Conference Oct ‘24

Question 1

A Higher Joy

Answer 1

By Elder DieterF. Uchtdorf
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Question 2

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Answer 2

John 14:27

Question 3

Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.

Answer 3

2 Ne 2:25

Question 4

Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Answer 4

D&C 88:63

Question 5

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Answer 5

Matthew 7:7

Question 6

Can it be that in our search for joy, the best way to find it is to bring joy to others?

Answer 6

Dieter F. Uchdorf

Question 7

The joy you give to others will return to you in “good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over.”

Answer 7

Luke 6:38

Question 8

What shall we do to find joy

Answer 8

1 Spend time in a sincere, full-hearted effort to draw near to God.
2 Seek diligently for everyday moments of hope, peace, and joy.
3 Bring joy to others around you.

Question 9

Now if this is boasting, even so will I boast; for this is my life and my light, … my joy, and my great thanksgiving.”

Answer 9

Alma 26:36

Question 10

“It doesn’t seem possible to feel joy when your child suffers with an incurable illness or when you lose your job or when your spouse betrays you. Yet that is precisely the joy the Savior offers. His joy is constant, assuring us that our ‘afflictions shall be but a small moment’ [Doctrine and Covenants 121:7] and be consecrated to our gain.”

Answer 10

Pres. Nelson on Hope

Question 11

My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment;

Answer 11

D&C 121:7

Question 12

Therefore, in the ordinances thereof, the power of godliness is manifest.

Answer 12

D&C 84:20

Question 13

So if someone we care about seems distant from a sense of divine love, we can follow this pattern—by doing things that bring us closer to God ourselves and then doing things that bring us closer to them—an unspoken beckoning to come to Christ.

Answer 13

By Elder KarlD. Hirst
Of the Seventy

Question 14

For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

Answer 14

Isaiah 54:10

Question 15

For a season at least, perhaps you will not be able to feel His love, and knowledge will have to suffice.

Answer 15

Karl Hirst, of the Seventy

Question 16

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Answer 16

Matt 16:25

Question 17

The Lord’s plans to get us out of the MARSH -Elder Patrick Kearon

Answer 17

Plans of Mercy, Atonement, Redemption, Salvation, and Happiness

Question 18

“For I ought to be content with the things which the Lord hath allotted unto me”

Answer 18

Alma 29:3

Question 19

Being content means acceptance without self-pity. Meekly borne, however, deprivations such as these can end up being like excavations that make room for greatly enlarged souls.

Answer 19

Elder Neal A Maxwell

Question 20

Some have trials to pass through, while still others have allotments they are to live with. Paul lived with his “thorn in the flesh”

Answer 20

2 Cor. 12:7

Question 21

Performance is what matters, not the size of the stage.

Answer 21

Elder Neal A Maxwell

Question 22

Thus, less spectacular episodes, just as good individuals with lower profiles, are “no less serviceable” in order to get the job done.

Answer 22

Alma 48:19

Question 23

Thus, within our allotments we see how the saintly display kindness even within barbed-wire circumstances, yet others have barbed attitudes even within opulence. Meanwhile, the discontented continue to build their own pools of self-pity, some Olympic size.

Answer 23

Elder Neal Maxwell

Question 24

Such contented assurance produces not arrogance but quiet acceptance, which is its own form of being “anxiously engaged” but without all the bells and whistles.

Answer 24

D&C 58:27

Question 25

Trusting Our Father
God trusts us to make many important decisions, and in all matters He asks us to trust Him.

Answer 25

Trusting Our Father
By Elder DavidP. Homer
Of the Seventy

Question 26

“Please, first doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith. We must never allow doubt to hold us prisoner and keep us from the divine love, peace, and gifts that come through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Answer 26

President DieterF. Uchtdorf

Question 27

Believe in God; believe that he is, and that he created all things, both in heaven and in earth; believe that he has all wisdom, and all power, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend.

Answer 27

Mosiah 4:9

Question 28

Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.
Behold the wounds which pierced my side, and also the prints of the nails in my hands and feet; be faithful, keep my commandments, and ye shall inherit the kingdom of heaven. Amen.

Answer 28

D&C 6:36-7

Question 29

“In coming days, we will see the greatest manifestations of the Savior’s power that the world has ever seen.”

Answer 29

President Nelson

Question 30

Jesus Christ is always calling upon us, and He uses us, His ordinary servants, to help bring His children to Him.

