Hello Brothers and Sisters:
I hope you are all doing well and that all is well with your families. The Stake Presidency loves and appreciates you. I would like to talk about four things today. First, I would like to talk about personal revelation and the ability to hear Him. We all have access to personal revelation and the ability to hear what our Heavenly Father and our Savior, Jesus Christ, would have us know and do. We also can turn to the scriptures, Prophets, Apostles and other church leaders to find the answers we are seeking. There are many talks on churchofjesuschrist.org. A couple of them that you could read would be: President Nelson‘s talk in conference entitled “Hear Him.“ Also, President Jean B. Bingham, General Relief Society president, has an article on the homepage that is entitled “How I Hear Him”. Second, with things starting to open up a little bit from the pandemic, can we just be a little more loving, a little more kind to our neighbors, respectful to others actions and thoughts? Can we try to be as obedient as we can to the rules and regulations that are put into place as we follow our church leaders? We are looking forward to the day when we can meet together again and especially when we can have get-togethers/parties to enjoy each other’s fellowship and love. Third, We have been asked by our church leaders, including President Nelson and many others, to do more family history and indexing. The numbers in our stake have gone down in the last couple of months. We all need to do a better job. I am at the top of that list. I have not taken the time that I need to do my family history, but I hope I can do better. I hope that we can all do better. That is the most important work that we can do at this time. President Nelson states the following: “My dear young brothers and sisters, these surely are the latter days, and the Lord is hastening His work to gather Israel. That gathering is the most important thing taking place on earth today. Nothing else compares in magnitude, nothing else compares in importance, nothing else compares in majesty. And if you choose to, if you want to, you can be a big part of it. You can be a big part of something big, something grand, something majestic!“ Fourth, We would like to remind you of the challenge to study the restoration. Continue to study the restoration in your daily lives so you can understand it better. I testify that we have a Heavenly Father who knows us individually and loves us. I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer and he atoned for each one of us. I know that we are led by a living prophet, and that all of our church leaders, including our local leaders, are called of God. I know that Joseph Smith restored the church, and that the Book of Mormon is true. I love each and everyone of you. I hope you have a great summer, and hope things get back to normal soon.
Love President Abbott
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