337: Gaining a Testimony of President Dallin H. Oaks and Confidence in New Spiritual Leaders
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🗓️ 19 November 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
What helps you stay grounded when spiritual leadership changes or your source of guidance shifts? How do you continue to feel connected to God during seasons of transition?
In this episode, Corrine and Neil open up about navigating the change in leadership after the passing of President Russell M. Nelson, the Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the sustaining of President Dallin H. Oaks as the new President of the Church. They share a rare and uplifting personal experience with President Oaks that completely changed how they viewed him and helped them recognize the deep compassion and Christlike love within spiritual leaders.
Corrine reflects on an earlier chapter of her life when she wrestled with loss and uncertainty and how she learned to trust in God through the teachings of a new Church leader when she needed comfort and hope the most. Neil describes the moment he felt a powerful, personal confirmation from God during a leadership transition and how it shaped his ongoing faith.
Whether you belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or have a different faith background, this conversation is centered on a universal principle. God knows how to guide His children. He provides spiritual leadership, loving nudges, and personal witnesses that help us feel anchored in Him, especially during times of change.
Supporting resources:
- What the ‘Forgotten Man’ Painting Means to President Oaks - https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/what-the-forgotten-man-painting-means-to-president-oaks
- We have a prophet of God,’ President Freeman testifies in missionary devotional - https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2025/10/15/we-have-prophet-god-president-emily-belle-freeman-provo-mtc-devotional/
- Prophets Can See Around Corners - https://speeches.byuh.edu/devotionals/prophets-can-see-around-corners
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| 0:50.3 | You know, it's been a few weeks since we got to do a podcast episode together. |
| 0:51.3 | That is correct. |
| 0:52.1 | I'm excited. |
| 0:56.6 | For anyone wondering, like, if we're, you know, |
| 1:01.1 | having marital problems or something, we just haven't had schedules aligned very well. |
| 1:07.9 | Everything's good here. But, yeah, I'm excited that this week, we do have time to sit down together and talk about something that I've wanted to talk about actually for a few weeks, and that is basically gaining a testimony of a newly called and sustained |
| 1:18.2 | prophet. And in our church, we call it Prophet Cyr and Revelator. And he's the president of our church. |
| 1:25.5 | So a few weeks ago, the president of our church and prophet, Russell M. Nelson passed away at 101. |
| 1:34.5 | So he really served so diligently, basically his whole life, but really the last, how many years was it, like six-ish years that he was, maybe seven? |
| 1:45.2 | Yeah, I want to say, that he was the prophet. |
| 1:48.6 | 2018, I think is when he was called. |
| 1:50.5 | That sounds right. |
| 1:51.9 | Yeah, I think it was. |
| 1:53.1 | I think it was the year before Dave died because he, yes, that's correct, because he became |
| 1:59.3 | the prophet that year. |
| 2:00.7 | And then that fall, he gave the challenge about going to the temple. |
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