. It takes commitment, it takes prayer, and it takes work.
We want to come unto Christ because it is only in Him and through Him that we can return to the Father.
The Savior of the world spoke of that unity and how we will have our natures changed to make it possible.
This thing which we call testimony is the great strength of the Church. It is the wellspring of faith and activity. It is difficult to explain. It is difficult to quantify … , yet it is as real and powerful as any force on the earth.
Sisters, you must graduate from thinking that you only attend Relief Society to feeling that you belong to it!
We cannot expect to learn endurance in our later years if we have developed the habit of quitting when things get difficult now.
You and I are now among those generations given the privilege to know and to live the law of the tithe. The blessings that flow from obedience to that law are both temporal and spiritual.
A cunning part of [Satan’s] strategy is to dissociate anger from agency, making us believe that we are victims of an emotion that we cannot control.
The Lord recognizes that many of us tend to stray from His counsel when all is going well with us, yet when trouble comes we seek after Him and His blessings.
This marvelous Restoration has provided that which we need to recognize misguided philosophies and lifestyles … not pleasing to our Heavenly Father.
Appreciation for ethnic, cultural, or national heritage can be very wholesome and beneficial, but it can also perpetuate patterns of life that should be set aside by a devoted Latter-day Saint.
May the windows of heaven be opened and blessings be showered down upon us as a people as we walk with boldness and in faith before the Lord to accomplish His eternal work.
Heavenly Father has a plan for His children and … families are the central part of that plan.
Long ago you and I were born as daughters in our Heavenly Father’s family. … Each one of you was a valiant and noble woman in your premortal life.
You don’t have to be Captain Moroni to make a difference. Our Father in Heaven needs you to be who you are, in your family. He planned it that way.
You will become great women if you are united in the angelic cause of doing good and if you hunger and thirst after righteousness.
168th Semi-Annual Conference October 1998
With prayer and faith and in humility, testimony is borne to you. May we all be inspired together. May our hearts be lifted in praise to our Redeemer.
Every council … should be working together on ways to be more effective in preparing our members … to enjoy all the blessings of the Church and … the temple.
It is a season to reach out to touch the life of someone, a season to commit to keeping the Sabbath day holy, and a season to help keep the lights of our temples burning brightly.
If we listen to the voice of the Lord through His living prophet and follow his counsel, we will never go astray.
If we seek the truth, develop faith in Him, and … sincerely repent, we will receive a spiritual change of heart which only comes from our Savior. Our hearts will become new again.
Do we give thanks to God “for his unspeakable gift” [2 Cor. 9:15] and His rich blessings so abundantly bestowed upon us?
I do want to encourage leaders to carefully consider the home lest they issue calls or schedule activities which place an unnecessary burden on parents and families.
We will attain new levels of spirituality and place our lives in closer harmony with Jesus the Christ based on how fully faith, hope, and charity become integral components of our lives.
Let us join in this great balanced effort for conversion, retention, and activation … to turn those grains of sand into pearls in our Father’s kingdom.
If we place a little more patience in the process and a greater amount of faith in the Lord, our challenges will find their way toward successful conclusions.
Our ability to touch others with our warning voice matters to all who are covenant disciples of Jesus Christ.
The gospel is true; it is the hope of the world; it will move onward to accomplish all that it must do.
Those who hold the Aaronic Priesthood open the door for all Church members who worthily partake of the sacrament to enjoy the companionship of the Spirit of the Lord and the ministering of angels.
Resolve now to do all within your power to make of your priesthood quorum one worthy of the name and one faithful to its mission.
There is not anything a young man can do that will be any more important than serving a full-time mission.
The priesthood of God has become the eminent power for good in the world. … This great power … has been entrusted to us; we must not weaken it by failing in our responsibilities.
Let each of us learn of Him, believe in Him, trust in Him, follow Him, obey Him. By so doing, we can become like Him.
I am suggesting that the time has come to get our houses in order.
Tithing is a principle that is fundamental to the personal happiness and well-being of the Church members worldwide, both rich and poor.
The simple presence of a temple should serve as a reminder of covenants we have made, the need for integrity, and the fact that God is never far away.
In a society of unstable values and confusing voices, testimony can be the means by which parents give children an anchor for their faith.
I … wish to set forth, as simply as I know how, my response to what people are asking.
The only lasting joy and happiness you will ever find during your mortal experience will come by following the Savior.
