Closing Remarks

Center Your Worship and Learning on Jesus Christ

President Oaks identifies Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father’s plan as the central focus of conference. He describes the conference messages and the Spirit of the Lord as sources of inspiration that help members concentrate their worship, focus their learning, and unite their testimonies. Heavenly Father’s plan provides the framework for eternal increase and joy.

My dear brothers and sisters, the great messages of this conference and the Spirit of the Lord have inspired all of us to concentrate our worship, focus our learning, and unite our testimonies on the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ and His Father’s plan for our eternal increase and joy.

• What does President Oaks identify as the central focus of our worship, learning, and testimonies?
• How do conference messages and the Spirit of the Lord work together in the experience he describes?
• What purposes of Heavenly Father’s plan does President Oaks emphasize?
• Which conference message helps me focus more clearly on Jesus Christ, and why?
• What distraction can I reduce so that my worship and gospel learning center more fully on the Savior?
• What experience strengthens my testimony that Heavenly Father’s plan leads to eternal increase and joy?

Study Prayerfully and Act in Faith

President Oaks invites everyone to study and ponder published conference messages prayerfully. He connects this study with acting in faith on the principles the messages explain. The Lord’s promise to give more to those who receive encourages us to respond actively to gospel teaching.

As the talks of this conference are published, we invite all to study and ponder them prayerfully and to act in faith on the principles they explain.

The Lord has promised, “Unto him that receiveth I will give more.”

• What actions does President Oaks invite us to take with published conference talks?
• How does acting in faith differ from merely studying a principle?
• How does the Lord’s promise encourage us to receive and respond to His teachings?
• Which conference talk do I choose for prayerful study, and what time do I set aside for it?
• What specific action can I take in response to a principle I study?
• What experience illustrates how receiving and acting on gospel truth opens the way for additional understanding?

Welcome Others to the Salt Lake Temple Celebration

President Oaks welcomes the world to participate in the Salt Lake Temple Celebration in person or virtually. He announces April 5, 2027, as the date the temple doors open to the public and identifies resources for learning more. The Dedicate video series and a forthcoming virtual tour offer additional ways to learn about the Salt Lake Temple.

As we look forward, we are welcoming the world, in person or virtually, to the Salt Lake Temple Celebration.

Join us at TempleSquare.org or through the Temple Square app to learn more.

More will come in the months ahead, including a virtual tour of the Salt Lake Temple.

• Whom does President Oaks welcome to the Salt Lake Temple Celebration?
• What options does he describe for participating or learning more?
• How do the website, app, video series, and virtual tour make information about the temple accessible?
• How can I use the resources President Oaks identifies to learn more about the Salt Lake Temple?
• Who might appreciate a thoughtful invitation to explore the celebration in person or virtually?
• What do I want to share about the significance of temples when someone asks about the celebration?

Seek the Lord’s Peace and Continue Serving

President Oaks invokes the Lord’s blessings of peace and contentment upon members and their families. He also blesses their service to Jesus Christ in challenging times. His words place both personal well-being and continued service under the Lord’s care.

As we now go forward, we invoke the blessings of the Lord on you and your families, blessings of peace and contentment.

And we bless your service of the Lord Jesus Christ in these challenging times.

• What blessings does President Oaks invoke upon members and their families?
• What does he acknowledge about the circumstances in which members serve?
• How does his blessing address both family life and service to Jesus Christ?
• Where do I most need the Lord’s peace and contentment in my life or family?
• How can I continue serving Jesus Christ amid my present challenges?
• What experiences of peace or strength in service can I record as reminders of the Lord’s care?

Follow the Covenant Path in the Restored Gospel

President Oaks testifies that the restored gospel of Jesus Christ is found in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He affirms that the Church teaches truth about the Lord’s teachings and the covenant path. That path leads toward the destiny Heavenly Father desires for His children.

This is the restored gospel of Jesus Christ in His Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Truth is to be found here—truth about the teachings of the Lord and truth about the covenant path that will lead us to our destiny, the destiny desired by our Heavenly Father.

• What does President Oaks affirm about the gospel and the Church?
• What two areas of truth does he specifically identify?
• How does he connect the covenant path with Heavenly Father’s desires for His children?
• What truth about Jesus Christ or the covenant path strengthens my testimony today?
• What next step can I take to follow the covenant path more faithfully?
• How does remembering Heavenly Father’s desired destiny for me influence a decision I currently face?
• What personal witness of the restored gospel do I want to record in my journal?