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LeGrand R. Curtis Jr.
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October 2016
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Priesthood Session
The greatest power of the Book of Mormon is its impact in bringing us closer to Jesus Christ.
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D. Todd Christofferson
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April 2026
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Sunday Afternoon Session
When we consider the character of the Savior, we tend to focus immediately on His attributes, such as virtue, integrity, humility, compassion, and courage, but we should also consider, What is it in Jesus that gives rise to such character traits?
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Ronald M. Barcellos
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October 2025
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Saturday Morning Session
The prophet Alma’s question still echoes today: “Have ye spiritually been born of God?
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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April 2025
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Saturday Afternoon Session
The Lord invites us not just to join His kingdom but also to be anxiously engaged in building it.
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Amy A. Wright
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April 2025
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Saturday Evening Session
King Benjamin’s people experienced a mighty change of heart and by covenant dedicated their lives to doing God’s will.
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Ronald A. Rasband
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October 2023
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Saturday Afternoon Session
I have called many couples to serve and watched as the Light of Christ has filled their countenances.
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Dale G. Renlund
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October 2023
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Sunday Afternoon Session
When we have the Holy Ghost with us, we will be inspired and guided to make and keep other covenants, such as those we make in temples.
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Evan A. Schmutz
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April 2023
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Sincere repentance will become a joyful part of our lives—both to be forgiven for sin and to be changed in the image of Christ.
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Ronald A. Rasband
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April 2023
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Are we continually grateful for the incomparable Atonement of Jesus Christ?
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David A. Bednar
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April 2023
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Perhaps this miraculous potential inspired Alma to ask: “Have ye spiritually been born of God?
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Paul V. Johnson
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October 2022
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Although Aaron could not heal himself, in order for the transplant to work he needed to be willing to do what the doctors asked—even very difficult, challenging things.
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Kevin S. Hamilton
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April 2022
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Saturday Afternoon Session
My wife’s grandfather James B.
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Quentin L. Cook
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April 2022
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Saturday Afternoon Session
The blessings of sharing the gospel include increasing our conversion to the will of God and letting God prevail in our lives.
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Michael A. Dunn
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October 2021
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Will little adjustments work that “mighty change” that you desire?
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Gerrit W. Gong
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April 2021
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Saturday Morning Session
As our hearts change and we receive His image in our countenance, we see Him and ourselves in His Church.
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Scott D. Whiting
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October 2020
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Saturday Morning Session
To even the careful student of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, the Savior’s admonition to be “even as I am” is daunting and seemingly unattainable.
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Benjamin M. Z. Tai
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April 2020
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Dear friends, the Book of Mormon is the word of God, and we will draw nearer to Him if we study it.
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L. Whitney Clayton
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April 2020
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Sunday Afternoon Session
As we continue in faith, the Lord gradually changes us.
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Dallin H. Oaks
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April 2019
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Sunday Afternoon Session
The purpose of this Final Judgment is to determine whether we have achieved what Alma described as a “mighty change of heart” (see Alma 5:14, 26), where we have become new creatures, with “no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually” (Mosiah 5:2).
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David A. Bednar
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October 2018
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Saturday Morning Session
The purpose and purification, the happiness and joy, and the continuing conversion and protection that come from “yielding [our] hearts unto God” and “[receiving] his image in [our] countenances” cannot be obtained merely by performing and checking off all the spiritual things we are supposed to do.
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M. Russell Ballard
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April 2017
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Saturday Afternoon Session
As a guide for me during this private, personal review, I like to read and ponder the introspective words found in the fifth chapter of Alma, wherein Alma asks: “Have ye spiritually been born of God?
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David A. Bednar
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October 2016
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Sunday Afternoon Session
We believe and come to know the Lord as the key of the knowledge of God administered through the Melchizedek Priesthood unlocks the door and makes it possible for each of us to receive the power of godliness in our lives.
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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October 2015
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Saturday Morning Session
Alma posed similar questions to Church members in Zarahemla when he asked: “Have ye experienced this mighty change in your hearts?
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Russell M. Nelson
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October 2013
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Sunday Afternoon Session
You developed some of these attributes premortally.
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Robert C. Gay
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October 2012
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Saturday Afternoon Session
This is the exchange the Savior is asking of us: we are to give up all our sins, big or small, for the Father’s reward of eternal life.
