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Today’s Family: We Believe in Children
“As we look into the eyes of a child, we see a fellow son or daughter of God who stood with us in the premortal life,” said Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. “It is a crowning privilege of a husband and wife who are able to bear children to provide mortal bodies for these spirit children of God. We believe in families, and we believe in children.”
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‘Pray Always’
Warning that the world has moved far from spiritual things, President Thomas S. Monson spoke during one of his October 2011 general conference addresses on the importance of communicating with Heavenly Father through prayer. Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles also stressed the importance or daily, fervent supplication of and communication with Heavenly Father, in a general conference address he gave in 2007.
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Religion Enables Social Morality, Elder Christofferson Says
Religion has the “unique capacity” to encourage “a moral accountability that leads to self-control,” according to Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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Learn of the Savior, Saints in Madagascar and Malawi Are Told
“Of all the people on the earth, members of this Church should know more about Jesus Christ than anyone else,” Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles told Latter-day Saints in Madagascar and Malawi as he fulfilled an assignment to meet with members, missionaries, and leaders.
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Preserve Deductions, Elder Oaks Says
“We are grateful for charitable deductions, which encourage donations to churches and other charities,” Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles testified during a government hearing in Washington, D.C.
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Correction Can Create Opportunities for Growth
“Humility is a willingness to receive correction and counsel,” Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said at a leadership training for Church employees. “If we are humble, if we can cultivate that attitude in ourselves, then we will be in a better position to receive correction. And if we can encourage humility in those we work with, they’ll be in a better position to absorb that kind of correction.”
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Purpose of Temples Is Exaltation, Elder Oaks Says
“As one born and raised in Utah County, and as one with many ties to Payson and adjoining cities . . . I was thrilled with President Monson’s announcement of this Payson Temple,” Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said. “The decision to build a temple in this place and the decision to name it the Payson [Utah] Temple were his decisions, and I know we all rejoice in these decisions of the Lord’s prophet.”
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Choose Good over Evil, Elder Andersen Counsels Saints in Peru and Bolivia
Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve visits the saints of Peru and Bolivia, instructing them on tithing, testimony and to choose good over evil.
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Elder Oaks Gives Apostolic Counsel to Saints in Peru
Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve visits the members in Peru to give apostolic counsel on scripture study, marriage, and testimony.
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Chaplains Are Watched Over, President Packer Says
President Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles addressed military chaplains during the annual Military Chaplains Seminar held in the Church Office Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, following October general conference.
