WEBVTT 00:00:04.740 --> 00:00:07.260 Paisley: Music. Hi everybody. Paisley, imperfect. Here today, 00:00:07.260 --> 00:00:12.300 we're going to talk about President Nelson after last 00:00:12.300 --> 00:00:15.660 year's October conference. I remember thinking that President 00:00:15.660 --> 00:00:18.420 Nelson has given us a lot of really good I call them one 00:00:18.420 --> 00:00:26.420 liners. Think celestial be a peacemaker, hear him things like 00:00:26.420 --> 00:00:30.980 that. And I was sitting in sacrament meeting one day, and 00:00:30.980 --> 00:00:33.980 somebody said one, I think it was like a fast and testimony 00:00:33.980 --> 00:00:36.140 meeting or something, and somebody said one of his one 00:00:36.140 --> 00:00:40.100 liners. And I was like, you know, President Nelson has given 00:00:40.100 --> 00:00:43.180 us a lot of these little nuggets. I wonder what they are. 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:48.460 I can only, I could only think of those three. And so I 00:00:48.940 --> 00:00:50.980 happened to have a notebook with me, and I pulled out my 00:00:50.980 --> 00:00:54.400 notebook, and I pulled out my phone and a pen, and I started, 00:00:54.760 --> 00:00:57.520 I actually started going backwards. And I went to october 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:01.740 2023 so this was before this last April. I went back to 00:01:01.740 --> 00:01:05.220 october 2023, and I just started writing down just the names of 00:01:05.220 --> 00:01:10.920 his talks. Think celestial peacemakers needed overcome the 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:14.580 world. So I just, I started writing down these names to his 00:01:14.580 --> 00:01:18.300 talks. And I wrote them all down going all the way back to April 00:01:18.300 --> 00:01:23.720 of 2020, in my notebook. And then sacrament meeting was over 00:01:23.720 --> 00:01:28.820 and I had to go teach or something I don't remember, but 00:01:28.880 --> 00:01:33.320 the next Sunday, it came up in my mind again. And so I pulled 00:01:33.320 --> 00:01:39.500 my book back out, and I started from the first one, from April 00:01:39.500 --> 00:01:43.780 of 2020, I started and started moving forward. And so April of 00:01:43.780 --> 00:01:48.280 2021, of the the first talk that he gave was called opening the 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:52.240 heavens for help. And I'll get to that here in just a second. 00:01:53.740 --> 00:02:00.520 But I I started writing down like I wrote down the name of 00:02:00.520 --> 00:02:02.940 the name of the talk, and then I started writing down what some 00:02:02.940 --> 00:02:07.020 of the major points of the talks were, because I wanted to try 00:02:07.020 --> 00:02:10.020 and find all those one liners. I thought it would be fun to do 00:02:10.020 --> 00:02:14.820 some like word art or something for my house. So I started 00:02:15.300 --> 00:02:20.100 looking these things up. And it took a while, and then I 00:02:20.760 --> 00:02:24.200 realized that handwriting, it was taking me forever, and I can 00:02:24.200 --> 00:02:27.980 type way better than I can I can type way faster than I can 00:02:27.980 --> 00:02:31.520 write. So I created this Word doc, and I went all the way back 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:35.480 to when President Nelson was actually called and set apart as 00:02:35.480 --> 00:02:39.440 the Prophet. And he was called and set apart in January of 00:02:39.500 --> 00:02:47.260 2018, and so I started with the April conference of 2018 and at 00:02:47.260 --> 00:02:52.600 the time, in April of 2018 I was pregnant with my twins and 00:02:52.780 --> 00:02:57.760 experiencing some pretty serious pregnancy brain so the only 00:02:57.760 --> 00:03:02.160 thing that I really remember about that was the change in 00:03:02.160 --> 00:03:05.040 ministering. And then I did actually remember this quote 00:03:05.040 --> 00:03:09.540 right here. This one says, Oops, in coming days, it will not be 00:03:09.540 --> 00:03:12.600 possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing, 00:03:12.600 --> 00:03:16.200 comforting and constant influence of the Holy Ghost. I 00:03:16.200 --> 00:03:21.080 remembered that vaguely how I remembered it was we cannot 00:03:21.080 --> 00:03:23.780 survive without the Holy Ghost. That's what stuck in my brain, 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:29.120 that and how excited I was that visiting teaching switched over 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:31.520 to ministering. I think I've mentioned that before, that 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:35.660 visiting teaching just was not my jam. But as soon as that 00:03:35.660 --> 00:03:37.880 minute, as soon as I got switched over to ministering, I 00:03:37.880 --> 00:03:40.660 was like, this is fantastic. I just have to be somebody's 00:03:40.660 --> 00:03:44.980 friend. I can do that. That's so much easier than trying to prep 00:03:44.980 --> 00:03:48.100 a message and take a treat and or a handout or whatever. That's 00:03:48.100 --> 00:03:52.660 just not my not my style, anyway. So in April of 2018, 00:03:52.900 --> 00:03:55.600 what stuck out to me was, we cannot survive without the Holy 00:03:55.600 --> 00:03:59.920 Ghost. In coming days, it will not be possible. So for me, I 00:03:59.920 --> 00:04:03.840 was like, Ooh, I have a two year an almost two year old, and I'm 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:06.840 pregnant with twins, and I'm not going to be able to survive 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:10.260 spiritually without the Holy Ghost. I need to start working 00:04:10.260 --> 00:04:14.640 on that and make sure that I know. I know what he sounds 00:04:14.640 --> 00:04:19.620 like. I know what it feels like for myself. Then in October of 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:28.820 2018, a he that's when he kind of launched this home centered 00:04:28.820 --> 00:04:33.740 church supported kind of curriculum, if you will. And 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:37.880 what stood out to me was home centered church supported. 00:04:38.060 --> 00:04:41.560 That's not exactly how it was stated. Also, I should mention 00:04:41.620 --> 00:04:45.040 the way that this word doc is set up is so that the title of 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:49.540 the talk is on the left side, in the left column, and then on the 00:04:49.540 --> 00:04:57.340 church's website they have, sorry, I'm trying to pull it up 00:04:57.340 --> 00:05:01.500 really quick on the church's website when they. Have a talk 00:05:03.180 --> 00:05:07.800 up here at the very top. They have a little blurb that kind of 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:12.120 summarizes what the talk is about. And so when I did this 00:05:12.180 --> 00:05:15.660 Word doc, I took the name of the talk and that little blurb and 00:05:15.660 --> 00:05:22.160 put those here in this table in October of 2018 so the way that 00:05:22.160 --> 00:05:24.800 it was said, the way it stood out to me, right, was home 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:27.380 centered church supported, but the way that it was actually 00:05:27.380 --> 00:05:32.840 worded, it is time for a home centered church supported by 00:05:32.840 --> 00:05:36.860 what takes place in our branch, Ward and stake buildings in my 00:05:36.860 --> 00:05:40.160 brain, in my brain, tomato, tomato. But that may be a 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:42.880 significant difference to somebody else. So I want to make 00:05:42.880 --> 00:05:46.120 sure I point that out it is time for a home centered church 00:05:46.840 --> 00:05:50.320 supported by what happens in our branches, wards and state 00:05:50.320 --> 00:05:55.180 buildings. And I remember thinking, so this is October of 00:05:55.180 --> 00:06:02.160 2018 again, I had an almost two year old. My twins were born 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:05.940 about six weeks after this, and so for me, it was kind of like 00:06:05.940 --> 00:06:12.480 hole, okay, this all just fell on my shoulders. Sure, yeah, 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:15.240 they're gonna learn things at church, but they're gonna be 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:18.900 songs. They're gonna learn the songs at church. I have to teach 00:06:18.900 --> 00:06:24.800 them the stories. I have to teach them the scriptures. I 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:27.860 have to teach them the gospel. So I need to know it. I need to 00:06:27.860 --> 00:06:32.240 be prepared. Then he also talks about the sisters participation 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:35.300 in the gathering of Israel, the correct name of the church, and 00:06:35.300 --> 00:06:38.780 becoming exemplary Latter Day Saints. If you put those things 00:06:38.780 --> 00:06:43.780 together, we need the Holy Ghost so that we can teach the gospel 00:06:43.780 --> 00:06:47.860 appropriately, correctly in our homes to our children and 00:06:47.860 --> 00:06:52.300 participate in the gathering of Israel under the name of Jesus 00:06:52.300 --> 00:06:59.320 Christ. We are doing this in the name of Jesus Christ, and as we 00:06:59.320 --> 00:07:03.360 take upon ourselves the name of Jesus Christ. We have to be come 00:07:03.840 --> 00:07:08.280 exemplary Latter Day Saints. All right, so let's move to April of 00:07:08.340 --> 00:07:14.160 2019 april 2019 he said, What stood out to me was, come follow 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:18.060 me. We can do better and be better. Was part of the 00:07:18.060 --> 00:07:23.240 priesthood session. I think I watched that with my husband. We 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:29.240 can do better. We can be better by following Jesus Christ. And 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:32.300 then October of 2019, what stood out to me was spiritual 00:07:32.300 --> 00:07:35.360 treasures. But this is also the time that was part of the 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:38.480 