[5] October 2014 General Conference: Ponder the Path of Thy Feet

In President Thomas S. Monson's October 2014 General conference talk, Ponder the Path of Thy Feet, he used repetition of what the Savior walked through to build a relationship with Christ in the audience members individually.
When he talked about walking as Christ did, he used repetition as well to emphasize the importance and intensity of the decisions we make in our lives today.He talked about going to Jerusalem and going where Jesus Christ did. Most people get caught up in standing in the exact same spot that he did, and walking exactly where he walked. The prophet pointed out that it is much more important to not walk where He walked, but to walk as he walked.  He repeated how Christ walked, "He went through many of the same trails we go through today, he walked the path of temptation, he walked the path of disappointment, he walked the path of pain." These statements cause the audience to really think about the connection they have with Jesus Christ that they may not have thought about before. This feeling of connection between their own individual lives and the Savior's life can have an incredibly lasting positive effect on their relationship with Christ. Knowing Christ personally will help them realize that worldly things don't matter, but eternal and heavenly things do. Thus they will make better decisions in this life.
Thomas S. Monson effectively uses repetition to emphasize the similarities between the audience's lives and Jesus Christ's lives, causing each member to feel closer to the Savior. President Monson states the importance of the choices we make by saying, "Decisions determine destiny." What we do in this life greatly effects our eternity, therefore getting people to understand this will greatly influence the perspective of church members to be more eternal.