{"id":11984,"date":"2025-04-09T14:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T20:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/?p=11984"},"modified":"2025-04-09T14:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T20:02:15","slug":"covenant-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/09\/covenant-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Covenant Confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/study\/general-conference\/2024\/04\/16soares?lang=eng\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elder Soares stated a year ago<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, now more than ever before we must seek confidence in our covenants.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/difficultrun.nathanielgivens.com\/2015\/12\/22\/the-general-conference-odyssey\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> General Conference Odyssey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> post for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/study\/general-conference\/2025\/04?lang=eng\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April 2025 General Conference<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our prophet, seer, and revelator, President Russell M. Nelson, is diligently preparing us<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/president-nelson.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11818\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/president-nelson.jpeg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/president-nelson.jpeg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/president-nelson.jpeg?resize=1024%2C574&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/president-nelson.jpeg?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/president-nelson.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> for our Savior\u2019s coming. He focuses on helping us see where we can improve our lives, find joy in the journey, become more spiritually intune, and gain power to overcome through our temple covenants. Back in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/study\/general-conference\/2019\/10\/57nelson?lang=eng\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2019, he said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Individual worthiness to enter the Lord\u2019s house requires much individual spiritual preparation. \u2026 In some respects, it is easier to build a temple than it is to build a people prepared for a temple.\u201d Yet, that is exactly what he has been trying to do with us.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Each talk given, over the pulpit, is geared to increase our focus on our Savior, Jesus Christ, so that we will recognize Him, know Him, and stand before Him with confidence. God be thanked for giving us a prophet who will do this mighty work of preparing a stubborn, worldly people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">I ran across a talk, given by David O. McKay (then a counselor in the First Presidency), speaking to missionaries. I&#8217;ve paraphrased what he teaches about covenants. These covenants are not secret, but must be taught and understood in order for us to gain necessary confidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">He begins by talking about cleanliness. It is important to be clean before entering the temple. It is equally important to be cleansed by our temple attendance. Following this cleansing, we are anointed to a future of kingship and queenship. No one can say they are \u201ca nobody\u201d when they have been anointed to this promised future.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Are we willing to obey, or in other words, take on the responsibility of making God the center of our lives? Are we willing to obey the Law of Sacrifice? Pres. McKay simply explains, \u201cThe best shall be given to God; the next you may have. God is the Center.\u201d If we have that mindset, sacrificing will become second nature for we will always see the spiritual benefit of it. The Law of the Gospel is found in scripture. It is in the Bible and Book of Mormon that we learn how God works. We study scriptures so that we can teach the truth that is in them. The Law of Chastity is \u201cthe chief contributing factor to the strength and perpetuity of the race.\u201d It is the foundation of a happy home.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Domckay.webp?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11989\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Domckay.webp?resize=250%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Domckay.webp?resize=250%2C300&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Domckay.webp?w=667&amp;ssl=1 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Finally, we accept the Law of Consecration. There\u2019s the story of Zacchaeus (Luke 19:5), a rich publican who is willing to give half of all he has when the Lord approaches him. And there\u2019s King Lamoni\u2019s father (Alma 22:15), who is willing to give up all that he has to know God. This is the attitude we covenant with in the temple. We allow the Spirit to fill our hearts &#8216;with a desire and determination to walk uprightly before God.&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It takes confidence to walk uprightly before God. As<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/study\/general-conference\/2025\/04\/57nelson?lang=eng\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Pres. Nelson said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am referring to having confidence in approaching God <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">right now<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">! \u2026 How do we gain such confidence? The Lord answers this question with these words: \u2018Let thy bowels \u2026 be full of charity towards all men, \u2026 and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">then<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God.\u2019 There\u2019s the key! In the Lord\u2019s own words, charity and virtue open the way to having confidence before God! Brothers and sisters, we can do this! Our confidence can truly wax strong in the presence of God, right now! \u2026 We do not know the day or the hour of His coming. But I do know that the Lord is prompting me to urge us to get ready for that \u201cgreat and dreadful day.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Temple workers strive to always show charity and virtue to the patrons that come. The kindness that shows in their faces inspires the patrons to feel that charity and virtue within themselves. Those attributes can be taken home with us, where we bless the lives of our families, friends, and neighbors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Yes, the Lord is on His way. A new sculpture has been placed on the bridge, between the temple and the Relief Society building, of the five virgins. Why only five? Because those of us who have already made covenants are being urged to keep those covenants with confidence. Don\u2019t lose the fire of your covenants this late in the game. Stay focused. Stay strong in your faith because the reward is great.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Elder Soares stated a year ago, now more than ever before we must seek confidence in our covenants. This is a General Conference Odyssey post for the April 2025 General Conference. Our prophet, seer, and revelator, President Russell M. Nelson, is diligently preparing us for our Savior\u2019s coming. 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