Jointly published by the Deseret News and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, its content supports the doctrines, principles and practices of the Church. President Nelson even invited us to take our vitamins to be prepared to keep up with his ever-quickening pace. April 15, 2021 Cover image via Church Newsroom. This is His Church, restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith. There is, however, a remedy one that may seem surprising because it flies in the face of our natural intuitions. President Nelson invited all to "hear Him. Subscribe for free and get daily or weekly updates straight to your inbox, The three things you need to know everyday, Highlights from the last week to keep you informed. The house of the Lord is a house of learning. And yet, even as a boy, I knew I was missing something. 90 views, 1 likes, 0 loves, 0 comments, 2 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from HearHim.PH: It has never been more imperative to know how the Spirit speaks to you than right now. President Nelson then humbly invited all to flood the world with gratitude for seven days through social media posts and actions of all kinds. Two hundred years have now elapsed since this Restoration was initiated by God the Father and His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ. his first general conference as President of the Church, Why the Churchs 2020 #HearHim initiative is an important reminder of the Restoration. Following steps that President Nelson has provided for us and filled with counsel from Latter-day leaders, this guided study book will help you increase your own spiritual capacity to receive revelation. Let this Easter Sunday be a defining moment in your life. That is what personal revelation will do for you. Technology can help you. That's what happened on Sunday, Feb. 26, in Maputo, Mozambique, when Elder Quentin L. Cook spoke at a combined stake conference. You are His children. In February 2020, President Russell M. Nelson extended an invitation to Church members as we commemorate the 200th anniversary of the First Vision to think deeply and often about how we hear the Savior in our own lives. Because of this, our common trial has the potential to help unite Gods children as never before. To prepare for today, I previously recorded this proclamation in the Sacred Grove, where Joseph Smith first saw the Father and the Son. The more I can hear Him, the more of an effective instrument I will be to bring others to that same love that I feel, she wrote in a blog post on May 14. Apply: Advice from leaders and chart space to put down your thoughts and ideas. In each location, I have felt that I was in the presence of the Lords elect and that I was seeing the gathering of Israel occur before my eyes. In the January 2021 issue of the Liahona magazine, President Russell M. Nelson shares an inspiring message on continuing in our quest to recognize the voice of the Lord in our lives in a message entitled, Grow into the Principle of Revelation. Three of the original twelve ApostlesPeter, James, and Johnrestored the apostleship and keys of priesthood authority. It means you will never be left comfortless or without access to the power of God to help you. He invited us to put Jesus Christ at the forefront of home-centered, Church-supported worship. Each of these blessings has come as a result of seeking and heeding the promptings of the Holy Ghost. We affirm that God is making known His will for His beloved sons and daughters. Learn: Study quotes on the topic for the week and journaling space to write down your inspiration. As Sarah Jane Weaver skillfully moved our conversation through many of these invitations from the Prophet during 2020, I found my mind racing to a host of other invitations he has extended during the nearly three years he has served as our Heavenly Fathers prophet to the world. He and His Father, our Heavenly Father, are watching over us. Many arrived hours early to . In a February 2020 social media post, President Nelson extended an invitation tied to the 200th anniversary of the First Vision. While some have suffered more than others, we have all been challenged in some way. Our spiritual survival will depend on it. Regardless of where you live or what your circumstances are, the Lord Jesus Christ is your Savior, and Gods prophet Joseph Smith is your prophet. So, one day when I was very young, I went to our basement and smashed on the concrete floor every bottle of liquor! I am humbly grateful for your sustaining support. He was willing to suffer for the sins and weaknesses of each of us, which suffering caused Him to bleed at every pore.1 He was crucified on Calvarys cross2 and rose the third day as the first resurrected being of our Heavenly Fathers children. As a companion scripture to the Bible, the Book of Mormon testifies that all human beings are sons and daughters of a loving Father in Heaven, that He has a divine plan for our lives, and that His Son, Jesus Christ, speaks today as well as in days of old. My dear brothers and sisters, how thankful I am that through the use of technology we have been able to meet together and worship on this Sunday morning. How blessed we are to know that the gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored to the earth! 