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General Conference Applied
S5 E34 – Thursday, July 31, 2025 | April 2025 General Conference Applications – Return and Report: Elder Gong, Elder Soares, and Elder Kearon; April 2025 General Conference
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Invitations
Elder Gong – “Eternity’s Great Gifts: Jesus Christ’s Atonement, Resurrection, Restoration“
- “Each Easter season, we celebrate, as a symbolic whole, eternity’s great gifts through Jesus Christ: His Atonement; His (and the promise of our) literal Resurrection; Restoration of His latter-day Church with priesthood keys and authority to bless all God’s children. We rejoice in the garments of salvation and the robe of righteousness. We shout, ‘Hosanna to God and the Lamb!'”
- Mitch Application: I will work with my wife and possibly even my extended family to incorporate a celebration of the Restoration of Jesus Christ’s Church into our annual Easter season celebration.
- “May we each find in Jesus Christ atonement, resurrection, and restoration—peace, becoming, and belonging.”
- Clay Application: Recommit to President Nelson’s Topical Guide study of the Savior. Begin working on it.
Elder Soares – “Reverence for Sacred Things“
- “[Moses] turned aside from his daily cares—something we all should be willing to do.”
- Mitch Application: Just as our Savior, Jesus Christ, embraced interruptions to help others in need, I will do the same. When someone interrupts me seeking for help, I will refrain from allowing that interruption to bother me.
- “[Make] the virtue of reverence a sacred part of our spiritual character. … Cultivate the gift of reverence in our lives. … Discover reverence for sacred things and convert our discipleship into a deeper level of spirituality and devotion. … Embrace this gift of reverence for sacred things—whether in the mountain of the Lord’s house, in a meetinghouse, or in our own homes.”
- Clay Application: Next time I’m in the temple, treat the locker room like part of the ordinance experience as I trade my street clothes and shoes for ceremonial clothing.
Elder Kearon – “Receive His Gift“
- “Think of a time when you found—or made—the perfect gift for someone you love.”
- Mitch Application: I will become a much more intentional and thoughtful gift giver.
- “I invite you to receive, either for the first time or to a greater extent than ever before, the magnificent realisation that you truly are God’s beloved child. You must undo the bow, tear off the wrapping paper, open the box, and actively receive with grateful humility a true, pure understanding of this foundational truth. The Holy Spirit can bear witness to your heart that you are indeed a child of the Most High. … Please, will you pray to understand if you are truly receiving this transformative knowledge deep in your soul? Will you please accept the gift? Will you do so more deeply, more freely, more abundantly than you ever have before—and in so doing be showered with all of those other gifts that come with it?”
- Clay Application: Prayerfully ask God to help me understand and receive a stronger testimony of our father-son relationship, then dedicate at least one upcoming temple session to focus on pondering that topic.
External Resources Referenced In This Episode
- Elder Gong GCA episode
- Saints volumes 1-4
- Elder Giménez, “My Love for the Savior is My ‘Why,'” GC address, GCA podcast episode
- President Nelson’s study of all verses about Jesus Christ in the topical guide
- ChatGPT
- President Emily Belle Freeman – Inklings, Don’t Miss This, etc.
- Elder Soares GCA episode
- H.W. Brands, Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times
- Jon Meacham, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
- H.W. Brands, Reagan: The Life
- President Monson, “Finding Joy in the Journey” (“Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.”)
- Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (Facebook 10-acre open office building design)
- Elder Kearon GCA episode
- Michelle D. Craig, “Divine Discontent” (GC address quoting Camilla Kimball: never suppress a generous thought). See also, Bonnie D. Parkin, “Personal Ministry: Sacred and Precious,” 2007 BYU Devotional.
- John Kralik, 365 Thank Yous: The Year a Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My Life
- Stephen Covey, Live Life in Crescendo: Your Most Important Work Is Always Ahead of You
- President Mark L. Pace, Y Religion podcast episode, “Organizing a Lesson”
- History timeline of the LDS standard works
- Patriarchal blessings
- God the Father
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 Hans T. Boom and was entitled “True to the Faith That Our Parents Have Cherished.”
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Tags
Elder Gong – Atonement | Easter | Jesus Christ | Restoration | Resurrection
Elder Soares – Discipleship | Joy | Reverence | Spiritual Growth
Elder Kearon – Divine Nature | God the Father | Jesus Christ | Love
Additional Content
Previous Podcast Episode (June 2025 General Conference+ Part Two)
Next Podcast Episode (“True to the Faith That Our Parents Have Cherished” by Elder Hans T. Boom)