Building Positive Momentum | C. Shane Reese | August 2024

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🗓️ 30 August 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In becoming BYU, we can implement change point detection and look for changes that can help us surge ahead with positive momentum. C. Shane Reese, president of Brigham Young University, delivered this university conference address on August 26, 2024. You can access the talk here.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the recent speeches podcast presented by BYU speeches
0:05.0	featuring inspiring new devotional and forums given each week on BYU campus.
0:10.0	Be sure to check out our other podcasts by searching BYU speeches wherever you get your podcasts or by
0:16.7	visiting speeches dot BYU.edU slash podcasts. This University Conference Address entitled This university
0:23.4	conference address entitled Building Positive Momentum was given on August 26 of
0:28.9	2004 by see Shane Reese then the president of Brigham Young University.
0:35.0	Thanks to all of you. Thanks for being here today.
0:38.0	I pray that our time together is a valuable for all of us to leave here edified as we seek to become BYU. The beginning of a new
0:47.2	semester fall is such an exciting time it means fresh starts, renewed growth, and discipleship.
0:54.0	Nearing Brigham Young's Cescucentennial, the second half of our second century,
0:59.0	our campus is charged with becoming the Christ-centered prophetically directed University of
1:04.7	prophecy. You've heard that phrase. But we're not there yet. Becoming starts with a desire.
1:12.4	At a recent devotional Eldon Neil L. coming starts with a desire.
1:13.4	At a recent devotional Elden Neil L. Anderson discussed the importance of educating our desires
1:18.1	to align with the will of the Lord.
1:21.1	Elder Anderson pointed to Christ in the Garden of Gassemai.
1:25.0	Oh my Father, the Savior prayed, if it be possible let this cup pass from me, nevertheless
1:31.3	not as I will, but as thou wilt.
1:35.4	Christ aligned his desire with the Father's will.
1:39.5	President Dalin H. Oaks taught from this very pulpit
1:42.4	that God judges us not only for our acts, but also for
1:46.5	the desires of our hearts.
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