Sister Sigasa and Sister Keitirile in the South Africa MTC watch the womens session of the 192nd Annual General Conference on April 3, 2022. The latest talk summaries and announcements from the Sunday morning session of the October 2022 general conference of The Church . Each day, record the thoughts that come to you as you pray; then follow through diligently. By President Russell M. Nelson President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints I would like to suggest five specific actions we can take to help us maintain positive spiritual momentum. You may have had days when you wished you could don your pajamas, curl up in a ball, and ask someone to awaken you when the turmoil is over. If you feel you have strayed off the covenant path too far or too long and have no way to return, that simply is not true.12 Please contact your bishop or branch president. Living and teaching the doctrine and principles of self-reliance. My dear brothers and sisters, I love you. At the April 2022 general conference, Prophet and President Russell M. Nelson urged the proclamation of peace in Jesus Christ through missionary work, suggested ways to maintain positive spiritual momentum, invited people to forgive someone by Easter and announced the construction of 17 new temples. President Russell M. Nelson concluded the Sunday morning session of October 2022 general conference by pleading for all to take charge of their testimony of Jesus Christ and His gospel. And yet, the Savior admonished us to forgive all men.3. Becoming self-reliant and teaching it to children and youth can best be done by: Elder Shayne M. Bowen and Elder Benjamin De Hoyos, both General Authority Seventies, offered the sessions invocation and benediction, respectively. By referring or linking you to this website, we do not endorse or guarantee this content, products, or services offered. Acknowledging attacks on religious freedom as a scourge sweeping the earth, Elder Elder, April 2022 General Conference News and Announcements, Meet the New Leaders Called at the April 2022 General Conference, When reporting about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, please use the complete name of the Church in the first reference. Dear brothers and sisters, I grieve for those who leave the Church because they feel membership requires too much of them. 2022 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. Jorge Gonzalez Retamal and Yessica Calzadilla de Gonzalez of Chile watch the Sunday morning session of the 192nd Annual General Conference on April 3, 2022. Temple Square is always beautiful in the springtime. The congregation sings How Firm A Foundation during the Sunday morning session of general conference in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 3, 2022. Moroni assured us that God has not ceased to be a God of miracles.21 Every book of scripture demonstrates how willing the Lord is to intervene in the lives of those who believe in Him.22 He parted the Red Sea for Moses, helped Nephi retrieve the brass plates, and restored His Church through the Prophet Joseph Smith. As you let God prevail in your life, I promise you greater peace, confidence, joy, and yes, rest. 2022 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. The Savior lifts us above the pull of this fallen world by blessing us with greater charity, humility, generosity, kindness, self-discipline, peace, and rest. through three simple principles: love, share and invite, to champion the cause of religious freedom., taught about the importance of self-reliance. In the sessions concluding message Sunday morning, April 3, the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints offered five actions to build and maintain positive spiritual momentum that will result in peace, strength and unity. It means delighting in truth, denouncing deception, and becoming humble followers of Christ.6 It means choosing to refrain from anything that drives the Spirit away. Doctrine and Covenants 10:5; emphasis added. 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. And I promise you greater strength to resist temptation, more peace of mind, freedom from fear, and greater unity in your families. I promise that you can experience for yourself that Jesus Christ giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.24 Few things will accelerate your spiritual momentum more than realizing the Lord is helping you to move a mountain in your life. As you do so, I promise personal peace and a burst of spiritual momentum. Believers can express devotion to God by worship of Him and willingness to serve His children. Self-reliance is a doctrine of the gospel of Jesus Christ and not a program, he said. But followers of Jesus Christ should set the example for all the world to follow. What does it mean to overcome the world? They are intimately aware of your circumstances, your goodness, your needs, and your prayers for help. How, then, do we overcome the world? The Church News is an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sister Amy A. Wright, second counselor in the Primary general presidency, testified of the healing power of the Savior. History has stopped. King Benjamin taught us how. They cannot! Jesus Christ offers relief and peace from heartache and turmoil, a special kind of rest that comes through a covenant relationship with God, President Russell M. Nelson said Sunday morning to a worldwide international conference. There is nothing in your life that is broken that is beyond the curative, redeeming and enabling power of Jesus Christ, she said. Between now and the time He returns with power and great glory,1 He will bestow countless privileges, blessings, and miracles upon the faithful. Because that is how we become like Jesus Christ, he answered. Acknowledging attacks on religious freedom as a scourge sweeping the earth, Elder Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles invited all to champion the cause of religious freedom.. We all have experienced it in one form or anotherfor example, in a vehicle that picks