The Prodigal and the Road That Leads Home | Dieter F. Uchtdorf | October 2023 General Conference

[@dannyrocket77]

16 months ago I came back! I was welcomed home with love, tattoos and all. It’s been worth it. I’m on the right team! Onward and steadfast!

[@katiethulin5223]

So glad you are here brother!! 💕

[@nathanbanks2935]

Awesome! I too wasn't active in the church for a while, but I'm so very grateful that I made the choice to come back to Jesus Christ! Keep up the good work! God bless you brother!

[@hollywright1094]

Welcome home!!🥹♥️

[@tendayiswinhurai6487]

God loves you tattoos and all

[@lukedav]

Welcome back!

[@r.dwoodruff501]

From someone who’s just recently came back to the church this talk is just what I needed. This talk along with Ashley Stone and her Comeback Podcast make me know I’ve made the right choice. I so love Elder Uchtdorf he always knows what I need to hear. The church is a lot different than when I left it 50 years ago.

[@jordanallen1865]

Look at God

[@nathanbanks2935]

Hi, Congratulations for choosing to come back to our Savior Jesus Christ! I too wasn't attending church for a while, but when I choose to come back, I felt like I was home again! I love this parable, because it reminds me of me!

[@2010gallagher]

I'm in the same boat. After 30 years I came back and I know I made the right decision. I

[@t.jansje]

Welcome home 🤗

[@corrinaterry3758]

Welcome back! 🥰 You give me hope for our son who left a few years ago. 🙏🏼 Thank you for sharing your thoughts on coming back. 👍🏼 It made this momma’s day!

[@Moneydude-gy3mm]

THIS talk is what brought me back to the true Church of Jesus Christ... I was a "prodigal son" for over 20 years. Our Savior never gave up on me, and I knew I couldn't either.

[@churchofjesuschristgeneralconf]

Thank you for sharing!

[@FromAgonyToLight]

I was a prodigal for 8 years as well, and I can humbly testify the Good Shepherd finds us and gently leads us back; walking on thorns to return to the straight and clear road will ALWAYS be worth it! In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

[@monalisa2662]

Welcome back dear brother to truth and light!

[@madizen6312]

I love this talk! Christ can carry us through anything! I left and came back. I had my temple blessings restored yesterday ❤

[@monalisa2662]

Welcome back dear sister!

[@vegasmando5307]

Could you imagine if every time a "stranger" walked into a ward building they were met with genuine love and excitement? We couldn't build enough chapels to hold people.

[@sherigraham3873]

AMEN to that! We have much to do with returning lost sheep.

[@JoyousGenealogist]

So true

[@FriendOfJesusChrist]

I recently discovered The Church of Jesus Christ and am so happy to have found God's people. One problem is though I'm currently on a mental ward because of my trials looking for my Father's people (I had to check myself in for a place to rest). Now I'm held against my will and would love to be amongst God's people please pray for me.

[@fightingfortruth9806]

They wouldn't be a stranger if they knew God before they walked in.

[@heatherrichiesilveira731]

Right!

[@BrotherSergeant]

@10:54 "It is not possible for you to sink lower than the infinite light of Christ's atoning sacrifice shines." Amen. Prodigal in some intensity for roughly 25 years, and we're having the missionaries over for dinner this Saturday. What a wonderful talk. I'm eager be back on the Covenant Path and worthy of my Priesthood again.

[@nathanbanks2935]

Congratulations on choosing to get back on the covenant path! You are a great example to me and many others, that hope is never lost if we choose to come into the Loving arms of our Savior Jesus Christ! I too walked away from my Savior for a time, & of course still sin, but I won't ever abandon him again. God bless you!

[@monalisa2662]

Praying for you dear brother.

[@deegold6233]

❤❤❤What a beautiful talk by our beloved Apostle Uchtdorf! The Father does forgive the lost sheep, I was one 🥹

[@r.dwoodruff501]

I’m one too!

[@monalisa2662]

Now you are found and back to the safety of the flock.

[@FromAgonyToLight]

This talk is about my life. It literally felt like he took my life and made a talk around it. Thank God I am free! From wandering lost in the great and spacious building!

[@tylerchristensen1484]

I remember the love I felt going back to church in February 2023 after nine years of inactivity. And then the impression that I’m ready for the Melchizedek Priesthood.

[@JazzyUnderscoreTrumpeter]

This talk is about me in many ways Such a beautiful message

[@toddn2150]

Thank you, you have spoken to me directly in ways that are hard to explain. This is the first time I felt the spirit in a long long time. Thank you so much

[@AomaluBartley]

Thank you Elder Uchtdorf for the wonderful message It help me understand more about the teaching of the gospel

[@841577]

This is the most powerful explanation and description of this parable I have ever heard. Such an amazing talk.

