General Conference Applied "Charity—a Sign of True Discipleship"
8/31/2025: S5 E43, Episode 152, Elder Michael B. Strong, April 2025 General Conference, "Charity—a Sign of True Discipleship".
*Special Guest*: Mitch and Clay were joined in this episode by Mitch's friend, Landon Tracy. Similar to the story that Elder Strong shared in this address of striking a biker with his car on his mission, Landon shared a powerful personal experience of recently striking a pedestrian on his morning drive to the gym. This traumatic experience has brought Landon closer to his Savior and to his wife than ever before. Landon powerfully testified: "Guys, compassion, and the love of Christ being shown to me through others. Individuals that could have been bitter... they could have been angry... they could have been frustrated. They have all the reason in the world to hold that against me. And all she could say was: 'We love you. And I'm sorry you're going through this.' My understanding of the Atonement has never been the same. ... It was okay for me to be brought to my knees and to feel that feeling of despair - that there would be no tomorrow - because the compassion that I felt from his wife and from his family since and still to this day has been everything that I've needed that I never knew I needed."
Clay and Mitch identified the following invitations and shared how they will take action and how you could take action:
1. "To be the Lord's disciples, we must intentionally imitate His thoughts and actions every day—for example, His obedience, humility, and patience."
2. "As followers of Jesus Christ, we should seek to emulate the way our Master demonstrated His pure love for others."
3. "As President Nelson observed, 'One of the easiest ways to identify a true follower of Jesus Christ is how compassionately that person treats other people.'"
4. "[Notice] the unspoken need and [act] in love."
5. "As we become more like our Master, our desire to help our brothers and sisters along the covenant path will naturally increase. ... There are countless ways to encourage and assist others in their progression if we deliberately and prayerfully seek heaven's help to have eyes to see and a heart to feel how Jesus Christ sees and feels for them."
6. "[D]iscipleship of Jesus Christ is the only way to obtain enduring happiness. It is a path filled with deliberate and purposeful acts of love toward others."
7. "I earnestly pray that we may follow President Nelson's invitation to prioritize our discipleship. May we 'pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart' to 'be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ; … that when he shall appear we shall be like him.'"
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