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Carole M. Stephens
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October 2012
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General Relief Society Meeting
Many of the early Saints “experienced this mighty change in [their] hearts.” It awakened them to receive temple blessings that strengthened them in their duties.
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Richard C. Edgley
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April 2012
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Priesthood Session
In recent months increased emphasis has been placed on establishing “real growth” in the Church, bringing all who will to the receiving and keeping of covenants and saving ordinances and living with a mighty change of heart as described by Alma (see Alma 5:14).
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Keith B. McMullin
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October 2011
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Priesthood Session
So we call upon you wonderful young brethren to diligently strive to be “born again.” Pray for this mighty change in your life.
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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April 2011
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Sunday Morning Session
The most effective way to preach the gospel is through example.
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Neil L. Andersen
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October 2010
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Through the power of His Atonement, we are to become “as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon [us], even as a child doth submit to his father.” This is the mighty change of heart.
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M. Russell Ballard
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October 2010
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Because our goal is to become more like our Savior and to eventually qualify to live with our Heavenly Father, each of us needs to experience the mighty change in our hearts described by the prophet Alma in the Book of Mormon (see Alma 5:14).
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Elaine S. Dalton
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April 2010
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General Young Women Meeting
Alma asks a penetrating question for each of us to consider: “Have [you] received his image in your countenances?”
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Robert D. Hales
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April 2009
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Saturday Morning Session
We must want, more than anything else, to do our Heavenly Father’s will and providently provide for ourselves and others.
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Quentin L. Cook
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October 2007
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Sunday Morning Session
There is no other name under heaven whereby man can be saved (see Acts 4:12).
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Russell M. Nelson
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April 2007
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Sunday Afternoon Session
“I ask of you, my brethren of the church, have ye spiritually been born of God? Have ye received his image in your countenances? Have ye experienced this mighty change in your hearts?”
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Boyd K. Packer
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October 2006
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Those Brethren on Ensign Peak knew that they were to live ordinary lives and keep the image of Christ engraven in their countenances (see Alma 5:14).
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M. Russell Ballard
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April 2006
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Sunday Afternoon Session
When we truly understand how great a blessing the gospel of Jesus Christ is in our lives, when we accept and embrace these eternal truths and allow them to sink deep into our hearts and souls, we experience a “mighty change” (Alma 5:14) in our hearts.
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Elaine S. Dalton
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April 2006
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General Young Women Meeting
Can one righteous young woman change the world?
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Susan W. Tanner
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October 2005
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Saturday Morning Session
I am troubled by the practice of extreme makeovers.
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James E. Faust
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October 2005
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Saturday Morning Session
Alma asks if we have received His image in our countenances.
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Richard C. Edgley
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April 2005
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Saturday Morning Session
Alma had his way of asking about the spiritual condition of our hearts.
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M. Russell Ballard
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October 2004
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Simply stated, testimony—real testimony, born of the Spirit and confirmed by the Holy Ghost—changes lives.
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Margaret D. Nadauld
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October 2002
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Sunday Morning Session
A woman of faith is confident because she understands the divine plan of our Heavenly Father and her role to bless lives.
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M. Russell Ballard
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April 2002
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Sunday Afternoon Session
They sat with their missionaries, and the light of the gospel literally shone from them.
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James E. Faust
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April 2001
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Sunday Morning Session
Like Atiati, when we are baptized, we are spiritually born of God and are entitled to receive His image in our countenances.
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Margaret D. Nadauld
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October 2000
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Saturday Morning Session
Our outward appearance is a reflection of what we are on the inside.
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High confidence
Richard C. Edgley
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October 1999
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Priesthood Session
Ben, you can describe a man in inches, pounds, complexion, or physique.
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James E. Faust
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April 1999
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Saturday Morning Session
I have no doubt that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as an institution can meet the challenge of entering into the year 2000.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
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October 1998
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Once faith grows into a firm, abiding testimony, giving us hope in our Heavenly Father’s plan of happiness; once we see through the eye of faith that we are children of a loving Father, who has given us the gift of His Son to redeem us, we experience a mighty change in our hearts.
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Richard C. Edgley
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April 1998
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Saturday Morning Session
Alma queried: “Have ye spiritually been born of God?
