(October 12) "General Conference - October 2025"

Sources

• Official summary of talks

Questions

• What themes were present in General Conference?
• What messages were personal to you?
• What will you do differently as a result of what you learned?

Quotes

1. “Faith in Jesus Christ is a gift, but receiving it is a conscious choice that requires a commitment of all our ‘might, mind and strength.’ It is a practice of every day, every hour,” he said. “It takes constant learning and determined commitment. Our faith, our loyalty to the Savior, becomes stronger as it is tested against the opposition we face here in mortality. It endures because we keep nourishing it, we keep actively applying it, and we never give up.” - Dieter F. Uchtorf

• If we stop practicing, we lose capability. If we don’t use our gifts for the betterment of ourselves and others, we may lose them.
• Let us recognize our talents so we can increase and magnify them. Pray to know of your gifts.
• Our Faith is our loyalty to our Savior
• Progress in God’s kingdom is slow but unrelenting.

2. “…it is in those moments of feeling the Spirit that we have evidence of the Savior’s Atonement working in our lives.” - Tracy Y. Browning

3. “Peacemaking is a Christlike attribute. Peacemakers are sometimes labeled naive or weak—from all sides. Yet, to be a peacemaker is not to be weak but to be strong in a way that the world may not understand. Peacemaking requires courage and compromise but does not require sacrifice of principle. Peacemaking is to lead with an open heart, not a closed mind. It is to approach one another with extended hands, not clenched fists. Peacemaking is not a new thing, hot off the press. It was taught by Jesus Christ Himself, both to those in the Bible and the Book of Mormon. Peacemaking has since been taught by modern-day prophets from the earliest days of the Restoration even to this day.” - Gary E. Stevenson

• We can be peace makers in spite of the contention in the world. This includes kindness even for those who are unkind to you.
• Ask yourself “will this build a bridge?” before posting online.
• Strive for a contention-free home.
• Those who are unkind who are treated with kindness can have their hearts changed. Those who mirror their behavior instead will not.

4. “The Savior taught that if our hearts are fully turned to Him, because of His atoning sacrifice, we can be blessed with the strength and spiritual gifts we need to overcome our mortal challenges, resist temptation, receive direction and understanding, and feel joy and peace in our lives” - Ronald M. Barcellos

• Where your treasure is, there is your heart also.
• Our treasures say a lot of our hearts.
• What is the quality of our hearts and thoughts?
• Serve God with all our heart.

5. “In addition to increasing the frequency and fervency of our prayers, studying the Book of Mormon daily and worshipping in the temple will help prepare our minds for revelation. As we strive to improve our communication with our Heavenly Father, He will bless us to feel more profoundly that we are His children.” “When we are confronted with the challenges of mortality, or when we feel like anyone is trying to label us by our weaknesses, we need to stand strong in the knowledge of who we truly are,” he said. “We must seek validation vertically, not horizontally, and as we do, we too can boldly proclaim, ‘I am a child of God.’” - Brik V. Eyre

• We can pray better. We need to improve our communication with Him.
• God’s Atonement works for you, not just others.

6. “Reconciliation brings not only relief from feelings of guilt, but also peace within ourselves and with others. It heals relationships, softens hearts and strengthens our discipleship, bringing increased confidence before God.” - Kelly R. Johnson

• We must guard against a weakened stem in our connection to Christ.
• Regular repentance, nothing is more liberating in our lives.
• We need regular peace to be unshaken.

7. “Everyone belongs to a family, whether you are a mother, father, daughter, son, grandchild, grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother, sister, or cousin. Most importantly, each of us are, as the [Family] Proclamation states, ‘a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents … [with] a divine nature and destiny,” - Ronald A. Rasband

• The Apostles and First Presidency in the ’90s saw gender and marriage degradation coming. Thus the Family Proclamation was created.
• The Family Proclamation is Doctrine.

8. For those who feel alone at Church, or like they don’t belong: “worry less, judge less, be less demanding of others — and, when needed, be less hard on ourselves… On the dusty roads to Jericho, each of us has been laughed at, embarrassed and hurt, perhaps scorned or abused. And, with varying degrees of intent, each of us has also disregarded, not seen or heard, perhaps deliberately hurt others,” he added. “It is precisely because we have been hurt and have hurt others that Jesus Christ brings us to His inn. In His Church and through His ordinances and covenants, we come to each other and to Jesus Christ. We love and are loved, serve and are served, forgive and are forgiven. Please remember, ‘earth has no sorrow that heav’n can’t heal’; earth burdens lighten — our Savior’s joy is real.” - Gerrit W. Gong.

• If we see someone new at church, or someone we haven’t spoken to before, we should can talk to them.
• Let’s not tolerate or accommodate, but instead welcome and love.

9. “As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, blessed with the companionship of a member of the Godhead, we can have the help of the perfect Tutor. The Holy Ghost knows all things, testifies of truth, and will “bring all things to [our] remembrance.” “The gospel is not a list of demands; it’s the good news that Jesus Christ overcame sin and death” - Chad H Webb

• True doctrine is simple and repeated often. We don’t speculate, we focus on truths we know. Truths are found in the scriptures.
• “We could warm our hands by the fire of his faith.”