up speed or with a disagreement that suddenly turns into an argument. With Mack Wilberg as director and Brian Mathias and Andrew Unsworth as organists, The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square performed two hymns during the Sunday morning session Press Forward, Saintsand I Know That My Redeemer Lives. It also sang two selections If the Savior Stood Beside Me and It Is Well with My Soul., The congregation joined the choir to sing How Firm a Foundation., Subscribe for free and get daily or weekly updates straight to your inbox, The three things you need to know everyday, Highlights from the last week to keep you informed. President Dallin H. Oaks and his wife Sister Kristen M. Oaks wave to the crowd during the Sunday morning session of the 192nd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Oct. 2, 2022. You and I ultimately can choose to be chosen through the righteous exercise of our moral agency, Elder Bednar said. In my dream, I explained that we enter the covenant path by being baptized and making our first covenant with God.5 Each time we partake of the sacrament, we promise again to take the name of the Savior upon us, to remember Him, and to keep His commandments.6 In return, God assures us that we may always have the Spirit of the Lord to be with us. You are now leaving a website maintained by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To download all photos or videos related to this article, select the links at the bottom of each section. The NEWBOOK will be be the storyline of a well known but subversive missive . He promised that though the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed my kindness shall not depart from thee.11. This path is rigorous and at times will feel like a steep climb.13 This ascent, however, is designed to test and teach us, refine our natures, and help us to become saints. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News 15 of 16 16 of 16 What were the themes? Members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles participate in the Sunday morning session of the 192nd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Conference Center Salt Lake City on Sunday, April 3, 2022. President Nelson also issued additional promises. My dear brothers and sisters, so many wonderful things are ahead, he said. Those who live the higher laws of Jesus Christ have access to His higher power. In a revelation to the Prophet Joseph Smith, the Lord chastised early Church leaders for not teaching the gospel to their children.9 Repenting is the key to progress. Thus, covenant-keepers are entitled to a special kind of rest., Because Jesus Christ overcame the world and atoned for all of Gods children, all can overcome the world with His help. Before the Savior submitted Himself to the agony of Gethsemane and Calvary, He declared to His Apostles, In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.3 Subsequently, Jesus entreated each of us to do the same when He said, I will that ye should overcome the world.4. Invite others to come and see, come and serve, and come and belong.. Moses received divine strength and rebuked the evil one again, saying, Depart from me, Satan, for this one God only will I worship.18, We should follow that example. With frightening speed, a testimony that is not nourished daily by the good word of God20 can crumble. Two, the cross was introduced as a symbol of generalized Christianity, but Latter-day Saints believe theirs is the restored New Testament church. President Russell M. Nelson speaks during the Sunday morning session of the 192nd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. Spend more time in the temple, and seek to understand how the temple teaches you to rise above this fallen world.14. Believers can express devotion to God by worship of Him and willingness to serve His children. 2012 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. President M. Russell Ballard and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles share a moment prior to the Sunday morning session of the 192nd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. Ask Him to enlighten your mind and send the help you need. It means overcoming the temptation to care more about the things of this world than the things of God. He said that the natural man is an enemy to God and remains so forever unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord.9 Each time you seek for and follow the promptings of the Spirit, each time you do anything goodthings that the natural man would not doyou are overcoming the world. It acts as a unifying and rallying force for shaping values and morality. Music was performed by The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, directed by Mack Wilberg, with organists Richard Elliott and Brian Mathias. 2022 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. For a 3-part Viewpoint on Mormonism review of this talk that aired June 13-15-2022, click these: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 In a general conference filled with commands by the leadership for the membership to keep their covenants to God, seventeenth President Russell M. Nelson spoke on Sunday morning, April 3, 2022 on "The Power of Spiritual Momentum." I love the Lord Jesus Christ and testify that His gospel is the only enduring solution for peace. Overcoming the world means overcoming the temptation to care more about the things of the world than the things of God. Those blessings flow because He was lifted up upon the cross, and we are lifted up to Him and to the eternal blessings He offers us, he said. - October 2, 2022 749 President Nelson promises peace through overcoming the world at Sunday's conference sessions President Russell M. Nelson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced 18 new temples and focused on the importance of covenants during the Sunday sessions of the 192nd Semiannual General Conference. Mexico's president announced Tuesday that electric car company Tesla has committed to building a major plant in the industrial hub