God Did Not Put Us Here to Fail | Jon M. Huntsman Sr. | November 2009

About this episode

Jon M. Huntsman Sr. discusses the importance of optimism and following the gospel of Jesus Christ for achieving happiness.

Jon M. Huntsman Sr. speaks of the need to be optimistic and of how following the gospel of Jesus Christ will lead us to happiness.  Click here to see the speech page.  Support the show: https://ldsp-pay.ldschurch.org/donations/byu/byu-speeches.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: BYU Speeches

Guest: Jon M. Huntsman Sr.

Topics covered

• optimism
• gospel
• happiness
• faith
• spirituality

Keywords

• optimism
• gospel
• happiness
• faith
• spirituality
• Jon M. Huntsman Sr.

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LDS Church

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