Careful versus Casual

Becky Craven · April 2019 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (1)

The vision of the tree of life shows us how the effects of casualness can lead us away from the covenant path.

Take the Holy Spirit as Your Guide

Larry Y. Wilson · April 2018 · Sunday Morning Session

Open paragraph (1)

Ensign Blair’s ability to receive revelation saved him and his shipmates from a raging storm.

Three Sisters

Dieter F. Uchtdorf · October 2017 · General Women’s Session

Open paragraph (1)

There was a narrow path that led to the tree, and alongside was an iron rod that helped them stay on the path.

Let the Clarion Trumpet Sound

Gregory A. Schwitzer · October 2015 · Sunday Morning Session

Open paragraph (1)

Over the many years that I have studied the story of Lehi’s dream in the Book of Mormon, I have always thought of the great and spacious building as a place where only the most rebellious reside.

In Tune with the Music of Faith

Quentin L. Cook · April 2012 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1)

The great introductory vision in the Book of Mormon is Lehi’s prophetic dream of the tree of life.

Dare to Stand Alone

Thomas S. Monson · October 2011 · Priesthood Session

Open paragraph (1 Nephi 8)

In Lehi’s vision of the tree of life, found in 1 Nephi 8, Lehi sees, among others, those who hold to the iron rod until they come forth and partake of the fruit of the tree of life, which we know is a representation of the love of God.

Coming unto Christ by Searching the Scriptures

Merrill J. Bateman · October 1992 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 8)

Lehi’s great visionary dream came soon after he had searched the brass plates (see 1 Ne.

“Lovest Thou Me?”

Steven C. Barlow · October 2025 · Saturday Evening Session

Open paragraph (3)

God’s love is perfect, infinite, enduring, and “most sweet.” It fills the soul with “exceedingly great joy.” Nevertheless, at times we may find it difficult to recognize God’s love in our lives.

The Book of Mormon—an Immeasurable Treasure on Our Journey

Ozani Farias · October 2025 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1 Nephi 8:12)

Just as Lehi desired to share the fruit of the tree of life with his family (see 1 Nephi 8:12), when we gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon, we develop a desire to share the joy that comes from knowing the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The Love of God

Benjamin M. Z. Tai · April 2025 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (2)

When we experience the love of God, we can bear up our burdens with ease and submit patiently and cheerfully to His will.

“Abide in Me, and I in You; Therefore Walk with Me”

David A. Bednar · April 2023 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1)

What was the symbolism of the tree in Lehi’s vision?

The Joy of the Saints

D. Todd Christofferson · October 2019 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (2)

Keeping the Lord’s commandments enables us more fully and more easily to feel His love.

Believe, Love, Do

Dieter F. Uchtdorf · October 2018 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (2)

The healing hands of Jesus Christ reach out to all who seek Him.

Standing with the Leaders of the Church

Ronald A. Rasband · April 2016 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1)

As we press forward, choosing to follow the counsel and the warnings of our leaders, we choose to follow the Lord while the world is going in another direction.

Come and See

David A. Bednar · October 2014 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1 Nephi 8:12, 15)

This same pattern is especially evident in matters of great spiritual importance and consequence.

In Tune with the Music of Faith

Quentin L. Cook · April 2012 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1)

Finally, there are those who are in tune with the music of faith.

Never Leave Him

Neil L. Andersen · October 2010 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (2)

Nephi described the tree as “the love of God,” bearing fruit that “filled [the] soul with exceedingly great joy.”

The Gospel of Jesus Christ

L. Tom Perry · April 2008 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1 Nephi 8:12)

I love the gospel of Jesus Christ, for it defines the way we can partake of the fruits of the gospel, experience the “exceedingly great joy” (1 Nephi 8:12) that only it can bring, and endure to the end through all of the challenges of mortal life.

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 8:12)

For example, I read that the prophet Lehi partook of the fruit of the tree of life and said, “Wherefore, I began to be desirous that my family should partake of it also; for I knew that it was desirable above all other fruit” (1 Nephi 8:12).

Rejoice, Daughters of Zion

Mary Ellen Smoot · October 1999 · General Relief Society Meeting

Open paragraph (1 Nephi 8:12)

“And as I partook of the fruit it filled my soul with joy; wherefore, I began to be desirous that my family should partake of it also; for I knew that it was desirable above all other

Worthy Fathers, Worthy Sons

Ezra Taft Benson · October 1985 · Priesthood Session

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 8:12)

Lehi, Nephi’s father, lived an exemplary life.

“Born of Goodly Parents”

L. Tom Perry · April 1985 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1 Ne. 8:12)

Nephi was taught in the ways of the gospel by his father, Lehi.