Contents November 2024

Volume 48 • Number 11

• Saturday Morning Session

  • Sustaining of General Authorities, Area Seventies, and General Officers

    President Henry B. Eyring

    3

  • The Triumph of Hope

    Elder Neil L. Andersen

    4

  • Live Up to Your Privileges

    President Emily Belle Freeman

    7

  • God’s Favourite

    Elder Karl. D. Hirst

    11

  • “This Is My Gospel”—“This Is My Church”

    Elder Dale G. Renlund

    14

  • Trusting Our Father

    Elder David P. Homer

    18

  • God Loves All His Children

    Elder Gregorio E. Casillas

    21

  • Following Christ

    President Dallin H. Oaks

    23

• Saturday Afternoon Session

  • Burying Our Weapons of Rebellion

    Elder D. Todd Christofferson

    27

  • Bonded to Jesus Christ: Becoming the Salt of the Earth

    Elder José A. Teixeira

    30

  • His Hand Ready to Help Us

    Elder Juan Pablo Villar

    33

  • Welcome to the Church of Joy

    Elder Patrick Kearon

    36

  • “Ye Are My Friends”

    Elder David L. Buckner

    39

  • Be Thou Clean

    Elder D. Martin Goury

    42

  • The Wind Did Never Cease to Blow

    Elder Aroldo B. Cavalcante

    45

  • Aligning Our Will with His

    Elder Ulisses Soares

    48

• Saturday Evening Session

  • Holiness to the Lord in Everyday Life

    Elder Gerrit W. Gong

    53

  • The Joy of Our Redemption

    Sister Kristin M. Yee

    57

  • The Man Who Communed with Jehovah

    Elder Kyle S. McKay

    61

  • General Authorities and General Officers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

    64

  • Embrace the Lord’s Gift of Repentance

    Elder Jorge M. Alvarado

    68

  • In the Space of Not Many Years

    Elder David A. Bednar

    72

• Sunday Morning Session

  • “I Am He”

    President Jeffrey R. Holland

    77

  • Seeking Answers to Spiritual Questions

    Sister Tracy Y. Browning

    80

  • Mortality Works!

    Elder Brook P. Hales

    83

  • Seek Him with All Your Heart

    Bishop L. Todd Budge

    86

  • Days Never to Be Forgotten

    Elder Gary E. Stevenson

    90

  • O Youth of the Noble Birthright

    Brother Bradley R. Wilcox

    93

  • Simple Is the Doctrine of Jesus Christ

    President Henry B. Eyring

    96

• Sunday Afternoon Session

  • Nourish the Roots, and the Branches Will Grow

    Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf

    101

  • The Words of Christ and the Holy Ghost Will Lead Us to the Truth

    Elder Takashi Wada

    105

  • “Behold I Am the Light Which Ye Shall Hold Up”

    Elder Ronald A. Rasband

    108

  • Sacred Scriptures—the Foundations of Faith

    Elder Quentin L. Cook

    111

  • Sons and Daughters of God

    Elder Rubén V. Alliaud

    115

  • Focus on Jesus Christ and His Gospel

    Elder I. Raymond Egbo

    118

  • The Lord Jesus Christ Will Come Again

    President Russell M. Nelson

    121

• News of the Church

  124

• Teaching, Learning, and Applying Messages from General Conference

  126

• Indexes

  128

The 194th Semiannual General Conference

Saturday Morning Session, October 5, 2024

Conducting: President Henry B. Eyring

Invocation: Elder J. Kimo Esplin

Benediction: Elder Isaac K. Morrison

Music by the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square; Mack Wilberg and Ryan Murphy, directors; Richard Elliott and Brian Mathias, organists: “Glory to God on High,” Hymns, no. 67; “Press Forward, Saints,” Hymns, no. 81, arr. Wilberg; “I Will Follow God’s Plan,” Children’s Songbook, 164, arr. Hofheins; “How Firm a Foundation,” Hymns, no. 85; “God’s Gracious Love,” Hymns—For Home and Church, no. 1013, arr. Murphy; “Teach Me to Walk in the Light,” Hymns, no. 304, arr. Wilberg.