women's session. Maybe that's why it stood out to me. But this 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:45.040 was also when they changed the policy. It's important to note, 00:07:45.100 --> 00:07:49.300 it's a policy change, not a doctrine change. They change the 00:07:49.300 --> 00:07:56.500 policy to allow for anyone who has a current temple recommend 00:07:56.500 --> 00:08:05.160 to witness proxy baptisms and or living and proxy temple 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:09.240 ceilings, and then any baptized member of the church can be a 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:12.420 witness for a live baptism, which was super cool. That's 00:08:12.420 --> 00:08:16.080 probably what stuck out to most people. But as I'm pulling all 00:08:16.080 --> 00:08:20.600 of this information together in my brain with brand new babies 00:08:20.660 --> 00:08:24.740 at this time, my twins are almost a year old. By October of 00:08:24.740 --> 00:08:29.300 2019, I am thinking, okay, spiritual treasures. So I gotta 00:08:29.300 --> 00:08:31.820 have the Holy Ghost because I gotta teach the gospel in my 00:08:31.820 --> 00:08:34.640 home. At this time, I still hadn't figured out how to do the 00:08:34.640 --> 00:08:37.760 whole Come follow me thing, and my twins weren't even one like 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:41.920 which means I had three under three. So I was still trying to 00:08:41.920 --> 00:08:46.000 figure out. I was still trying to figure out how I was going to 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:49.180 get through Come follow me by myself, let alone teach my kids. 00:08:50.380 --> 00:08:54.220 So the spiritual treasures was what stuck out to me, his 00:08:54.220 --> 00:08:58.300 priesthood power and my ability to draw upon that as a spiritual 00:08:58.300 --> 00:09:03.240 treasure, my ability I don't have to depend on my husband for 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:06.660 it, my ability to draw on that spiritual power, that spiritual 00:09:06.660 --> 00:09:09.960 treasure. And then he talks about our how our greatest joy 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:12.900 comes as we help our brothers and sisters, which seems like a 00:09:12.900 --> 00:09:16.380 natural progression. As we listen to the Holy Ghost. We 00:09:16.380 --> 00:09:20.300 follow Jesus Christ. We want to become more like Him. We start 00:09:20.300 --> 00:09:23.840 doing things for other people, start serving others. In april 00:09:23.840 --> 00:09:30.260 2020. Was the hear him talk. And I feel like it was said like 100 00:09:30.680 --> 00:09:33.620 times in that particular conference, not just by 00:09:33.620 --> 00:09:36.200 President Nelson, either. I feel like that was almost like this 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:40.540 rollout of hear him okay. Now you've been working for the last 00:09:40.540 --> 00:09:44.260 year and a half, two years, two years, you've been working on 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:48.820 being able to feel the Holy Ghost, being able to receive 00:09:48.820 --> 00:09:55.060 your own personal revelation. Now allow yourself to hear Jesus 00:09:55.060 --> 00:09:58.660 Christ Himself in that personal revelation that you're receiving 00:09:58.660 --> 00:10:04.020 through the Holy Ghost. Uh, in October 00:10:04.020 --> 00:10:09.660 of 2020. Was when he said, let God prevail. So when we, when 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:12.480 you put all of that other stuff that we were just talking about, 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:15.780 feeling the Holy Ghost, understanding the Holy Ghost, 00:10:15.780 --> 00:10:21.260 rather teaching our families home centered church, church 00:10:21.260 --> 00:10:24.200 church supported. When you start pulling all those things 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:28.520 together that can it can add pressure, if you let it. And now 00:10:28.520 --> 00:10:32.540 President Nelson is saying, let God prevail. It's okay. Also, we 00:10:32.540 --> 00:10:37.100 were coming out of a pandemic ish around this time, and so he 00:10:37.100 --> 00:10:41.020 was more it was more specific to that, like, everything is going 00:10:41.020 --> 00:10:46.420 to be okay. Let God prevail in your life. It's going to be 00:10:46.420 --> 00:10:51.220 fine. And the blurb for that particular talk, are you willing 00:10:51.220 --> 00:10:55.600 to let God prevail in your life? It's this one right here. Are 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:58.600 you willing to let God be the most important influence in your 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:04.200 life? And then later on in that same conference, he talks about 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:08.460 the new normal. Was another one of and I that kind of stuck out 00:11:08.460 --> 00:11:11.280 to me too, as is one of his one liners. But I was trying to kind 00:11:11.280 --> 00:11:17.700 of keep that one out because but he says, I invite you to turn 00:11:17.700 --> 00:11:20.420 your heart, mind and soul increasingly to our Heavenly 00:11:20.420 --> 00:11:23.540 Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. Let God prevail in your 00:11:23.540 --> 00:11:29.000 life. And then April 2021, is almost a little bit of a 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:34.100 reminder. Live life prayerfully. Don't forget to say your 00:11:34.100 --> 00:11:37.040 prayers. So you're learning how to you're learning how to feel 00:11:37.040 --> 00:11:39.860 the Holy Ghost. You're learning how to teach the gospel in your 00:11:39.860 --> 00:11:45.040 home. Don't forget to say your prayers. Live life prayerfully. 