"Stand Forever" Ep. 15 | The Way—Choose Life, Be Fruitful | Elder Lawrence E. Corbridge

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🗓️ 17 May 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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God’s plan for us is not only for us to be cleansed of sin through the blood of Christ, but also to be fruitful, make a difference, and do good by the power and gifts of God. People say, “Life is a journey; enjoy the journey,” but life is also about getting to the end, reunion with God, receiving the gift of God’s Son, God’s Spirit and God’s life by engaging in God’s work and helping others do the same. One of the overarching purposes of life is to become fruitful. To make a difference in the lives of others is not only part of the journey but also part of the destination. It isn’t just about faithfulness, but making a difference. And what is the highest expression of fruitfulness? Feeding the starving masses, finding a cure for cancer, “cheering up the sad and making someone feel glad?” No, as noble as those things are. The highest expression of fruitfulness is to help others close the gap of separation from God by receiving God’s greatest gifts, His Son, His Spirit, and His life.

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0:00.0	What is the highest expression of fruitfulness?
0:04.0	Feeding the starving masses, finding a cure for cancer?
0:09.0	No, as noble as those things are,
0:13.0	the highest expression of fruitfulness
0:17.0	is to help others close the gap of separation from God. It is less important how your life stacks up against another than what you do with what you have. You cannot help everyone, but you can help someone.
0:59.9	God's plan for us is not only to be cleansed of sin through the blood of Christ, and not only endowed with His power by His Spirit, but consequently empowered to be fruitful,
1:09.0	to make a difference, do good by the power and gifts of God.
1:15.9	Hello, my name is Larry Corbridge and this is episode 15 of the Stand Forever series.
1:24.6	In the past episode we concluded the supreme expression of intelligence, the crowning
1:32.3	achievement of every rational being is to choose best, and the best choices are to receive
1:38.7	the gifts of God's son, his spirit, and life, and help others do the same.
1:45.0	In the last two episodes, we considered the gifts of God's Son and His Spirit.
1:53.0	The focus of this episode is choose God's life and be fruitful. President Russell M. Nelson said,
2:04.0	Our ultimate quest in life is to prepare to meet our maker. On another occasion, he tenderly added,
2:13.4	More than anything, our father wants his children to choose to return home to him.
2:20.3	Everything he does is motivated by his yearning desire.
2:25.3	The entire reason we are here on earth is to qualify to live with him forever.
2:33.3	We do that by using our agency to find and stay on the covenant path that leads back to our
2:42.0	heavenly home.
2:44.0	People say life is a journey, enjoy the journey.
2:49.0	And that's in so many ways good advice, but life is also about getting to the end,
2:57.4	reunion with God, receiving the gift of God's son, God's spirit, and God's life by engaging in
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