Saturday Afternoon Session, October 5, 2024

Conducting: Elder Gerrit W. Gong

Invocation: Elder Ciro Schmeil

Benediction: President Susan H. Porter

Music by a children’s choir from northern Utah; Leslie Walker, director; Joseph Peeples and Linda Margetts, organists: “Holding Hands around the World,” Hymns—For Home and Church, no. 1011, arr. Cardon; “Gethsemane,” Hymns—For Home and Church, no. 1009, arr. Walker/Peeples; “Redeemer of Israel,” Hymns, no. 6; “When the Savior Comes Again,” Hymns—For Home and Church, no. 1002, arr. Johnson.

Saturday Evening Session, October 5, 2024

Conducting: Elder Ronald A. Rasband

Invocation: Elder Denelson Silva

Benediction: Elder Robert M. Daines

Music by a missionary choir serving in the Utah area; Cory Mendenhall and Chemain Evans, directors; Linda Margetts and Joseph Peeples, organists: “We’ll Bring the World His Truth,” Children’s Songbook, 172, arr. McDavitt; “I Will Walk with Jesus,” Hymns—For Home and Church, no. 1004, arr. Evans; “The Iron Rod,” Hymns, no. 274, arr. Staheli; “Come, Lord Jesus,” Hymns—For Home and Church, no. 1018, arr. McDavitt.

Sunday Morning Session, October 6, 2024

Conducting: President Dallin H. Oaks

Invocation: Elder Jonathan S. Schmitt

Benediction: Brother Chad H Webb

Music by the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square; Mack Wilberg, director; Andrew Unsworth and Richard Elliott, organists: “Rejoice, the Lord Is King!,” Hymns, no. 66; “On This Day of Joy and Gladness,” Hymns, no. 64, arr. Wilberg; “I Know That My Redeemer Lives,” Hymns, no. 136, arr. Wilberg; “Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah,” Hymns, no. 83; “My Shepherd Will Supply My Need,” Hymns—For Home and Church, no. 1014, arr. Wilberg; “The Spirit of God,” Hymns, no. 2, arr. Wilberg.

Sunday Afternoon Session, October 6, 2024

Conducting: Elder D. Todd Christofferson

Invocation: Elder Ahmad S. Corbitt

Benediction: Sister Tamara W. Runia

Music by the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square; Mack Wilberg and Ryan Murphy, directors; Brian Matthias and Andrew Unsworth, organists: “Praise the Lord with Heart and Voice,” Hymns, no. 73, arr. Murphy; “Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee,” Hymns, no. 141, arr. Wilberg; “We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet,” Hymns, no. 19; “Think a Sacred Song,” Hymns—For Home and Church, no. 1006, arr. Wilberg; “And the Glory of the Lord,” Handel.

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On the Cover

Front: And a Child Shall Lead Them, by Michael Malm, may not be copied

Back: Photograph by Cody Bell

Conference Photography

Photographs in Salt Lake City were taken by Cody Bell, Leslie Nilsson, Cristy Powell, Aaron Roome Jr., Shaun Stahle, and Hunter Winterton. Additional photography by Luis E. Alvarez, Janae Bingham, Shirley Brito, Fernando Calderón, Clayton Chan, Ana Gabriela Morales Rodriguez de Ayau, Esli Dan Hernandez Gomez, Jonathan Gonzalez, Kristin Grunauer, Cinthia E. Herrera, Stefan Huysmans, Neil Kabiling, Ashlee Larsen, Bárbara Leite, Amelia Lyon, Daniel Martinez, Melanie Miza, Ebick Ngoma, Yvonne O’Riordan, Sayaka Okubo, Miguel Pachas, Alice Priya, Valisoa Rakotomanana, Nathan Reid, Helen Rose, Stéphane Sayeb, Nicolas Serey, Carolina Triana, Zhiyang Tsai, Ntebaleng Twala, and Masada Vuikadavu.

Any uncaptioned photographs were taken at the Conference Center or on Temple Square in Salt Lake City.