Week 76- Overcome the World and Find Rest

Scriptures:

Mosiah 2:41

Mosiah 3:19

General Conference Address:  

“Overcome the World and Find Rest” Pres Russell M Nelson CR 10/22

Thought:

“As we strive to live the higher laws of Jesus Christ, our hearts and our very natures begin to change. The Savior lifts us above the pull of this fallen world by blessing us with greater charity, humility, generosity, kindness, self-discipline, peace, and rest.

Now, you may be thinking this sounds more like hard spiritual work than rest. But here is the grand truth: while the world insists that power, possessions, popularity, and pleasures of the flesh bring happiness, they do not! They cannot! What they do produce is nothing but a hollow substitute for “the blessed and happy state of those [who] keep the commandments of God.”

The truth is that it is much more exhausting to seek happiness where you can never find it! However, when you yoke yourself to Jesus Christ and do the spiritual work required to overcome the world, He, and He alone, does have the power to lift you above the pull of this world.” (Ibid)

Misc:

“Now, how does overcoming the world bless our lives? The answer is clear: entering into a covenant relationship with God binds us to Him in a way that makes everything about life easier. Please do not misunderstand me: I did not say that making covenants makes life easy. In fact, expect opposition, because the adversary does not want you to discover the power of Jesus Christ. But yoking yourself with the Savior means you have access to His strength and redeeming power.”(Ibid)

Invitation: 

Make a list of your friends and note which covenant they need to make to take their next step on the covenant path. Identify one to whom you can make an invitation and prayerfully consider how to do so. Then, make that invitation. Write in your journal what you discover.