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General Conference Applied
S4 E0 – Sunday, October 13, 2024 | General Conference Applied Season 4 Preview and October 2024 General Conference Recap
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Schedule
- The schedule is set through Sunday, April 6, 2025.
Format
- The first podcast episode of each month will be focused on non-general conference invitations from the previous month. These are invitations that members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles extend in BYU devotionals, church magazine articles, on social media, in temple dedicatory prayers, in press releases, and in various other venues.
- Increased focus on Christlike Attributes and the Christlike Attribute Activity from Preach My Gospel chapter six.
- April 2024 General Conference: I identified 50 invitations just from the members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. This doesn’t count the invitations from the additional 17 addresses delivered in the Conference. Rather than trying to take action on all invitations (and thus, not taking action on any of them since that’s very overwhelming), take action on those invitations which will help you become more like Jesus Christ.
- “How I Bring General Conference Insights into My Life Each Day” by Jani Eitelgeorge – September 2024 Liahona: “My process is not the only way to study conference. I offer it as a suggestion as you make your own plan to implement the teachings of general conference in your life. Here’s how it works for me:
“I listen to each talk and write the important insights that touch my heart, as well as thoughts I receive from the Spirit. At the end of each session, I listen to the Spirit as I highlight one or two things from each talk that I feel I need to work on or that will remind me how to become more Christlike.
“Then I choose 26 highlighted thoughts and assign one a week until the next general conference. I type the thoughts into a list and assign each a Sunday date. I place this list on my bathroom mirror as a reminder. I also assign these weekly thoughts on my phone calendar. Each Sunday I receive a reminder to start a new focus. This thought will be at the front of my mind as I pray each morning for help throughout the day. Each night, I review with Heavenly Father how I did that day.”
- “How I Bring General Conference Insights into My Life Each Day” by Jani Eitelgeorge – September 2024 Liahona: “My process is not the only way to study conference. I offer it as a suggestion as you make your own plan to implement the teachings of general conference in your life. Here’s how it works for me:
- Example #1: “The Lord Jesus Christ Will Come Again“, President Russell M. Nelson, October 2024 General Conference: “Now is the time for you and for me to prepare for the Second Coming of our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ. Now is the time for us to make our discipleship our highest priority.”
- “I focus my efforts on the most important things. (Matthew 23:23)” (Diligence)
- Example #2: “The Lord Jesus Christ Will Come Again“, President Russell M. Nelson, October 2024 General Conference: “I urge you to devote time each week—for the rest of your life—to increase your understanding of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.”
- “I seek to understand the truth and find answers to my questions. (Doctrine and Covenants 6:7)” (Knowledge)
- April 2024 General Conference: I identified 50 invitations just from the members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. This doesn’t count the invitations from the additional 17 addresses delivered in the Conference. Rather than trying to take action on all invitations (and thus, not taking action on any of them since that’s very overwhelming), take action on those invitations which will help you become more like Jesus Christ.
- Become a subscriber on my website: https://mitchellryanpeterson.com/ . In the “Subscribe for Future Content” section, enter your email address and first and last name. In future newsletters, I will be providing links to various projects I’m working on: 1) A Christlike Attribute Activity in Excel; 2) Weekly invitations to focus on; 3) A schedule for listening to 150+ addresses from our prophet, President Russell M. Nelson; 4) and more.
October 2024 General Conference Recap
- General Authority Seventies
- Six new leaders from five different countries in Africa, Central America and South America
Themes
34 Addresses, 73 Tags, here are the top two (note: there was a five-way tie for third – Adversity, Covenants, Faith, Repentance, and Temples were all tagged five times)
- #1 – Jesus Christ (tagged 18 times)
- “The Lord Jesus Christ Will Come Again“, President Russell M. Nelson, October 2024 General Conference: “As the prophet Isaiah prophesied, and as memorialized in Handel’s Messiah, when Jesus Christ returns, ‘the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.’ …
“I bear my solemn witness that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. I am His disciple. I am honored to be His servant. At His Second Coming, ‘the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.’ That day will be filled with joy for the righteous!
“Through the power of the sacred priesthood keys I hold, I declare this truth to you and to all the world!” - 10/9/2024 journal entry: In this address, President Nelson quoted this phrase from Isaiah 40:5 twice: “The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.” When he stated – “I declare this truth to you and to all the world” – I believe he was referring to this statement, reaffirming that this is something that will actually happen at Jesus Christ’s Second Coming.
- “The Lord Jesus Christ Will Come Again“, President Russell M. Nelson, October 2024 General Conference: “As the prophet Isaiah prophesied, and as memorialized in Handel’s Messiah, when Jesus Christ returns, ‘the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.’ …
- #2 – Discipleship (tagged seven times)
- “Following Christ“, President Dallin H. Oaks, October 2024 General Conference: “Following Christ is not a casual or occasional practice. It is a continuous commitment and way of life that should guide us at all times and in all places. His teachings and His example define the path for every disciple of Jesus Christ. …
“As followers of Christ, we teach and testify of Jesus Christ, our Perfect Role Model. So let us follow Him by forgoing contention. As we pursue our preferred policies in public actions, let us qualify for His blessings by using the language and methods of peacemakers. In our families and other personal relationships, let us avoid what is harsh and hateful. Let us seek to be holy, like our Savior.”
- “Following Christ“, President Dallin H. Oaks, October 2024 General Conference: “Following Christ is not a casual or occasional practice. It is a continuous commitment and way of life that should guide us at all times and in all places. His teachings and His example define the path for every disciple of Jesus Christ. …
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