Below are the quotes that were used in the video.
Sister Susan H. Porter: “When you know and understand how completely you are loved as a child of God, it changes everything.” (“God’s Love: The Most Joyous to the Soul,” Liahona, Nov. 2021, 33)
Elder David A. Bednar: “The phrase “armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory” [1 Nephi 14:14] is not simply a nice idea or an example of beautiful scriptural language. Rather, these blessings are readily evident in the lives of countless latter-day disciples of the Lord. …
“… I testify that the covenant people of the Lord today indeed are armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory. I have witnessed faith, courage, perspective, persistence, and joy that extend far beyond mortal capacity—and that only God could provide. (“With the Power of God in Great Glory,” Liahona, Nov. 2021, 29–30)
President Russell M. Nelson: “We have front-row seats to witness live what the prophet Nephi saw only in vision. …
You, my brothers and sisters, are among those men, women, and children whom Nephi saw. Think of that! (“Hear Him,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2020, 88)
President Dallin H. Oaks said that the “great and abominable church” described by Nephi “must be any philosophy or organization that opposes belief in God. And the ‘captivity’ into which this ‘church’ seeks to bring the saints will not be so much physical confinement as the captivity of false ideas” (“Stand as Witnesses of God,” Ensign, Mar. 2015, 32).
Have ye inquired of the Lord?
“No message appears in the scriptures more times, in more ways, than ‘Ask, and ye shall receive.’”
(President Boyd K. Packer, https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1991/10/reverence-invites-revelation?)
President Russell M. Nelson: “I urge you to stretch beyond your current spiritual ability to receive personal revelation, for the Lord has promised that “if thou shalt [seek], thou shalt receive revelation upon revelation, knowledge upon knowledge, that thou mayest know the mysteries and peaceable things—that which bringeth joy, that which bringeth life eternal.” (D&C 42:61)
“Oh, there is so much more that your Father in Heaven wants you to know” (President Russell M. Nelson, April 2018, “Revelation for the Church, Revelation for Our Lives”),
President Gordon B. Hinckley: “You need time to meditate and ponder, to think, to wonder at the great plan of happiness that the Lord has outlined for His children. You need to read the scriptures. You need to read good literature. You need to partake of the great culture which is available to all of us.
“I heard President David O. McKay say to the members of the Twelve on one occasion, “Brethren, we do not spend enough time meditating.”
“I believe that with all my heart. Our lives become extremely busy. We run from one thing to another. We wear ourselves out in thoughtless pursuit of goals which are highly ephemeral [i.e., fleeting, momentary]. We are entitled to spend some time with ourselves in introspection, in development” Ensign, Feb. 1999, p.5)
Major Symbols in Lehi’s and Nephi’s Dream:
Fortifications of the Last Days:
Elder David A. Bednar: “The phrase “armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory” [1 Nephi 14:14] is not simply a nice idea or an example of beautiful scriptural language. Rather, these blessings are readily evident in the lives of countless latter-day disciples of the Lord. …
“… I testify that the covenant people of the Lord today indeed are armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory. I have witnessed faith, courage, perspective, persistence, and joy that extend far beyond mortal capacity—and that only God could provide. (“With the Power of God in Great Glory,” Liahona, Nov. 2021, 29–30)
President Russell M. Nelson: “We have front-row seats to witness live what the prophet Nephi saw only in vision. …
You, my brothers and sisters, are among those men, women, and children whom Nephi saw. Think of that! (“Hear Him,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2020, 88)
President Dallin H. Oaks said that the “great and abominable church” described by Nephi “must be any philosophy or organization that opposes belief in God. And the ‘captivity’ into which this ‘church’ seeks to bring the saints will not be so much physical confinement as the captivity of false ideas” (“Stand as Witnesses of God,” Ensign, Mar. 2015, 32).
Have ye inquired of the Lord?
“No message appears in the scriptures more times, in more ways, than ‘Ask, and ye shall receive.’”
(President Boyd K. Packer, https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1991/10/reverence-invites-revelation?)
President Russell M. Nelson: “I urge you to stretch beyond your current spiritual ability to receive personal revelation, for the Lord has promised that “if thou shalt [seek], thou shalt receive revelation upon revelation, knowledge upon knowledge, that thou mayest know the mysteries and peaceable things—that which bringeth joy, that which bringeth life eternal.” (D&C 42:61)
“Oh, there is so much more that your Father in Heaven wants you to know” (President Russell M. Nelson, April 2018, “Revelation for the Church, Revelation for Our Lives”),
President Gordon B. Hinckley: “You need time to meditate and ponder, to think, to wonder at the great plan of happiness that the Lord has outlined for His children. You need to read the scriptures. You need to read good literature. You need to partake of the great culture which is available to all of us.
“I heard President David O. McKay say to the members of the Twelve on one occasion, “Brethren, we do not spend enough time meditating.”
“I believe that with all my heart. Our lives become extremely busy. We run from one thing to another. We wear ourselves out in thoughtless pursuit of goals which are highly ephemeral [i.e., fleeting, momentary]. We are entitled to spend some time with ourselves in introspection, in development” Ensign, Feb. 1999, p.5)
Major Symbols in Lehi’s and Nephi’s Dream:
- Rod (word of God)
- Keeps you out of river
- Leads to Tree of Life
- Keeps on strait & narrow
- Tree (Love of God)
- Mists of Darkness (1 Nephi 12:17)
- Temptations of the devil
- Hardens hearts
- Hides tree, danger
- Great and Spacious Building
Fortifications of the Last Days:
- 1 Nephi 13:23
- 1 Nephi 13:39-40
- 1 Nephi 14:1
- 1 Nephi 14:7
- 1 Nephi 14:14