Answer 30

Elder GregorioE. Casillas
Of the Seventy

Question 31

For verily, verily I say unto you, he that hath the spirit of contention is not of me, but is of the devil, who is the father of contention, and he stirreth up the hearts of men to contend with anger, one with another.
Behold, this is not my doctrine, to stir up the hearts of men with anger, one against another; but this is my doctrine, that such things should be done away.

Answer 31

3 Ne 11:29-30

Question 32

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Answer 32

Matt 5:44
3 Ne 12:44

Question 33

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Answer 33

Matt 5:9
3 Ne 12:9

Question 34

“One of the easiest ways to identify a true follower of Jesus Christ is how compassionately that person treats other people. …
“… True disciples of Jesus Christ are peacemakers.
“… One of the best ways we can honor the Savior is to become a peacemaker.”

Answer 34

President Nelson

Question 35

“Contention is a choice. Peacemaking is a choice. You have your agency to choose contention or reconciliation. I urge you to choose to be a peacemaker, now and always.”

Answer 35

President Nelson

Question 36

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Answer 36

Matt 7:12

Question 37

“Are you willing to let God prevail in your life? Are you willing to let God be the most important influence in your life? Will you allow His words, His commandments, and His covenants to influence what you do each day? Will you allow His voice to take priority over any other?”

Answer 37

President Nelson

Question 38

let us follow Him by forgoing contention. As we pursue our preferred policies in public actions, let us qualify for His blessings by using the language and methods of peacemakers. In our families and other personal relationships, let us avoid what is harsh and hateful. Let us seek to be holy, like our Savior,

Answer 38

President Dallin H. Oakes

Question 39

May we bury—very, very deep—any element of rebellion against God in our lives and replace it with a willing heart and a willing mind.

Answer 39

By Elder D.Todd Christofferson
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Question 40

For they became a righteous people; they did lay down the weapons of their rebellion, that they did not fight against God any more, neither against any of their brethren.

Answer 40

Alma 23:7

Question 41

And as they buried their physical weapons, with changed hearts, they also buried their disposition to sin.

Answer 41

Christofferson of the 12

Question 42

There is no “my way” if we are to follow Christ’s example.

Answer 42

Christofferson of The 12

Question 43

There is much in public and personal discourse today that is malicious and mean-spirited. There is much conversation that is vulgar and profane, even among youth. This sort of speech is a “weapon of rebellion” against God, “full of deadly poison.”

Answer 43

Christofferson of The 12

Question 44

But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

Answer 44

James 3:8

Question 45

Burrying our BLYPPs Christofferson

Answer 45

In the end, burying our weapons of rebellion against God simply means yielding to the enticing of the Holy Spirit, putting off the natural man, and becoming “a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord.” It means putting the first commandment first in our lives. It means letting God prevail.

Question 46

In time, He will even take away any desire for evil, as He did with those Lamanite converts of the past.

Answer 46

Christofferson
Alma 23

Question 47

As we remain bonded to the Lord, our lives will naturally reflect His light, and we will become the salt of the earth.

Answer 47

By Elder JoséA. Teixeira
Of the Presidency of the Seventy

Question 48

39 When men are called unto mine everlasting gospel, and covenant with an everlasting covenant, they are accounted as the salt of the earth and the savor of men;

Answer 48

D&C 101:39

Question 49

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

Answer 49

Matt 5:13

Question 50

as the Lord’s covenant people, always do our very best so that our love and example are, as much as possible, a pure reflection of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Answer 50

Teixeira

Question 51

Salt of the earth
SCOT

Answer 51

Serving
Communicating
Others strengthened
Temples

Question 52

And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage; and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions.

Answer 52

Mosiah 24:14

Question 53

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?

Answer 53

Mark 4:39-40

Question 54

If we think celestial, we will realize that our Savior will be there as many times as necessary to provide help if we want to learn, change, overcome, cope, or succeed in whatever will bring true and everlasting happiness to our lives.

Answer 54

Elder Juan Pablo Villar
Of the Seventy

Question 55

Behold, this I have given unto you as a parable, and it is even as I am. I say unto you, be one; and if ye are not one ye are not mine.

Answer 55

D&C 38:27

Question 56

We must live our life so that the world does not see us but sees Him through us.

Answer 56

Buckner, of Seventy

Question 57

we’re all part of one great family. Each has a duty; each has a mission to perform. And when we pass on, it will be reward enough if we can say to our beloved Master, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith”

Answer 57

Hinkley, 2 Tim 4:7