I testify that the only way we and all mankind can come unto our Heavenly Father and know Him, and thus obtain eternal life, is to come unto the Lord Jesus Christ and know Him...“[Jesus Christ] was the Great Jehovah of the Old Testament, the Messiah of the New. Under the direction of His Father, He was the creator of the earth." …Can we truly and fully comprehend His words? “If ye receive me”—the Great Jehovah, the Messiah, the Creator of the earth, the Savior and Redeemer of the world, the immortal Son of God—“If ye receive me … , then shall ye know me”.
- John M. Madsen, Eternal Life through Jesus Christ
Inspiring Short: Names of the Savior | Russell M. Nelson
Who is Jesus?: A Bible Story for Children
Inspiring Short: There Is a Christ | Kyle S. McKay
We do not need to labor unsuccessfully…to find our treasure. Nor need we seek counsel from exotic sources, prizing the novelty of the source and thinking such counsel will be more enlightened than that which we can receive from a humble prophet of God.
As recorded in the Old Testament, when Naaman sought a cure for his leprosy, he was indignant at being asked to dip himself seven times in a nearby ordinary river. But he was persuaded to follow the prophet Elisha’s counsel...I encourage you to remember and always focus on Jesus Christ.
- Dale G. Renlund, Jesus Christ is the Treasure
Abinadi Teaches the Ten Commandments and Testifies of Christ | Mosiah 13–16
As covenant children of God, we have been uniquely blessed with a rich supply of divinely appointed tools to improve our spiritual vision...the Savior invites us to see our lives through Him in order to see more of Him in our lives. I’ve come to learn more about this specific invitation through my study of the Old Testament. The law of Moses was given to the early Israelites as a preparatory gospel, designed to ready the people for a higher covenant relationship with God through Jesus Christ. The law, rich with symbolism... was meant to help the people of Israel focus on the Savior by practicing faith in Him, His sacrifice, and His laws and commandments in their lives.
- Tracy Y. Browning, Seeing More of Jesus Christ in Our Lives
Inspiring Short: Covenant Relationships | Jenet Jacob Erickson | 2024
Choose to Serve the Lord - by Blake Gillette and Angie Killian
[W]e are the focus of Heavenly Father’s plan and the reason for our Savior’s mission. Each of us, individually, is Their work and Their glory. To me, no book of scripture illustrates this more clearly than has my study of the Old Testament. Chapter after chapter we discover examples of how Heavenly Father and Jehovah are intimately involved in our lives…The Old Testament is packed with miracles and tender mercies that are the hallmark of Heavenly Father’s plan…I testify that this year we can learn more about God’s plan for us in the Old Testament.
- Michael T. Ringwood, For God So Loved Us
This is My Work and My Glory | Animated Scripture Lesson for Kids
My intent is to speak of our sacred and eternal hopes centered in Jesus Christ and the restored gospel...Our hope of eternal life is assured through the grace of Christ and our own choices, allowing us the remarkable blessing of returning to our heavenly home and living forever in peace and happiness with our Heavenly Father, His Beloved Son, [and] our faithful family and precious friends
…the son of my nephew…Trey had heart surgery the first week of his life, and more surgeries followed...and...his faith expanded. He wrote, “I have never felt sorry for myself because I have always known the importance of having faith in Jesus Christ and a testimony of the plan of salvation.”
- Neil L. Andersen, The Triumph of Hope
Following God | ComeUntoChrist.org
Because of Jesus Christ, You Can Be Better
Jesus Christ: Our Healer Then and Now - See What’s Possible Because of Him
“Now these are the words, and ye may liken them unto you and unto all men”. I took that to mean that the scriptures are likened to me personally, and that is true of everyone else…I found these scriptures to be plain and precious…The Book of Mormon confirms the teachings of the Old Testament. It confirms the teachings of the New Testament. It restores “many plain and precious things” lost or taken from them. It is in truth another testament of Jesus Christ…Published in combination, these scriptures form an unshakable testament that Jesus is the Christ and a witness that Joseph Smith is a prophet.
