Don't Read Books or Check Your Phone During the Sacrament

 

I Feel My Savior’s Love

By Elder Pedro X. Larreal

Of the Seventy

The ordinance of the sacrament makes sacrament meeting the most sacred and important meeting in the Church. During the sacrament, we should strive to remove every worldly thought from our minds. This is time to be prayerful and reverent, not a time for reading secular books or magazines, nor is it a time for checking our cell phones. This sacred time is to feel His love for us and remember Him, to know that we are never alone and that His Spirit will be with us to help us during trials and challenges...

Transformed in the House of the Lord

 Transformed in the House of the Lord

“The house of the Lord is where we can be transformed in higher and holier ways. So, when we walk out of the temple, transformed by our hope in the promises of the covenants, armed with power from on high, we take the temple with us into our homes and lives. I assure you that having the spirit of the Lord’s house in us changes us, completely.”

Elder Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “Covenant Confidence Through Jesus Christ,” Liahona, May 2024, 19.

The Lord Wants a Relationship with You, Not For You to Be Comfortable

 

Growing Closer to God in Times of Change

By Sister Kristin M. Yee

Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency

I think the Lord is more interested in building a relationship with you and me than He is in our comfort in knowing what lies ahead.

He has promised His power, perspective, and peace as we prioritize our covenants and time with Him—in personal prayer, studying His word, repenting often, ministering in His name, engaging in His healing work of family history, and worshipping in His house, the house of the Lord.

I’ve learned that having faith, even great faith, does not preclude us from seeing our weaknesses and opportunities to change. In fact, the closer we come to Christ and become more like Him, the more we “see” by the Spirit those things we need to change.

Turning to Him in our humility and weakness builds trust and love.

Increasing our faith in Christ increases our peace in Christ.

Go to the House of the Lord to Hear Him Speak

 

Speak, Lord; for Thy Servant Heareth

By Elder Gerrit W. Gong

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

For us, the house of the Lord is ultimately centered in our learning to hear and hearken, in essence to say, “Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth.”

My Invitation: Not read secular books on Sunday

 

Jesus Christ Is the Way

By Elder Brian J. Holmes

Of the Seventy

Our Savior invites us to walk with Him. His way is the covenant path, the one path that leads to our celestial finish line. We choose to walk the covenant path by exercising faith in Jesus Christ unto repentance, receiving the ordinances of His gospel, and enduring to the end....

As we remain tightly bound to Him, He is bound to us. We can expect His power to bless us with strength and joy even when we are experiencing a steep stretch of life. But if we turn away, we have no such promise. Covenant blessings flow from ongoing faithfulness, not merely from past participation.

Don't Follow Him Casually or Occasionally

 

He Knows You by Name

By Elder Clement M. Matswagothata

Of the Seventy

May I invite you to choose to remember Him and follow Him—not casually or occasionally but deliberately and always.

Remaining Connected to the True Vine is Essential

 

Jesus Christ—the True Vine

By Elder Ulisses Soares

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Abiding in Christ is not an occasional or casual act; it is a constant, conscious, and sacred choice. It is allowing His holy teachings to abide in us, elevating our thoughts and governing our words in every setting—including the digital spaces where we so often interact—and purifying and consecrating our actions unto Him. It is letting our daily choices be guided by the covenants we have made with Him and allowing our lives to be directed by His loving and constant influence through the Holy Ghost. It is choosing to listen to His voice and the voice of His servants and following what they teach, above all the enticing voices of the world....

My beloved brothers and sisters, in a world of many voices, remaining connected to the True Vine is not merely desirable; it is essential to our spiritual survival. Those who abide in Jesus Christ come to recognize and trust His voice, especially as it is spoken through those He has called to represent Him.