The Path and Power for Your Promised Land | Matthew S. Holland | January 2026
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🗓️ 21 January 2026
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In our personal wilderness, we can turn to Jesus Christ to find our purpose. The Book of Mormon is the most powerful testament of this path. Matthew S. Holland, General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered this devotional address on January 20, 2026. You can access the full talk here.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the recent speeches podcast presented by BYU Speeches, featuring inspiring new |
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| 0:22.1 | This devotional address entitled The Path and Power for Your Promised Land was given on |
| 0:27.3 | January 20th of 2026 by Matthew S. Holland, then the General Authority 70 of the Church |
| 0:32.7 | of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And thank you, President Reese and all. |
| 0:39.3 | We love President's sister Reese and their leadership. |
| 0:42.3 | They are just magnificent. |
| 0:44.3 | I know that. |
| 0:45.3 | I know you know that. |
| 0:46.3 | You're so fortunate to have them here as your leaders. |
| 0:50.3 | And we're honored to be here with them today. |
| 0:55.0 | We thank you for the warm welcome. |
| 0:57.0 | It is an absolute joy to be with you. |
| 1:01.6 | I love this school. |
| 1:04.6 | As President said, I grew up, not in the shadows of the campus, |
| 1:08.0 | I grew up on the campus. |
| 1:10.8 | My wife, Paige, and I were both |
| 1:13.7 | educated here. I began my career here, and all my children have been educated here. When it comes |
| 1:21.5 | to BYU, we could not have warmer memories or more devoted hearts. I think the only exception was that night in 2016 |
| 1:32.8 | when the BYU men's basketball team first lost to UVU. |
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