One who uses the God-given body of another without divine sanction abuses the very soul of that individual, abuses the central purpose and processes of life.
There are many on the earth who desire a witness of truth and earnestly seek the peace and joy promised by the Savior.
Establishing His Church is a unique assignment. We must take the gospel of Jesus Christ to all people in their own language without defiling the purity of the message.
The depth and the willingness with which we serve is a direct reflection of our gratitude.
Who are we? We are children of God. Our potential is unlimited. Our inheritance is sacred.
These are momentous times in which we are living as Saints of the Most High. … Let us go on rearing our children in righteousness and truth. Let us be good neighbors and good friends.
His arms are open to each of us. His truths are plain and clear, and His invitation is sure.
It matters not where you come from, what your weaknesses are, what you look like—you belong here! The Lord loves you—each of you, collectively and individually.
We have been promised the constant companionship of the third member of the Godhead and hence the privilege of receiving revelation for our own lives.
My message to you, my challenge to you, my prayer is that you will rededicate yourselves to the strengthening of your homes.
169th Annual Conference April 1999
The Church goes forward on its appointed mission in the direction of its appointed destiny.
Our teaching will be effective if we approach it humbly through prayer and study.
I am confident that we will literally be called upon to make an accounting before God concerning how we have used [our resources] to bless lives and build the kingdom.
Our greatest challenge is to prepare our families for the temple. Parents have the primary responsibility, but grandparents, aunts and uncles, even brothers and sisters all may teach the family.
Surely the greatest of those things [required of fathers] will be to have done all they could for the happiness and spiritual safety of the children they are to nurture.
The marvels of modern science and technology will not exalt us. Indeed, the great challenge we face as we prepare for the future is to be more spiritually enlightened.
Meekness is the real cure, for it does not merely mask selfishness but dissolves it!
It is a place of peace, solitude, and inspiration. Regular attendance will enrich your life with greater purpose.
May we take courage, faith, and comfort from the small, quiet, and gentle acts of caring, loving, humble, and dedicated followers of Christ.
As His true followers, the Savior wants us to love others as He loves them—more unconditionally, more purely, more perfectly.
The key to strengthening our families is having the Spirit of the Lord come into our homes. The goal of our families is to be on the strait and narrow path.
One of Martin Harris’s greatest contributions to the Church, for which he should be honored for all time, was his financing the publication of the Book of Mormon.
Thank the Lord for these sisters who—like our Heavenly Father—love us not only for what we are but for what we may become.
There should be nothing casual, nonchalant, or indifferent about holding priesthood. Once accepted, it should not be ignored, neglected, or cast aside. It is a mantle of honor and power.
I know what it means to have a friend, a responsibility, and to be nurtured by the good word of God.
There is a way for each ward through councils to reach out to … families [who do not have a priesthood holder] and to open the roads to the temple for them.
Obedience leads to true freedom. The more we obey revealed truth, the more we become liberated.
One of the greatest safeguards we have in the Church is a strong, firm, committed, dedicated, and testifying Melchizedek Priesthood base.
I carry in my heart a deep appreciation for our bishops. I am profoundly grateful for the revelation of the Almighty under which this office was created and functions.
The Church is no bigger than a ward. … Everything needed for our redemption, save for the temple, is centered there—and temples now come ever closer to all of us.
If we truly want to be tools in the hands of our Heavenly Father in bringing to pass His eternal purposes, we need only to be a friend.
He knows how to succor all of us. But we activate the power of the Atonement in our lives … by seeking after Him.
Let me just remind all of you of the great need we have … for couple missionaries. … If you’re retired and wondering what to do with those extra years, there’s a world out there of excitement.
These simple words—“He is not here, but is risen”—have become the most profound in all literature. … They are the fulfillment of all He had spoken concerning rising again.
We can teach even a child to understand the doctrine of Jesus Christ. It is therefore possible, with God’s help, to teach the saving doctrine simply.
The Savior, who set the pattern for us, is pleased with those who “remember in all things the poor and the needy, the sick and the afflicted” [Du0026C 52:40].
Have faith in Christ, trust Him, come unto Him, follow Him. … Step by step the way will unfold before you until … you are back where you belong.
There are those among us who would recoil in horror at the thought of stealing another person’s money or property but who don’t give a second thought to stealing another person’s good name or reputation.
