February 2025 Devotional
Elder S. Mark Palmer
General Authority Seventy
The video will premiere on Friday, February 7 at 10 a.m. (MST/UTC-7).
About the Speaker
Stanley Mark Palmer was sustained as a General Authority Seventy in April 2016. He received a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Auckland and a master of business administration degree from BYU. He founded SMP Ventures, a real estate development company, and has served as president since 1993. He and his wife, Jacqueline, are the parents of six children. Together, they presided over the Washington Spokane Mission from 2009–2011 and as interim mission leaders in the Australia Sydney South Mission.
Instructions for Discussion
Below are suggested questions you can ask students to reflect on to help with your discussion. You may be inspired to ask different questions based on the needs of your group.
- How can we stay on the pathway leading to the tree of life as depicted in Lehi’s dream?
- What is the relationship between self-reliance and wealth?
- Why is being temporally self-reliant important? Why is being spiritually self-reliant important?
- How is self-reliance a means to serving others?