The Sunday morning session also included remarks from three members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the Young Men general president, a counselor in the Relief Society general presidency and an emeritus general authority. As the COVID-19 pandemic unfurled across the globe in March 2020, President Nelson invited Church members and others around the world to fast and pray for physical, spiritual and other healing in response to the spread of COVID-19. So, please be compassionate, be understanding, be slow to judge and be quick to forgive, President Nelson wrote. Because Jesus Christ overcame this world, you can too. Whatever our Church calling, we can pray to our Heavenly Father and receive guidance and direction, be warned about dangers and distractions, and be enabled to accomplish things we simply could not do on our own. Between now and the time He returns with power and great glory,1 He will bestow countless privileges, blessings, and miracles upon the faithful. It is because of His transcendent mission and the peace He grants His followers that my wife, Wendy, and I felt comfort late on January2, 2018, when we were awakened by a phone call telling us that President Thomas S. Monson had stepped through the veil. METROPOLITAN TROTTING CLUB QUALITY WINS MIDSUMMER. This may involve setting a specific time and place to study the scriptures, praying more often, making temple worship a bigger priority, and letting God prevail in all aspects of your life.. President Nelson offered five suggestions to help Latter-day Saints develop that faith and trust: When the major renovation to the Salt Lake Temple is complete, there will be no safer place during an earthquake in the Salt Lake Valley than inside that temple, said President Nelson during October 2021 general conference. They are intimately aware of your circumstances, your goodness, your needs, and your prayers for help. Elder Gerrit W. Gong and Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles talk prior to the Sunday morning session of the 192nd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. My dear brothers and sisters, I am grateful to greet you on this glorious Sabbath morning. Jesus Christ offers relief and peace from heartache and turmoil, a special kind of rest that comes through a covenant relationship with God, President Russell M. Nelson said Sunday morning to a worldwide international conference. But yoking yourself with the Savior means you have access to His strength and redeeming power. Ben B. Braun, Deseret News. I assure you that our Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ, love you. You will struggle to find words to thank Him . All rights reserved. It has been my privilege to serve in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for 34 years and to know personally 10 of the 16 previous Presidents of the Church. My professional and ecclesiastical experiences convince me that vaccinations administered by competent medical professionals protect health and preserve life. Through the manifestations of the Holy Ghost, the Lord will assist us in all our righteous pursuits. See RussellM. Nelson, Choices for Eternity (worldwide devotional for young adults, May15, 2022), broadcasts.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Every blessing the Lord has for youeven miracleswill follow. Sustaining of General Authorities, Area Seventies, and General Officers, Follow Jesus Christ with Footsteps of Faith, Beauty for Ashes: The Healing Path of Forgiveness, Building a Life Resistant to the Adversary, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Russell M Nelson "In coming days, it will not be possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing, comforting, and constant influence of the Holy Ghost." -President Russell M. Nelson Nothing opens the heavens quite like the combination of increased purity, exact obedience, earnest seeking, daily feasting on the words of Christ in the Book of Mormon,14 and regular time committed to temple and family history work. Senator Nelson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Clinton in September 1995. This is the mission for which you were sent to earth.. Then, at yesterday mornings solemn assembly, members of the Church throughout the world raised their hands to confirm the earlier action taken by the Apostles. My beloved brothers and sisters, I plead with you to increase your spiritual capacity to receive revelation." It will be filled with opportunities for each of us to progress, contribute, and take the gospel to every corner of the earth. He shared Christs call to those who would follow him to take up his cross: Elder Bednar used an extensive retelling of the parable of the royal marriage feast to explain the meaning of the phrase many are called, but few are chosen., He said God does not have a list of favorites nor a limit to the chosen.. Posted: Mar 1, 2023 / 04:35 PM PST. President Nelson said a covenant relationship with God binds us to him in a way that makes everything about life easier. He said that these covenant relationships and choosing to