Finally, “Jesus Christ brings joy. … You might have a bad day, a bad week, or a bad year. [Just remember,] joy is not the absence of sorrow in your life; [it is] the presence of [Jesus] Christ in your life.”
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Grateful for the timing of studying Exodus and Leviticus in #ComeFollowMe. My daughter, is preparing to make covenants with God in temples within the next few months. Thanks to @hankrsmith, Casey Griffiths, and others for insights about ancient tabernacles and modern Temples!
To be a special witness of the name of Jesus Christ as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles is a special and sacred opportunity.
I express my gratitude to our Heavenly Father and to His Beloved Son, our Savior.
As we begin this new year, the Spirit can help us recognize the gifts and talents God has given us.
Let us, like the faithful servants in the Lord’s parable, increase and magnify them.
The day will come when we stand before our compassionate Father in Heaven to give an account of our stewardship. He will want to know what we did with the gifts He gave us—in particular, how we used them to bless His children. God knows who we truly are, who we are designed to become, and so His expectations for us are high.
But He doesn’t expect us to take some grand, heroic, or superhuman leap to get there. In the world He created, growth happens gradually and patiently—but also consistently and unrelentingly.
Remember, it is Jesus Christ who already did the superhuman part when He conquered death and sin.
Our part is to follow the Christ. It is our part to turn away from sin, turn toward the Savior, and walk in His way, one step at a time.
As we do this, diligently and faithfully, we eventually cast off the shackles of imperfections and faults and slowly become refined, until that perfect day when we will be perfected in Christ.
The blessings are within reach. The promises are in place. The door is wide open. It is our choice to enter and begin.
The beginning may be small. But that is OK.
Where faith is weak, begin with a hope in Christ Jesus and in His power to cleanse and purify.
Each Christmas Eve, my father read to our family from Luke, chapter 2 about the birth of Jesus Christ. He also always read the account of Mary and Joseph bringing the baby Jesus to the temple in Jerusalem.
My father read about Simeon who knew that he would not die before he had seen the Savior of the world. Simeon saw Jesus, held Him up, and said, “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, Which thou has prepared before the face of all people.”
At that point, my father always bore his testimony in heavily accented English, “I may not be able to hold dat little baby Yesus in my arms, but I know, yust as vell as Simeon knew, dat dat baby vas the Son of God, my Savior and Redeemer. He is real and He lives.” My father then looked at each of us with his piercing blue eyes and said with an emphatic nod, “And you can know it, too.”
My father and mother knew who that babe in Bethlehem was and what He would accomplish. This knowledge transformed them. It has transformed me.
This Christmas, seek the spiritual gift of knowing of the living reality of the Savior of the world. You can know that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that He atoned for your sins. This knowledge is longer lasting than any gift you will receive this or any other Christmas because it can transform you.
@Latterdaytruth Turkey, because of the talk he gave on forgiveness about a lady who forgave boys for throwing a frozen turkey on her windshield, badly injuring her. I love that story and the way he told it.
Join us online today at 1 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time for a joyful and historic live worldwide announcement from special witnesses of Jesus Christ and learn about the reorganization of a new First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Jesus Christ leads His Church through a prophet, who serves as the President of the Church, and two Apostles who are called to be the prophet’s counselors, forming the First Presidency.
This message will be broadcast live on https://t.co/xKCj6L1iHH, Church YouTube, and Church social media channels.
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As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints once again participate virtually in general conference to learn of God's love during this first weekend of October, all are invited to watch with us—wherever you are.
During this twice-yearly broadcast, we invite you to learn with us as Church leaders share messages of faith in Jesus Christ, peace, hope, and love with God's children around the globe.
Learn more about general conference and ways you can watch and listen here:
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"I don't have words right now to express when I saw what you as a community have done and remembered us as a family in this situation."
The family of Thomas Jacob Sanford, the shooter who killed four people in an attack on a church in Michigan, says they’ve been overwhelmed with gratitude for the outpouring of love and support they’ve received from the members of the faith their family member targeted.
With sorrow we announce that Russell M. Nelson, beloved President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has died. He was 101 — the oldest president in the history of the Church.
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What a great man...a veritable Prophet of Jesus Christ. This is what "success" looks like to me: serving others and helping others come unto Christ at 101 years old. Amazing!
On the eve of President Russell M. Nelson’s 101st birthday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released a photo of the prophet taken in his office on Sunday, September 7, 2025.
The leader of the worldwide Church enjoyed a pre-birthday celebration Sunday with a small gathering of family members at the Church Administration Building in Salt Lake City. His birthday is Tuesday, September 9.
In a TIME magazine op-ed authored by President Nelson, he said his “birthday wish for all of us” is to embrace eternal truths that “we are happiest when we remember our divine worth and extend that recognition to others — beginning with our own families.”
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The family unit is not only fundamental to society and to the Church, but to our hope for eternal life. We begin to practice in the family, the smaller unit, what will spread to the Church and to the society in which we live in this world, and what then will be what we practice in families bound together forever by covenants and faithfulness.
Preliminary site work has begun for the Lehi Utah Temple, connecting the property to the city's existing utility infrastructure. The work includes installation of water and sewer pipes and electrical conduits. The site will also be cleared and graded. Design work for the temple is still being finalized, and no date has been announced for the groundbreaking ceremony. "We are excited for this first step in the process of building a house of the Lord in Lehi," said Elder Brian K. Taylor, president of the Utah Area. "This sacred edifice will be a blessing for Latter-day Saints in the area. We are grateful to the city of Lehi for their ongoing support and collaboration." (Photo: Brayden Barney) #lehitemple #lehiutahtemple
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