Don't Be A Victim - Your Relationship with God - General Conference Commentary 

I cling to my faith in Christ. Life's burdens are significant. I can't imagine not starting each day in prayer. I have experienced how consistent daily prayer unleashes the blessings of heaven... peace, prosperity, hope and strength. And, inspiration that come as good ideas that help me solve problems that I face each day

Thank you

purging is on!

I love it! Also, I do have my own favorite speakers! I agree with you on different speakers touching different people! Thank you for your time and service! Keep it rollin!!

I totally agree with what you said about favorite speakers. I enjoy them all, but I connect with some, more than others. Almost anyone who had the opportunity to listen to Neal A Maxwell, will understand.

Thank You, that is Sooooo Gooood!! I neeDed this today!!🙏

First time listener and I loved it. I won’t lie, I always use to pass your videos up. But I’ll start watching from now on. 👍🏽 ❤

Jacob: "Seek not to counsel the Lord but to take counsel from his hand." Most mortals: "When I agreed to serve you I thought it would be in an advisory position. "

Elders Christofferson and Bednar and President Oaks are my favorites. Elder Maxwell is my favorite who has passed on. The victim mentality also changes us from beings with agency to act upon other things into things to be acted upon thus reducing our agency as Satan would have it.

You make some excellent points -- particularly with regard to faith, and with our relationship with the Lord. I don't normally listen to Conference talks because of all the church and prophet worship, but this talk was exceptional. Elder Christofferson taught the Gospel, out of the scriptures, and the Spirit bore witness to it.

Great talk on true principles of the gospel from our Father in Heaven threw His son Jesus Christ !

A fighter must fight to win or to die, by En Palabras SUD

I like the way you talk sir.

To win or to die, then i am, by Chisper Sotalfei at Parse Your Sheet Togheter

Thank you so much for this pod cast. I really enjoy this community . Thank you for you service. And much love,peace and respect to the community as a whole.

Read Sister Reyes conference talk...looks like the "Church" is the membership. It is us. I think she has a point. Seriously read it and ponder that. Makes A LOT of sense.

I often watch your videos, but your comments today convinced to subscribe. I am so grateful when I find a church member who "gets it." Alma 7:23 And now I would that ye should be humble, and be submissive and gentle; easy to be entreated; full of patience and long-suffering; being temperate in all things; being diligent in keeping the commandments of God at all times; asking for whatsoever things ye stand in need, both spiritual and temporal; always returning thanks unto God for whatsoever things ye do receive.

As a nevermo, I'm always amazed by what I hear from the elders... and not in a good way.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and insight into adversity, I have come to see those times in my life as some of the most sacred times in my life.

We are aloud to have favorites! 100% Who speaks to me may not speak to you and vice versa... So grateful for all, but definitely know who my number one go to is!☀️😊✌️

I have never put church above God. Otherwise I will have left the church long time ago. Our faith in Jesus Christ needs to be tested in every aspect in our life in order to prove it to the intelligence that we are worthy to receive the blessings in heaven. Thanks again!

Oh what an amazing synopsis of Elder Christopherson's talk!! And I have felt such a kinship with good ol' Job!! I won't relate my life story only to say, If it could happen, it did". Trial upon trial. But alas, I still trust in the Lord and hang on to my baptismal, temple covenants. My fingers have made divets on the 'old ship Zions sides' and that iron rod is where I cling. No matter what and come what may, much to the chagrin of some people around me. This lesson you gave today will be relished and revisited often. God bless you! Any time you want to wade through a conference talk is great with me!

I have to echo what someone said in a comment below, i.e. while you have the Lord and you have His Church, it takes a certain spiritual maturity to navigate that. Most often nowadays I see members drifting away from the Church (including it's leaders, it's doctrines, it's priesthood authority, etc.) while still claiming to be faithful to the Lord. And that's simply an impossibility. And while there may be many reasons why people leave the Church (and by extension the Lord), there is one thing common to them all and without exception - lack of humility.