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
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October 1997
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Saturday Afternoon Session
As new converts receive the Holy Ghost, they experience “a mighty change … in their hearts.” Great missionary that he is, President Hinckley finds his deepest satisfaction in the transformation that comes with conversion.
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W. Mack Lawrence
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April 1996
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Sunday Afternoon Session
now behold, I ask of you, my brethren [and sisters] of the church, have ye spiritually been born of God? Have ye received his image in your countenances? Have ye experienced this mighty change in your hearts?”
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Neal A. Maxwell
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October 1995
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Saturday Afternoon Session
A sister gives commendable, visible civic service.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
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October 1995
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Sunday Afternoon Session
We are the Savior’s disciples who “shall go forth.” All of us are “called of him to [be missionaries to] declare his word among his people.” We may serve as full-time missionaries in young adulthood and as older couples.
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Elaine L. Jack
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April 1994
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Saturday Morning Session
Alma described what happens when we are not only present but counted as Christ’s disciples when he said: “Have ye spiritually been born of God?
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Spencer J. Condie
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October 1993
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Saturday Morning Session
One of the powerful doctrines of the Book of Mormon is that we can, indeed we must, undergo a mighty change of heart (see Mosiah 5:2; Alma 5:14).
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Lowell D. Wood
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April 1993
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Sunday Afternoon Session
As we come unto Christ, we must surrender our worldly ways, our pride, and our selfishness.
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Merrill J. Bateman
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October 1992
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Alma’s explanation of the tree growing within and changing people’s hearts gives light to an earlier set of questions that he asked Church members.
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Carlos E. Asay
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April 1992
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Priesthood Session
We who bear the priesthood must be on guard; we must not be influenced by barbarian voices in our quest to become men (see 1 Cor.
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High confidence
Neal A. Maxwell
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October 1991
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Saturday Afternoon Session
In this rigorous process, so much clearly depends upon meekness.
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Jacob de Jager
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April 1991
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Priesthood Session
I pray, brethren, that we may be ever mindful of these admonitions of Amulek—at home, at work, in the community where we live, in our Church callings—and that we may answer the often-quoted question of Alma, “Have ye experienced this mighty change in your hearts?” (Alma 5:14) with a resounding “Yes, we have!”
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Neal A. Maxwell
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October 1988
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Besides, we are all beggars anyway (see Mosiah 4:19), beggars rescued by the Creator of the universe who lived humbly as a person “of no reputation.” (Philip.
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Gene R. Cook
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October 1988
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Priesthood Session
Perhaps we are at the time in our ministry when, in preparation for the Lord’s second coming, when with renewed emphasis, in love, we must call men to repentance.
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Ezra Taft Benson
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October 1985
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Saturday Morning Session
“I ask of you, my brethren of the church, have ye spiritually been born of God? Have ye received his image in your countenances? Have ye experienced this mighty change in your hearts?”
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Dallin H. Oaks
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April 1985
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Sunday Afternoon Session
As a second obvious meaning, we take upon us our Savior’s name when we become members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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F. Enzio Busche
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October 1984
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Saturday Afternoon Session
“Behold, he sendeth an invitation unto all men, for the arms of mercy are extended towards them, and he saith: Repent, and I will receive you.” (Alma 5:14, 27, 33.)
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High confidence
Ezra Taft Benson
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October 1983
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Priesthood Session
Let us as priesthood brethren have His image in our countenances.
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High confidence
Marvin J. Ashton
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October 1979
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Sunday Morning Session
Certain steps can help one make constructive, worthwhile changes in life.
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Loren C. Dunn
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April 1979
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Sunday Afternoon Session
“And now behold, I ask of you, my brethren of the church, have ye spiritually been born of God? Have ye received his image in your countenances? Have ye experienced this mighty change in your hearts?”
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David B. Haight
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October 1977
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Sunday Morning Session
Let there radiate from you young women a spirit and influence that will have the power to cause “a mighty change” (Alma 5:14) when needed in the hearts of our young men.
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Theodore M. Burton
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October 1973
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Sunday Afternoon Session
“And now behold, I ask of you, my brethren of the church, have ye spiritually been born of God? Have ye received his image in your countenances? Have ye received this mighty change in your hearts?”
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