What is truly missing in the world? What have the newsmakers, politicians, students, homemakers, tycoons, children, and overall our entire world and society forgotten?
Jesus Christ!
is my church, and I will establish it; and nothing shall it, save it is the transgression of my people.” Mosiah 27:13
It was the Savior Himself who said, “For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…
“And how be it my church save it be called in my name? For if a church be called in Moses’ name then it be Moses’ church; or if it be called in the name of a man then it be the church of a man; but if it be called in my name then it is my church.”
Thus, the name of the Church is not negotiable. When the Savior clearly states what the name of His Church should be and even precedes His declaration with, “Thus shall my church be called,” He is serious. And if we allow nicknames to be used or adopt or even sponsor those nicknames ourselves, He is offended.” President Russell M Nelson
What is the word missing in today’s world?
Jesus Christ!
In the world today when the politicians and pundits, and broadcasters act like they know God, they use the name, god, not JESUS CHRIST. Why” Because saying god is politically correct becaause god could mean Mohammed, or Buddah, or god as three in the same body, or it could mean simply a belief in something, a higher power, our conscious, or to atheists it could mean no one in particular. Yes in the world today we rarely hear His name, even Jesus Christ. We substitue His name with god and the politically correct think they are doing good to even mention god.
Brothers and sisters, let’s not forget the name Jesus Christ! Let’s use it now more than ever. The only words I substitute for Jesus Christ is “The Lord” or “The Savior” as these names don’t say god to me but say Eloheim and My Father as well as Jesus Christ.
The NAME Which is Given
D&C 18:23 Behold, Jesus Christ is the which is given of the Father, and there is none other name given whereby man can be ;
24 Wherefore, all men must take upon them the which is given of the Father, for in that name shall they be called at the last day;
25 Wherefore, if they the by which they are called, they cannot have place in the of my Father.
Anoynomous Words
This is circulating via email and text. I DO NOT KNOW the author but his/her thoughts are profound.
My great friend Tonya Meldrum sent this to me and said, “I don’t believe in coincidences either…”
“It is officially spring, the sun is beginning to shine, the snow is almost gone, and it is 2020.
200 years exactly since the spring of 1820, when a young man went into the woods to pray. I know so many great people who have been trying to focus on this miraculous event. So many who have been trying to prepare for this upcoming general conference, that it might be unforgettable.
And then, so shortly before this incredible time, many of our lives have been turned on their sides. The world is currently full of fear, and panic.
I do not believe this is a coincidence. As Joseph Smith knelt in prayer, what proceeded his wondrous answer? Darkness, fear, and panic. The Lord allowed this, I know without a shadow of a doubt that He did not have to, but He did.
I have often pondered why. I believe it had many purposes. Possibly to show the stark contrast between light and dark. To teach us the reality of that opposition. I also believe it allowed Joseph to prove he was ready to receive such great light.
How did Joseph prove himself? How did he escape? He continued, as he had started, to turn to the Lord “Exerting all his powers to call upon God.”
How do we escape the uncertainty and fear that proceeds this unforgettable conference? Continue, as so many of us started. Turn to the Lord, call upon Him, focus on the light that is coming. That light is always found in “Hearing Him.” Prepare to hear Him in all the words spoken and sung.
As we prepare to celebrate that glorious day where a “pillar of light” delivered this young man, have we forgotten what immediately preceded it? Often, the answer is yes, because it pales in comparison to the glory that followed.
From the Dedicatory Prayer of the Salt Lake Temple, 6 April 1893
In 1893, three years before Utah became a state, the Salt Lake Temple was completed after 40 years of sacrifice-filled construction. As is customary, a dedicatory prayer was offered by Wilford Woodruff, then president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
“Heavenly Father, when Thy people shall not have the opportunity of entering this holy house to offer their supplications unto Thee, and they are oppressed and in trouble, surrounded by difficulties or assailed by temptation and shall turn their faces towards this Thy holy house and ask Thee for deliverance, for help, for Thy power to be extended in their behalf, we beseech Thee, to look down from Thy holy habitation in mercy and tender compassion upon them, and listen to their cries. Or when the children of Thy people, in years to come, shall be separated, through any cause, from this place, and their hearts shall turn in remembrance of Thy promises to this holy Temple, and they shall cry unto Thee from the depths of their affliction and sorrow to extend relief and deliverance to them, we humbly entreat Thee to Turn Thine ear in mercy to them; hearken to their cries, and grant unto them the blessings for which they ask.
Almighty Father, increase within us the powers of that faith delivered to and possessed by Thy Saints. Strengthen us by the memories of the glorious deliverances of the past, by the remembrance of the sacred covenants that Thou hast made with us, so that, when evil overshadows us, when trouble encompasses us, when we pass through the valley of humiliation, we may not falter, may not doubt, but in the strength of Thy Holy name may accomplish all Thy righteous purposes with regard to us, fill the measure of our creation, and triumph gloriously, by Thy grace, over every besetting sin, be redeemed from every evil, and be numbered in the kingdom of heaven amongst those who shall dwell in Thy presence forever.” This was emailed to me by my friend David Hocking.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/temples/details/salt-lake-temple/prayer/1893-04-06?lang=eng
