President M. Russell Ballard and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles share a moment 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. Elder Sitati, granted emeritus status on Saturday, spoke Sunday about patterns of discipleship, including patterns of faith, humility and love, which he called realities that govern our lives that we cannot change.. Our Saviors Atonement made eternal life a possibility and immortality a reality for all. 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? But overcoming the world does mean that your resistance to sin will increase. The constant availability of social media and a 24-hour news cycle bombard us with relentless messages. They meant the world to me and taught me crucial lessons. I just want to be sealed to my parents. That longed-for event did not happen until my parents were past 80, and then it did happen. 5. What they do produce is nothing but a hollow substitute for the blessed and happy state of those [who] keep the commandments of God.11. In coming days, we will see the greatest manifestations of the Saviors power that the world has ever seen. In the April 2019 General Conference, this was quoted at least three times. That's two days earlier than the previously announced April 7th release, while the Japanese premiere date for Nintendo . At the close of October 2022 general conference, President Russell M. Nelson invited members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe to " focus on the temple in ways you never have before.". Theresa Dear, left, and Dr. Amos Brown, right, at the 110th annual national convention for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Detroit, Michigan, on Sunday, July 21, 2019. CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa has called out President Mnangagwa over the continued persecution of party activists, and the growing list of banned rallies, vowing to end the tide of bad politics this year. I am optimistic about the future. You will struggle to find words to thank Him . Posted: Mar 1, 2023 / 04:35 PM PST. It means overcoming the temptation to care more about the things of this world than the things of God. It will be filled with opportunities for each of us to progress, contribute, and take the gospel to every corner of the earth." Each of these blessings has come as a result of seeking and heeding the promptings of the Holy Ghost. One of the things the Spirit has repeatedly impressed upon my mind since my new calling as President of the Church is how willing the Lord is to reveal His mind and will. You will be overwhelmed to the point of tears to be in His holy presence. President Russell M. Nelson speaks during 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. Success requires patience, persistence, and prayer, he wrote in a social media post on Jan. 1. Conferencegoers walk to the Conference Center for 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. The privilege of receiving revelation is one of the greatest gifts of God to His children. Archbishop Assos Timoteo, of the Greek Orthodox Church, attends 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. During his first general conference as the Prophet, President Nelson urged Latter-day Saints to increase their spiritual capacity to receive revelation. As Elder NealA. Maxwell taught, To those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, it is clear that the Father and the Son are giving away the secrets of the universe!13. How, then, do we overcome the world? I urge you to stretch beyond your current spiritual ability to receive personal revelation, for the Lord has promised that if thou shalt [seek], thou shalt receive revelation upon revelation, knowledge upon knowledge, that thou mayest know the mysteries and peaceable thingsthat which bringeth joy, that which bringeth life eternal.12, Oh, there is so much more that your Father in Heaven wants you to know. Because when we seek to hear truly hear His Son, we will be guided to know what to do in any circumstance., The doctrine of the gathering of Israel has captured President Nelsons attention for the more than 36 years he had served as an Apostle, he said during the October 2020 general conference. As you make your testimony your highest priority, watch for miracles to happen in your life.. But I promise that as you continue to be obedient, expressing gratitude for every blessing the Lord gives you, and as you patiently honor the Lords timetable, you will be given the knowledge and understanding you seek. Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Ezra Taft Benson (2014), 4243. On Jan. 19, 2021, President Nelson, President Oaks and President Eyring were among the eight senior Church leaders who received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. We live in a world that is complex and increasingly contentious. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 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. We also invite people of goodwill everywhere to look for ways to reach out and serve someone of a different background or race. And third, how does overcoming the world bless our lives? The Spirit is palpably present. Brother Lund said over 200,000 Latter-day Saint youth attended hundreds of the new For the Strength of Youth conferences this summer. Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith (2007), 39394. Without our Redeemers infinite Atonement, not one of us would have hope of ever returning to our Heavenly Father. Ask Him to enlighten your mind and send the help you need. So, please be compassionate, be understanding, be slow to judge and be quick to forgive, President Nelson wrote. Our unity helps us to discern the Lords will for His Church. I plead with us to work together for peace, for mutual respect and for an outpouring of love for all of Gods children.. Experience the joy of repenting daily. As I came to understand the Word of Wisdom, I wanted my parents to live that law. What does it mean to overcome the world? (RNS) Last week marked the four-year anniversary since Russell M. Nelson assumed leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and it's . President Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, motions to attendees during 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. Lloyd Newell, who hosts Music & The Spoken Word, speaks before 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. As I have stated before, the gathering of Israel is the most important work taking place on earth today. Always free helps and printables for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and anyone else who can use it. President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He said coming days, not coming weeks, months, years or decades. I bless you to care more about the things of God than the things of this world. To the young adults in May, President Russell M. Nelson said, "I have stopped buying green bananas." On September 9th, 2022 President Nelson turned 98 years old. He invited the women to hold a 10-day fast from social media, read the Book of Mormon before the end of the year, attend the temple regularly and participate fully in Relief Society. First, I invite you just for the next seven days to turn social media into your own personal gratitude journal. In a press conference in January 2018 following his ordination as President of the Church, President Nelson said: Now, to each member of the Church I say: Keep on the covenant path. He loves and cares for you, as I do, too, he said in a video message. Dont pollute it with the false philosophies of unbelieving men and women and then wonder why your testimony is waning. What has President Nelson invited Latter-day Saints to do? . Turn to Him for answers and for comfort. With the power of the holy apostleship vested in me, I bless you in your quest to overcome this world. METROPOLITAN TROTTING CLUB QUALITY WINS MIDSUMMER. What a glorious privilege it has been to celebrate Easter with you on this Sunday of general conference! Care for it. Our degree of gratitude is a measure of our love for . Paul Mashatile, who appears set to be appointed the country's deputy president, says a reshuffle is expected "in the coming days". How can we find answers to questions that perplex us? He encouraged the youth to read daily from the Book of Mormon to learn more about the gathering. President Nelson explained himself "countless privileges, blessings, and miracles . But if we listen carefully, we can also hear a quiet urgency that time is short and there is much to do. Conferencegoers head to their seats before 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 invited those listening to study "everything Jesus said and did as recorded in the Old Testament, his laws as . Following an invitation for Latter-day Saints to lead out in abandoning attitudes and actions of prejudice, he asked: Are you willing to let God prevail in your life? But here is the grand truth: while the world insists that power, possessions, popularity, and pleasures of the flesh bring happiness, they do not! "Marked Safe from the Second Coming of Jesus Christ." Other Latter-day Saints, though, still have an explanation for why . President Dallin H. Oaks and his wife Sister Kristen M. Oaks wave to the crowd 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 Oct. 2, 2022. If you and I are to withstand the forthcoming perils and pressures, it is imperative that we each have a firm spiritual foundation built upon the rock of our Redeemer, Jesus Christ. A young boy in the family picked up on the conversation. Updated: Mar 1, 2023 / 04:35 PM PST. He is now the oldest President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as the longest-living Apostle in this dispensation. President Russell M. Nelson enters 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. And it does not mean that you wont still make mistakes. Feed it truth. If we will truly receive the Holy Ghost and learn to discern and understand His promptings, we will be guided in matters large and small. We are followers of Jesus Christ. For a season, my grief was almost immobilizing. 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. He said that the natural man is an enemy to God and remains so forever unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord.9 Each time you seek for and follow the promptings of the Spirit, each time you do anything goodthings that the natural man would not doyou are overcoming the world. I love you. He sought personal revelation, and his seeking opened this last dispensation. , I plead with you not to replace these three paramount and unchanging identifiers with any others, because doing so could stymie your progress or pigeonhole you in a stereotype that could potentially thwart your eternal progression.. President Nelson opened his talk by discussing the necessity of connecting with God and Christ's love. During his talks in the October 2022 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Nelson needed a little extra support from a chair. Elder Quentin L. Cook, Elder D. Todd Christofferson and Elder Neil L. Andersen, members 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. 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. 