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I love Him and testify that He lives! He pleads with us to listen to the voice of Jesus Christ, whom the Father anointed and appointed as our Mediator, Savior and Redeemer.". In each chapter, the Hear Himstudy guide also focuses on five principles that are illustrated in the following ways: Preorder the Hear Himstudy guide today. President Nelsons invitation to more intentionally hear Him came with powerful promises including, miracles in your marriage, family relationships and daily work. For all whose health may permit, let us fast, pray, and unite our faith once again,said President Russell M. Nelson in his Saturday evening general conference address. Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith (2007), 39394. President Russell M. Nelson The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints In his Sunday morning address during the 188th Annual General Conference, on April 1, President Russell M. Nelson told Church members "the Lord will assist us in all our righteous pursuits." He centered his address on the topic of revelation. Through the years, great and marvelous things have been heard from dedicated pulpits across the earth. Do whatever it takes to increase your spiritual capacity to receive personal revelation. If you have been called to lead, counsel as a presidency and with quorum members. All rights reserved. Are youwillingto let whatever He needs you to do take precedence over every other ambition? I expected my father to punish me, but he never said a word. Humble yourself! He is our Savior, our Exemplar, and our Redeemer. President Nelson has reminded us: The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives. All eight of my great-grandparents were converts to the Church in Europe. Young Women General President Bonnie H. Cordon and Young Men General President Steven J. Lund film a segment for the virtual Youth Music Festival. Meetings are only a small part of what a quorum is meant for and what it can do. As we approached the end of the interview, what has become the signature closing question of the podcast, was asked. One of his most influential challenges, Matheson said, was encouraging members to hear the word of Christ. Ponder the truths and think of the impact those truths will have on your life if you will hear them, hearken to them, and heed the commandments and covenants that accompany them. How I love and honor him! Jointly published by the Deseret News and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, its content supports the doctrines, principles and practices of the Church. 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. As Jesus told His disciples, Iniquity shall abound before His return (Joseph SmithMatthew 1:30). Heavenly Father knows you. In the year 2020 alone President Nelson has issued numerous stirring, inspiring and challenging invitations to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and to the people of the world. 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. Record your feelings and follow through with actions that you are prompted to take. All rights reserved. Take time to immerse yourself in the scriptures and worship in the temple. Earthquakes, fires, floods, plagues, and their aftermaths have disrupted routines and caused shortages of food, staples, and savings. In a blog post dated April 21, Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles described several ways he hears the Lords voice, including service, righteous music, scriptures, sincere prayer and recording spiritual impressions. It means that because you have been baptized by one who has authority from Jesus Christ and have been confirmed a member of His Church, you can enjoy the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost. Jesus is the Christ! Yes! God the Father has given us the divine birth, the incomparable life, and the infinite atoning sacrifice of His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ. He says: On September 30, 2017, following the afternoon session of general conference, I stopped by the hospital to check on my beloved quorum member Elder RobertD. Hales. But as our ability to gather in these places has been restricted in varying degrees, we have learned that one of the holiest of places on earth is the homeyes, even your home. If we are to have any hope of sifting through the myriad of voices and the philosophies of men that attack truth, we must learn to receive revelation. I have the same experience today as an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, the member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles wrote in a Sept. 4 blog post. I cannot fully express the joy that I felt that day,3 and each day I feel that joy of their sealing and my being sealed to them. Second, in a pattern that this prophet regularly deploys . Most of our guidance comes from the . President Nelson has and will continue to offer invitations to members of the Church of Jesus Christ and to the world because he knows what happens when such invitations are acted upon. He communicates simply, quietly, and with such stunning plainness that we cannot misunderstand Him.8, For example, whenever He has introduced His Only Begotten Son to mortals upon the earth, He has done so with remarkably few words. He invites all of us to come unto Him and His Church, to receive the Holy Ghost, the ordinances of salvation, and to gain enduring joy. Part of the event was filmed at the Conference Center Theatre in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Will you allow His words, His commandments, and His covenants to influence what you do each day? Our unity helps us to discern the Lords will for His Church. In humility, we declare that in answer to his prayer, God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, appeared to Joseph and inaugurated the restitution of all things (Acts 3:21) as foretold in the Bible. Doing so will help you know