181st Semiannual General Conference – Sunday Afternoon General Session

181st Semiannual General Conference – Sunday Afternoon General Session

Published on October 2, 2011 by Graham in Mormon Church Hierarchy, Mormon Church Meetings, Mormon General Conference

Well, here we go into the last session of conference. It has been good so far. I haven’t started to fall asleep even once

Between these two sessions on Sunday, we watched several of the Mormon Messages that the Church has put out. I highly recommend The Sting of the Scorpion and Watch Your Step. Both are very powerful!

President Henry B Eyring conducted

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sang Arise, O God, and Shine

Elder F Michael Watson offered the invocation

The choir sang I Feel My Savior’s Love

Elder Russell M Nelson

spoke about his recent trip to Russia
temple covenants are sacred and powerful
we are children of the covenant
He is our God, we are His people

Elder Dallin H Oaks

What think ye of Christ?
When you consider all of the things the Saviour has done for us, don’t you have many reasons to come back to church?

Brother Matthew O Richardson

when I left my mission, my mission didn’t leave me
we need to be “real” in every area of our life
real life requires real learning which requires real teaching

The choir and congregation sang Now Let Us Rejoice

Elder Kazuhiko Yamashita

spoke about missionary work and the missionaries who serve around the world
missionaries are a treasure to this great church

Elder Randall K Bennett

he shared a story about how he almost drowned as a child
that day he made a poor choice that almost permanently separate him from his family
you can’t make eternal decisions without eternal consequences
in our choices we make every day, are we choosing eternal life
we essentially only have two choices
are you choosing to be busy and apathetic that you don’t take time to study the words of Christ?
are you choosing to follow the prophets or the world?
your eternal destiny will not be an accident. It will be a choice

Elder J Devn Cornish (President Eyring had a hard time pronouncing his name)

in His mercy, the God of heaven hears our prayers
Why would God concern himself with small things?
He loves us so much, what is important to us becomes important to him
it is contrary to the economy of heaven for God to do something for us we can do for ourselves
do not forget to ask the Lord to protect you and be with you
when we think we are too sinful to pray, that is like someone saying they are too sick to go to the doctor

Elder Quentin L Cook