00:11:45.400 --> 00:11:49.180 What we are learning, we'll never forget. Christ is risen. 00:11:49.180 --> 00:11:51.760 Faith in Him will move mountains. Keep your temple 00:11:51.760 --> 00:11:55.840 covenants. Those things all for me was live life prayerfully. 00:11:56.980 --> 00:12:00.180 And then in October of that same year, he talks about making time 00:12:00.180 --> 00:12:03.540 for the Lord. So you're you're praying, you're teaching, you're 00:12:03.540 --> 00:12:08.040 doing all these things make sure that you're making time for him, 00:12:08.520 --> 00:12:12.300 or maybe he's just reminding us, Hey, you got to come back. You 00:12:12.300 --> 00:12:15.060 guys did really, really good for a long time when we first 00:12:15.060 --> 00:12:18.420 launched. Come follow me. It's been a little while now, come 00:12:18.420 --> 00:12:23.420 on. Let's come back. Make time for the Lord. Also, though I 00:12:23.420 --> 00:12:28.040 feel like he really started pushing temples a little bit 00:12:28.040 --> 00:12:33.140 before this. But this one, and he's been talking about the, 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:40.100 he's been talking about the, oh my goodness, the covenant path. 00:12:40.700 --> 00:12:43.360 See, there's another one liner. He's been talking about that 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:48.820 since the very beginning of his of his current calling as 00:12:48.820 --> 00:12:53.380 Prophet. He's been talking about it since January of 2018, keep 00:12:53.380 --> 00:12:59.140 on the covenant path. So reminding us, take it, make time 00:12:59.140 --> 00:13:04.140 for the Lord, go to the temple. And then in April of 2022, gain 00:13:04.140 --> 00:13:07.320 your spiritual momentum, and so and every time I think that, I 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:11.340 think of a rock rolling down a hill and just getting bigger and 00:13:11.340 --> 00:13:14.520 bigger and bigger, I guess a snowball is probably more 00:13:14.520 --> 00:13:19.200 appropriate. But for me, it's this giant stone, giant round, 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:23.660 like Indiana, Indiana Jones kind of stone, and it's rolling down 00:13:23.660 --> 00:13:26.540 a hill, and it's just gaining momentum, and it's getting more 00:13:26.540 --> 00:13:29.960 and more powerful. And I don't know what the bottom of the hill 00:13:29.960 --> 00:13:32.360 looks like. That hasn't materialized in my brain yet, 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:38.840 but that momentum, that's what that's the that's the spiritual 00:13:38.840 --> 00:13:42.100 momentum that he's talking about is gaining and he gives us five 00:13:42.100 --> 00:13:44.860 specific actions, which I'm not going to get into right now, 00:13:44.860 --> 00:13:48.400 because we're we're only in 2022 and we need to get through April 00:13:48.400 --> 00:13:54.700 of 2024 in October of 22 God is the source of all truth. Gain 00:13:54.700 --> 00:14:00.360 your spiritual momentum. Are people looking outside? Are we 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:03.180 looking outside the doctrine? Are we looking to outside 00:14:03.180 --> 00:14:06.960 sources when we should be looking at inside sources? God 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:10.140 is the source of all truth. We need to be mindful of the 00:14:10.140 --> 00:14:13.740 sources that we are using and make sure that they are 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:18.660 approved. But I don't mean church approved. I mean God 00:14:18.660 --> 00:14:24.440 approved, which is why you need the Holy Ghost, right? April 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:27.920 2023 choose peace. This is where you talked about peacemakers. 