October 2025 General Conference Lesson Helps for Relief Society: “Be Reconciled to God—From Discrepancy to Harmony” — Elder Kelly R. Johnson

Introduction

Elder Johnson brings a forensic accountant’s eye to discipleship: reconciliation is aligning reports with reality—and aligning our will with God’s. Through daily repentance, covenants, and deliberate connection to the Stem of Jesse, we move from disharmony to unshaken faith.

This lesson help will help your sisters name where they feel “out of balance,” invite the Savior’s atonement to clear the discrepancy, and leave with a small-but-real reconciliation plan for this week.

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Section 1: What Reconciliation Really Means

“To be reconciled to God means… to restore a relationship… aligning our will and actions with God’s will… letting God prevail.”

Discussion Questions

1. Where do you feel “out of alignment” with God right now?
2. What helps you notice spiritual discrepancies early?
3. How is reconciliation different from merely “moving on”?
4. Why must reconciliation be through Christ, not willpower alone?
5. What does “letting God prevail” look like in a busy week?
6. When have you felt the relationship restored?
7. Where do small drifts become big gaps?
8. How do covenants function like true-and-fair balances?
9. What barriers (pride/fear) keep you from reconciling quickly?
10. What micro-alignment could you do before Sunday?

Object Lesson Ideas

1. Two ledgers (paper): “My Will / God’s Will”—draw lines to reconcile.
2. Level tool or plumb line: check alignment visually.
3. Magnifying glass: small discrepancies matter over time.
4. eraser + pencil: corrections are expected, not shameful.
5. Sticky note “Let God Prevail”—place on planner/phone.

Personal Sharing Prompts

1. A time you felt God “balance the books” of your heart.
2. A drift you caught early and corrected.
3. What “letting God prevail” meant in one decision.
4. A reconciliation that restored joy.
5. How covenants re-aligned a habit.
6. A pride barrier you laid down.
7. A fear you brought into the light.
8. An impression you acted on quickly.
9. A small practice that keeps you aligned.
10. Your one-line reconciliation prayer.

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Section 2: Agency & Misalignment—Choosing to Return

“We are free to act… but if we are not diligent… loss of alignment… We must choose to initiate the effort to reconcile.”

Discussion Questions

1. Where did agency bless you—and where did it drift you?
2. What nudges help you choose to return sooner?
3. How do you avoid resignation when you notice misalignment?
4. What role do ministering sisters play in helping us return?
5. What language (in your head) encourages vs. condemns?
6. How do you “begin again” on a normal Tuesday?
7. Where have you seen diligence keep you on track?
8. What keeps you from blaming circumstances or others?
9. How do you discern between godly sorrow and toxic shame?
10. What will “choose to return” look like today?

Object Lesson Ideas

1. Compass: one degree off over miles = big miss; re-aim now.
2. Door ajar: reconciliation is an open door—walk back in.
3. Breadcrumb trail: small steps home.
4. Reset button (paper): press to symbolize starting again.
5. Traffic cone: mark detours; choose the right lane again.

Personal Sharing Prompts

1. A time you chose to return promptly.
2. A sister who helped you turn back.
3. Words you tell yourself when you’ve drifted.
4. A Tuesday “reset” story.
5. A diligent habit that protects you.
6. An excuse you’re done using.
7. A boundary that keeps you close to God.
8. How you distinguish sorrow vs. shame.
9. One step you’ll take before bedtime.
10. Your sentence: “Today I choose to return by…”

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Section 3: Daily Repentance—Clearing the Discrepancy

“Repent every day… reconciliation signifies the removal of the barrier of sin.”

Discussion Questions

1. What does daily repentance look like in 3 minutes?
2. How has Pres. Nelson’s teaching made repentance joyful for you?
3. What barrier do you need cleared today?
4. How do you involve the sacrament in your daily clears?
5. What helps you confess honestly to God?
6. How do you make restitution in family relationships?
7. What does grace feel like after you repent?
8. How do you track small wins without perfectionism?
9. How do you teach kids/teens to love daily repentance?
10. What “repentance script” actually helps you start?

