This post is based on a recent General Conference talk called "Choose the Light" by Elder Vern P. Stanfill. I love the talk so much. I would like to share with you some highlights while I was reading the talk this evening. He mentions,
"We may feel confident that we are ready to face these challenges only to find that our preparations have been insufficient” he said. “Apostolic voices urge us to prepare ourselves with the powerful light of spiritual strength.”
First, no matter how intense the darkness of doubt, “we choose how long and to what extent we allow it to influence us. “We must remember how much our Heavenly Father and His Son love us. They will neither abandon us, nor will They allow us to be overcome if we seek Their help,
Second, we must trust in the Lord in order to develop spiritual strength within ourselves,
Latter-day Saints cannot rely upon the light of others forever, he said. “We must act, expecting that the Lord will fulfill His promise to lift us from the darkness if we draw near unto Him. The adversary, however, will try to convince us that we have never felt the influence of the Spirit and that it will be easier just to stop trying.”
Third, there is no darkness so dense, so menacing, or so difficult that it cannot be overcome by light, “We have not been left alone to be influenced by every whim and change in the world’s attitude, but we have the power to choose belief over doubt. In order to access the promised compensatory spiritual power, we must choose to heed prophetic counsel, recognize and act upon spiritual promptings, be obedient to God’s commandments, and seek personal revelation. We must choose. May we choose the light of the Savior.”
I encourage you to read the talk in your own time. It is a great talk. Here's the link,
www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/10/choose-the-light
"We may feel confident that we are ready to face these challenges only to find that our preparations have been insufficient” he said. “Apostolic voices urge us to prepare ourselves with the powerful light of spiritual strength.”
Second, we must trust in the Lord in order to develop spiritual strength within ourselves,
Latter-day Saints cannot rely upon the light of others forever, he said. “We must act, expecting that the Lord will fulfill His promise to lift us from the darkness if we draw near unto Him. The adversary, however, will try to convince us that we have never felt the influence of the Spirit and that it will be easier just to stop trying.”
Third, there is no darkness so dense, so menacing, or so difficult that it cannot be overcome by light, “We have not been left alone to be influenced by every whim and change in the world’s attitude, but we have the power to choose belief over doubt. In order to access the promised compensatory spiritual power, we must choose to heed prophetic counsel, recognize and act upon spiritual promptings, be obedient to God’s commandments, and seek personal revelation. We must choose. May we choose the light of the Savior.”
I encourage you to read the talk in your own time. It is a great talk. Here's the link,
www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/10/choose-the-light
Stay Tuned until next time.
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