May 2025 General Conference+

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S5 E19 – Sunday, June 15, 2025 | May 2025 General Conference+

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What is the speaker inviting me to do, and how might I consider taking action?

President Russell M. Nelson

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  • May 11, 2025
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    • “Regardless of your situation, I invite every woman to consider the remarkable relationship that the Lord Jesus Christ had with His mother, Mary.”

President Dallin H. Oaks

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  • May 31, 2025
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    • “A common misunderstanding of the judgment that ultimately follows mortal life is that good people go to a place called heaven and bad people go to an everlasting place called hell. This erroneous assumption of only two ultimate destinations implies that those who cannot keep all the commandments required for heaven will necessarily be forever destined for hell. A loving Heavenly Father has a better plan for His children.”

President Henry B. Eyring

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  • May 9, 2025
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    • “To love in such a way that the needs of others are felt more deeply than their own—that is charity. That is the pure love of Christ.”
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    • “Every child of Heavenly Father who has chosen to enter through the gate of baptism is under covenant to be a witness of the Savior and to care for those in need throughout our mortal lives.”

President Jeffrey R. Holland

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  • May 15, 2025
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    • “In a world tossed and torn, we need to believe the words the Lord WILL speak—not only what He has already spoken.” (Ether 3:11 – “[11] And the Lord said unto him: Believest thou the words which I shall speak?”)

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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  • May 14, 2025
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    • “If you wait for sorrow to end before you experience joy, you might miss joy completely. To experience a measure of sorrow may enable your heart and mind to receive pure heavenly joy!”

Elder David A. Bednar

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  • May 4, 2025
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    • “Choose every day to fill our lives with love, service, and devotion to the Savior and to those around us.”
  • May 11, 2025
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    • “[Teach our children] about our Heavenly Father’s plan, the Lord Jesus Christ’s atonement, and the importance of the house of the Lord.”
  • May 18, 2025
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    • “Please note the sequence. First, we act in accordance with the teachings of the Savior. Then, we are blessed with His power.”

Elder Quentin L. Cook

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Elder D. Todd Christofferson

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BYU – Pathway Worldwide
  • “Special Devotional: Members of the Church Board of Education Executive Committee”: Text | Video
    • “Each of us ought to strive to be the best we can be and then influence others, serve, and lift, and help others in the same way. To me, a BYU-Pathway education is a big part of that — being the best we can be and having an influence for good really everywhere we go, with whomever we have the opportunity to be with and to serve.”
    • “I think we all need to learn the language of the Spirit.”
    • “There’s no reason you can’t call on God for help. I mean, you’re striving to do what He wants. You’re striving to get an education. You’re striving to serve. You’re striving to bless others, especially those close to you. You’re on His path, His covenant path, so why wouldn’t He help you?”
    • “Love the Lord, love the Father, and express gratitude. Feel and express your gratitude to Them continually. There’s something about feelings and expressions of gratitude that brings the Spirit and, I think, would strengthen anyone’s discipleship. And we do have a lot to be grateful for. There’s no question. Our blessings are constant.”
    • “I think also it’s worth studying and learning more about the life of the Savior. We have the references in the Bible and the Book of Mormon, the reference guides that have a heading called ‘Jesus Christ,’ and have a series of citations in the scriptures about Him and His life. It’s worth reading those and getting better acquainted — I guess you could say — with Him in that way. And you’ve got Preach My Gospel with that wonderful chapter on the attributes of Christ that we can all seek to emulate.”
    • “In the end I think it’s serving Him. And so whenever you have a chance to serve in the Church, whatever the calling may be, take it. Do it well. Do it the best you can. It doesn’t matter if it’s one that’s high visibility or nobody else sees you in your service. It doesn’t matter. Just always have a calling. Always be involved in His work and be serving Him as His disciple.”

Elder Neil L. Andersen

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Elder Ronald A. Rasband

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BYU – Pathway Worldwide
  • “Special Devotional: Members of the Church Board of Education Executive Committee”: Text | Video
    • “I learned a long time ago, even before coming into Church ministry, so to speak, that not all things in our day are created equal. And I learned from this scripture — this is Matthew, chapter 6, verse 33. And I recommend it to our students: ‘Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.’ And so, as I had my to-do list of what I needed to get done during the day, I always made sure that the kingdom of God and Heavenly Father and those things were first. That’s as simple as prayer. That’s as simple as scripture study. It’s as simple as telling my wife I love her. And then the other things that are on that to-do list, they just seem to happen better when I put the things of most importance first.”
    • “When I decided as a young person that I was going to live and obey the Word of Wisdom, I made that decision once. And I remember promising my mother, when I was a 14-year-old boy, that I was always going to live the Word of Wisdom. And remarkably, since that day, I have been able to keep the Word of Wisdom and remember the promise I made to my angel mother in doing it. Make your decisions early, even commit them unto the Lord, maybe through another loved one or person that you trust. And the Lord will help you to keep your discipleship throughout your life.”