Object Lesson Ideas

1. Whiteboard smudged → wiped clean: visible mercy.
2. Receipt with “PAID” stamp: debt cleared by Christ.
3. Trash bag labeled “Barrier” → set it down.
4. Erasable pen: expect corrections.
5. Timer (2–3 min): model a quick repentance prayer.

Personal Sharing Prompts

1. A fresh start you felt this week.
2. The shortest repentance prayer that worked.
3. A restitution you made that brought peace.
4. A sacrament moment of real cleansing.
5. A small win you’re celebrating.
6. How you teach kids to reset daily.
7. A barrier Christ removed for you.
8. A journal line that keeps you honest.
9. A scripture that lifts shame.
10. Your daily repentance plan.

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Section 4: Enos—From Guilt Swept Away to Unshaken Faith

“Thy sins are forgiven thee… my guilt was swept away… my faith began to be unshaken in the Lord.”

Discussion Questions

1. What in Enos’s approach (desire, humility, focus, determination) stands out?
2. How do you wrestle in prayer without spiraling?
3. What confirms forgiveness to you (peace, clarity, change)?
4. How does reconciliation lead to confidence before God?
5. Where do you need an Enos hour—or Enos 10 minutes?
6. What helps you persist when heaven feels quiet?
7. How does forgiveness transform how you see others?
8. What does “unshaken” look like practically?
9. Where do you want your faith to become unshaken?
10. How can RS create “Enos space” for sisters?

Object Lesson Ideas

1. Blank index card: write “forgiven”—tear up the duplicate “debt.”
2. Sandbag → remove: guilt lifted, walk lighter.
3. Kneeling mat (paper): a spot for wrestle-prayer.
4. Anchor card: write what anchors your faith when shaken.
5. Earplugs (prop): silence noise to hear God.

Personal Sharing Prompts

1. Your Enos-like prayer story.
2. How you recognized forgiveness.
3. A wrestle that became rest.
4. A confidence you felt before God.
5. A place you want “unshaken” faith.
6. Your 10-minute Enos plan.
7. A time you forgave because you were forgiven.
8. What anchors you when storms come.
9. A verse you repeat in the wrestle.
10. Your line of witness: “He swept my guilt away…”

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Section 5: The Cherry Orchard—Unshaken Connection to the Stem of Jesse

“Some cherries… would not fall. They were unshakable… Disobedience, doubts, and fears can weaken our connection to the Stem of Jesse (Jesus Christ).”

Discussion Questions

1. What weakens your connection (disobedience, doubt, fear)?
2. How do you respond when life “shakes the tree”?
3. What practices keep your stem firmly attached?
4. How do covenants strengthen connection under pressure?
5. Where have you seen someone remain unshaken?
6. What’s the difference between having doubts and feeding doubts?
7. What fear is loosening your grip—and what truth can replace it?
8. How do you fortify connection daily (scripture, prayer, temple)?
9. What does “hold fast” look like for you this month?
10. How can we help each other be “unshakable” in Christ?

Object Lesson Ideas

1. Paper cherry + branch: tape vs. staple = flimsy vs. firm attachment.
2. Clothespin on a line: grip tightens with added wraps (covenants).
3. Wind from a fan: what stays attached under shaking?
4. Card “doubt/fear” → replace with “truth/faith.”
5. Small anchor tied to “Stem of Jesse” card.

Personal Sharing Prompts

1. A shaking you survived by holding to Christ.
2. A doubt you fed vs. one you surrendered.
3. A fear you’ll replace with a scripture truth.
4. Your daily hold-fast practice.
5. A covenant moment that steadied you.
6. Someone who modeled unshaken faith.
7. A song/line that keeps you attached.
8. Where you feel the wind right now.
9. One step to tighten your grip this week.
10. Your “I will not fall” affirmation in Him.

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Section 6: Ripe for Destruction vs. Willing to Change

“Being easily shaken… ripe for destruction… Not unable to change, but unwilling.”

Discussion Questions

1. Where have you drifted from unable to simply unwilling?
2. What helps you choose willingness when you’re tired?
3. How does honesty with God break stubbornness?
4. What community/accountability helps you keep soft?
5. Where are you justifying a long-standing habit?
6. What does a first, tiny step of willingness look like?
7. How do you keep your heart from hardening over time?
8. What role does gratitude play in willingness?
9. What will you lay on the altar this week?
10. How can we lovingly nudge each other toward “willing”?

