In a recent worldwide broadcast for youth, President Jeffrey R. Holland spoke about the 2025 youth theme, “Look Unto Christ.”
The theme references Doctrine and Covenants 6:36, which President Holland calls “one of the most important lines of scripture we could give a young man or young woman in this current decade of decision or any decade.” The verse reads:
“Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.”
Here are four pieces of wisdom that President Holland shared with the youth of the Church.
1. Decisions Define Decades
“Like the struggling Saints here in the 1830s, we will have to make decisions quickly, and they will be important in some cases for the rest of our lives. Think of the difference it made in the lives of now millions of people because those pioneers kept going forward in spite of opposition to doing so.”
2. Bring Your Fears to God
“[The command to] ‘fear not’ addresses perhaps the one temptation we can all identify with. Every single one of us [has] reason to feel fear [sometimes]. …
“Look unto God. Don’t let doubts obscure your way. Fear not. That’s how the Saints in Kirtland lived. And they saved the Church and their posterity in the process.”
3. Years Teach Lessons That Can’t Be Learned in Days
“President Freeman, President Farnes, the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve, your parents, your advisors and teachers, even an old great-grandfather like [me]—we’ve learned things in our years that you’ve not yet had a chance to learn in your days.
“Please trust us. Please understand why we spend hours and hours doing this voluntarily. Please know we have walked the same path you are walking and [faced] the same issues you are facing.”
4. You Can Find Certainty, Answers, and Hope
“I am more certain than anything else I know in this world that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true and the way to peace and salvation. I know that Joseph Smith, exactly the age some of you are now, saw God, the Eternal Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ. I know that the Book of Mormon is the most important book I have ever read in my life. And I’ve read a lot of books.
“All these things I know because I’ve tried to look to God in every thought. I’ve tried to pass by my questions to find them answered later in virtually every instance.
“I’m not fearful for the future of this Church because of you.”
Visit the Church’s Media Library to watch President Holland’s entire message.
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