Sacrament on a Submarine - April 2025 General Conference Applications – Return and Report: Elder Palmer, Bishop Caussé, and President Lund

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General Conference Applied

S5 E41 – Sunday, August 24, 2025 | April 2025 General Conference Applications – Return and Report: Elder Palmer, Bishop Caussé, and President Lund; April 2025 General Conference

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Invitations

Elder S. Mark Palmer – “‘Return unto Me … That I May Heal You’“

“Feel the witness of the Holy Ghost as you now hear this loving invitation and magnificent promise from our Saviour, Jesus Christ: ‘Will ye not now return unto me, and repent of your sins, and be converted, that I may heal you?'”
- In our own words: Return to Jesus Christ so He can heal you.
- Clay Application: Assess my spiritual momentum. Make improvements. Daily repentance, better prayer (with my notebook). READ the Come, Follow Me section instead of (or in addition to) listening. I personally catch more inspiration that way.
“When some of Jesus’s followers in Capernaum found His teachings hard and chose to leave, He turned to His Apostles and asked, ‘Will ye also go away?’ This is the question we each must answer as we face our individual times of testing.”
- In our own words: Ask ourselves if we will “also go away” from the Savior during challenging times.
- Mitch Application: I will create a document or a video in which I share my testimony of Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and Their Church. In this document or video, I will specifically answer the Savior’s question (i.e., “Will ye also go away?”).
“[Focus] your faith on Jesus Christ and His gospel—the trunk and the roots.”
- In our own words: Focus your faith on Jesus Christ and His gospel.
- Mark Application:

Bishop Gérald Caussé – “Compensating Blessings“

“My dear friends, if you ever feel limited or disadvantaged by the circumstances of your life, I want you to know this: The Lord loves you personally. He knows your circumstances, and the door to His blessings remains wide open to you no matter the challenges you face.”
- In our own words: Know that the Lord loves you personally, He knows your circumstances, and your specific challenges don’t close any doors to the blessings He has in store for you.
- Clay Application: Implement the following ideas: Put more effective effort into studying His word and feeling the spirit. That doesn’t necessarily require more time so long as we’re already doing our best to “Give the Lord equal time.” We say “work smarter, not harder.” Try to worship deeper, not always longer. Seek high-value worshipful experiences like fasting, temple service, genealogy, vocal prayer and pondering with a notebook in a distraction-free space. Figure out where I need to spend more time worshipping and where I should worship deeper instead of longer.
“The Lord asks us to do ‘all we can’ and to ‘offer [our] whole souls as an offering unto him.’ This requires a deep desire, a sincere and faithful heart, and our utmost diligence in keeping His commandments and aligning our will with His.”
- Mitch Application: I will hold a family council in a future Family Home Evening where we discuss Bishop Caussé’s “prescription” for doing “all we can” for the Lord. In particular, I will write the four steps for this “prescription” on our whiteboard (i.e., deep desire, sincere and faithful heart, utmost diligence in keeping God’s commandments, and aligning our will with God’s will), and then discuss as a family ways that we can incorporate these four steps into our worship.

President Steven J. Lund – “Divine Authority, Sublime Young Men“

“The Aaronic Priesthood is called the preparatory priesthood partly because its ordinances allow them to experience the weight and the joy of being on the Lord’s errand, preparing them for future priesthood service, when they may be called upon to minister in unforeseeable ways—including pronouncing inspired blessings in times when hopes and dreams, and even life and death, hang in precarious balance. Such serious expectations require serious preparation.”
- In our own words: Seriously prepare to meet the Lord’s serious expectations.
- Clay Application: Ponder and then act on President Lund’s statements: 1) “The weight and the joy of being on the Lord’s errand”; 2) I “may be called upon to minister in unforeseeable ways—including pronouncing inspired blessings in times when hopes and dreams, and even life and death, hang in precarious balance. Such serious expectations require serious preparation.”
“Deacons and teachers are ‘to warn, expound, exhort, and teach, and invite all to come unto Christ’ (Doctrine and Covenants 20:59). In addition to these opportunities, priests are to ‘preach … and baptize’ (Doctrine and Covenants 20:50). … One bishop taught his new deacons quorum presidency these duties. So the young presidency began to talk about what that might look like in their quorum and in their ward.”
- In our own words: Learn our obligations and counsel together to understand how to apply them.
- Mark Application: Make sure the Deacons understand their duties and that they learn, practice, and exercise those duties. (Story about sacrament on a submarine).
- Mitch Application: Work with my family to set goals for how we can “warn, expound, exhort, teach, and invite all to come unto Christ” and then work together to accomplish those goals.

External Resources Referenced In This Episode

Come, Follow Me
Elder Palmer GCA episode
Family Search
Ready Player One
Jacob 5
Preach My Gospel
Elder Uchtdorf October 2024 address
President Nelson increase understanding of the Savior’s Atonement
Elder Shumway April 2025 address
Teachings of Presidents of the Church Wilford Woodruff
Wilford Woodruff biography
Elder Christofferson April 2025 address
Hymn: Lord I would follow thee

What will you do?

How have you taken action on the invitations extended in these three General Conference addresses?

Conclusion

The focus of our next podcast episode will be the April 2025 General Conference address that was delivered by Elder John A. McCune and was entitled “Joy Through Covenant Discipleship.”

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