Genealogies, family stories, historical accounts, and traditions … form a bridge between past and future and bind generations together in ways that no other keepsake can.
One thing is certain: the commandments have not changed. … Right is still right. Wrong is still wrong, no matter how cleverly cloaked in respectability or political correctness.
Great are our blessings. Tremendous is our responsibility. Let us … march forward without fear to enlarge among people everywhere the righteousness of the Lord.
Keep your eyes riveted on your goal … and walk in the straight and narrow path of the Son—the Son of God.
How can we apply the spiritual power of our baptism to the principle of modesty? We hope one of the things that makes you different from the world is the way you dress.
The Lord invites us to come out of the cold danger of worldliness and into the warmth of His light.
There will come those teaching times to each of you when you will witness the love of your mother, the strength of your father, and the inspiration of God.
From a satellite broadcast given at the Salt Lake Tabernacle 21 February 1999
169th Semi-Annual Conference October 1999
The Church grows ever larger. It touches more and more lives for good. It is spreading over the earth in a wonderful way.
Laman and Lemuel became rebels instead of leaders, resentful instead of righteous—all because of their failure to understand either the character or the purposes of God.
I believe that every active member of the Church knows a lost sheep who needs the attention and love of a caring shepherd.
Agency is the power to think, choose, and act for ourselves. It comes with endless opportunities, accompanied by responsibility and consequences.
As the world moves deeper and deeper into sin, this wonderful Church stands like a giant granite boulder.
In modern Israel, serving the Lord means carefully following the Prophets.
When we [trust in the Lord], we will come to realize that we have been on His holy errand, that His divine purposes have been fulfilled, and that we have shared in that fulfillment.
Young Latter-day Saints, shape up! Face up! Take hold of your lives! Take control of your mind, your thoughts!
The symbol of Jesus and His place in our hearts must be a life given fully to His service, to loving and caring.
We cannot choose to serve God and the world at the same time.
What are we doing to ensure that [our] legacy is being passed to our beloved children and to our grandchildren?
Our watchmen on the tower are known to us as apostles and prophets. They are our spiritual eyes in the sky.
However difficult our circumstances, we can repent.
The Atonement of Jesus Christ has given the Savior the power to help you grow into the young man He knows you can be.
A true man is strong enough to withstand the wiles of Satan and humble enough to submit himself to the redemptive powers of the Savior.
When He reveals to us, speaking through our living prophet today, that we need to do more, … then we need to step forward and say, “Here am I; send me”!
We particularly want you young men to have a strong testimony, with solid roots, because only then will it be an unerring compass for you.
This … is not a cause of ease nor a work without effort, even sacrifice. We shall go on pursuing the path which the Lord has marked out before us.
Our greatest hope comes from the knowledge that the Savior broke the bands of death. … He atoned for our sins if we repent.
Beware of those who speak and publish in opposition to God’s true prophets.
The center of the plan is the Lord Jesus Christ. Reject or ignore Him, and the great plan of happiness cannot function in your behalf.
When you read the Book of Mormon, concentrate on the principal figure in the book—from its first chapter to the last—the Lord Jesus Christ.
May God bless us with a sense of our place in history and … our need to stand tall and walk with resolution in a manner becoming the Saints of the Most High.
In our sacred callings of gospel teaching, no effort is too good for the work of the Lord and the growth of His children.
New members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints cannot make it alone. … They need us and we need them.
What we say and how we present ourselves not only betray our inner person but also mold that person, those around us, and finally our whole society.
No other feeling in the soul of man can bring the joy and happiness than that of knowing you are doing all you can to become righteous.
He [Jesus Christ] has given His life that even in our weakness, we may overcome our mistakes through repentance and obedience to His gospel.
The Spirit of the Lord has been in this [Tabernacle]. It is sacred unto us. We hope, we anticipate, we pray that the new [Conference Center] will likewise radiate the same spirit.
Women throughout the world will be drawn to the Church as we perfect our lives and live essential truths to light the way for others to follow.
We are eager for each sister to strengthen herself spiritually and to acquire skills that will be crucial in meeting the challenges that are ahead.
Coming unto Christ means walking away from the world. It means placing Christ and Christ only at the center of our lives.
The commitment and dedication of the sisters of this Church have been since the beginning a marvelous, strengthening ingredient.
Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don’t come until heaven; but for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come.