[@NJRStandby]

What a message to most of Us. We were lost but turned back on the path that leads to Peace and Happiness. Our Heavenly Father will always Forgive Us!! PE ITUMELENG

[@troyperry7567]

One of the best speakers in the LDS movement! He just has such incredible insights in all of the sermons he preachers..

[@FromAgonyToLight]

Insights from God, because he is an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ.

[@troyperry7567]

I am a clergyman from another denomination. But I know good preaching when I hear it whether it’s from the Church of Jesus Christ of latter day Saints, or the Metropolitan Community Church.

[@situmbekomubila3264]

He is one of my best preachers though I'm in another Denomination...

[@stevebrown8807]

A wonderful explication of an incredible story of love, forgiveness and understanding. At some point in our lives we're all Prodigals, in one way or another.

[@randolptingson220]

I was enlighten, i was once a lost sheep then felt the great change in my life, when i return home to God,

[@backfire]

This morning I woke up to the realization that I am to teach the deacon’s quorum lesson. I was feeling uninspired after one of the busiest weeks of my life. How would I relate temple work for the dead to these young men so full of life? In the middle of this talk, I came to realize that temple work is the celebration at the end of every prodigal’s return. Thank you.

[@FromAgonyToLight]

Such clear connections from one truth to another that would not be commonly grasped is evidence of the inspiration of heaven. Well done for diligently listening for the Spirit’s teaching!

[@Lori-u7f]

Thank you Dieter F Uchtdorf! I feel that you had been speaking DIRECTLY AT ME!

[@f.m.r.1437]

Two of my kids worship the universe, instead of the great one who created the universe. I pray they will shape up and get back into the true gospel. Hope springs eternal.

[@honduras00504]

I have been stumbling time by time, however there is not way to deny the holy spirit influence that has been a such strong influence on my life since i got battized when I was 10, for those who are on the way to come back I promise that God and the light of christ is closer than you could ever imagine.....

[@churchofjesuschristgeneralconf]

Thank you for sharing your experience!

[@ronsmith9251]

Thank you Elder Uchtdorf for this talk.

[@michaelneuffer1212]

Thank you President Uchtdorf

[@jonathancrosby5490]

“Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.”

[@johndenmarcusabogado1554]

Thanks, Elder Uchtdorf for this wonderful message ❤️

[@kadenyungkwok3653]

Amen!

[@JaefarSABNW]

If a person does right by people and doesn't complain about what they would like people to do for them, there is nothing to complain about them.

[@emilybailey4283]

To come back to the Father, having to face his own poor choices, obviously takes a lot of humility. Extending a hand and making a place for a person who has come all the way back is Christlike. God denies none who come to him. So do Gods disciples. I ache for those who make the courageous and humble effort to show up but may not find a welcoming hand of friendship to steady them on their journey back. I am so grateful for those who join the rescue wagons and run to the aid of those on the journey back. I am so grateful for those who see the person coming a far off and run to embrace and receive them. I feel like they truly know the Master because the love they have for Him is the love they have for His sheep.❤

[@choosehigherground]

It is a sorrowful thought indeed to think of those who mustered enough humility to face certain accountability, but were unlovingly received and even rejected. The best thing we can do is to be the example of loving embrace to all the members around us who may be tempted to act as the older brother.

[@laionefkpouli]

ive walked away, but im tryn to come back with my family! 😔

[@churchofjesuschristgeneralconf]

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[@monalisa2662]

I will pray for you dear brother. May your path back be filled with love, truth and light.

[@marcoaurelioalmeida1486]

Lindo discurso.

[@TestimonyAndScripture]

This talk sounds like a re-telling of my life :P

[@choosehigherground]

“Come Home”

[@JC-oy9ou]

put a ring on his hand: it said Uchtdorf said put a ring on his shoulder ❌ 7:23-7:24

[@matlhodimahlale2244]

❤Amen

[@Wraith_FlyerPecko]

HIE GUYS FROM COLORADO U.S.A...🎉 PEACE BE WITH YOU ALL 🎉😇

[@kisserravnsrensen369]

THANKS and peace with you 🇩🇰

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[@f.m.r.1437]

I was born in Greeley.

[@jordanallen1865]

Best talk 2

[@gonzotuberafael]

Good Man of God...to say the least...nevertheless I've heard this talk numerous times from others from all walks of life...let's us recognize them as well...and that we all continue to share such words and deeds.

