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. A year designated to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the First Vision and onset of the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ, 2020 has also been marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, economic hardship, social issues, political turmoil and uncertainty. If you look at your life prayerfully, I believe you will see many ways in which the Lord has been guiding you through this time of hardship. Reflect: A spiritual message and space to record what youve pondered over the week. While some have suffered more than others, we have all been challenged in some way. 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. It is not just to prepare us for, and help us through, a pandemic. 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. -President James E. Faust: " Our ___________ lies in paying heed to that which he says and following his counsel." (safety) Tags 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. With reverence and gratitude, we as His Apostles invite all to knowas we dothat the heavens are open. 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. It behooves each of us to measure up to the sacred ordination we have received. 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. Third: Help gather Israel." 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. Elder Ronald A. Rasband and his wife, Sister Melanie Rasband, answer questions from young adults during a Face to Face event in Goshen, Utah, on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Credit: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Now as we contemplate this significant time in the history of the world and the Lords charge to gather scattered Israel in preparation for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, we, the First Presidency and Council of the Twelve Apostles, issue the following proclamation. However, messages from our Heavenly Father are strikingly different. President Nelson, in his first words to the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after being ordained as prophet, invited members to stay on, or return to, the covenant path. He sought personal revelation, and his seeking opened this last dispensation. My dear brethren, I have looked forward to this virtual meeting with you. Emphasizing that "absolute truth eternal truth" exists, President Nelson, who is revered by members of the faith as a prophet, assured listeners during the opening session of conference that "what you will hear today and tomorrow constitutes pure truth." President Nelsons invitation to more intentionally hear Him came with powerful promises including, miracles in your marriage, family relationships and daily work. Then when we have reached complete accord, the unifying influence of the Holy Ghost is spine-tingling! Pray in the name of Jesus Christ about your concerns, your fears, your weaknessesyes, the very longings of your heart. Millions throughout the world have embraced a knowledge of these prophesied events. Equally certain is the fact that holiness will vanish if there is anything in your behavior or environment that offends the Holy Spirit, for then the heavens withdraw themselves.7. NealA. Maxwell, Meek and Lowly (Brigham Young University devotional, Oct.21, 1986), 9, speeches.byu.edu. President Nelson invited us to receive personal revelation in our lives. 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. A spiritual giant, he left an indelible imprint upon all who knew him and upon the Church that he loved. See RussellM. Nelson, Sweet Power of Prayer, Ensign or Liahona, May 2003, 78. It was a time for Elder Renlund when it seemed as though the heavens were closed. COURSE BEGINS JANUARY 15, 2023 Learn More We affirm that under the direction of the Father and the Son, heavenly messengers came to instruct Joseph and reestablish the Church of Jesus Christ. Yahosh Bonner, left, and his brother, Oba Bonner, right, perform Peace in Christ during the virtual Youth Music Festival broadcast on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. We will see miraculous indications that God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, preside over this Church in majesty and glory. Nelson, the 94-year-old president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said recently that he was awakened at 2 a.m. with a distinct impression that he should go to the Dominican. I expected my father to punish me, but he never said a word. President Jean B. Bingham, Relief Society general president, is featured in the Churchs How I Hear Him video series. Will you allow His words, His commandments, and His covenants to influence what you do each day? As we approached the end of the interview, what has become the signature closing question of the podcast, was asked. With Moroni, I exhort you on this Easter Sabbath to come unto Christ, and lay hold upon every good gift,15 beginning with the gift of the Holy Ghost, which gift can and will change your life. What wisdom do you lack? 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. We wondered if a monument should be erected. 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. Nevertheless, its effects have been validated by scientists as well as men and women of faith. 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. Share: Conversation prompts and ideas to share what youve learned. Young adults perform a musical number during a Face to Face event broadcast on a set replica of ancient Jerusalem in Goshen, Utah, on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. He had been hospitalized since suffering a heart attack a few days earlier. Sarah Jane Weaver inquired, So what do you know now that you didnt know before? I confess I wasnt ready for the question and flailed at a couple of generic answers that just didnt convey what I was suddenly feeling. Few see 518 people who aren't members of the Church come to hear their message. If so, please do it! My dear brethren, I have looked forward to this virtual meeting with you. "Hear Him" is a workbook and course all in one. In those two wordsHear HimGod gives us the pattern for success, happiness, and joy in this life. his first general conference as President of the Church, Why the Churchs 2020 #HearHim initiative is an important reminder of the Restoration. Joseph Smith was in the grips of a force of darkness just before the heavens opened. How does the Lord wish you would use your quorum to accomplish His worknow? 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.. Then, a stream of answers would come. I know that Joseph Smith is the foreordained prophet whom the Lord chose to open this last dispensation. Mental Health Minute: Who is Driving the Bus. Soon we may be able to choose to fill that time again with the noise and commotion of the world. 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! In a powerful and instructive general conference address, President Nelson invited us to Let God Prevail in our lives. 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. He lives! First we immerse ourselves in the scriptures, says President Nelson. But the message of Easter and the promise of resurrection sustained me. One of his most influential challenges, Matheson said, was encouraging members to hear the word of Christ. Technology can help you. Do whatever it takes to. One night in prayer together, Sister Renlund thanked the Lord for priesthood power that would bind them together, regardless of the outcome. I invite you to make your own list, consider it carefully, and share it with those you love. 