Conference Oct ‘24 Flashcards
A Higher Joy
By Elder DieterF. Uchtdorf
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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.
John 14:27
Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.
2 Ne 2:25
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.
D&C 88:63
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Matthew 7:7
Can it be that in our search for joy, the best way to find it is to bring joy to others?
Dieter F. Uchdorf
The joy you give to others will return to you in “good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over.”
Luke 6:38
What shall we do to find joy
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.
Now if this is boasting, even so will I boast; for this is my life and my light, … my joy, and my great thanksgiving.”
Alma 26:36
“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.”
Pres. Nelson on Hope
My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment;
D&C 121:7
Therefore, in the ordinances thereof, the power of godliness is manifest.
D&C 84:20
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.
By Elder KarlD. Hirst
Of the Seventy
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.
Isaiah 54:10
For a season at least, perhaps you will not be able to feel His love, and knowledge will have to suffice.
Karl Hirst, of the Seventy
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Matt 16:25
The Lord’s plans to get us out of the MARSH -Elder Patrick Kearon
Plans of Mercy, Atonement, Redemption, Salvation, and Happiness
“For I ought to be content with the things which the Lord hath allotted unto me”
Alma 29:3
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.
Elder Neal A Maxwell
Some have trials to pass through, while still others have allotments they are to live with. Paul lived with his “thorn in the flesh”
2 Cor. 12:7
Performance is what matters, not the size of the stage.
Elder Neal A Maxwell
Thus, less spectacular episodes, just as good individuals with lower profiles, are “no less serviceable” in order to get the job done.
Alma 48:19