At a priesthood leadership meeting Pres. Benson gave a partial address but wanted to ensure all members could receive his counsel. The lesson today was the entire address - please take a few moments to read it HERE.
A few highlights from Pres. Benson's address are shown below:
"Satan is waging war against the members of the Church who have testimonies and are trying to keep the commandments. And while many of our members are remaining faithful and strong, some are wavering. Some are falling...The Prophet Lehi saw our day. He saw that many people would wander blindly in the mists of darkness...he saw some fall away in forbidden paths...and still others wander in strange roads. Some members of the Church today are among those souls Lehi saw which were lost."
But that does not have to happen to us!
"Lehi saw an iron rod which led through the mists of darkness. He saw that IF people would hold fast to that rod, they could avoid the rivers of filthiness, stay away from the forbidden paths, stop from wandering in the strange roads that lead to destruction."
That iron rod is the word of God...as found in the scriptures, in the words of the living prophets, and in personal revelation. "This is the answer to the great challenge of our time."
What part does the word of God play in your life?
"Often we spend great effort in trying to increase the activity levels in our stakes. We work diligently to raise the percentages of those attending sacrament meetings. We labour to get higher percentage of our young men on missions. We strive to improve the numbers of those marrying in the temple. All of these are commendable efforts and important to the growth of the kingdom. But when individual members and families immerse themselves in the scriptures regularly and consistently, these other areas of activity will automatically come. Testimonies will increase. Commitment will be stretched. Families will be fortified. Personal revelation will flow."
"Success in righteousness, the power to avoid deception and resist temptation, guidance in our daily lives, healing of the soul - these are but a few of the promises the Lord has given to those who will come to His word.....
"However diligent we may be in other areas, certain blessings are to be found only in the scriptures, only in coming to the word of the Lord and holding fast to it as we make our way through the mists of darkness to the tree of life."
Do you love the scriptures and the Word of God? President Benson pleads with us:
"I urge you to recommit yourselves to a study of the scriptures. Immerse yourself in them daily."
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