{"id":11084,"date":"2020-01-01T11:38:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T17:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/?p=11084"},"modified":"2020-01-01T11:38:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T17:38:55","slug":"to-keep-up-with-our-prophet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/01\/to-keep-up-with-our-prophet\/","title":{"rendered":"To Keep Up With Our Prophet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are we preparing for more changes we’ll see in the church, this new year of 2020? You can bet there will be some. Our devotion to God will be seen in how we keep up with our prophet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Elder Neal A. Maxwell spoke, in October 1986, about what \u201cGod Will Yet Reveal<\/a>,\u201d and we are still watching anxiously to see more of what God continues to reveal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pres. Nelson is reminding us, as this new year opens, to set up a study plan<\/a> to really dig deep into the Restoration of the Church, specifically the First Vision. Have you come up with your study plan yet? Pinterest may have some ideas for you, but if you really want to follow the prophet, it will take exercising prayer and asking the Lord personally, to receive that necessary revelation to make it meaningful for what you alone need to learn. Pinterest can\u2019t do that for you.<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re also going to read the Book of Mormon together, as an entire Church. How will you make this study different from all the other times you\u2019ve read this book? Or, a better question might be: Are you ready for the Lord to reveal more to you this go \u2018round?<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of us are still waiting to see how John\u2019s Revelation will begin showing up. The Signs of the Times. Well, most of us know better than that. The signs have been showing themselves for years. The real sign\u2014and the only sign we should really be concerned about\u2014is our own preparedness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you remember President Nelson\u2019s words? \u201cIt is easier to build a temple than it is to build a people prepared for a temple\u201d (\u201cClosing Remarks<\/a>\u201d, Oct. 2019). I find that statement very revealing and very concerning. I want to be prepared when the Lord comes.<\/span><\/p>\n

That means I need to scrub the world out of my soul. I need to be reading and STUDYING scriptures like never before. I need to practice receiving revelation in everything I do. I need to follow the prophet and obey every suggestion he makes. And I need to recognize Satan\u2019s tricks, so I don\u2019t fall for them anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n

And I might need to ponder this one a little more, but one thing I\u2019ve noticed is that Satan has been working very hard at getting us, as God\u2019s sons and daughters, to forget this Plan of Salvation we are journeying through. He wants us to forget who we are, why we\u2019re here, and where we think we\u2019re going. But we won\u2019t let him do that, will we? God, and His prophets, are revealing too much to ever let us forget that completely. May we hold on to the truth we know. And may we continue to seek and understand more truth out of the scriptures, our own personal revelation, and our dear, beloved prophet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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