- Boyd K. Packer, The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ—Plain and Precious Things
"Many Plain and Precious Things" (1991)
Were Plain And Precious Doctrines Lost? (Knowhy #15)
[T]he first point of doctrine that our missionaries teach is that God is our loving Heavenly Father. Every subsequent truth builds on the foundational understanding of who we really are...While our Heavenly Father consistently and lovingly reminds us that we are His children, the adversary will always try to label us by our weaknesses...Similarly, when we are confronted with the challenges of mortality or when we feel like anyone is trying to label us by our weaknesses, we need to stand strong in the knowledge of who we truly are. We must seek validation vertically, not horizontally. And as we do, we too can boldly proclaim, “I am a child of God.”
- Brik V. Eyre, Know Who You Really Are
Know Who You Are: A Child of God
Inspiring Short: Self-Worth and Divine Love | Barbara Day Lockhart
Our mortal experience could be compared to a cruise ship...God loves all His children and... does not want to lose any of them, so He invites those who are willing to become members of His crew—that’s you. Because of your choice to make and keep covenants, He offers you His trust. He trusts you to be different, peculiar, and set apart because of the important work He trusts you to do. Think of it! God trusts you—of all the people on the earth, the children of the covenant, His crew members—to help with His work of bringing all His children safely home to Him. As you fulfill your birthright responsibilities, you are never alone. The Lord of the vineyard labors with you.
- Bradley R. Wilcox, O Youth of the Noble Birthright
Inspiring Short: Discovering God’s Plan for You | Kalani Sitake
A Great Work | Youth Music Festival 2021
There is much we can learn from Moses’s mighty response to temptation from the adversary. I invite you to respond the same way when you feel influenced by temptation. Command the enemy of your soul by saying: “Go away! You have no glory. Do not tempt or lie to me! For I know I am a child of God. And I will always call upon my God for His help.”…Moses’s resistance of the adversary is a vivid and enlightening example for each of us, no matter our stage in life. It is a powerful message for you personally—to know what to do when he tries to deceive you. For you, like Moses, have been blessed with the gift of heavenly help.
- Gary E. Stevenson, Deceive Me Not,
Temptation Fades as We Seek Christ in Every Thought
Deceive Me Not by Elder Stevenson
Walk With Me (feat. Jensen Diederich) | Official 2026 Theme Music Video
[O]ur loving, wise, and perfect Heavenly Father has designed the plan of happiness such that we are not destined to fail. His plan provides a way for us to rise above our mortal failures...Nonetheless, if we are to be the beneficiaries of the Lord’s “work and … glory,” even “immortality and eternal life,” we must expect to be schooled and taught and to pass through the refiner’s fire—sometimes to our utter limits...The experiences of mortality are part of the journey that allows us to grow and progress toward that immortality and eternal life. We were not sent here to fail but to succeed in God’s plan for us.
- Brook P. Hales, Mortality Works!
God is in Relentless Pursuit of You
The Lord has his own way of calling prophets. He knew them before they were ever born here in mortality. We read in the Book of Abraham that the Lord stood in the midst of the spirits, and among them there were noble and great ones—and they couldn’t be noble and great if they hadn’t done something to make them noble and great....The Lord stood in the midst of those spirits, and there were some there who became his prophets here in mortality... Satan knew that he would have to reckon with that man Joseph Smith because he was one of those noble and great ones that God said he would make his rulers.
- LeGrand Richards, Call of the Prophets
God Does Not Have a List of Favorites — Be Counted as One of God's Chosen
Inspiring Short: You Were Born to Lead | Sheri L. Dew
The world sees birth and death as the beginning and the end. But because of God’s holy plan, we know that birth and death are actually just milestones on our journey to eternal life with our Heavenly Father. They are essential parts of our Father’s plan—sacred moments when mortality and heaven intersect…“Before we were born, we lived with God, the Father of our spirits. All [of us] on earth are literally brothers and sisters” in His family, and each of us is precious to Him. We lived with Him for eons of time before our mortal birth—learning, choosing, and preparing...In a grand premortal council, our Father told us about His plan.
