Lesson highlights
The Love of God
by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Conference Oct. 2009

Love is the measure of our faith, the inspiration for our obedience, and the true altitude of our discipleship.

Love us the healing balm that repairs rifts in personal and family relationships. It is the bond that unites families, communities and nations. Love is the power that initiates friendship, tolerance, civility, and respect. It is the source that overcomes divisiveness and hate. Love is the fire that warms our lives with unparalleled joy and divine hope. Love should be our walk and our talk.

For what we love determines what we seek.
What we seek determines what we think and do.
What we think and do determines who we are- and who we will become.

Since the beginning of time, love has been the source of both the highest bliss and the heaviest burdens. At he heart of misery… you will fine the love of wrong things. And at the heart of joy, you will find the love of good things.

God the Father watches over us, fills our hearts with breathtaking joy, brightens our darkest hours with blessed peace, distills upon our minds precious truths, shepards us through times of distress, rejoices when we rejoice, and answers our righteous petitions.

Think for the purest, most all-consuming love you can imagine. Now multiply that love by an infinite amount-- that is the measure of God’s love for you.

As you read God’s word recorded in the scripture, listen for His voice.
During General Conference and later as you study the words spoken [there], listen for His voice. As you visit the temple and attend Church meetings, listen for His voice.
Listen for the voice of the Father in the bounties and beauties of nature, in the gentle whisperings of the Spirit. In your daily interactions with others, in the words of a hymn, in the laughter of a child, listen for His voice.

What attribute should define us as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Let us be known as a people who love God with all our heart, should, and mind and who love our neighbor as ourselves.