Taking Our Questions to General Conference
Today Israel and I were asked to speak in church on "following the words of the prophet," and I decided to focus my remarks on the talk that Sister Wendy Watson Nelson gave when she and her husband, President Nelson, visited our stake conference in March of this year (2018). I made a voice recording of their talks on my phone so that I could go back and listen to it later, so I listened to her words again as I was preparing for my talk and thought it would be a good review for us. Sister Nelson posed a question, “Are we ready for General Conference?” And “What can we do (in the next week) to prepare our hearts and minds to receive the messages that the Lord has for us?” Some people prepare by: - Having a special fast, - Forgiving someone, - Increasing their time in family history and temple work or - Doing an anonymous act of service (something that requires sacrifice). - We may need to give up one of our sins, maybe even our favorite sin, as a way to prepare o...