- Weatherford T. Clayton, Our Father’s Glorious Plan,
Inspiring Short: Finding Your Place in the Universe | Denise Stephens
DF Uchtdorf April 2013 Imagine What we Knew in the PreMortal World, Do You Recognize Voice of God
In the sequence of events as set forth in the scripture, God first created the earth, and the earth was without form, and void. He then separated the light from the darkness, and the waters from the land. Then came the creation of vegetation of all kinds, giving the beauty of trees and grass, flowers and shrubs. Then followed the creation of animal life in the sea and upon the land. Having looked over all of this, He declared it to be good. He then created man in His own likeness and image. Then as His final creation, the crowning of His glorious work, He created woman.
- President Gordon B. Hinckley, Daughters of God
The Creation | Animated Scripture Lesson for Kids
The 7 Phases of Creation You’ve Never Seen Explained Like This | Russell M. Nelson
The Watchmaker Theory: An Argument for the Creation of the Universe | Believe in God as the Creator
When we sing the song “I Am a Child of God,” the lyrics penetrate our hearts. Pondering this truth—that we are children of heavenly parents—fills us with a sense of origin, purpose, and destiny. It is good to remember that you are always a child of God. This knowledge will carry you through the most difficult times in your life and will inspire you to accomplish remarkable things. However, it is also important to remember that being a [son or] daughter of eternal parents is not a distinction you earned or you will ever lose. You will always and forever remain a [son or] daughter of God.
- Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Live the Gospel Joyful
The Creator has entrusted the earth’s resources and all forms of life to our care, but He retains full ownership...All that is on the earth belongs to God, including our families, our physical bodies, and even our very lives.…the care of the earth and of our natural environment is a sacred responsibility entrusted to us by God, which should fill us with a deep sense of duty and humility. It is also an integral component of our discipleship…We participate in the work of creation whenever we cultivate the earth or add our own constructions to this world—as long as we show respect for God’s creations.
- Elder Gérald Caussé, Our Earthly Stewardship
Inspiring Short: Did I Forget to Thank Thee, Lord? | Harold Hansen
How the Church Cares for the Earth
Practicing Good Stewardship: How the Church of Jesus Christ Is Reducing Water Use
I know that one of Satan’s cunning methods of undermining the work of the Lord is to attack the sacred institutions of marriage and the family…The Lord declared that marriage is the legal wedding of one man and one woman...Worldly trends to define marriage in some other way would sadly serve to destroy the institution of marriage. Such schemes are contrary to the plan of God...Scripture further reaffirms that “the man [is not] without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.” Marriage is both a commandment and an exalting principle of the gospel. Because it is ordained of God, the intimate physical expressions of married love are sacred.
- President Russell M. Nelson, Nurturing Marriage
What Is a Temple Wedding Like?
What has Jesus Christ done for each of us? He has done everything that is essential for our journey through mortality toward the destiny outlined in the plan of our Heavenly Father…Through the teachings of His prophets and through His personal ministry, Jesus taught us the plan of salvation. This plan includes the Creation, the purpose of life, the necessity of opposition, and the gift of agency…Under the plan of our Heavenly Father, He “created the heavens and the earth” so that each of us could have the mortal experience necessary to seek our divine destiny…Jesus Christ did all of this because He loves all of the children of God. Love is the motivation for it all, and it was so from the very beginning.
- President Dallin H. Oaks, What Has Our Savior Done for Us?
New Beginnings through Jesus Christ
Beginning with the Creation of the world, one day was set apart from all others. “And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.” Even God rested from His labors on this day, and He expects His children to do the same. To the children of Israel, He delivered the commandment: “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God… Wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.”... It is remarkable that even through the dark periods of apostasy, this pattern of Sabbath day worship and the sacrament continued to be practiced in many forms.
- L. Tom Perry, The Sabbath and the Sacrament
Upon My Holy Day - Honoring the Sabbath
Elder Ballard - April 2018 General Conference Highlights
Inspiring Short: Getting Off the Couch | Dale G. Renlund
Jesus Heals a Man on the Sabbath: A Bible Story for Children