I decided that I didn’t want to go through anymore tests and trials without the Lord. This talk also spoke to me. Thank you for your insights and commentary. I also loved Elder Bednar’s Let Us All Press On talk. Elder Eyring’s talk touched my heart too. I always love conference. We are so blessed to be able to have conference at a push of a button. I grew up in California and remember not always being able to have access to conference until we could read the talks in the Ensign.

The church is there to support and perform the ordinances that we need to be a member of his church and as a member of his eternal family. Without the ordinances we can't receive exaltation. Mortality is the place to receive those ordinances. Many ancestors die without the ordinances and that is what proxy baptisms and temple ordinances are for. Our faith has to be rooted in the Savior and his Atonement. We will not always get what we wanted in this life. We must wait on the Lord and we will be blessed abundantly. We may want a lot of things in life but the Lord knows best what we need. He knows us!!! Thank you so much for addressing faith and other topics on your channel. I have experienced much and I trust him.

I’ve been asked to use this talk as the basis of a sacrament meeting talk next week. It’s going to be interesting but your analysis has given me some good things to think about. Thanks

Thank you for the time and effort you put into these videos Greg. I love you and I know many others do too. Keep up the good work.

Thank you 🙏 so much for all your diligent and inspiring efforts! May God bless you always!

Excelente. Gracias.

Thank you sir. You have pulled me back from being in a cynical and self rightous mood several times.

I have had the trial these past few days & it was heavy to bear - I came to the point - why Lord? - am I not endeavouring to put my life right before thee - but I did not turn to bitterness or anger towards the Lord - I thought & contemplated my circumstance - as I did so the Story of Job came to my mind & Joseph in Liberty jail - then this evening I see this podcast by you - the message is loud and clear to me from the still small voice - Trust in the Lord & have faith - all these things shall give you experience in your own mission for the Lord

This talk really helped me re focus, re commit , get back up, keep going and all sooner rather than later. I was in a funk and his words helped me get out

I like your opening remarks/tangent, how you delineate between a relationship or testimony of the church versus that with the Lord and Heavenly Father. Trust in the Lord.

This was a great message for me I left the church at the age of 30 because of policy

I saw him in person in Phoenix

Your best yet - and that's saying something.

Another great video of course. I will, however, push back just a little. I cringe just a tiny bit whenever a discussion of "The Church and the Gospel are not the same" comes up. Perhaps it is just my experience, but I have seen this concept abused over and over. From those who no longer sustain the 1st Pres. and Apostles (because of political differences), have their own version of the WoW, or don't wear clothing that they covenanted to wear, among others. In each of these cases, the people involved claimed to be fully committed members, but somehow have some type of "special dispensation" that puts them on a plane higher than the Church authority, because "the Church is not the Gospel". Anyways, keep these conference breakdowns coming! Loving them.

I really wish you would have put the link to the Conference talk in the description.

I think of the Lord's timing and I am amazed at how much in control of everything He is. I think of the prophecies in the Book of Mormon about the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and how it was over 2000 years that the Nephites were aware of President Smith. I also think of the Star of Bethlehem and how far in advance the Lord set things in motion so that on that night the star was there for the sign that was needed. I also understand that Father's time is always exactly the right time. We have been waiting for over 6,000 years for the events that are soon going to take place. I love my Father and I always do the best to not disrespect Him and make demands of Him. Everything I do has nothing to do with promised blessings because of the future that awaits me because of what my Saviour has done for me. The future lies before me and this life is temporary. When it is over, none of this is going to matter anymore but my relationship with my Father and my Saviour and the Holy Spirit will be worth more than anything I can imagine.

Thanks Greg! Maybe you’re sent to do what your ancestor did for Joseph but for our present day brethren. Many would tar and feather them for decisions made, many would metaphorically imprison them. Your commission might very well be to carry on your ancestors mission to help protect the prophets of God from the mobs of LDS brothers and sisters making them their skapegoats for the sin of worshipping the idol of leadership rather than the Lord our God ! You may have indeed found the meaning in your suffering!

