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"We Are All of the Same Divine Family": Church Honors NAACP with Award for Advancing Equality and Justice in Society

Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints honored the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Saturday night for the organization’s commitment to advancing equality and justice in society.

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Get your spiritual preparation for general conference with these recent messages from Church leaders

Church leaders shared gospel messages this week in devotionals and on social media that might be just the thing to help members get in the right mindset for conference.

16: "If Ye Are Not One Ye Are Not Mine" (Doctrine and Covenants 37–40)

“Pack up everything—we’re moving.” When you read those words, how do you feel? Are you excited? Or does your heart drop as you think of all the packing, cleaning, and organizing that moving entails? Maybe you feel a bit of both? Well in this week’s lesson, the early Saints are asked to do just that: pack everything up and move. While this move was challenging and full of hardship, it also came with many blessings. And as we dig into Doctrine and Covenants 37–40, we’ll learn how the Lord asks us to move spiritually and what blessings we receive as we obey.

Ben and Chad Truman in the Give Me This Mountain music video

Help for Life Challenges

This music video will help you face your trials with more faith

By Maddie Tolk

Featuring stunning shots across New Zealand, the video honors a relative who passed away from terminal brain cancer.

2 Nephi 20-25: Delight

The September 2021 publication of the Friend magazine included the song “Peace in Christ” by Nik Day. The first verse reads: “There is peace in Christ / When we learn of Him. / Feel the love He felt for us / When He bore our sins. / Listen to His words. / Let them come alive. / If we know Him as He is, / There is peace in Christ.” Keep this song in mind while studying 2 Nephi 20–25 because the words of Isaiah about Christ can bring us peace in a world of division, captivity, sorrow, and destruction. And if there’s one thing we could all use a little bit more of now in the world, it’s peace.

D&C 45: Shall Be Fulfilled

In 1831, the exact circumstances and details of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ generated a lot of speculation among the Saints. Joseph Smith asked those questions to God and received an answer. Doctrine and Covenants section 45 is known as the Second Coming section, and while it does not predict when Jesus will come again, it does give us doctrine and signs to watch for—revelation that can help prepare us for when He does return someday.

Lesson Helps

Young Men Lesson 8: The Resurrection and Judgment

Manual 3; Supplement from "He Is Risen!" by President Thomas S. Monson

Latter-day Saint Life

4 Ways LDS Singles Can Thrive in a Family Ward

By Kristena Eden

I often hear that single people want to be married and married people want to be single. Life seems so much easier on the other side of the fence. We often only see the other sides’ finished product or the public appearance, not what really goes on behind the scenes.

Latter-day Saint Life

When Joseph Smith's Attackers Saved Him from a Murderous Mob + Other Firsthand Accounts of the Prophet

By Glenn Rawson

The Lord commanded on the very day the Church was organized that “behold, there shall be a record kept among you” (see D&C 21:1). Clearly the Lord values history, but many accounts recorded in the Church raise the question: what is the value of history in building our testimonies of the Savior?

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