“Simplicity That Is in Christ” | Steven D. Shumway | February 2026
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🗓️ 4 February 2026
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Are the good endeavors of your life connected to Christ so you can experience the simplicity and abundance found only in Him? Steven D. Shumway, General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered this devotional address on February 3, 2026. You can access the talk here.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Recent Speeches Podcast presented by BYU Speaches, |
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| 0:22.1 | This devotional address entitled, Simplicity That Is in Christ, was given on February 3rd of |
| 0:28.9 | 2026 by Stephen D. Schumway, a general authority 70 of the Church of Jesus Christ of |
| 0:34.8 | Latter-day Saints. |
| 0:36.3 | We are so happy for the blessing of being with you today. |
| 0:41.6 | And for those of you who may remember my general conference talk, |
| 0:45.7 | I wanted to introduce you to the Three-Soup Ice Cream Girl, |
| 0:50.9 | Heidi. |
| 0:52.3 | And in fact, if it would be okay with you, I would love it if we could have a testimony from her. |
| 1:00.5 | She didn't know this, but have a testimony. |
| 1:03.7 | That's not a good marriage tactic. |
| 1:07.4 | I just realized that after I said it. |
| 1:10.3 | I'd love to hear a testimony from her first in large part because Heidi sounds a whole lot like the Holy Ghost. |
| 1:20.7 | So would you share your testimony? |
| 1:23.1 | Yes. |
| 1:25.1 | I always love to share testimony very briefly. |
| 1:31.3 | But what I share, I think that it would be my witness that the plan, |
| 1:38.9 | or God the Father's plan of salvation, of happiness, of eternal joy for us, for each of his children, |
| 1:47.3 | is perfect. |
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