Bednar is my guy

Yes, seek counsel from the Lord, lean not unto your own understanding, trust is God That is what seems to be lacking.. The ones with faith are told by their friends and or family to open their eyes, don't be afraid of searching out everything about the church's investements, what they give money to,, the Church is fallen, this really does sound like Jobs friends. The key is to trust God, even the timing of our scripture study is so good. To be reading about Abraham, the trials of the Israelites , imperfect Moses and trust in God and His promises. To learn about Gods covenants with us. I have become more trusting that God willAlway s keep his promises, always. He cannot lie, we. trust in Him and His goodness.

D. Todd Christofferson: David = Beloved Christofferson = Son of the bearer of the anointed one. Cristos = anointed one. Ferros = like a ferry or something that carries something to another location. David Christofferson = The Beloved Son who ferries in the Anointed One. His name is a Type of Elias!

Thank you , I feel I was led to this conversation. My son, his wife and 4 young children have stopped going to church over things you mention,.They now say the last Prophet was Joseph Smith and the Church is falling away. Also that the church is supporting evil enterprizes. I don't know what they are talking about. They think the church is falling away, not the people, the Church. Of course I'm devastated. Where are they getting these ideas?

to win a fighter must fight to die, by El libro de la Globalización

1:06 yawn at Elder Christofferson? IMPOSSIBLE!

Some feedback for the first 5 minutes of the video. *15 different apostles do give great variety and perspectives. Although, I would add that the Women leaders add a crucial perspective as well!! *You mentioned Staying in the Church allows men to continue to use priesthood power. I would add the women as well!! Priesthood authority in our callings and priesthood power through covenant keeping. Frequently watch and look forward to your videos. 🙂

This was so good. I am noticing a trend among family and friends...and several podcasters. It seemed to begin with the Prophet urging us to take the shots. I'm not saying if it was right or wrong... but people have decided to bypass the prophet completely. And therefore the church. It will happen. Direct connection to God with our covenant is a given. Relationship to God is something we have and we work on. The church organization is here to help us achieve those things. The prophet speaks for God. It's alarming when I see people counseling others to bypass those things...

Guilty as charged.....🙄 Elder Christofferson is a spiritual genius and my "favorite" as well 😁 “No one has the capacity to judge God. We are drops in that limitless ocean of mercy.” - Gandhi

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To your comment about the church is not God, that's correct. However many members have faith in Jesus Christ but are losing faith in the messengers. I've always said that I'll follow the Quorum of the Twelve and the Church as long as they continue to teach the doctrine. Remember that we are asked to raise our hands and sustain the leaders. If the leaders aren't sustainable then members will leave

Greg, have you ever heard that the Church will fall away? I know in the Book of Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar s dream, this dispensation will not fall away, but the failing away again is the members. I'm looking for help and information from people I trust and i really don't want to dive into the negative, but may have to. Thank you

I agree with your comment about Abinadi and why they killed him. The root cause was his testimony of Jesus Christ, the rest were the leaves of the tree. What would Abinadi have to testify about if it were not for Jesus Christ. Everything on this earth testifies of Christ by symbolism or otherwise all orchestrated to bring us to Christ and back to our father in Heaven.

Who was the pharisee who told you that it is wrong to have a favorite speaker? 😆

On your comment on whether we will be in church In the next life....we will be organized (hopefully-fingers crossed) into the Church of the Firstborn....which I presume will be to help us develop and grow in the Celestial Kingdom.

One directive (Not sure who it was who's the source of this ludicrous policy) is the ridiculous assertion that "challenging" as part of a call to action is somehow wrong to say. That's absolutely stupid - and someone is going off the rails with that decision. That's Teddy-bear Jesus talk right there, man. Someone is trying to muzzle the servants of God.

