Mothers Who Know

Julie B. Beck · October 2007 · Sunday Morning Session

Open paragraph (D&C 109)

Mothers who know are nurturers.

The Work of the Temple and Family History—One and the Same Work

Benjamín De Hoyos · April 2023 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (D&C 109)

That experience has permitted me to appreciate much better how, after three years of hard work and great sacrifice, the Saints in Kirtland, Ohio, finally completed their beautiful temple in the spring of 1836—the first in this dispensation.

Repentance and Conversion

Russell M. Nelson · April 2007 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1)

With the Restoration of the gospel, our Savior has again stressed this doctrine.

Preparations for the Restoration and the Second Coming: “My Hand Shall Be over Thee”

Robert D. Hales · October 2005 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1)

Further authority to act in the name of the Lord soon followed.

The First and the Last Words

A. Theodore Tuttle · April 1982 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (D&C 109)

Dedicatory prayer for Kirtland Temple recorded.

Taking on the Name of Jesus Christ

Dale G. Renlund · October 2025 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (3)

We become more spiritually receptive.

Live Up to Your Privileges

Emily Belle Freeman · October 2024 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (1)

Every time we cross the threshold of a temple.

The Man Who Communed with Jehovah

Kyle S. McKay · October 2024 · Saturday Evening Session

Open paragraph (3)

Christ always commands His people to build temples, where He manifests Himself unto them and endows them with power from on high.

“Behold I Am the Light Which Ye Shall Hold Up”

Ronald A. Rasband · October 2024 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (D&C 109:22)

“All who worship in the temple,” President Nelson has said, “will have the power of God and angels having ‘charge over them’ [Doctrine and Covenants 109:22].

Temples, Houses of the Lord Dotting the Earth

Neil L. Andersen · April 2024 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1)

In the Kirtland Temple, the Prophet Joseph prayed that “angels [would] have charge over [His Saints].” Regularly performing ordinances for our ancestors in the temple brings a sweet and sure confirmation that life continues beyond the veil.

Rejoice in the Gift of Priesthood Keys

Russell M. Nelson · April 2024 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (2)

Consider how your life would be different if priesthood keys had not been restored to the earth.

Accessing God’s Power through Covenants

Dale G. Renlund · April 2023 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (3)

By making and keeping temple covenants, we learn more about the Lord’s purposes and receive a fulness of the Holy Ghost.

Peacemakers Needed

Russell M. Nelson · April 2023 · Sunday Morning Session

Open paragraph (1)

The temple can help us in our quest.

He Is Risen with Healing in His Wings:

Patrick Kearon · April 2022 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1)

My name is upon you, and my angels have charge over you.

Your Divine Nature and Eternal Destiny

Dale G. Renlund · April 2022 · Women’s Session

Open paragraph (3)

In the temple, we learn who we are and where we have been.

The Temple and Your Spiritual Foundation

Russell M. Nelson · October 2021 · Sunday Morning Session

Open paragraph (1)

The temple lies at the center of strengthening our faith and spiritual fortitude because the Savior and His doctrine are the very heart of the temple.

Remember Thy Suffering Saints, O Our God

Anthony D. Perkins · October 2021 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (2)

We are also blessed by temple covenants and ordinances, where “the power of godliness is manifest.” I visited a woman who had lost a teenage daughter in a terrible accident, then later her husband to cancer.

Enduring Power

Kelly R. Johnson · October 2020 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1)

During this time of restricted gathering that makes regular temple attendance impossible, I have actually made a point to continue to study and learn more about the power of God that comes to us as we make and keep temple covenants.

Spiritual Treasures

Russell M. Nelson · October 2019 · Women’s Session

Open paragraph (1)

Most certainly, the adversary does not want you to understand the covenant you made at baptism or the profound endowment of knowledge and power you have received or will receive in the temple—the house of the Lord.

Called to the Work

David A. Bednar · April 2017 · General Priesthood Session

Open paragraph (1)

After receiving the Melchizedek Priesthood and a call to serve, a young man can be armed with power through the covenants and ordinances of the holy temple.

Rise Up in Strength, Sisters in Zion

Bonnie L. Oscarson · October 2016 · General Women’s Session

Open paragraph (2)

And third, we need to study and understand temple ordinances and covenants.

Covenant Daughters of God

Jean A. Stevens · October 2014 · General Women’s Session

Open paragraph (1)

If we are to receive all the blessings God so generously offers, our earthly path must lead to the temple.

Do We Know What We Have?

Carole M. Stephens · October 2013 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (1)

These priesthood ordinances and covenants provide access to the fulness of the blessings promised to us by God, which are made possible by the Savior’s Atonement.

Power in the Priesthood

Neil L. Andersen · October 2013 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1)

This past month I watched a young couple draw enormous strength from the sealing promises of the temple as their precious baby boy was born but lived only one week.

Now Is the Time to Arise and Shine!

Elaine S. Dalton · April 2012 · General Young Women Meeting

Open paragraph (2)

“A standard is a rule of measure by which one determines exactness or perfection.” We are to be a standard of holiness for all the world to see!

What I Hope My Granddaughters (and Grandsons) Will Understand about Relief Society

Julie B. Beck · October 2011 · General Relief Society Meeting

Open paragraph (1)

I hope my granddaughters value the temple as did the sisters of the first Relief Society, who believed that temple blessings were the grand prize and great goal of every Latter-day Saint woman.

Place No More for the Enemy of My Soul

Jeffrey R. Holland · April 2010 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1)

Cultivate and be where the Spirit of the Lord is.

Honorably Hold a Name and Standing

David A. Bednar · April 2009 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (D&C 109:22)

In modern revelations the Lord refers to temples as houses “built unto my name” (D&C 105:33; see also D&C 109:2–5; 124:39).

Come Let Us Go Up to the Mountain of the Lord

Elaine S. Dalton · April 2009 · General Young Women Meeting

Open paragraph (D&C 109:22)

Your personal virtue will not only enable you to have the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost, but it will also enable you to make the decisions that will help you be worthy to enter the temple and there make and keep sacred covenants and receive the blessings of exaltation.

We Did This for You

Elaine S. Dalton · October 2004 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1)

go forth from that holy house “armed with thy power, and that thy name may be upon them, and thy glory be round about them, and thine angels have charge over them.”

It Is Not Good for Man or Woman to Be Alone

Sheri L. Dew · October 2001 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (1)

My young sisters, some will try to persuade you that because you are not ordained to the priesthood, you have been shortchanged.

The Seventh Commandment: A Shield

Neal A. Maxwell · October 2001 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (D&C 84:88; 109:22)

As we take our stand, the faithful will not be alone—not that alone, however.

This Peaceful House of God

Gordon B. Hinckley · April 1993 · Sunday Morning Session

Open paragraph (D&C 109:22)

we ask thee, Holy Father, that thy servants may go forth from this house armed with thy power, and that thy name may be upon them, and thy glory be round about them, and thine angels have charge over

Come to the House of the Lord

David B. Haight · April 1992 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (D&C 109:22)

“We ask thee, Holy Father, that thy servants may go forth from this house armed with thy power, and that thy name may be upon them, and thy glory be round about them, and thine angels have charge over

Our Responsibility to Take the Gospel to the Ends of the Earth

Jack H Goaslind, Jr. · October 1983 · Priesthood Session

Open paragraph (D&C 109:22)

“And from this place they may bear exceedingly great and glorious tidings, in truth, unto the ends of the earth.” (D&C 109:22–23.)