Afternoon Session: Elder Stephen B. Oveson
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"Whether we descend from generations in the church or are the first link in the generational chain, we have a responsibility to convey to our posterity a heritage of faith, manifest through our daily actions."
Newly converted members have a particularly great opportunity to become pioneers for their ancestors and their posterity.
"I must confess that whenever my life has failed to measure up to the standards of my forbearers, it is because I have allowed worldly priorities to take precedence over my spiritual ones. But I have learned it is possible to redirect our goals and to put our sights on eternal values."
All it takes from us is desire, obedience, dedication and endurance. The Lord will do the rest.
"He loves us and knows each of us by name. He wants us to return to his presence and live with him eternally. This is the great legacy of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Because of the atoning sacrifice of our Savior, we have an assurance of life hereafter and the possibility of inheriting all that the father has."
We must follow the lead of President Hinckley's example. "To me that means that we must do all in our power to insure that we instill within our loved ones the great legacy of an abiding testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ."
