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  1. All Who Have Endured Valiantly

    David A. Bednar April 2026 Saturday Morning Session

    Open paragraph (9)

    As we strive to put off the natural man and become Saints through the Savior’s Atonement, we are to “come unto [Him],” be “born again,” bind ourselves to the Father and the Son through sacred covenants and ordinances, pledge our willingness to take upon us the Savior’s name, “receive a fulness of the Holy Ghost,” experience a “mighty change [of] heart,” and serve the Lord with all our “heart, might, mind and strength.” We are to become new creatures in Christ.

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  2. Jesus Christ—the True Vine

    Ulisses Soares April 2026 Saturday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (3)

    Abiding in Christ does not remove the burdens of life, but through His grace they are made lighter, and our hearts are strengthened by the comfort and peace He promises.

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  3. Jesus Christ and Your New Beginning

    Patrick Kearon October 2025 Saturday Evening Session

    Open paragraph (1)

    With commitment and rejoicing in a new life in Christ, we can become “a new creature,” where old things pass away and all things become new.

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

    David A. Bednar April 2023 Sunday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (2)

    My beloved brothers and sisters, is the Word in us?

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  5. But We Heeded Them Not

    David A. Bednar April 2022 Saturday Morning Session

    Open paragraph (1)

    Let me suggest that holding fast to the word of God entails (1) remembering, honoring, and strengthening the personal connection we have with the Savior and His Father through the covenants and ordinances of the restored gospel and (2) prayerfully, earnestly, and consistently using the holy scriptures and the teachings of living prophets and apostles as sure sources of revealed truth.

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  6. “Then Will I Make Weak Things Become Strong”

    Kevin S. Hamilton April 2022 Saturday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (1)

    Our greatest weaknesses can become our greatest strengths.

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  7. Deepening Our Conversion to Jesus Christ

    Arnulfo Valenzuela October 2021 Saturday Evening Session

    Open paragraph (2 Corinthians 5:17)

    I invite you to have a permanent plan to study the scriptures.

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  8. Worthiness Is Not Flawlessness

    Bradley R. Wilcox October 2021 Saturday Evening Session

    Open paragraph (4)

    Some mistakenly receive the message that repentance and change are unnecessary.

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  9. Giving Holiness to the Lord

    L. Todd Budge October 2021 Sunday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (6)

    The Lord said, “I desired [charity], and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.” The Lord wants us to become holy, to be possessed of charity, and to come to know Him.

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  10. God among Us

    Dieter F. Uchtdorf April 2021 Saturday Morning Session

    Open paragraph (2)

    The Savior’s infinite Atonement completely changes the way we may view our transgressions and imperfections.

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  11. The Power of the Book of Mormon in Conversion

    Benjamin M. Z. Tai April 2020 Saturday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (4)

    Dear friends, the Book of Mormon is the word of God, and we will draw nearer to Him if we study it.

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  12. How Can I Understand?

    Ulisses Soares April 2019 Saturday Morning Session

    Open paragraph (1)

    Our purpose as we seek to learn and to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ must be to increase faith in God and in His divine plan of happiness and in Jesus Christ and His atoning sacrifice and to achieve lasting conversion.

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  13. Build a Fortress of Spirituality and Protection

    Ronald A. Rasband April 2019 Sunday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (2)

    So it is with us.

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  14. Deep and Lasting Conversion to Heavenly Father and the Lord Jesus Christ

    Quentin L. Cook October 2018 Saturday Morning Session

    Open paragraph (1)

    The goal of these adjustments is to obtain a deep and lasting conversion of adults and the rising generation.

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  15. Gather Together in One All Things in Christ

    David A. Bednar October 2018 Saturday Morning Session

    Open paragraph (3)

    The first and natural consequence of trusting in the Savior is repenting and turning away from evil.

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  16. Believe, Love, Do

    Dieter F. Uchtdorf October 2018 Saturday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (1)

    Come, help us build and strengthen a culture of healing, kindness, and mercy toward all of God’s children.

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  17. Exceeding Great and Precious Promises

    David A. Bednar October 2017 Sunday Morning Session

    Open paragraph (3)

    “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become
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  18. Always Retain a Remission of Your Sins

    David A. Bednar April 2016 Saturday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (4)

    In mortality we experience physical birth and the opportunity for spiritual rebirth.

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  19. Truly Good and without Guile

    Michael T. Ringwood April 2015 Saturday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (2 Corinthians 5:17)

    Some may say, “But I have so far to go to become like those you describe.” The good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ is that the desires of our hearts can be transformed and our motives can be educated and refined.

    Alludes to High confidence
  20. Wilt Thou Be Made Whole?

    Timothy J. Dyches October 2013 Saturday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (2 Corinthians 5:17)

    “Come, follow me” (Luke 18:22) invites us to leave behind the old life and worldly desires and become a new creature for whom “old things are passed away [and] all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17), even with a new, faithful heart.

    Alludes to High confidence
  21. One Step Closer to the Savior

    Russell T. Osguthorpe October 2012 Sunday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (3)

    Conversion is the goal of all gospel learning and teaching.

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  22. Converted unto the Lord

    David A. Bednar October 2012 Sunday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (2 Corinthians 5:17)

    Conversion is an enlarging, a deepening, and a broadening of the undergirding base of testimony.

    Alludes to High confidence
  23. Born Again

    D. Todd Christofferson April 2008 Sunday Morning Session

    Open paragraph (2 Corinthians 5:17)

    It was Jesus who stated that entry into the kingdom of God requires that one be born again—born of water and of the Spirit (see John 3:3–5).

    Alludes to High confidence
  24. Ye Must Be Born Again

    David A. Bednar April 2007 Saturday Morning Session

    Open paragraph (2 Corinthians 5:17)

    We are instructed to “come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny [ourselves] of all ungodliness” (Moroni 10:32), to become “new creature[s]” in Christ (see 2 Corinthians 5:17), to put off “the natural man” (Mosiah 3:19), and to experience “a mighty change in us, or in our hearts, that we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually” (Mosiah 5:2).

    Alludes to High confidence
  25. Care for the Life of the Soul

    Neal A. Maxwell April 2003 Sunday Morning Session

    Open paragraph (2 Corinthians 5:17)

    When pondering “the life of the soul,” it helps to strive for our own full conversion whereas the gospel seed first falls on “good ground”—which is defined by Jesus as those with an “honest and good heart” (Luke 8:15).

    Alludes to High confidence
  26. A More Excellent Way

    Robert E. Sackley October 1988 Saturday Afternoon Session

    Open paragraph (2 Cor. 5:17)

    “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become
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