10. “Our Savior’s arms are outstretched; His table is spread. Come worship the Son of God at His holy altars.” - Jeremy R. Jaggi

• God is the great connector, Satan is the great separator

11. “A testimony through the Holy Ghost can come in many ways,” he said. “Like a light bulb in a dark room, it can come on dramatically and suddenly. It can come like the sunrise gradually and over time. It can come like rays of light, intermittent exposure to pure intelligence. Whatever the way, what matters is that it comes through the Holy Ghost.” - Kevin G. Brown

• Please don’t ever stop pursuing a testimony. Never allow anyone to take that away. What greater witness can you have but from God?
• You have to “choose” to believe. Not just passively carry belief along, YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE.

12. “Applying the doctrine of Christ in a simplified and focused way will help us to find joy in our daily lives, give guidance in our callings, answer some of life’s most complex questions and provide strength to face our greatest challenges,” - Michael Cziesla

• Joy is not found in circumstance of our lives, but the focus of our lives.

13. “Healing and forgiveness are each found in their fulness in the atoning love of Jesus Christ,” and “If you have committed serious sins and are in the process of or have the desire to fully repent and feel the unspeakable joy of forgiveness, please know this miracle is awaiting you. The Savior continuously calls, ‘Come unto me.‘” - Neil L. Andersen

• What more can we do for those who have wronged us?
• Jesus can bear our hardships with us whether or not we inflicted them upon ourselves. He can pull us from our deepest of depression and infirmity of heart.

14. “New beginnings are for more than just our sins and mistakes. Through the goodness and grace of the Savior, we can have fresh starts that propel change in old mindsets, bad habits, grumpy dispositions, negative attitudes, feelings of powerlessness, and tendencies to blame others and avoid personal responsibility.” - Patrick Kearon

• New beginnings can happen every day, and every week. We don’t get just one shot at a new beginning. We can have as many as we need.
• Encouragement to start our new beginning right now, and that we’re never so far from Christ that we cannot come back and begin again with Him. There is no limit on how many times we can try.

15. “Only the Lord fully knows the actual level of difficulty with which each of us is running our race of life — the burdens, the challenges, and the obstacles we face that often cannot be seen by others,” and “Only the Savior can fully judge where you should be at this point, and He is compassionate and just.” - J. Anette Dennis

• Remember the story about the 100 year-old who broke five world records while finishing last in track races competitions.
• God is cheering us on even when we’re not in the lead of our own races. We just need to be on the track.

16. “We show our love for Heavenly Father when we serve, listen to, love, lift or minister to His children. That service may be as simple as truly seeing others, without judgment,” - Steven C. Barlow

• The more we focus on loving the Lord, the more we recognize the love he has for us.
• Affectionate obedience, choosing to stay again and again because we Love him. We have agency to choose to want to follow Him.

17. “To God, who created the universe and rules over all, this work (His work and glory) is very personal. And so it should be for us, as instruments in His hands in His amazing work of salvation and exaltation. Miracles in the lives of real people will result.” - William K. Jackson

• We are God’s under-shepherds.
• Everyone should be counted and accounted.
• Many people are missing from church. Do we know who they are?

18. “The impact in my life of the Book of Mormon is no less miraculous than was the application of spit and dirt placed on a blind man’s eyes. It has been, for me, a rod of safety for my soul, a transcendent and penetrating light of revelation, an illumination of the path I must walk when mists of darkness come, as surely they have and surely they will,” - Jeffrey R. Holland

• All Jesus needed to cure blindness was spit and dirt; a miracle was performed.
• God can perform miracles with whatever he has or decides.
• God does not penalize us for the time-period during which we were born.
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the only church on Earth that does work for those who were at a disadvantage in the time period they were born (i.e. those without access to the Gospel). We are how God blesses them regardless of their circumstances. All will be made right in the Millennium.
• If God can perform a miracle with spit and dirt, then God doesn’t need anything more for a translation of the Book of Mormon.

19. “He knows how to succor us because He has felt all the challenges that we will ever feel in mortality,” and “When we continue to have faith in Jesus Christ — even when things might feel impossible to us at the moment — we become spiritually stronger,” - Henry B. Eyring

• Moroni went through great sacrifice, while everyone he knew was dead, and yet persisted to complete and bury a record for people he’d never meet. All because of his faith.
• God not answering prayers the time or way we want is evidence that He loves us enough to refine and strengthen us.

20. “He is not just one of our priorities; it means rather that He is our one highest priority,” and “it is only by looking to God that individuals, families and even nations can flourish,” - D. Todd Christofferson

• Satan’s temptation to leave the church is slow like poison. Rationalization, comfort in a changing lifestyle, turning a blind eye to what’s right. It happens over time. Just as faith can grow, it can wither.