of . Prayers were offered by Elder Weatherford T. Clayton, General Authority Seventy emeritus, and Young Women General President Bonnie H. Cordon. Bury any and all inclinations to hurt otherswhether those inclinations be a temper, a sharp tongue, or a resentment for someone who has hurt you. Attendees look over the Christus statue prior to the Sunday morning session of the 192nd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. Elder Holland offered an explanation for why Latter-day Saints generally dont wear crosses or display them in churches or temples. President Russell M. Nelson concluded the Sunday morning session of October 2022 general conference by pleading for all to take charge of their testimony of Jesus Christ and His gospel. Selections were With Songs of Praise, You Can Make the Pathway Bright, How Great the Wisdom and the Love, Let Us All Press On and a choir and congregational hymn of We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet.. Because of the Lords willingness to forgive a balance due, we can come to Him regardless of how far we have strayed. As you make the continual strengthening of your testimony of Jesus Christ your highest priority, watch for miracles to happen in your life.President Russell M. Nelson. Missionaries in the South Africa MTC watch the 192nd Annual General Conference on April 3, 2022. Read more: President Nelson pleads for conflict to end, positive spiritual momentum to increase, taught about the faith, patience and refinement required. Find rest from the intensity, uncertainty, and anguish of this world by overcoming the world through your covenants with God. Living the doctrine of Christ can produce the most powerful virtuous cycle, creating spiritual momentum in our lives.10. Between now and the time He returns . President Russell M. Nelson announced the locations for 17 new temples at the end of the Sunday afternoon session of the 192nd Annual General Conference. Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the sessions opening speaker, taught about the faith, patience and refinement required to create a lasting relationship with God. A renowned surgeon, President Nelson assisted on the first human open-heart surgery in Utah using a heart-lung machine. He is the Lords agent and will help you experience the joy and relief of repenting. "Lazy learners and lax disciples . "My call to you this Easter morning is start today to increase your faith". I weep over your heartaches, disappointments, and worries. Conferencegoers sing during the Sunday morning session of the 192nd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, April 3, 2022. Spiritual momentum can help us withstand the relentless, wicked attacks of the adversary and thwart his efforts to erode our personal spiritual foundation. One, the crucifixion was an agonizing form of execution long used against Christians who chose to convey their gospel identity in other ways for 300 years after Christs death and resurrection. If you would like to stay on the page you are viewing please click Cancel. Each of us, individually, is Their work and Their glory.. Making and keeping covenants makes life easier. The Church News is an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Download a photo or video by clicking or tapping on it. For more information on the use of the name of the Church, go to our online Style Guide. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. Two weeks from today we celebrate Easter. It acts as a unifying and rallying force for shaping values and morality. 548-1000. We have seen examples of both positive and negative momentum. Style Guide Note:When reporting about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, please use the complete name of the Church in the first reference. To understand the covenant path, it is important to understand that a covenant involves a two-way commitment between God and one of His children. Symbolizing Gods call and individual responses, it concludes: For many are called, but few are chosen (Matthew 22:14). The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square performs during the Sunday morning session of the 192nd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. Your heart will soften as your faith in Jesus Christ increases.8 Overcoming the world means growing to love God and His Beloved Son more than you love anyone or anything else. He lives! He said experiences like FSY conferences burnish testimonies but also raise the question of what to do to maintain those fires of faith. Show Christlike love towards ones neighbors. Each of us, individually, is Their work and Their glory.. John the Apostle declared that he recorded the Saviors miracles so that [we] might believe that Jesus is the Christ (John 20:31). He loves us and will help us. In exchange, God makes promises to us. And most of all, thank God for the gift of His Son and the Atonement of Jesus Christ, which makes it possible for us to fulfill the missions for which we have been sent to earth. Missionary Service Blessed My Life Forever, We Are The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, A Mighty Change of Heart: I Have Nothing More to Give You, Sustaining of General Authorities, Area Seventies, and General Officers, He Is Risen with Healing in His Wings: We Can Be More Than Conquerors, Then Will I Make Weak Things Become Strong, Video: You Are the Women He Foresaw, Covenants with God Strengthen, Protect, and Prepare Us for Eternal Glory, Teaching Self-Reliance to Children and Youth, The Covenant Path: The Way to Eternal Life, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. So I ask, what can ignite spiritual momentum? While decrying armed conflict as a horrifying violation of everything the Lord Jesus Christ taught and stands for,President Russell M. Nelsonalsopleaded with listenersduring the Sunday morning session of April 2022 general conference to do all you can to end personal conflicts that are currently raging in your hearts and in your lives.. 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