“Our Saviour constantly sought out the most desperate souls sinking into darkness and dread and lifted them up. And He wants to lift you!”
—Elder Patrick Kearon (@PatrickKearon)
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Recently, following a large youth devotional, I was visiting amidst a happy swirl of wonderful young men and women. A young man came up.
With great earnestness, he asked, “Elder Gong, can I still go to heaven?”
He was ashamed of some things he had done. He wondered if there was any hope for him. I listened carefully, invited him to talk with his bishop, and gave him a big hug.
I think my response may have surprised him: “Trust God and repent, and I promise you can still go to heaven.”
Repentance and forgiveness through Jesus Christ’s Atonement can be real for each of us. Every glorious blessing in the restored gospel of Jesus Christ is meant personally for you.
In the wake of Hurricane Helene, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is organizing disaster relief command centers in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. Trucks of water, food, hygiene kits and other essential supplies are being sent as quickly as possible to the locations of greatest need.
In the coming weeks, thousands of volunteers from the Church will bring hope to these communities as they spend their weekends mucking out flooded homes, clearing debris, removing downed trees and tarping roofs.
The disaster relief crews will be deployed from Alabama eastward to Central Florida, and northward through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee.
“The task before us is great,” said Elder Quinn Millington, an Area Seventy in the Church’s North America Southeast Area and head of the Area Disaster Response Committee. “We are accustomed to storms in the South, but never have we faced damage this widespread. Yet we have seen the resilience of these communities time and time again as they eagerly come to the aid of their neighbors in need, lifting the hand which hangs down, and comforting those that stand in need of comfort.”
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Dr. Richard Orth, family medicine physician, spent two weeks this summer on a medical mission trip in the mountain communities of Honduras with Health Teams International. The team provided care for up to 200 patients each day. https://t.co/HsdzHi425P
"Two weeks from today we celebrate Easter. Between now and then, I invite you to seek an end to a personal conflict that has weighed you down." @NelsonRussellM | #GeneralConferenced
Fasting is practiced by members of @Ch_JesusChrist and many others. This week, Muslims around the world begin fasting daily during their holy month of Ramadan. To our Muslim friends we say “Ramadan Mubarak!” May this month be filled with peace, joy, and holiness.
Each of us has a primary responsibility to set a tone and be role models of kindness, inclusion, and civility. As you extend yourself with kindness, care, and compassion, I promise that you will lift up arms that hang down and will heal hearts.
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To anybody struggling today, I say: Be hopeful, be happy, and smile. Remember that God is on your side. He is not an angry, vicious God trying to trip you. He is for you—not against you. He is your Father. He is anxious to do everything possible to bless you.
The six Church-owned Beehive Clothing plants have been producing medical-grade gowns and face masks instead of sacred clothing since mid-April.
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