[@Dan-f2b5g]

Is he not the church president by choice, or by vote or... awesome talk with plenty of impact every single time I have heard him speak.! Thanks for all those speeches through this guy God! Not sure he would even mind being the top or not ever, just let him keep this up for all of us. AMEN

[@c8Lorraine1]

Yeah I pondered that. Why isn’t he still a part of the first presidency

[@choosehigherground]

I believe the first presidency is chosen by the prophet each time. Just as a bishop can choose his own counselors. This isn’t a matter of seniority or who’s the best speaker, but rather who is needed for the times in which we face. Consider the promptings President Nelson must have received when he prayerfully considered his counselors. President Oaks has a wide scope of legal judicial background that must surely be of importance navigating laws that directly oppose the laws of God. Consider the legal storm that comes from diminished societal morals. Surely the apostles chosen are exactly who the Lord needs in assisting the prophet in his calling to fulfill the purposes of the Lord.

[@azhyrbooth5982]

People are called by God to the positions they hold in the church not by vote or even by the president of the church. God knows who is needed in any particular calling. And every calling is necessary. The calling of president of the church is just as important as the calling of nursery worker.

[@outdoorsbeyondnature1980]

Think Celestrial kingdom of heaven 🙏🏻📖 Dallin H. Oaks talk on the family

[@bristolduncan1707]

Can this story be applied to a couple's life? You could say 'A prodigal spouse'.

[@candyhunt9501]

I pray for that!

[@c8Lorraine1]

Why not

[@choosehigherground]

It 100% can. The question then becomes, will you forgive your spouse when they return, or will you be like the older brother and harbor resentment (however justifiably it may be)? Choose to forgive. Choose to show mercy. Don’t hold the past over their heads when they are ready to come home.

[@siligamanumaleuna295]

Absolutely

[@f.m.r.1437]

Yes, there are prodigal spouses who abandon their families. I wish it weren't true.

[@weldenjon]

There is so much more to this parable than I think people realize. Most parables are metaphors for something else that goes beyond the story. True that it is a story that exemplifies those who are lost to their Heavenly Father are never truly lost should they only choose to return to Him and He will accept back with open arms unconcerned about past deeds or choices. But as a metaphor who do the three main characters of this story represent? It is obvious that the rich land owner Father must represent our Father in Heaven. But what about the younger wayword son? Is he only the representative of all who sin? What about the older son? This one is perhaps more difficult to determine. His reaction was the complete opposite of his father's. Also the parable doesn't say what happens after his father tries to explain his actions towards the returning younger brother. Did he feel comforted by the fact that all that his father has is his or did he still stay bitter and have resentment towards his younger brother? If one could answer this question who is the older brother in this parable and what ultimately did he choose then the identity of the younger brother become more clear.

[@JC-oy9ou]

put a ring on his hand: it said Uchtdorf said put a ring on his shoulder ❌ 7:23-7:24

[@c8Lorraine1]

The older brother represents the people who attend church every week, live the gospel principles and preserve .

[@princessadora]

older brother is the good kid who never leaves the church and follows faithfully and diligently

[@loudornelles]

🩵🦋

[@hyrumjoe8794]

God, Jesus and Prophets aren't always the answer to happiness....you find and determine your own happiness.

[@AjayTamilarason-bh2cl]

what does that mean homie?

[@annikabjornson998]

I wish you much more than happiness. I wish you great joy.

[@johnruberson5050]

Quoth the prodigal son before he found himself. Life is a constant reminder that very, very little is within our control, which is a tender mercy from God - because we are truly capable of controlling very little. But in the end, through our Father's Plan, we will find our happiness according to our desires. I would suggest listening to President Nelson's concluding talk from this conference for details. Think celestial!

[@outdoorsbeyondnature1980]

With the scriptures you, don't find happiness you just find knowledge and understanding.

[@tdijon7]

Lasting happiness cannot happen outside the bounds the Lord has set.

[@pamkelly8121]

Loved this talk, but he does know that the only one who can bless us is our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ just saying watch how you word things 🙏

[@judykincaid4066]

Not true. WE can bless each other. ❤

[@jasonsworld333]

It's funny because my story is the same except for my Father beat me. My Father offered no prayers. My Father never did anything.

[@choosehigherground]

Remember your Father in Heaven. Surely He longed for your return no matter who else may or may not have. He will always seek your safety and refuge and always calls out “Come Home”

[@nathanbanks2935]

Hi, I'm sorry you had to go through that. This parable helps me to remember that despite the frustratingly unfair things that happen in mortality, our Father in Heaven loves us so very much! He has a much better plan for us than we can comprehend! While our earthly friends, parents, and people we think we can trust, can treat us with ill will, God never will. The difficulties we go through are learning experiences that he allows to happen, so that we can learn and choose to trust in him. God is the true Father in the parable of the prodigal son. God bless you always!

[@princessadora]

when our parents let us down like that it makes it that much more meaningful that we have a loving father in heaven that truly cares about our progression

[@princessadora]

can we ask that man not to yell out amen at the end of the talk pls? thank you .

[@princessadora]

that painting 🙄