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General Conference Applied
S5 E22 – Sunday, June 22, 2025 | “Thou Art the Christ” by Sister Amy A. Wright; April 2025 General Conference
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Podcast Episode Outline
Introduction
Bio
- “Sister Amy A. Wright was sustained as First Counselor in the Primary General Presidency for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2, 2022. At the time of her call, she was serving as Second Counselor in the Primary General Presidency.
“Sister Wright has served on the Young Women General Advisory Council and as stake and ward Primary president, counselor in a ward Relief Society and Primary presidency, Relief Society teacher, Gospel Doctrine teacher, and Cub Scout leader.
“Sister Wright graduated with a bachelor’s degree in human development and family studies from the University of Utah in 1998. She worked as an office manager at Marquette University in the College of Communications. She also worked as a reading tutor and was a parent-teacher association volunteer. Recently she assisted with marketing and advertising for a dental office.
“Amy Eileen Anderson was born January 6, 1972, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She married James McConkie Wright on June 24, 1994. They have three children.” - This was Sister Wright’s 3rd general conference address. Her most recent address was “Abide the Day in Christ” from the October 2023 General Conference.
Invitations
- “We want our children to believe in Jesus Christ, belong to Jesus Christ and His Church through covenant, and strive to become like Jesus Christ.”
- “‘[The Lord] spake unto the people, saying: Behold, I am Jesus Christ. … Arise and come forth. … The multitude went forth, and thrust their hands into his side, and did feel the prints of the nails in his hands and in his feet; and this they did do, going forth one by one … and did see with their eyes and did feel with their hands, and did know of a surety and did bear record, that it was he.’ I invite you to ponder what this can look like in the life of young children. Do they hear testimonies of Jesus Christ and His gospel? Do they see reverential, worshipful images of His ministry and godhood? Do they feel and recognize the Holy Ghost testifying of His reality and divinity? Do they know of His message and mission?”
- In our own words: Ponder how to help young children hear testimonies of Jesus Christ, see worshipful images of His ministry, feel and recognize the Holy Ghost, and know of Jesus Christ’s mission.
- Clay Application: Get my baptized kids praying and reading their own scriptures at least a little each day. Start with The Book of Mormon.
- “As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we have a covenantal responsibility to build His kingdom and prepare for His return.”
- In our own words: “Build [Jesus Christ’s] kingdom and prepare for His return.”
- “How can we help children make and keep sacred covenants? In the Come, Follow Me manual, in appendix A and B, we find conversation starters and lessons that will empower families and support teachers and leaders in their sacred responsibility to prepare children for a lifetime on God’s covenant path.”
- In our own words: Check out appendices A and B in the Come, Follow Me manual to learn how to help children make and keep sacred covenants.
- Clay Application: Check out this resource.
- “When extending invitations to the Lord’s youngest disciples, please take every opportunity to lead them, guide them, walk beside them, and help them find the Way. Counsel with these precious little ones as they prepare to teach, testify, pray, or serve so they are confident and experience joy in fulfilling their responsibilities. Seek inspired ways to help them come to know this is their Church and they have a vital role to play in preparing for the Savior’s return.”
- “We need to infuse the Light of Jesus Christ into every corner of our lives. If we are not testifying to the veracity of His premortal godhood, His divine mission, and His prison-bursting Resurrection in our homes and in every single meeting of this Church, then our messages of love, service, honesty, humility, gratitude, and compassion can become nothing more than a jaunty pep talk of thoughtful living. Without Jesus Christ there is no power to change, no purpose to aspire to, and no reconciliation of the travails of life. If we become casual in our discipleship of Jesus Christ, it could be catastrophic for our children.”
- In our own words: Teach children good principles deliberately, and tie those good principles to Jesus Christ. Don’t become casual in our discipleship of Jesus Christ.
- “When we tell our children we love them, are we also telling them that their Father in Heaven and Savior Jesus Christ love them? Our love may comfort and inspire, but Their love can sanctify, exalt, and heal.”
- In our own words: Frequently express love to your children, and teach them that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love them.
- Mitch Application: I will more consistently remind each of my children, when I tell them that I love them, that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love them, too.
Discussion Questions
- What is the Lord, through Sister Wright, inviting us to do? And how do we intend to take action?
- When did we last study the Sermon on the Mount? Do we know its teachings well enough that we could say “if all of humanity abided by the teachings of Jesus Christ in the Sermon on the Mount, the world would be a better, more peaceful place”?
- Sister Wright stated: “In the Come, Follow Me manual, in appendix A and B, we find conversation starters and lessons that will empower families and support teachers and leaders in their sacred responsibility to prepare children for a lifetime on God’s covenant path.” Are we utilizing this resource effectively?
- Have you found that as you’ve made Jesus Christ the focus of your life, it has “[changed] how [you] spend [your] time, [your] resources; what [you] read, watch, listen to, and share”?
- Sister Wright describes two camps: “This Jesus should not be a fictional Jesus, or a simplistic Jesus, or a bodiless Jesus, or a casual Jesus, or an unknown Jesus, but a glorified, omnipotent, resurrected, exalted, worshipful, powerful Only Begotten Son of God, who is mighty to save.” Considering our worship, where are we camped?
External Resources Referenced In This Episode
What will you do?
How will you take action on the invitations extended in this General Conference address?
Conclusion
The focus of our next podcast episode will be the Applications – Return and Report: President Nelson, President Oaks, President Eyring.
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Children | Covenants | Discipleship | Faith | Jesus Christ