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Choosing Glory

5.44 - D&C 124 - Building Nauvoo; Thoughts on "Soft Sifting"

Choosing Glory

Lili Anderson

Lili Anderson, Doctrine & Covenants, Come Follow Me, Lds, Spiritual, Christianity, Family, Christian, Gospel, Religion & Spirituality, Religious, Jesus Christ, Faith, Choosing Glory

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🗓️ 25 October 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Lily DeHoya-Sanderson, and you're listening to Choose and Glory.

0:08.7

Thanks for joining me.

0:10.3

This is the week we study Doctor and Covenant Section 124, and I'm probably not going to say too much about Section 124.

0:20.9

I will give some historical context,

0:25.6

but this is a pretty business-oriented informational revelation

0:31.5

that helped the saints to organize it in Navu.

0:36.7

So there's a lot of instruction in terms of assignments to specific brethren.

0:42.6

There's a lot of business being transacted, how to move forward with the construction of the temple,

0:49.5

although that isn't as specific as the instruction given about the Navu house, which was to be built

0:56.3

and shares to be sold in the construction of that. It was going to be home to Joseph and Emma.

1:02.0

One of the few times in their married life that they had a home of their own, and it doubled as

1:08.8

kind of an inn or a hotel for people visiting, Avous.

1:13.9

So that is discussed, but let's talk about the context of that section.

1:21.4

And then I have a few other comments on some of the things going on.

1:26.3

I do want to comment on a couple of things going on in the world.

1:28.9

We have a new prophet that's set apart President Dallin Oaks,

1:34.8

and he has retained President Henry B. Irong as his first counselor

1:40.9

and has called previously Elder D. Todd Christofferson, now President

1:46.2

Christofferson to be his second counselor. I don't know about your families, but our family

1:51.4

actually speculates about stuff like that, and there was some discussion.

1:57.0

A while back on, you know, who do we think the new presidency member will be? And actually,

2:02.4

I didn't know for sure, of course, but Alder Christopherson's name did come to my mind because

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