PRESIDENT NELSON LEFT PRESIDENT OAKS A FINAL CHALLENGE… IS IT BEHIND THESE SUNDAY CHANGES?
The Church’s new Sunday schedule goes into effect September 6—and after studying the newest training videos, I don’t think this is really about 25-minute classes.
The official implementation guide says:
“This is more than a schedule change.”
That becomes even more interesting when we remember President Oaks’s account of visiting President Nelson just two days before his death:
“We expressed our love for him and gave him assurances that we were carrying on with the decisions he had made.”
President Oaks later added:
“We have much work to do to fulfill the challenges he has given us. And there is more yet to come.”
So are we watching part of that work unfold now?
The newest training points toward something deeper: members studying and receiving revelation throughout the week, then gathering with something to bring.
And that takes us back to the sacrament promise:
“that they may always have his Spirit to be with them.”
Always.
Not just while we sit in Church.
That’s why I increasingly think these aren’t really class changes.
They are SACRAMENT changes—part of an effort to create Saints who live in closer communion with Jesus Christ throughout the entire week.
And contrary to theories that “home-centered” worship would eventually mean meeting together less, the Church is now doing the opposite: Sunday School, Relief Society and elders quorum will all meet every week.
The home is becoming stronger.
The gathering of the Saints is becoming stronger.
And President Nelson warned that in coming days we would not be able to survive spiritually without the constant influence of the Holy Ghost.
President Oaks has repeated that warning.
I believe the Lord is preparing a stronger covenant people—more capable of receiving revelation, strengthening one another, and preparing for the return of Jesus Christ.
And President Oaks has already told us:
“There is more yet to come.”
What comes next?
Join us at the usual venue for more discussion.
#PresidentOaks #PresidentNelson #LDS
The fundamental purposes for the exercise of moral agency are to choose God and to love one another. And these two purposes align precisely with the first and second great commandments to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind and to love our neighbor as ourselves.
Earlier this week, Susan and I were delighted to visit with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and representatives from a collaborating organization in Tokyo, Japan as they participated in a service project to provide relief supplies for refugees and single-parent families.
As disciples of Jesus Christ, it is our wonderful responsibility to seek opportunities to serve and bless God’s children. As we do so, we will be blessed to become instruments in the Lord’s hands to help others feel His love, light, and promised peace.
No matter the trial you face or the burden you carry, I invite you to hold fast to this comforting promise from the Savior: “Where I am, there ye may be also” (John 14:3).
Por eso es esencial que tengan acceso a sus palabras y las lean detenidamente.”
— Presidente Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report, Korea Area Conference 1975, pág. 52.
“El profeta más importante, en lo que a nosotros respecta, es el que vive en nuestra época y en nuestros días. Este es el profeta que tiene las instrucciones de Dios para nosotros en la actualidad. La revelación de Dios a Adán no le indicó a Noé cómo construir el arca.
Cada generación necesita las Escrituras antiguas, además de las Escrituras actuales provenientes del profeta viviente. Por lo tanto, la lectura y meditación más importantes que deben hacer son las de las palabras inspiradas más recientes del portavoz del Señor.
🏕️🔥 Algo grande está por comenzar…
Una aventura. Nuevos amigos.
Jesucristo en el centro. ❤️
DISCÍPULOS DE JESUCRISTO
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El presidente @ChristoffDTodd, segundo consejero de la Primera Presidencia de La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días, testificó durante la rededicación del Templo de San Diego, California, que el templo es “un testimonio”.
148 años de Primaria ❤️💛💙
Hoy celebramos a los pequeños discípulos de Jesucristo y a quienes cada semana les enseñan, acompañan y ayudan a fortalecer su testimonio.
¡Feliz aniversario, Primaria!
🤝 MANOS QUE AYUDAN
El Barrio Villa Saavedra de la Estaca Tartagal #Argentina compartió una jornada de servicio en Misión Lapacho 2, junto a la Iglesia Manantial de Fe.
Hubo barbería, cortes de cabello y una merienda compartida para servir a la comunidad. 🤍
A veces, la paz no está en tener todo resuelto, sino en aprender a detenernos y volvernos a Cristo. 🤍
Una invitación del élder Patrick Kearon para vivir un poco más despacio y disfrutar de la paz que Él promete.
Un nuevo sitio web ofrece recursos históricos para quienes estén interesados en visitar o aprender acerca de los sitios históricos de la Iglesia en Misuri.
https://t.co/GoY8CHmRUG
💛 Manos que Ayudan
Las hermanas de la Sociedad de Socorro del Barrio Salvador Mazza, Estaca Tartagal Argentina realizaron una jornada de servicio en los espacios exteriores de la Escuela Especial de Salvador Mazza.
Servir es seguir el ejemplo de Jesucristo. 🤝
#ManosQueAyudan
Something President Oaks said in his social media post today I found to be particularly powerful. He stated:
“…We are called first to teach, testify, and convert all to the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer. Conversion to the restored Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints FOLLOWS NATURALLY FROM THAT. The proper order of conversion is vital.”
Inviting all to come unto Christ will naturally lead those who sincerely seek Him to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Full stop.
The message of the risen Christ is that, with His strength, all obstacles can be overcome.
Because Jesus Christ conquered death, surely He can conquer any danger, confusion, or doubt we face.
Jesus Christ is not found among the dead but among the living.
He lives!
That testimony has made all the difference in my life.
President Hinckley perfectly summarized the power and purpose of missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
"Here are 57,000 missionaries. Most of them young men, sent out into the world at a time when they're most likely to be thinking of themselves.
Interrupting their schooling to go at their own expense to teach the gospel of peace across the earth.
What greater force for good in all the world could you have than an army like that?"