Choose to do the spiritual work required to enjoy the gift of the Holy Ghost and hear the voice of the Spirit more frequently and more clearly.” Bridges instead of walls Let this Easter Sunday be a defining moment in your life. “My beloved brothers and sisters, I plead with you to increase your spiritual capacity to receive revelation. “Are you willing to let God prevail in your life? Are you willing to let God be the most important influence in your life? Will you allow his words, his commandments and his covenants to influence what you do each day? Will you allow his voice to take priority over any other? Are you willing to let whatever he needs you to do take precedence over every other ambition? Are you willing to have your will swallowed up in his?”Īnother was his optimistic call to church members to sharpen their ability to receive revelation as a bulwark against a spiritually suffocating world. “The question for each of us, regardless of race, is the same,” he said. One of his most ringing statements was encouraging people to let God prevail in their lives.
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In landmark general conference talks, President Nelson focused members on “family centered, church-supported” gospel study, taught about revelation, reorganized home teaching into ministering, asked people to learn how to hear God and announced more than 100 new temples. Working together, we can flood social media with a wave of gratitude that reaches the four corners of the earth.” ‘Let God prevail’ At the end of seven days, see if you feel happier and more at peace. Post every day about what you are grateful for, whom you are grateful for and why you are grateful. “I view the current pandemic as only one of many ills that plague our world, including hate, civil unrest, racism, violence, dishonesty and lack of civility,” President Nelson said, then invited people “to turn social media into your own personal gratitude journal. Just before Thanksgiving that first year of the pandemic, he again released a video, prescribing gratitude and prayer as a healing remedy for spiritual and societal problems. “I love you, I pray for you and I promise that you will receive comfort and peace as you continue to hear him,” he said, adding “These unique challenges will pass in time. He also advised that the gospel of Jesus Christ “provides certain hope and help to a troubled world.” He said church leaders were praying for the sick and those who had lost loved ones. The pandemic halted world travel, but President Nelson used video to speak directly to people two days after the pandemic was declared in March 2020. All other things concerning our religions are secondary to it.” Preaching peace and optimism His Atonement is the most important event in the history of the world and is the foundation of our religion. Please teach your children about the Lord Jesus Christ. In Quito, Ecuador, in October 2019, he said, “We need to purify our language, elevate our thoughts and live our lives with obedience to God’s commandments. The smile grew a little bigger as he paused at the end of each of the next few sentences.
Then, 10 months into his administration as the church’s 17th president-prophet, he sat down with a few reporters after dedicating the Concepción Chile Temple.Īt the end of the interview, he leaned forward knowingly, smiled broadly and said, “If you think the church has been fully restored, you’re just seeing the beginning. The next six months brought additional testimony and meaningful invitations. The conference that April was dynamic and the effect was electric as changes were announced, but that was just the beginning. His firm testimony of Jesus Christ and the power of revelation, and his constant invitation for all to build a foundation upon the Lord has carried through the first five years of President Nelson’s ministry as church president. But in coming days, it will not be possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing, comforting and constant influence of the Holy Ghost.” We will see miraculous indications that God the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ, preside over this church in majesty and glory. “Our Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ, will perform some of his mightiest works between now and when he comes again. Nelson spoke on the first Easter morning after he became the 17th prophet-leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2018, he reminded members who they actually believe presides over the church and began what have become repeated efforts to prepare them for the future:
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