Object Lesson Ideas

1. Two stones: one hard, one soft sponge—ask which receives living water.
2. Door latch: locked (unwilling) vs. unlatched (willing).
3. Seed in dry vs. moist soil: receptivity matters.
4. Sticky note “I will”—write one willing act.
5. Thermometer vs. thermostat: react vs. choose.

Personal Sharing Prompts

1. A place you chose willingness over pride.
2. Your tiny step this week.
3. A habit you’ll stop excusing.
4. A person who keeps your heart soft.
5. A gratitude that shifts your will.
6. A prayer of total honesty you’ll pray.
7. A scripture that melts stubbornness.
8. What you’ll put on the altar.
9. A hardness you’ll let God break up.
10. Your sentence: “Today I’m willing to…”

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Section 7: Witnesses → Hope → Unshaken Faith

“Search the prophets… many revelations… having all these witnesses, we obtain a hope, and our faith becometh unshaken.”

Discussion Questions

1. Which living-prophet invitation is anchoring you now?
2. How do you “search the prophets” with intention (notes, actions)?
3. What revelation have you received recently?
4. How does hope precede unshaken faith?
5. How do you act when you don’t feel like it—yet?
6. What witness from scripture you’re clinging to?
7. What’s your plan to turn conference notes into habits?
8. How do you share witnesses without lecturing?
9. Which promise from prophets have you tested and proven?
10. Where do you want unshaken faith by year’s end?

Object Lesson Ideas

1. Quote jar: draw a living prophet line to act on this week.
2. Checklist: “Hear → Heed → Harvest (report back).”
3. Highlighter + talk page: mark verbs (do this!).
4. Two candles: scripture + living prophet = brighter light.
5. Calendar box: schedule one prophetic invitation.

Personal Sharing Prompts

1. A modern-prophet invitation you obeyed.
2. Fruit you saw from heeding counsel.
3. A revelation you recorded.
4. Your witness that sparked hope.
5. A promise you’ve proved true.
6. One habit from conference you’re keeping.
7. How you share without preaching.
8. A verse that holds you.
9. Your end-of-year unshaken goal.
10. Your testimony line about witnesses.

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Section 8: The Iterative Pattern—Repent → Unshaken → Desire to Stay Reconciled

“Repenting… leads to unshaken faith. Unshaken faith leads to a desire to always be reconciled… a circular pattern.”

Discussion Questions

1. Where are you in the cycle today (repenting, unshaken, desiring)?
2. What keeps the cycle moving when you stall?
3. How do covenants grease the gears of this pattern?
4. What weekly checkpoints will you use (sacrament, temple, journal)?
5. How do you mentor youth into this rhythm?
6. What derails your cycle—and how will you preempt it?
7. How can RS be an “alignment shop” for each other?
8. What promise from Elder Johnson will you claim?
9. What metric will show “more reconciled” in 30 days?
10. What will you do in the next 24 hours to turn the wheel?

Object Lesson Ideas

1. Circle diagram: Repent → Reconciled → Unshaken → Desire → (repeat).
2. Gear cutouts: add “Covenants” gear to keep motion.
3. Habit tracker card for 30 days.
4. Arrow stickers to mark the next step.
5. Hourglass: keep the cycle moving—small, steady actions.

Personal Sharing Prompts

1. Your current spot on the cycle.
2. A step that restarts your motion.
3. A covenant moment that re-engaged you.
4. A weekly checkpoint that helps.
5. A derail you’ll preempt.
6. How RS has aligned you.
7. A promise you’re claiming.
8. Your 30-day metric.
9. Your 24-hour action.
10. Your closing witness of the Great Reconciler.

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Conclusion

Elder Johnson’s witness is precise and hopeful: Jesus Christ is the Great Reconciler. Through His atonement, daily repentance clears the discrepancy, covenants strengthen our connection to the Stem of Jesse, and prophetic witnesses move us toward unshaken faith.
Invite your sisters to choose one discrepancy to reconcile and one habit to strengthen connection before next Sunday. Then close with this assurance from the talk’s spirit: as we reconcile to God, He restores peace, confidence, and unshaken faith—again and again.

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