Fort Collins Stake Conference - Adult Session
Jeffrey Thomas
forgiveness - who is it hurting more to say “I can never forgive them”
Marcus Antonius: how much more do we suffer for our anger than the harm actually done to us.
Story of his own brothers hit by a drunk driver: example of forgiveness by his father.
President McClure
• Recent Boundary Changes
Sacrifice and selflessness may bring about greater peace & happiness - if not for yourselves, but then for others.
The children of Israel dealt with the ultimate misery in boundary changes. ‘Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians’ (Exodus …..) The israelites saw only hardship. The Lord saw deliverance and growth.
• Youth
Common mutual activity night.
We will always have the work of redemption. But we must get better at the work of prevention. It is better to prepare and prevent than to repair and repent.
If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’ll continue to get the same results - except that as the world worsens, we’ll lose more and more ground.
Youth must understand the real reason for obedience: because he loves us, and because we love Him. eg we must do all we can to protect from internet pornography - filters, passwords, etc. But eventually Johnny will be in a situation where he must decide - alone with a computer and an internet connection.
Goal is that children will become trully converted while they are still with us. Then they will have power from what they are, not only what they know.
“Our youth will be saved when we have sufficient work for them to do. Until then, they will remain self-centered and distracted from sacred things.”
• Missionary work
Exercise our faith - why should Naman have believed that washing seven times in the Jordan would cleanse him? We need the faith to act, to invite - to do the many things that may not make sense or be obvious.