Jesus Christ Is the Strength of Youth and Song- Glorious Unfolding. ACU Sunday Series.
b'Jesus Christ Is the Strength of Youth\\nBy Elder Dieter\\xa0F. Uchtdorf\\nOf the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles\\nWatch this talk at- \\nhttps://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2022/10/12uchtdorf?lang=eng \\n\\xa0\\nFor The Strength of Youth Pamphlet PDF-\\nhttps://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/bc/content/shared/content/english/pdf/ForTheStrengthOfYouth-eng.pdf\\n\\xa0\\nJesus Christ Is the Strength of Youth\\nBy Elder Dieter\\xa0F. Uchtdorf\\nOf the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles\\nPut your trust in Jesus Christ. He will lead you the right way. He is your strength.\\nIn preparing for this message today, I have felt strong promptings to address the young women and young men.\\nI am also speaking to those who used to be young, even to those who can\\u2019t really remember it anymore.\\nAnd I speak to all who love our young people and want them to succeed in life.\\nFor the rising generation, I have a message especially for you from our Savior, Jesus Christ.\\nThe Savior\\u2019s Message to You\\nMy dear young friends, if the Savior were here right now, what would He say to you?\\nI believe He would start by expressing His deep love for you. He might say it with words, but it would also flow so strongly\\u2014just from His presence\\u2014that it would be unmistakable, reaching deep into your heart, filling your whole soul!\\nAnd yet, because we\\u2019re all weak and imperfect, some concerns might creep into your mind. You might remember mistakes you\\u2019ve made, times you gave in to temptation, things you wish you hadn\\u2019t done\\u2014or wish you had done better.\\nThe Savior would sense that, and I believe He would assure you with words He has spoken in the scriptures:\\n\\u201cFear not.\\u201d1\\n\\u201cDoubt not.\\u201d2\\n\\u201cBe of good cheer.\\u201d3\\n\\u201cLet not your heart be troubled.\\u201d4\\nI don\\u2019t think He would make excuses for your mistakes. He wouldn\\u2019t minimize them. No, He would ask you to repent\\u2014to leave your sins behind, to change, so He can forgive you. He would remind you that 2,000 years ago He took those sins upon Himself so that you\\xa0could\\xa0repent. That is part of the plan of happiness gifted to us from our loving Heavenly Father.\\nJesus might point out that your covenants with Him\\u2014made when you were baptized and renewed each time you partake of the sacrament\\u2014give you a special connection with Him. The kind of connection the scriptures describe as being yoked together so that, with His help, you can carry any burden.5\\nI believe the Savior Jesus Christ would want you to see, feel, and know that He is your strength. That with His help, there are no limits to what you can accomplish. That your potential is limitless. He would want you to see yourself the way He sees you. And that is very different from the way the world sees you.\\nThe Savior would declare, in no uncertain terms, that you are a daughter or son of the Almighty God. Your Heavenly Father is the most glorious being in the universe, full of love, joy, purity, holiness, light, grace, and truth. And one day He wants you to inherit all He has.6\\nIt is the reason why you\\u2019re on the earth\\u2014to learn, grow, and progress and become everything your Father in Heaven has created you for.\\nTo make this possible, He sent Jesus Christ to be your Savior. It\\u2019s the purpose behind His great plan of happiness, His Church, His priesthood, the scriptures\\u2014all of it.\\nThat\\xa0is your destiny.\\xa0That\\xa0is your future.\\xa0That is your choice!\\nTruth and Choices\\nAt the heart of God\\u2019s plan for your happiness is your power to choose.7\\xa0Of course, your Heavenly Father wants you to choose eternal joy with Him, and He will help you to achieve it, but He would never force it upon you.\\nSo He allows you to choose: Light or darkness? Good or evil? Joy or misery? Eternal life or spiritual death?8\\nIt sounds like an easy choice, doesn\\u2019t it? But somehow, here on earth, it seems more complicated than it ought to be.\\nThe problem is that we don\\u2019t always see things as clearly as we would like to. The Apostle Paul compared it to looking \\u201cthrough a glass, darkly.\\u201d9\\xa0There\\u2019s a lot of confusion in the world about what is right and wrong.'