21. “Hannah reminds us that true spiritual strength is not expressed in impulsive reactions or haughty words, but in temperate, thoughtful attitudes aligned with the Lord’s wisdom,” - Ulisses Soares

• We must have greater earnest than ever to build the foundation of our faith.

22. “I promise you that once we know they are God’s anointed ones, our life will be easier in spite of our ongoing challenges, as we will obey their voice with trust, faith, and hope. To listen to and obey the voice of the prophet is crucial to holding on to every good thing until the Second Coming of our Savior.” - Andrea M. Spannaus

• Loss is an opportunities for many to test their faith, or gain their faith.

23. “Service has the power to open hearts to the gospel and allows all of us to give our whole soul to Christ. It changes our hearts to become more like Him, and, in the process, we lift others,” - James E. Evenson

• All are able to serve God, regardless of circumstances
• There should be no disappointment in any call to serve

24. “Ministering in the Savior’s way involves love without judgment, compassion, kindness, and patience.” - Peter M. Johnson

• We should not determine that anybody is unwilling to receive God’s love and His gospel. The woman at the well was the least likely candidate for conversion, but she was and converted many.
• Love can help one endure a trial of their faith.

25. “Moral agency is the divinely designed ‘power of independent action’ that empowers us as God’s children to become agents to act and not simply objects to be acted upon,” and “If our desires have been for righteousness and our works good — meaning we have exercised faith in Jesus Christ, made and kept covenants with God, and repented of our sins — then the judgment bar will be pleasing,” - David A. Bednar

• It’s important to do many things of our own free will. Going out of our way being self prompted, not just prompted by our leaders or God.
• God’s intent in His plans is for us to become agents.
• Judgement is not intended to be a fearful event, where we are alarmed or wait anxiously. Righteous fear is reverence and awe for God and His hand.
• God wants us to submit our will to Him, not out of fear but out of respect, humility, and reverence.
• The pleasing bar of God can indeed be “pleasing”.

26. “When we take upon ourselves the name of Jesus Christ, we link our name with His. We identify with Him. We gladly become known as Christians. We acknowledge the Savior and unapologetically stand up to be counted as His.” - Dale G. Renlund

• Do we adopt a Christlike ethos by wearing the name of Christ on our hearts?
• We should seek to be filled with His attributes.
• Charity is the foundation of a Godly character.

27. “Our identity isn’t defined by the world. But our discipleship is defined by the ordinances we receive, the covenants we keep, and the love we show to God and neighbor by simply doing good.” - B. Corey Cuvelier

28. “This awe-inspiring mercy comes in and through Jesus Christ. Because He knows and loves you perfectly … it is perfectly suited to you, designed to relieve your individual agonies and heal your particular pains.” - Matthew S. Holland

• There is no relief in escaping the strait and narrow.
• We can find joy because of Him no matter what we are experiencing, even with a Jonah-like catastrophe.

29. “They find joy despite their challenges. They have learned that our relationship with the Savior enables us to approach difficulties with smiling faces and grateful hearts.” - Carlos A. Godoy

• Jesus never complained from the poor He visited

30. “The simple secret for happy living is to just follow God’s recipe as detailed in the scriptures. I call it the ‘Good News Recipe.’ The answer is always Jesus Christ,” - John D. Amos

• The scriptures are God’s recipe for happy living.
• Read scriptures daily, pray to know how to apply them, repeat that daily.

31. “I invite you to feast upon the words of Christ, and they will open the door to revelation and show you what you need to do in the various circumstances of your life to draw closer to Him.” - Ozani Farias

32. Dallin H. Oaks

1. “The ordinances received [in temples] enable us to return as eternal families to the presence of our Heavenly Father,” and “The doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints centers on the family. We are a family Church.”

2. The family is “pivotal to God’s plan. … In fact, a purpose of the plan is to exalt the family.”

3. “Exaltation is a family affair, President Nelson has taught us. ‘Only through the saving ordinances of the gospel of Jesus Christ can families be exalted.‘”

4. “Urban living and modern transportation, organized entertainment, and high-speed communication have made it easy for youth to treat their homes as boardinghouses, where they sleep and take an occasional meal but where there is far less parental direction of their activities.”

5. “Parental influences have also been diluted by the way in which most current members of the Church earn a living. In times past, one of the great influences that unified families was the experience of struggling together in pursuit of a common goal—such as taming the wilderness or earning a living. The family was an organized and conducted unit of economic production. Today, most families are units of economic consumption, which do not require a high degree of family organization and cooperation.”

6. “As parental influences diminish, Latter-day Saints still have a God-given responsibility to teach their children to prepare for our family destiny in eternity”

7. “Many Church members have beloved family members who do not embrace gospel values and expectations. Such members need our love and patience.”

8. “Parents also have a duty to teach their children practical knowledge apart from gospel principles. Families unite when they do meaningful things together. Family gardens build family relationships. Happy family experiences strengthen family ties. Camping, sports activities, and other recreation are especially valuable to bond families.”