follow the doctrine of Christ are the keys to overcoming. President Russell M. Nelson. Kevin Dickson, 17, sings at the end of the Worldwide Devotional for Youth at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, June 3, 2018. On Jan 1, 2022, as many were setting aside time to write down resolutions for the coming year, President Nelson posted three suggestions on social media: First, he wrote, resolve to strengthen your spiritual foundation. Faith in Jesus Christ is the greatest power available in this life, said President Nelson during the April 2021 general conference. Again and again, I pray for you to feel Their love for you. We experience what the Prophet Joseph Smith knew when he taught, By union of feeling we obtain power with God.7 No member of the First Presidency or Quorum of the Twelve would ever leave decisions for the Lords Church to his own best judgment! Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf and Elder David A. Bednar talk after the Sunday morning session of the 192nd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. The film will be directed by Trey Edward Shults, the filmmaker behind "Waves" and "It . You will be overwhelmed to the point of tears to be in His holy presence. Photo supplied, Intellectual Reserves. Write the thoughts that come to your mind. Let Him know through your prayers and your actions that you are serious about overcoming the world. Ammon taught, 'Let us give thanks to (God), for he doth work righteousness forever.'. The Lord understands the feelings you are experiencing. Those who live the higher laws of Jesus Christ have access to His higher power. Then the Lord brought Wendy Watson to my side. "There are vacancies in cabinet. I testify that the Lord instructed me to select President DallinH. Oaks and President HenryB. Eyring to serve as my counselors in the First Presidency. This is according to presidential spokesman Vincent Magwenya, who was addressing media on Wednesday. While we surely will come up short from time to time, our persistent efforts to hear Him and follow the inspiration He gives us will help us to wax strong in the Spirit (Mosiah 18:26).. Second, choose to believe in Jesus Christ. Click here for Copyright issues concerning church materials, Self-Reliance (Food Storage / Preparedness). Conferencegoers are seated during the Sunday morning session of the 192nd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. President Nelson Quotes In Coming Days. He extended two invitations related to the "healing power of gratitude.". LDS Quotes By Prophet & Apostle President Russell M. Nelson. It happens over a lifetime as we repeatedly embrace the doctrine of Christ. As I came to understand the Word of Wisdom, I wanted my parents to live that law. I am optimistic about the future. My message to you today is that because Jesus Christ overcame this fallen world and because he atoned for each of us, you too can overcome this sin-saturated, self-centered and often exhausting world, President Nelson said during the penultimate session of the faiths 192nd Semiannual General Conference. Now, you may be thinking this sounds more like hard spiritual work than rest. However, when you yoke yourself to Jesus Christ and do the spiritual work required to overcome the world, He, and He alone, does have the power to lift you above the pull of this world. Your heart will soften as your faith in Jesus Christ increases.8 Overcoming the world means growing to love God and His Beloved Son more than you love anyone or anything else. (2Peter3:8). He sought personal revelation, and his seeking opened this last dispensation. Spend more time in the temple, and seek to understand how the temple teaches you to rise above this fallen world.14. Ask Him to enlighten your mind and send the help you need. What does it mean to overcome the world? In this just released article in the Ensign, President Nelson talks with enthusiasm about the First Vision, the gathering of Israel on both sides of the veil, the rolling forth of the Book of Mormon, the covenants of Abraham, spiritual security, the establishment of Zion throughout the earth and making preparations for the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. I learned much from each of them. And it does not mean that you wont still make mistakes. They cannot! Each day, record the thoughts that come to you as you pray; then follow through diligently. As with fishing, real change requires time and often a lot of time. In his 98 years of life, President Nelson has seen almost everythinga Great Depression, a world war, and a . I bless you to see the needs of those around you and strengthen those you love. What do you feel an urgent need to know or understand? In like manner, I testify that the Lord inspired the call of Elder Gerrit W. Gong and Elder Ulisses Soares to be ordained as His Apostles. To strengthen my proposal to Wendy, I said to her, I know about revelation and how to receive it. To her creditand, as I have come to learn, typical of hershe had already sought and received her own revelation about us, which gave her the courage to say yes. In speaking about the Holy Ghost, President Nelson stated, "In coming days, it will not be possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing, comforting, and constant influence of the Holy Ghost. Updated: Mar 1, 2023 / 04:35 PM PST. The remarks come at a time when courts across the country are littered with cases implicating CCC activists. As I have stated before, the gathering of Israel is the most important work taking place on earth today. President DavidO. McKay said that in the temple we take a step-by-step ascent into the Eternal Presence (in TrumanG. Madsen, The Temple: Where Heaven Meets Earth [2008], 11). Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. He said coming days, not coming weeks, months, years or decades. Before the Savior submitted Himself to the agony of Gethsemane and Calvary, He declared to His Apostles, In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.3 Subsequently, Jesus entreated each of us to do the same when He said, I will that ye should overcome the world.4. Leaders sing during a congregational hymn during the Sunday afternoon session of the 192nd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. Mashatile said President Cyril Ramaphosa had indicated that he planned to appoint an electricity minister in the next seven days to deal with the country's load shedding crisis. The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square performed How Wondrous and Great, With Songs of Praise, You Can Make the Pathway Bright, We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet, How Great the Wisdom and the Love and Let Us All Press On., Copyright 2023 Deseret News Publishing Company. Then when we have reached complete accord, the unifying influence of the Holy Ghost is spine-tingling! "It was a profound teaching moment, and I have reminded myself of that day often when I have found myself growing discouraged and pessimistic. To bring hope and healing during a time of global instability and uncertainty in November 2020, President Nelson prescribed a "fast-acting and long-lasting" spiritual remedy to the world. I plead with us to work together for peace, for mutual respect and for an outpouring of love for all of Gods children.. King Benjamin taught us how. It is tempting to expect immediate results and then become disappointed when things dont work out exactly as planned. As a result, I was not raised in a gospel-centered home. Learn about God and how He works. Brother Lund said over 200,000 Latter-day Saint youth attended hundreds of the new For the Strength of Youth conferences this summer. Women general leaders talk prior to the Sunday morning session of the 192nd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. President Russell M. Nelson extends an invitation on Feb. 26, 2020, to hear Him. This invitation launched a series of #HearHim videos by Church leaders. Push through the tough times and realize that even small victories mean you are having success. Learning Strategies Recognize and Act on Promptings from the Holy Ghost. On Sunday, January14, 2018, in the upper room of the Salt Lake Temple, the First Presidency was reorganized in the simple yet sacred pattern established by the Lord. Everyone can do something.. Yes! Women leaders hug after the Sunday afternoon session of the 192nd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. One crucial element of this gathering is preparing a people who are able, ready, and worthy to receive the Lord when He comes again, a people who have already chosen Jesus Christ over this fallen world, a people who rejoice in their agency to live the higher, holier laws of Jesus Christ. Record your feelings and follow through with actions that you are prompted to take. Please do all you can to protect yourself and others so the work of the Lord on both sides of the veil can move forward, they wrote. What a glorious privilege it has been to celebrate Easter with you on this Sunday of general conference! He said church members have deep respect and profound admiration for the faith-filled motives and devoted lives of those who do display crosses, but gave three reasons Latter-day Saints dont. My dear brothers and sisters, my call to you this Easter morning is to start today to increase your faith, he declared. President Nelson and his counselors in the First Presidency, President Dallin H. Oaks and President Henry B. Eyring, repeatedly urged Latter-day Saints to protect themselves and others by being vaccinated and wearing face masks. Let this Easter Sunday be a defining moment in your life. They meant the world to me and taught me crucial lessons. Who are you? President Nelson asked. I remember in an operating room, I have stood over a patientunsure how to perform an unprecedented procedureand experienced the Holy Ghost diagramming the technique in my mind.5. . Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Ezra Taft Benson (2014), 4243. First and foremost, you are a child of God, a child of the covenant, and a disciple of Jesus Christ. President Russell M. 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