Application Idea: In early 2018, shortly after President Russell M. Nelson became the prophet, our stake here in Bluffdale, Utah, was split. The visiting general authority was Elder Michael T. Ringwood of the Seventy who is married to one of President Nelson's daughters. At the Saturday evening adult session, Sister Ringwood shared how she had recently listened to all of President Nelson's (i.e., her father's) general conference addresses. She then bore a powerful testimony that President Nelson was the prophet of God. If the prophet's own daughter felt that listening to all of his general conference addresses could help her gain a witness of his call as the prophet, then we could do the same with President Dallin H. Oaks. If you're not already participating in the President Dallin H. Oaks study schedule which we provide in our Saturday "Come Listen to a Prophet's Voice" Newsletters, there's no better time than right now to start listening to President Oaks' addresses.

Application Idea: Set aside some time to answer Sister Spannaus' question in your journal: "Do I have a personal testimony of God's living prophets?"

Application Idea: We provide links to the best resources that the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles shared in the past week in venues other than general conference in our Tuesday General Conference+ Newsletters. Commit to clicking on each of the links in the next General Conference+ Newsletter that you receive.

Application Idea: I was touched by this statement from a February 13, 1996, BYU-Idaho Devotional address ("Spirits Require Nourishment") delivered by Elder Dallin H. Oaks which I listened to last week. Elder Oaks said: "The parental examples that influenced me most were my mother's expressions of faith in God, her absolute support and total non-criticism of the leaders of the Church, and her faithful payment of tithing even when times were hard." Take some time to contemplate what you wish your children might say are "[t]he parental examples that influenced [them] most." Then, make the necessary changes in your life so that you can become that example for your children.

Application Idea: If you are a parent of teenagers or currently serve with the youth at church, remind them of this invitation from Sister Spannaus, and invite them to take action on it. However, this invitation is not limited to youth. It would be even more powerful if we, as adults, committed to doing this for ourselves as well.

Application Idea: Pick one invitation from the October 2025 General Conference to take action on, ask someone to be your accountability partner, and commit to taking action by a certain date. Feel free to utilize the free Excel or PDF invitations files that we provide in our Sunday and Thursday GCA Newsletters (see the "Additional Resources" section below).

Application Idea: If you're like me, you're tired by the end of the day... My evening prayers need some improvement! President Russell M. Nelson taught us of the importance to repent daily. For the next seven days, commit to ending each day in meaningful personal prayer, focusing especially on repenting for the sins you committed throughout the day. At the conclusion of this seven-day experiment, journal about your experience, noting specifically what you learned and felt. Then, recommit to another seven-day experiment and start the process all over.

Application Idea: If it's been awhile since you studied your patriarchal blessing, make time this week to study it again. What is it that the Lord has in store for you? What do you learn in your patriarchal blessing that can help you stay committed to Jesus Christ, His Gospel, and His Church? Journal about your experience.