Bite-size Beliefs from Saturday General Conference

Here are some of the bite-size beliefs that I heard in the Saturday General Conference talks (www.lds.org). There are so many important truths that are spoken in conference it’s like a 5 star buffet of continually arriving food.

President Packer

• Satan seeks to destroy all that is good and righteous.
• We’ll never dominate by numbers but we have the power of the Priesthood.
• We can and in time will influence all of humanity.
• The church programs should not supplant the home, they should support the home.
• It’s better for a father to ordain his son than for an Apostle to do it.

Julie Beck

• There is much distraction and not enough peace and joy.
• There has never been a greater need for strong families and homes.
• The ability to qualify for, receive, and act on personal revelation is the single most important skill that can be acquired in this life.
• The scriptures are an aid to revelation.
• Insights in the scriptures accumulate over time.
• The greatest good we can do to ourselves and to each other is to refine and cultivate ourselves in everything that is good and ennobling.
• When we have done our very best we may still experience disappointments but we will not be disappointed in ourselves.
• We can be certain that the Lord is pleased when we feel the Spirit working through us.
• Peace, joy, and hope are available to those who measure success properly.

Keith McMullin

• We should seek to do good in the world. This is our duty.

Wilford Andersen

• The true source of hope is faith.
• To build hope we must build faith.

M. Russell Ballard

• Look to your mother and learn from her strengths.
• Our society is bombarded with messages about motherhood that are dangerously wrong.
• The tongue is an unruly member. Hold your tongues about things of no moment.
• Satan is always attempting to undermine the most precious element of woman’s divine nature, which is the ability to nurture.
• God is the source of all moral and spiritual power.
• Life’s most meaningful teachings come from those who have gone before us.
• The home is the most important place to prepare the youth for tomorrow.
• It’s in the home where the gospel must be taught by precept and example.

President Eyring

• As the gravity of sin increases the possibility of a wonderful family life decreases.
• We help God’s children best by providing ways to build faith when they are young.
• Our most important and powerful assignments are within the family.
• You can only arrive back to Heavenly Father as you are guided and directed by the Spirit of God.

L. Tom Perry

• Parents are entrusted with the education of their children.
• The happiness, prosperity, and peace of people all find common roots in the teaching of children in the home.

D. Todd Christofferson

• The scriptures enlarge our memory with things others have experienced.
• There are absolute moral standards.
• Real happiness lies in repentance and forgiveness.
• Scriptures teach us principles and moral values to maintain a civil society.
• If scriptures are ignored or abandoned then the moral core of society disintegrates.
• Scriptures build our faith.
• Scriptures are revelation and they will bring added revelation.

Bruce A. Carlson

• Strict obedience to God’s laws brings his blessings.

Elder Bednar

• We live in a time of warning.
• Read and talk about the Book of Mormon with our children.
• Speak spontaneously with our children about gospel truths.
• Invite children to act and not to merely be acted upon.
• The Book of Mormon speaks to the spirit and heart of the reader like no other scripture.
• The less regimented the testimony bearing the greater likelihood for edification and lasting impact.
• As parents we are not in the business of distributing fish, but rather the business of teaching our children to fish.
• The teacher is no better than the learner.
• Learning by study and faith is the only way to learn.

Elder Holland

• True love must include the idea of permanence.
• Lust is pathologically clandestine.
• True love is out in the open. Lust is in shame and in the dark.
• Lust destroys trust.
• Separate yourself from people and materials that would harm you.
• If a TV show or movie is indecent turn it off.
• Throw the rascals out.
• Picture the faces of those who love you and would be shattered if you let them down.
• We can reject the evil one.

President Uchtdorf

• Patience is active waiting.
• One marshmallow now or two if you wait for fifteen minutes.

President Monson

• Spiritual strength comes through giving service.