President Uchtdorf quoted a saying by Buddha:
"Conquer the angry man by love. Conquer the ill-natured man by goodness. Conquer the miser with generosity. Conquer the liar with truth."
He also quoted this from President Brigham Young:
"I have proven to my satisfaction, according to the best knowledge I can gather, that man can be deceived by the sight of the natural eye, he can be deceived by the hearing of the ear, and by the touch of the hand; that he can be deceived by all that are called the natural senses. But there is one thing in which he can not be deceived. What is that? It is the operation of the Holy Ghost, the Spirit and the power of God upon t he creature." (Journal of Discourses, Conference Address - 17 September 1876.)
He told us the following (to the best of my ability to take notes in the dark) (smile):
- President Monson has a CLEAR VIEW for the direction of this church.
- Challenging times
- We are inspire our youth to SERVE and MAKE WISE CHOICES
- Prepare ourselves to SERVE THE LORD
- Save your money
- Those who are preparing to serve a mission - STUDY Chapter 3 in "Preach My Gospel".
- Serving a mission will bless GENERATIONS and it is a DIVINE CALLING.
- PRAY for WISDOM
- TRUST in the LORD
- Rely on the Spirit of the Lord
- We are living in a "gathering" place
- Life is exciting and fascinating
- Satan is keeping us from using our TIME WISELY and SETTING GOALS
- GOALS forces us to choose a course that will occupy our time
- Evaluate where you are - make a course evaluation
- He who loves the Lord will keep His commandments
- We are the Lord's friend - if we keep His commandments.
- Tithing is a law that is about FAITH - all the commandments are...Given by a LOVING and CARING Heavenly Father.
- Conference is a way to strengthen us.
- Let virtue guide our thoughts
- Satan desires to sift us as wheat.
- When we are converted, we are to strengthen our brothers and sisters.
- Never be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
- RELIGHT the FIRE of CONVERSION!
- This is a time to BELIEVE in MIRACLES!
- 3 PROVEN ways to strengthen our CONVERSION:
- Have a CURRENT TEMPLE RECOMMEND - another meaning to "CTR" - besides meaning "Choose the Right"...We can look at our CTR rings and think --- "CURRENT TEMPLE RECOMMEND"...(smile)
- READ our SCRIPTURES DAILY (Sister Mary Cook - 1st Counselor YW - also, gave 3 statements of counsel...but, she specifically stated to READ THE BOOK OF MORMON DAILY!) (Isn't it nice to know....WE ARE ALREADY FOLLOWING THEIR COUNSEL!!!) (smile)
- PRAY to our Father DAILY! - President Uchtdorf said that NOTHING CAN TAKE THE PLACE OF PRAYER!
- World needs the gospel - People need the MORAL VALUES as NEVER BEFORE! - especially this RISING GENERATION!
- President Uchtdorf "as an apostle of the Lord" PROMISED if we will follow THE COUNSEL he gave us....that we will see MIRACLES in our FAMILIES and in our own PERSONAL LIVES!
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