Participate to Prepare for Christ’s Return

Steven D. Shumway April 2025 Sunday Morning Session

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  1. Doctrine and Covenants 4:2

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    And I got an answer in general conference when President Russell M.

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  2. Doctrine and Covenants 76:5

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    In “the majesty of this moment,” as God’s kingdom expands and temples dot the earth, there is a growing need for willing souls to engage in God’s work.

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  3. John 10:10

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    In “the majesty of this moment,” as God’s kingdom expands and temples dot the earth, there is a growing need for willing souls to engage in God’s work.

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  4. Doctrine and Covenants 21:9

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    We engage in God’s work not because God needs us but because we need God and His mighty blessings.

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  5. Doctrine and Covenants 88:19

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    First, as we participate, we progress toward “the measure of [our] creation.”

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  6. Genesis 1

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    We learn this pattern in the account of the Creation.

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  7. Luke 21:19

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    Callings do not determine or validate a person’s worth or worthiness.

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  8. Doctrine and Covenants 10:4

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    God rejoices in our progress, and so should we, even when we still have work to do.

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  9. Mosiah 4:24

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    God rejoices in our progress, and so should we, even when we still have work to do.

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  10. Galatians 6:2

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    “bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.”
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  11. Mosiah 18:8

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    For example, our covenant to always remember Christ is made individually, but this covenant is lived as we serve others.

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  12. Mosiah 18:26

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    We do not receive financial compensation for serving.

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  13. Mosiah 27:5

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    We do not receive financial compensation for serving.

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  14. 2 Nephi 3:13

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    Because of God’s grace, our abilities or inabilities are not the principal basis for extending or accepting a calling.

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  15. 2 Nephi 3:24

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    Because of God’s grace, our abilities or inabilities are not the principal basis for extending or accepting a calling.

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  16. Jacob 4:7

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    As we act in faith to do something beyond our abilities, our weakness is exposed.

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  17. Isaiah 40:29

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    We will fall many times as we engage in God’s work.

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  18. 2 Corinthians 12:9

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    We will fall many times as we engage in God’s work.

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  19. Matthew 14:15

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    We will fall many times as we engage in God’s work.

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  20. Helaman 3:35

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    We will fall many times as we engage in God’s work.

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  21. Doctrine and Covenants 132:50

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    We will fall many times as we engage in God’s work.

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  22. 3 Nephi 27:14

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    We will fall many times as we engage in God’s work.

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  23. Doctrine and Covenants 15:6

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    I do not know all the Savior will ask me when I stand before Him, but perhaps one question will be “Who did you bring with you?” Callings are sacred gifts from a loving Heavenly Father to help bring others with us to Jesus Christ.

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  24. Doctrine and Covenants 16:6

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    I do not know all the Savior will ask me when I stand before Him, but perhaps one question will be “Who did you bring with you?” Callings are sacred gifts from a loving Heavenly Father to help bring others with us to Jesus Christ.

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  25. Doctrine and Covenants 18:10

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    I do not know all the Savior will ask me when I stand before Him, but perhaps one question will be “Who did you bring with you?” Callings are sacred gifts from a loving Heavenly Father to help bring others with us to Jesus Christ.

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  26. Moroni 7:2

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    I do not know all the Savior will ask me when I stand before Him, but perhaps one question will be “Who did you bring with you?” Callings are sacred gifts from a loving Heavenly Father to help bring others with us to Jesus Christ.

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  27. James 4

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    John told me that these sacrifices to serve were the spiritual turning points for him and for his family.

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  28. Matthew 10:5

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    I wonder if we have a blind spot, failing to extend callings to individuals who, to our mortal view, appear unlikely or unworthy.

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  29. Luke 10:1

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    I wonder if we have a blind spot, failing to extend callings to individuals who, to our mortal view, appear unlikely or unworthy.

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  30. Doctrine and Covenants 107:99

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    Elder David A.

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  31. 2 Nephi 27:20

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    If Christ were physically here, He would visit the sick, teach the Sunday School class, sit with the heartbroken young woman, and bless the children.

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  32. Jacob 1:17

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    With participation in God’s work comes “the right, privilege, and responsibility to represent the Lord [Jesus Christ].” When we serve to magnify Christ and not ourselves, our service becomes joyful.

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  33. Jacob 1:19

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    With participation in God’s work comes “the right, privilege, and responsibility to represent the Lord [Jesus Christ].” When we serve to magnify Christ and not ourselves, our service becomes joyful.

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  34. 3 Nephi 27:27

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    In earnestly seeking to represent the Savior, we become more like Him.

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  35. Doctrine and Covenants 1:11

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    In earnestly seeking to represent the Savior, we become more like Him.

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  1. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 21: The Apostolic Mission, and Events Related Thereto

    2 shared verses

    • Matthew 10:5

      In this talk:
      Open paragraph (1)
      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (h)

      About this time, also, Jesus inaugurated a notable expansion of the ministry of the kingdom, by sending forth the Twelve on assigned missions.

    • Matthew 14:15

      In this talk:
      Open paragraph (2)
      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (Matthew 14:15, 23)

      The Earlier and the Later Evening.—Matthew specifies two evenings of the day on which the five thousand were fed; thus “when it was evening” the disciples asked Jesus to send away the multitude; and later, after the miraculous feeding and after the disciples had left by boat, and after the crowds had departed, “when the evening was come” Jesus was alone on the mountain (Matthew 14:15, 23; compare Mark 6:35, 47).

  2. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 26: Our Lord’s Ministry in Perea and Judea

    2 shared verses

  3. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 22: A Period of Darkening Opposition

    1 shared verse

  4. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 24: From Sunshine to Shadow

    1 shared verse

    • Luke 10:1

      In this talk:
      Open paragraph (1)
      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (b)

      In continuation of the lesson illustrated by the little child, Jesus said: “Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.” It may have been Christ’s reference to deeds done in His name that prompted John to interject a remark at this point: “Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.

  5. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 32: Further Instruction to the Apostles

    1 shared verse

    • Luke 21:19

      In this talk:
      Open paragraph (1)
      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (c)

      They, the apostles, were told to expect persecution, not only at the hands of irresponsible individuals, but at the instance of the officials such as they who were at that moment intent on taking the life of the Lord Himself, and who would scourge them in the synagogs, deliver them up to hostile tribunals, cite them before rulers and kings, and even put some of them to death—all because of their testimony of the Christ.

  6. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 33: The Last Supper and the Betrayal

    1 shared verse

    • 3 Nephi 27:14

      In this talk:
      Open paragraph (4)
      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (i)

      In some manner, actual and terribly real though to man incomprehensible, the Savior took upon Himself the burden of the sins of mankind from Adam to the end of the world.

  7. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 37: The Resurrection and the Ascension

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  8. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 42: Jesus the Christ to Return

    1 shared verse

    • 3 Nephi 27:27

      In this talk:
      Open paragraph (1)
      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (i)

      The coming of Christ in the last days, accompanied by the apostles of oldg and by the resurrected saints, is to mark the establishment of the Kingdom of Heaven upon earth.

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