how to move ahead with your life, what to do during times of crisis, and how to discern and avoid the temptations and the deceptions of the adversary. Some have asked me, Does the Lord speak to you all the time? I answer that He speaks to me in the same way Hes spoken to me all my life by the gift of the Holy Ghost.. I pray constantly that the Lord will comfort you. He will guide and protect you. Ordained Apostles of Jesus Christ always testify of Him. Think of that! God uttered this plea while introducing His Son to Peter, James and John on the Mount of Transfiguration; to the Nephites in ancient Bountiful; and to Joseph Smith in the Sacred Grove. How eager each of us should be to seek refuge there. In this regard, the two great commandments can guide us: first, to love God and, second, to love our neighbor.11 We show our love by serving. That is why it felt so good to administer the sacrament in your home. And, finally, we hear Him as we heed the words of prophets, seers, and revelators. When we convene as a Council of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve, our meeting rooms become rooms of revelation. Because of the increasing dangers we face, our need for divine guidance has never been greater, and our efforts to hear the voice of Jesus Christour Mediator, Savior, and Redeemerhave never been more urgent. Without His Resurrection, death would be the end. Your answers will be unique to you, but may I suggest four lessons I hope we have all learned and will never forget. We discussed a number of these invitations including: President Nelson began Jan. 1, 2020, with a Facebook post which reminded members of the Church of his invitation from the previous October general conference. It is in the ordinances [of the priesthood that] the power of godliness is manifest.4 That power is available to you and your family in your own home as you keep the covenants you have made.5. But the message of Easter and the promise of resurrection sustained me. I renew my plea for you to do whatever it takes to increase your spiritual capacity to receive personal revelation. Then, a stream of answers would come. Share: Conversation prompts and ideas to share what youve learned. and Jesus Christ and His gospel, we can feel joy regardless of what is happeningor not happeningin our lives. In doing so, they could know what he wants from them as they live out their lives. Even in the midst of COVID, with so much shut down, we still seem to lead busy and hectic lives, where it feels like we need to rush forward to the next thing, but President Nelson reminds us that seeking revelation involves something else after we have prayed: If we will stay on our knees for a while after we finish our prayer, thoughts, feelings, and direction will come into our mind. As you repeat this process day after day, month after month, year after year, you will grow into the principle of revelation.9, Does God really want to speak to you? It behooves each of us to measure up to the sacred ordination we have received. He testifies of truth and will confirm what is true as you hear and read the word of the Lord. I renew my plea for you to do whatever it takes to increase your spiritual capacity to receive personal revelation (President Russell M. Nelson, "Hear Him," Apr. This applies to everyone, wherever they may be the taxi driver in Calcutta, the engineer in London, the elementary school child in Ghana and the farmer in Chile, he wrote in a June 21 blog post. You do not need to have a reason or a message or business to transact. If you are married, counsel with your wife as your equal partner in this crucial work. The increasing darkness that accompanies tribulation makes the light of Jesus Christ shine ever brighter. Tags For the second time in as many weeks, Latter-day Saints and all others were called to join in a worldwide fast. Open your heart to God in prayer. The Apostles were afraid when they saw Jesus Christ encircled by a cloud on the Mount of Transfiguration. Through the manifestations of the Holy Ghost, the Lord will assist us in all our righteous pursuits. Seek revelation from the Lord. In contrast, the voice of the Lord is not a voice of a great tumultuous noise, but it [is] a still voice of perfect mildness, [like] a whisper, and it [pierces] even to the very soul.14 In order to hear this still voice, you too must be still!15. He had been hospitalized since suffering a heart attack a few days earlier. Write the thoughts that come to your mind. You might initially wish you could go back to 2019 and stay there! In the January 2021 issue of the Liahona magazine, President Russell M. Nelson shares an inspiring message on continuing in our quest to recognize the voice of the Lord in our lives in a message entitled, Grow into the Principle of Revelation. Revelation continues to flow from the Lord during this ongoing process of restoration. During his April 2020 general conference address " Hear Him ," President Nelson spoke of how it has "never been more imperative to know how the Spirit speaks to you," and to do " whatever it takes to increase your spiritual capacity to receive personal revelation." Invitations create space for revelation, transformation and miracles. President Nelson also offered a specific, practical approach in his recent message. Follow the example of the Prophet Joseph. I so testify, with my expression of love for each of you, in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen. Then when we have reached complete accord, the unifying influence of the Holy Ghost is spine-tingling! I promise that you will be blessed with additional power to deal with