Though my faithful father, who is 99 years old, proclaims, "The Church is God," the Church is not God. Stephen Covey in his book, The Divine Center, names the Church as a false center. To worship the Church is to worship an idol. Only those whose faith is anchored in the Rock of our Redeemer will be able to endure to the end. We know that the family is the organizing unit of the Celestial Kingdom. Even before then, we will no longer need apostles and prophets: "And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets . . . Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God" (Ephesians 4:11, 13). This is when no person will say "know ye the Lord" because all will know God. Until then, we need apostles and prophets and the organization of the Church.

THANK YOU for making the point CLEAR AS CAN BE👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 None of us are to counsel the Lord God since He has the INFINITE knowledge that WE DON'T. The OTHER end of that is... "Whether it is by my mouth or the mouth of my servants, it is the SAME" So when people say "the prophet doesn't know what he's talking about" they're also denying the Lord's counsel. After all, he IS Father's CHOSEN and ORDAINED prophet for our time.. just as Moses, Noah, and MANY other imperfect yet HIGHLY EFFECTIVE leaders have been as well 💪🏼❤ You're right in saying that instead of JUSTICE and BITTERNESS, we need FAITH/TRUST and RELATIONSHIP 💞🫂 Peace sounds better than poison to me 😄

Its unfortunate that the church leaders were and are a cheer leaders for the pharma companies. So many left the church and followed other voices because they thought the prophet would never lead them astray., I understood their campaign for vaccines were a serious flaw we will never get an apology about this. But I decided not to dwell on this mistake and love the Lord and the gospel

I would go as far as saying if our faith is in the Church over Christ then we won't make it. It must be centered in Christ. There is no other Name under heaven. It is not "The Church of..the Name" it is HaShem.

I know you don't agree with my perspective, but think about it like this. If you say "In Gods Time" Then it takes the position of the victim. It allows us to BE the victim. Why? Because you have no idea how to define that moment between what is "In Gods Time" and what was "As soon as you're ready to receive it". Without that knowledge, then, if you get to the point, later in life, where things that you have done, continue, then it opens the door to say "Well, I guess God didn't love me enough to make it happen for me" (in Gods time). Its the very definition of "blaming God" and its a false doctrine (if not just contrary) that we teach to use that language. Also note that it is NOT scriptural language. You use the example of Abraham incorrectly. You presume that Abraham was in a place where he could not have had faith to ask for the blessing of being saved or that, somehow, Abraham was some kind of lynchpin that God couldn't do without. This is not True. Don't we read in the OT that God can make a stone a leader? If that is true, then Abraham wasn't necessary to doing what needed to be done. He would have just gone elsewhere to find it. In fact, when you really pay attention to Moses, that's exactly what happened. Moses consistently complained about why he wasn't the man for the job...So the Lord told him to go get Aaron. There is ALWAYS a way for the Lord to accomplish His work. His plan Z's have plan A backups should he need them. My life experience belongs 100% to ME. It's not His job to be there to push and prod me to Him...but rather to GUIDE me to Him. We have a childs hymn about that very topic. ( I am a child of God) And D&C 4 makes the point a little clearer. And how great shall be your joy if you BRING even one soul unto me... You can't force the Gospel onto anyone. Yet this "in Gods time" position says "Yes, He certainly can, and it's OK". Last point here God Cannot remove agency. If this statement of "In Gods Time" were true, then God could certainly remove agency and supercede authority. Notice that Alma, on two occasions, could not do that. King Ammoniha and the builders of the Synagogues who were not allowed in to worship. Also take notice of the Story of Ammon. He didn't force Lamoni to convert. He BROUGHT him to a place where he COULD convert all by himself. (Side note: I would LOVE to hear the conversion stories of the Sons of Mosiah.) Example after example after example indicates that "In Gods time" isn't true.

Theres one reason . PRIDE . The deadliest sin of sll .

You go to church to do the work, not to get healed.

I understand and agree however the church needs to make the distinction and stop indoctrinating us from the age of kids to “follow the prophet” pick a lane.