The Prodigal and the Road That Leads Home | Dieter F. Uchtdorf | October 2023 General Conference 

16 months ago I came back! I was welcomed home with love, tattoos and all. It’s been worth it. I’m on the right team! Onward and steadfast!

From someone who’s just recently came back to the church this talk is just what I needed. This talk along with Ashley Stone and her Comeback Podcast make me know I’ve made the right choice. I so love Elder Uchtdorf he always knows what I need to hear. The church is a lot different than when I left it 50 years ago.

Could you imagine if every time a "stranger" walked into a ward building they were met with genuine love and excitement? We couldn't build enough chapels to hold people.

THIS talk is what brought me back to the true Church of Jesus Christ... I was a "prodigal son" for over 20 years. Our Savior never gave up on me, and I knew I couldn't either.

❤❤❤What a beautiful talk by our beloved Apostle Uchtdorf! The Father does forgive the lost sheep, I was one 🥹

I love this talk! Christ can carry us through anything! I left and came back. I had my temple blessings restored yesterday ❤

@10:54 "It is not possible for you to sink lower than the infinite light of Christ's atoning sacrifice shines." Amen. Prodigal in some intensity for roughly 25 years, and we're having the missionaries over for dinner this Saturday. What a wonderful talk. I'm eager be back on the Covenant Path and worthy of my Priesthood again.

I remember the love I felt going back to church in February 2023 after nine years of inactivity. And then the impression that I’m ready for the Melchizedek Priesthood.

This morning I woke up to the realization that I am to teach the deacon’s quorum lesson. I was feeling uninspired after one of the busiest weeks of my life. How would I relate temple work for the dead to these young men so full of life? In the middle of this talk, I came to realize that temple work is the celebration at the end of every prodigal’s return. Thank you.

This talk is about my life. It literally felt like he took my life and made a talk around it. Thank God I am free! From wandering lost in the great and spacious building!

What a message to most of Us. We were lost but turned back on the path that leads to Peace and Happiness. Our Heavenly Father will always Forgive Us!! PE ITUMELENG

Thank you Elder Uchtdorf for the wonderful message It help me understand more about the teaching of the gospel

Thank you, you have spoken to me directly in ways that are hard to explain. This is the first time I felt the spirit in a long long time. Thank you so much

I was enlighten, i was once a lost sheep then felt the great change in my life, when i return home to God,

This talk is about me in many ways Such a beautiful message

This is the most powerful explanation and description of this parable I have ever heard. Such an amazing talk.

Two of my kids worship the universe, instead of the great one who created the universe. I pray they will shape up and get back into the true gospel. Hope springs eternal.

I have been stumbling time by time, however there is not way to deny the holy spirit influence that has been a such strong influence on my life since i got battized when I was 10, for those who are on the way to come back I promise that God and the light of christ is closer than you could ever imagine.....

One of the best speakers in the LDS movement! He just has such incredible insights in all of the sermons he preachers..

A wonderful explication of an incredible story of love, forgiveness and understanding. At some point in our lives we're all Prodigals, in one way or another.

Thank you Dieter F Uchtdorf! I feel that you had been speaking DIRECTLY AT ME!

“Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.”

Thank you Elder Uchtdorf for this talk.

Thank you President Uchtdorf

Thanks, Elder Uchtdorf for this wonderful message ❤️

If a person does right by people and doesn't complain about what they would like people to do for them, there is nothing to complain about them.

To come back to the Father, having to face his own poor choices, obviously takes a lot of humility. Extending a hand and making a place for a person who has come all the way back is Christlike. God denies none who come to him. So do Gods disciples. I ache for those who make the courageous and humble effort to show up but may not find a welcoming hand of friendship to steady them on their journey back. I am so grateful for those who join the rescue wagons and run to the aid of those on the journey back. I am so grateful for those who see the person coming a far off and run to embrace and receive them. I feel like they truly know the Master because the love they have for Him is the love they have for His sheep.❤

Amen!

Lindo discurso.

HIE GUYS FROM COLORADO U.S.A...🎉 PEACE BE WITH YOU ALL 🎉😇

❤Amen

Good Man of God...to say the least...nevertheless I've heard this talk numerous times from others from all walks of life...let's us recognize them as well...and that we all continue to share such words and deeds.

This talk sounds like a re-telling of my life :P

Best talk 2

“Come Home”

Think Celestrial kingdom of heaven 🙏🏻📖 Dallin H. Oaks talk on the family

ive walked away, but im tryn to come back with my family! 😔

Is he not the church president by choice, or by vote or... awesome talk with plenty of impact every single time I have heard him speak.! Thanks for all those speeches through this guy God! Not sure he would even mind being the top or not ever, just let him keep this up for all of us. AMEN

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Can this story be applied to a couple's life? You could say 'A prodigal spouse'.

There is so much more to this parable than I think people realize. Most parables are metaphors for something else that goes beyond the story. True that it is a story that exemplifies those who are lost to their Heavenly Father are never truly lost should they only choose to return to Him and He will accept back with open arms unconcerned about past deeds or choices. But as a metaphor who do the three main characters of this story represent? It is obvious that the rich land owner Father must represent our Father in Heaven. But what about the younger wayword son? Is he only the representative of all who sin? What about the older son? This one is perhaps more difficult to determine. His reaction was the complete opposite of his father's. Also the parable doesn't say what happens after his father tries to explain his actions towards the returning younger brother. Did he feel comforted by the fact that all that his father has is his or did he still stay bitter and have resentment towards his younger brother? If one could answer this question who is the older brother in this parable and what ultimately did he choose then the identity of the younger brother become more clear.

It's true that the party eventually ends...

God, Jesus and Prophets aren't always the answer to happiness....you find and determine your own happiness.

Loved this talk, but he does know that the only one who can bless us is our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ just saying watch how you word things 🙏

It's funny because my story is the same except for my Father beat me. My Father offered no prayers. My Father never did anything.

can we ask that man not to yell out amen at the end of the talk pls? thank you .

that painting 🙄