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Temple Dedicatory Prayers
  • Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple, May 25, 2025:
    • “These are faithful people who in the last thirty plus years have joined the Church in record numbers. With the spirit of Elijah in their hearts, they have faithfully found the names of ancestors, now on the other side of the veil, and prepared to make covenants on their behalf in the temple. May they continue to receive revelation and be prompted in this vital work of gathering thy sons and daughters. May the youth as they attend the temple be blessed to resist the temptations of the world and create a pattern of temple worship for a lifetime.”
    • “May we think celestial, letting thy Spirit prevail in our lives, and strive to be peacemakers always.”

Elder Gary E. Stevenson

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Elder Dale G. Renlund

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Elder Gerrit W. Gong

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Elder Ulisses Soares

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  • Nairobi Kenya Temple, May 18, 2025:
    • “May [the Saints within the district of this temple] influence all those around them through their righteousness and their love for the gospel of Jesus Christ.”

Elder Patrick Kearon

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President Camille N. Johnson

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Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults
  • “Righteous Stewards—Disciples of Jesus Christ“:
    • “Please don’t give up in seeking to address the complexities of this day.”
    • “So be a peacemaker in your own home, community, and in your online presence. Relieve suffering in your own neighborhood.”
    • “We can counter disinformation by sharing uplifting, hopeful, and accurate information—becoming advocates of truth rather than just consumers of information. We can answer negativity by flooding the world with the light and good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
    • “All three of these parables teach how His disciples—how we—should prepare for the perilous times which precede the Savior’s Second Coming. These are the times in which we live! We are to keep the lamps of our conversion burning brightly, letting our light shine, using and enlarging our talents, caring for those in need—that is, being possessed of charity, the pure love of Christ.”
    • “Faithful stewards seek for and invite spiritual gifts into their lives and use those with which they have been blessed to lift and serve others. Each of you, children of God, has been given gifts and special talents.

      “Elder Marvin J. Ashton, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, described several less conspicuous gifts, attributes, and abilities you might not have considered. As I list them, will you do some self-reflection and seek to identify one or two with which you have been blessed? Then, having that gift, consider how you will use it as a faithful steward to bless others.

      “‘The gift of asking; the gift of listening; the gift of hearing and using a still, small voice; the gift of being able to weep; the gift of avoiding contention; the gift of being agreeable; the gift of avoiding vain repetition; the gift of seeking that which is righteous; the gift of not passing judgment; the gift of looking to God for guidance; the gift of being a disciple; [the gift to calm;] the gift of caring for others; the gift of being able to ponder; the gift of offering prayer; the gift of bearing … mighty testimony; and the gift of receiving the Holy Ghost.'”
    • “Do not compare or measure your gifts against those of others. Don’t engage in ‘demeaning self-appraisal.’ ‘Comparison is the thief of joy.’ Own your gifts and celebrate those possessed by others. Remember, spiritual gifts are given by God through the Spirit for the purpose that all may be benefited thereby. …

      “So I invite you to cultivate the gift of abandoning comparisons. Ask Heavenly Father to help you identify your spiritual gifts and talents and how you might use them as a faithful steward.”
    • “Sisters and brothers, I invite you to use your gifts and talents to do a few small and simple things in the sphere of your stewardship. …

      “Friends, we need you! I hope that you will earnestly seek revelation and use your gifts and talents to find creative solutions to help bless the future of all God’s children. This is surely part of your divine stewardship.”
    • “As His disciples, let us prepare ourselves for His Second Coming by faithfully and profitably exercising stewardship over that with which we have been blessed.”

Church School Devotionals

BYU – Pathway Worldwide
  • “Special Devotional: Members of the Church Board of Education Executive Committee”: Text | Video
    • “I’ll tell you what I do every single morning. I listen to President Nelson. I have, I know I have, and I know all of you have 15 minutes to listen to the words of the prophet, seer, and revelator and the Lord’s mouthpiece on the earth today.”
    • “I invite you in your discipleship to choose now, to choose today — as President Nelson has invited us to do — to be a lifelong disciple of Jesus Christ, to make and keep covenants with Him. Because I know that, when you do, you will be blessed by His healing and strengthening power. I’m sure of that.”

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Conclusion

The focus of our next podcast episode will be the April 2025 General Conference address that was delivered by Sister Tamara W. Runia and was entitled “Your Repentance Doesn’t Burden Jesus Christ; It Brightens His Joy.”

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Previous Podcast Episode (“Spiritually Whole in Him” by President Camille N. Johnson)

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