![]() ![]() He also unveiled a new church symbol, with an image of the Christus inside an arch atop the full name of the church. Good Friday would be the perfect day to have our Heavenly Father and his Son hear us.” President Nelson used his second conference talk to call for the world to unite its faith in a second global fast on Good Friday, April 10 - “Let us put our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ into action!” - saying it is natural in times of deep distress like a pandemic to petition heaven: “Let us unite in pleading for healing throughout the world. He said daily repentance opens Christ’s cleansing, healing and strengthening power to provide enduring peace and joy even in turbulent times: “This year will be extraordinary as we focus intently on the Savior and his restored gospel.” Call for a second global fast on Good Friday ![]() But equally crucial is our need to fill our personal spiritual storehouses with faith, truth and testimony.” He counseled listeners to prepare for personal trials: “We can store our own reserves of food, water and savings. President Nelson opened the April 2020 general conference, which he promised would be memorable and unforgettable, speaking to a nearly empty auditorium. “I love you, I pray for you and I promise that you will receive comfort and peace as you continue to hear him,” he said, adding “These unique challenges will pass in time. He also encouraged members to care for themselves and their families, asked them to serve and minister to others and be comforted by the promises of the Savior, whose gospel he said “provides certain hope and help to a troubled world.” He said church leaders were praying for the sick and those who had lost loved ones. ![]() President Nelson released a video message two days later. “We pray for them and know God will bless them.” ‘Optimistic for the future’Ī day after the pandemic was declared, the First Presidency suspended all in-person church meetings. “These are our dear brothers and sisters, and we feel privileged to be able to offer some small measure of help,” he said. He directed a donation of 67 pallets of personal protective equipment to China. President Nelson’s public response to the pandemic began with empathy and aid in January 2020. Here’s a brief look at 22 times President Nelson has addressed the pandemic since it began, illustrating the ways he has responded, lifted, comforted and counseled. He also has shared with us the confidence that we can let God prevail in our lives and that even in these perilous times, we can find peace and comfort no matter our circumstances.” “He’s pointed the whole church to Christ in a powerful way well ahead of the commotion that would come, from his emphasis on the church’s name to the new visual symbol of the church to inviting us to look for Christ in the Book of Mormon. “President Nelson prepared almost a million members in the Philippines, for example, well ahead of the pandemic, to minister and teach the gospel in their homes,” Gilbert said. Some countries have required residents to remain in their homes. ![]() Beyond the disease, people in many places are suffering from immense economic hardship. The pandemic has been difficult for people across cultures and geographies, said Clark Gilbert, president of BYU-Pathway Worldwide, which has 51,500 students in 152 countries. “Working together, we can flood social media with a wave of gratitude that reaches the four corners of the earth,” he said. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The retired surgeon said gratitude is a prescription that serves as spiritual and emotional therapy. That request appeared to be a harbinger for the video message on the healing power of gratitude released in November by President Nelson, who invited people to turn social media into their gratitude journal for the next seven days and to say prayers of thanksgiving. At the last conference, he asked them to spend the next six months studying the scriptures and listing God’s promises to covenant Israel. He asked church members to spend the six months from October 2019 to April 2020 learning how to better hear God and study the restoration of Christ’s church. He organized two global fasts and encouraged people to pray for relief from the pandemic, minister to one another and act and live in increased unity. President Nelson also has called the world to action repeatedly. Even before the pandemic was declared, the global church response was underway.Watch: President Nelson calls for healing ‘wave of gratitude’ on social media for world’s ‘many ills’. ![]()
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