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. Because I know that good inspiration is based upon good information, I prayerfully met one-on-one with each Apostle.6 I then sequestered myself in a private room in the temple and sought the Lords will. Gratitude provides us with a greater perspective on the very purpose and joy of life. He lives! Anytime we do anything that helps anyone on either side of the veil to make and keep their covenants with God, we are helping to gather Israel., One of the Hebraic meanings of the word Israel is let God prevail, President Nelson said. Find a quiet place where you can regularly go. I am also grateful for those upon whose shoulders I stand. And church President Russell M. Nelson, though not giving a date, . Dear brothers and sisters, I grieve for those who leave the Church because they feel membership requires too much of them. Let Him know through your prayers and your actions that you are serious about overcoming the world. . October 1, 2020. He promised that if they let God prevail in their lives, they would find greater peace, confidence, joy and, yes, rest.. Leaders and their wives leave 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. 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. Post every day about what you are grateful for, who you are grateful for and why you are grateful, he said, inviting all to use the hashtag #GiveThanks. We will see miraculous indications that God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, preside over this Church in majesty and glory. I urged them thenand I plead with you nowto take charge of your own testimony of Jesus Christ and His gospel. Brothers and sisters, how can we become the men and womenthe Christlike servantsthe Lord needs us to be? Jana Riess. It is He who leads and guides His Church. Keep at it, even when things get difficult. Here is a place for people to rest on their temple journey.. an invitation he extended to young adults. I marvel at the way you spring into action whenever you see others in need. Through personal revelation, you can receive your own witness that the Book of Mormon is the word of God, that Joseph Smith is a prophet, and that this is the Lords Church. But in coming days, it will not be possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing, comforting, and constant influence of the Holy Ghost. You dont have to wonder about what is true.11 You do not have to wonder whom you can safely trust. Drawn to the promise of James that if we lack wisdom we may ask of God,8 the boy Joseph took his question directly to Heavenly Father. Heavenly Father personally introduced His Beloved Son Jesus Christ to Joseph Smith, with a specific charge to hear Him.. They have not yet discovered that making and keeping covenants actually makes life easier! NealA. Maxwell, Meek and Lowly (Brigham Young University devotional, Oct.21, 1986), 9, speeches.byu.edu. And I promise you greater strength to resist temptation, more peace of mind, freedom from fear, and greater unity in your families.. In a February 2020 social media post, President Nelson extended an invitation tied to the 200th anniversary of the First Vision. Learn about God and how He works. Then the Lord brought Wendy Watson to my side. 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. ; A renowned surgeon, President Nelson assisted on the first human open . We too can wax strong in spirit and in our talents and habits if we persevere., Third, be prayerful. Each of these stalwart souls sacrificed everything to come to Zion. My dear brothers and sisters, I am grateful to greet you on this glorious Sabbath morning. In his first official communication of 2023,President Nelsonshared three lessons he has learned as a deep sea fisherman to help others in the coming year. 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. "First, I invite you just for the next seven days to turn social . President Russell M. Nelson became the 17th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in January 2018, after serving 34 years in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. You can overcome the spiritually and emotionally exhausting plagues of the world, including arrogance, pride, anger, immorality, hatred, greed, jealousy, and fear. As you make the continual strengthening of your testimony of Jesus Christ your highest priority, watch for miracles to happen in your life.13, My plea to you this morning is to find rest from the intensity, uncertainty, and anguish of this world by overcoming the world through your covenants with God. When I recently faced the daunting task of choosing two counselors, I wondered how I could possibly choose just two from twelve men whom I love and respect. To be sure, there may be times when you feel as though the heavens are closed. What did President Nelson teach during October 2022 general conference? My professional and ecclesiastical experiences convince me that vaccinations administered by competent medical professionals protect health and preserve life. I am humbly grateful for your sustaining support. I invite you to think deeply and often about this key question: How do you hear Him? President Nelson wrote. Eternal happiness can be found through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, repentance, forgiveness and temple covenants, Elder Gong said. President Nelson as a young boy with family. "I am optimistic about the future. Thousands of attendees are pictured during a worldwide devotional for young adults at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, May 15, 2022. 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