00:14:27.920 --> 00:14:30.920 Needed you have your agency to choose contention or 00:14:30.920 --> 00:14:34.400 reconciliation. I urge you to choose to be a peacemaker now 00:14:34.400 --> 00:14:38.120 and always that one is not always easy for me. And was a 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:42.340 good refresher to look at this. And then the last two for now, 00:14:42.520 --> 00:14:49.300 October of 2023 was think celestial. And April of 2024 was 00:14:49.300 --> 00:14:52.420 priesthood keys make all things possible. That's what stood out 00:14:52.420 --> 00:14:55.180 to me. The name of his talk was rejoice in the gift of 00:14:55.180 --> 00:14:59.380 priesthood keys. And then the little blurb, excuse me, on the 00:14:59.380 --> 00:15:02.340 talk said. Priesthood keys govern how the priesthood of God 00:15:02.400 --> 00:15:06.480 may be used to bring about the Lord's purposes and bless all 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:11.160 who accept the restored gospel. So the priesthood keys govern 00:15:11.160 --> 00:15:14.640 it. But if you don't have priesthood keys, it doesn't mean 00:15:14.640 --> 00:15:19.320 that you can't draw from the power of the priesthood. There 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:23.540 was a women's conference not too long ago, which we can jump into 00:15:23.540 --> 00:15:27.260 another time where he talked about priesthood and women 00:15:27.260 --> 00:15:30.020 specifically, and how we can call upon the power of the 00:15:30.020 --> 00:15:35.660 priesthood. Think celestial is one of my favorites. He gave 00:15:35.660 --> 00:15:39.320 that talk, sitting down, your choices will determine where you 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:43.300 will live throughout eternity, where you will live throughout 00:15:43.300 --> 00:15:47.320 eternity, the kind of body with which you will be resurrected, 00:15:47.980 --> 00:15:50.560 that phrase stuck out to me a little bit. I'm probably going 00:15:50.560 --> 00:15:53.800 to have to do a little bit more research on that. The kind of 00:15:53.800 --> 00:15:57.340 body with which you will be resurrected, and those with whom 00:15:57.340 --> 00:16:03.420 you will live forever. It all comes from the way that we 00:16:03.420 --> 00:16:09.180 think, how we think, what we think, where we think, anyway, 00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:14.400 okay, I have been talking now for a while. What is it? 16 00:16:14.400 --> 00:16:23.360 minutes? Oh, that's not too bad. But I, I just, I see a lot of 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:26.060 people making comments about President Nelson and about how 00:16:26.060 --> 00:16:30.020 he's looking very old. He hurt his back. Everybody's praying 00:16:30.020 --> 00:16:34.400 that he'll make it to his 100th birthday party. And birthday 00:16:34.400 --> 00:16:37.040 party, I don't think he cares that much about a party, 00:16:37.640 --> 00:16:42.580 although, if I was 100 I'd be having a party if I make it to 00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:48.280 100 I'm having a party anyway. People are praying and hoping 00:16:48.280 --> 00:16:52.180 that he'll make it to his 100th birthday. Wouldn't that be cool? 00:16:52.540 --> 00:16:58.180 Also, I saw something today as I was scrolling about how his 00:16:58.180 --> 00:17:02.700 birthday card is like the set a Guinness Book of World Records 00:17:02.700 --> 00:17:07.440 for the number of submissions, for the number of submissions on 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:14.340 a greeting card, or something like that. So he but he's the 00:17:14.340 --> 00:17:18.120 perfect and Heavenly Father. Does this all the time. He's the 00:17:18.120 --> 00:17:22.220 perfect prophet for this time. He's the perfect prophet for us 00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:27.680 right now, a doctor to get us through covid, President 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:33.740 Hinckley to get us through the sense of humor in President 00:17:33.740 --> 00:17:37.160 Hinckley to get us through and just his like happiness, his 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:44.320 jolliness, to get us through some pretty dark times. Heavenly 00:17:44.320 --> 00:17:50.980 Father, he knows he knows. He knows. And all of these 00:17:50.980 --> 00:17:55.180 messages, if we just boil it down to we cannot survive 00:17:55.180 --> 00:17:59.020 without the Holy Ghost. Home centered, church supported. Come 00:17:59.080 --> 00:18:04.200 follow me. Spiritual treasures. Hear him. Let God prevail. Live 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:08.160 life. Prayerfully. Make time for the Lord. Gain your spiritual 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:12.540 momentum. God is the source of all truth. Choose peace. Think 00:18:12.540 --> 00:18:16.260 celestial and priesthood keys make all things possible. I'm, I 00:18:16.320 --> 00:18:19.260 don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to to hearing 00:18:19.260 --> 00:18:24.020 what he has to say in October or at his birthday celebration if 00:18:24.020 --> 00:18:28.940 he speaks at that. Thank you for hanging out with me. Thanks for 00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:32.240 going on this little bit of a journey with me as we just 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:38.420 explore some of President Nelson's talks. And I yeah, I 00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:42.160 appreciate your time, and I'll see you later. Thanks so much, 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:42.820 everybody. You.