Harden Not Your Heart

Christopher H. Kim · April 2025 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1)

The Korean translation of “hardness” in the Book of Mormon is 완악 (Wan-Aak: 頑惡).

The Savior’s Abiding Compassion

Ulisses Soares · October 2021 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (1)

As do many other events during Jesus’s earthly ministry, this account demonstrates once more that the Savior acted compassionately toward all who would come unto Him—without distinction—and most especially toward those who most needed His help.

Build a Fortress of Spirituality and Protection

Ronald A. Rasband · April 2019 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1)

Satan is a subtle snake, sneaking into our minds and hearts when we have let our guard down, faced a disappointment, or lost hope.

Let the Holy Spirit Guide

Ronald A. Rasband · April 2017 · Sunday Morning Session

Open paragraph (2)

President Monson has taught, “As we pursue the journey of life, let us learn the language of the Spirit.” The Spirit speaks words that we feel.

Learning with Our Hearts

Walter F. González · October 2012 · Sunday Morning Session

Open paragraph (1)

Now, a word of caution: access to this celestial web is marred by iniquity and forgetting the Lord.

The Doctrine of Christ

D. Todd Christofferson · April 2012 · Sunday Morning Session

Open paragraph (1 Nephi 17:45)

How does the Savior reveal His will and doctrine to prophets, seers, and revelators?

Counsel to Youth

Boyd K. Packer · October 2011 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (1)

Nephi scolded his older brothers, saying, “Ye have seen an angel, and he spake unto you; yea, ye have heard his voice from time to time; and he hath spoken unto you in a still small voice, but ye were past feeling, that ye could not feel his words.”

Prayer and Promptings

Boyd K. Packer · October 2009 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (3)

That sweet, quiet voice of inspiration comes more as a feeling than it does as a sound.

The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ—Plain and Precious Things

Boyd K. Packer · April 2005 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (1 Nephi 17:45)

Nephi had been very badly treated by his brothers and reminded them that an angel had spoken unto them, “but ye were past feeling, that ye could not feel his words” (1 Nephi 17:45).

Did You Get the Right Message?

James E. Faust · April 2004 · Sunday Morning Session

Open paragraph (2)

So it is with divine communication.

Overcoming the Stench of Sin

Spencer V. Jones · April 2003 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1 Nephi 17:45)

Each one of us has the Light of Christ, or a conscience.

The Seventh Commandment: A Shield

Neal A. Maxwell · October 2001 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 17:45)

Thus the drumbeat of desensitization deadens the tastebuds of the soul by responding illegitimately to the legitimate need for belonging and for love, as predators and victims sadly become “past feeling” (1 Ne.

Your Celestial Guide

Sharon G. Larsen · April 2001 · General Young Women Meeting

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 17:45)

Kirstin said, “From personal experience, if we will listen to the Spirit, our lives will not be as complicated and full of temptation” (letter on file in the Young Women office).

“Repent of [Our] Selfishness” (D&C 56:8)

Neal A. Maxwell · April 1999 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 17:45)

Determined to walk in his own way, the natural man often persists to the point where he is “past feeling,” having been sedated by pleasing the carnal mind (see 1 Ne.

The Aaronic Priesthood and the Sacrament

Dallin H. Oaks · October 1998 · Priesthood Session

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 17:45)

Nephi described three manifestations of the ministering of angels when he reminded his rebellious brothers that (1) they had “seen an angel,” (2) they had “heard his voice from time to time,” and (3) also that an angel had “spoken unto [them] in a still small voice” though they were “past feeling” and “could not feel his words” (1 Ne.

His Peace

Dennis E. Simmons · April 1997 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 17:45)

Speaks in a “still small voice” (1 Ne.

“Deny Yourselves of All Ungodliness”

Neal A. Maxwell · April 1995 · Sunday Morning Session

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 17:45)

Ironically, in all their eagerness to experience certain things, hedonists become desensitized.

Personal Revelation: The Gift, the Test, and the Promise

Boyd K. Packer · October 1994 · Sunday Morning Session

Open paragraph (1)

Revelation comes as words we feel more than hear.

“If a Man Die, Shall He Live Again?”

Carlos E. Asay · April 1994 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 17:45)

“Infallible proofs” of spiritual matters, such as Christ’s resurrection, are not of the hand, but of the heart.

“Behold, the Enemy Is Combined” (D&C 38:12)

Neal A. Maxwell · April 1993 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 17:45)

Lasciviousness wrongly celebrates the capacity to feel, so that people lose their capacity to feel!

Reverence Invites Revelation

Boyd K. Packer · October 1991 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 17:45)

A testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ, a witness that the Book of Mormon is true, comes in a delicate, refined spiritual communication.

Repentance

F. Burton Howard · April 1991 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 17:45)

The first step in the repentance process has always been simply to recognize that we have done wrong.

Peace Within

Joseph B. Wirthlin · April 1991 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 17:45)

Earth life is a period of probation to provide an opportunity for choices.

Some Scriptural Lessons on Leadership

Spencer J. Condie · April 1990 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 17)

From the Book of Mormon we read of the young prophet Nephi who also beheld a vision on a mountain (see 1 Ne.

Revelation in a Changing World

Boyd K. Packer · October 1989 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 17:45)

The Holy Ghost communicates with the spirit through the mind more than through the physical senses.

Spiritual Guides for Teachers of Righteousness

Gene R. Cook · April 1982 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 17:45)

Satan, in another illusion of vain imagination, teaches a man that the man is spiritual and humble.

Prayers and Answers

Boyd K. Packer · October 1979 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 17:45)

“Ye are swift to do iniquity but slow to remember the Lord your God.

The Still Small Voice

S. Dilworth Young · April 1976 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 17:45)

are swift to do iniquity but slow to remember the Lord your God. Ye have seen an angel, and he spake unto you; yea, ye have heard his voice from time to time; and he hath spoken unto you in a still small voice, but ye were past feeling, that ye could not feel his words; wherefore, he has spoken unto you like unto the voice of thunder, which did cause the earth to shake as if it were to divide asunder.”

Missionary Training Begins Early

S. Dilworth Young · April 1972 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 17:45)

Having seen and heard his father pray, he will want to pray too and will soon learn about the whisperings of the Spirit, which comes into his “feeling,” as Nephi pointed out to his rebellious brothers.