temptation, struggles, and weakness. At the close of the October 2021 general conference, President Nelson a world-renowned heart surgeon and medical researcher before entering full-time Church service in 1984 pleaded with listeners worldwide to counter the lure of the world by making time for the Lord every day. That is why He asks us to serve and minister to each other. The focus of the episode was on observations about invitations from President Russell M. Nelson. It will be available immediately on the Church website, from which you may obtain a copy. the president of the Church Based on what you studied about applying the teachings of prophets, match the following phrases with the correct words to complete them. And I promise that your capacity to feel joy will increase even if turbulence increases in your life. During a Face to Face event for young adults on Sept. 14, Elder Ronald A. Rasband and his wife, Sister Melanie Rasband, answered questions and shared insights focused on the Restoration of the gospel and the bicentennial proclamation. This April 2020 general conference is our time to commemorate an event that changed the world. It takes conscious and consistent effort to fill our daily lives with His words, His teachings, His truths. We gladly declare that the promised Restoration goes forward through continuing revelation. 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! 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. President Nelson invited us to receive personal revelation in our lives. When these temporary COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, please schedule regular time to worship and serve in the temple. In 2005, after nearly 60 years of marriage, my dear Dantzel was unexpectedly called home. But as we considered the unique historic and international impact of that First Vision, we felt impressed to create a monument not of granite or stone but of wordswords of solemn and sacred proclamationwritten, not to be carved in tables of stone but rather to be etched in the fleshy tables of our hearts.14. Screenshot from a #HearHim video produced for the Church in March 2020. President Nelson reminds us that we are particularly in need of this divine, personal guidance in the times we live in: Physical and spiritual tempests are a part of life on the earth, as the COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us. What do you feel an urgent need to know or understand? It is not just to prepare us for, and help us through, a pandemic. President Nelson's emphatic invitation to "Hear Him" first issued on social media in February and repeated in subsequent general conference addresses is an echoed plea of his counsel to Latter-day Saints to do "whatever it takes" to increase spiritual capacity to receive revelation. The future is bright for Gods covenant-keeping people.16 The Lord will increasingly call upon His servants who worthily hold the priesthood to bless, comfort, and strengthen mankind and to help prepare the world and its people for His Second Coming. What I know now is the reason President Nelson has extended so many invitations during his time as Prophet. When the focus of our lives is on God's plan of salvation . Orders will begin shipping in early August. He had questions regarding the salvation of his soul and trusted that God would direct him. As a result, I was not raised in a gospel-centered home. While traveling around the world, Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said he has felt the Holy Ghost testify to him that God is mindful of all of His children. We can also hear Him in the temple. Pages of this sacred text include an account of the personal ministry of Jesus Christ among people in the Western Hemisphere soon after His Resurrection. Personal revelation, President Nelson said, as members look to the future to . Let us prayerfully plead for relief from this global pandemic.". . Recording those impressions will help us remember what actions the Lord would have us take. Elder Ronald A. Rasband and his wife, Sister Melanie Rasband, stand with their grandchildren, nieces and nephews at the end of a Face to Face event for young adults broadcast from Goshen, Utah, on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. He is the Comforter. Russell M. Nelson, "Hear Him," Ensign, May 2020. The most important truth the Holy Ghost will ever witness to you is that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. He was foreordained before the foundation of the earth to be the prophet of this last dispensation, when nothing shall be withheld3 from the Saints. Helaman 5:30; see also 1Kings 19:12; 3Nephi 11:3. What I know now is that the Prophet wants each of us, and all of Heavenly Fathers children, to experience for ourselves what happens when we respond to invitations large and small. You, my brothers and sisters, are among those men, women, and children whom Nephi saw. In the Godhead, the Holy Ghost is the messenger. 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. He didnt hear a voice or see angels, but it had an impact within his heart that has never left him. "I assure you that revelatory guidance can be received by each of us as we humbly labor in the Lord's vineyard. Our Father knows that when we are surrounded by uncertainty and fear, what will help us the very most is to hear His Son. One night in prayer together, Sister Renlund thanked the Lord for priesthood power that would bind them together, regardless of the outcome. Early in Elder Dale G. Renlunds marriage, his wife, Sister Ruth Renlund, became ill with cancer.
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