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. He invited the youth to enlist in the youth battalion of the Lord to help gather Israel. A few particularly powerful invitations flashed to my mind. It teaches of lifes purpose and explains the doctrine of Christ, which is central to that purpose. The illustration of the First Vision accompanying President Russell M. Nelsons Feb. 26, 2020, invitation to Church members to Hear Him!. God lives! Seek Pure Truth, Pure Doctrine and Pure Revelation. 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. But I am also not naive about the days ahead. Take time to immerse yourself in the scriptures and worship in the temple. You could never be isolated, because you have a knowledge of and a relationship with the living Son of God.. He testifies of truth and will confirm what is true as you hear and read the word of the Lord. All eight of my great-grandparents were converts to the Church in Europe. I love Him and testify that He lives! 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. #HearHim: President Nelson Invites Us to Hear the Voice of the Lord The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2.2M subscribers Subscribe 7.8K 307K views 3 years ago God has repeatedly. There is, however, a remedy one that may seem surprising because it flies in the face of our natural intuitions. There we learn how to rebuke the adversary and draw upon the Lords priesthood power to strengthen us and those we love. Without His Resurrection, death would be the end. When I arrived, I could see that Elder Hales had taken a serious turn for the worse. The most important truth the Holy Ghost will ever witness to you is that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. When we convene as a Council of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve, our meeting rooms become rooms of revelation. Daily immersion in the word of God is crucial for spiritual survival, especially in these days of increasing upheaval. Young Women General President Bonnie H. Cordon and Young Men General President Steven J. Lund film a segment for the virtual Youth Music Festival. I believe that this process is basic to how God communicates with us and how He intends for us to communicate with Him, wrote Elder Holland. Second: Make covenants with God and keep them. 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. Enter your email to receive updates on our LDS Living content, 2022 LDS Living A Division of Deseret Book Company, Hear Him: A Study Guide on Personal Revelation. The Church News is an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As well might man stretch forth his puny arm to stop the Missouri river in its decreed course as to hinder the Almighty from pouring down knowledge from heaven upon the heads of the Latter-day Saints.10. That is why He asks us to live in the world but not be of the world.9 We can accomplish so much more together than we can alone.10 Gods plan of happiness would be frustrated if His children remained isolated one from another. 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. As this prophet has reiterated again and again, the heavens are open to us and we should be earnestly seeking the messages that are waiting for us. With deep and tender emotion President Nelson invited members and the world to use the proper name of Jesus Christs Church. In this vision, he learned that following the death of the original Apostles, Christs New Testament Church was lost from the earth. 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. The Nephites were afraid because they had been through destruction and darkness for several days. Find a quiet place where you can regularly go. The Church News is an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Moving forward, embracing the future with faith, seeing turbulent times as opportunities to thrive spiritually and choosing to let God prevail in our lives. After issuing the invitation, President Nelson asked, Areyouwilling to let God prevail in your life? The increasing darkness that accompanies tribulation makes the light of Jesus Christ shine ever brighter. The rights of the priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of heaven.3 You and your family have received priesthood ordinances. As we repeat this process, we will, in the words of the Prophet Joseph Smith, grow into the principle of revelation.. Record your feelings and follow through with actions that you are prompted to take. Our unity helps us to discern the Lords will for His Church. Apply: Advice from leaders and chart space to put down your thoughts and ideas. As I matured and began to understand the magnificence of Heavenly Fathers plan, I often said to myself, I dont want one more Christmas present! That theophany initiated the Restoration of the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ and ushered in the dispensation of the fulness of times. President Nelsons 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. We simply cannot rely upon information we bump into on social media. 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. Apostles and other Church leaders have participated in a series of blog posts and videos describing ways in which they hear the voice of the Lord. This April 2020 general conference is our time to commemorate an event that changed the world. Hear Him!11. Our Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ, will perform some of His mightiest works between now and when He comes again. How eager each of us should be to seek refuge there. How blessed we are to know that the gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored to the earth! In coming days, it will not be possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing, comforting, and constant influence of the Holy Ghost. 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. The constant availability of social media and a 24-hour news cycle bombard us with relentless messages. I so testify, with my expression of love for each of you, my beloved brethren, in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen. Many arrived hours early to . 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. The house of the Lord is a house of learning. 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. Brothers and sisters, how can we become the men and womenthe Christlike servantsthe Lord needs us to be? Copyright 2023 Deseret News Publishing Company. Three of the original twelve ApostlesPeter, James, and Johnrestored the apostleship and keys of priesthood authority. Screenshot from a #HearHim video produced for the Church in March 2020. I urge you to continue to make your home a truly holy place and be not moved8 from that essential goal. Some have found deeper faith in our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. . [3] 1 Kings 19:11-12. The scriptures include very few references in which the voice of God the Father has been heard. We gladly declare that the promised Restoration goes forward through continuing revelation. For millennia he has been making good look evil and evil look good.7 His messages tend to be loud, bold, and boastful. Meetings are only a small part of what a quorum is meant for and what it can do. It takes conscious and consistent effort to fill our daily lives with His words, His teachings, His truths.. Every blessing the Lord has for youeven miracleswill follow. 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. 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. We extend our reach and our influence for good by working together. Helaman 5:30; see also 1Kings 19:12; 3Nephi 11:3. What have you learned? 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. 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. And then listen! I hear Him by putting down my phone and blocking distractions, one young adult posted. Though we may differ in our initial perspectives, the love we feel for each other is constant. 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