Today I’m talking about how families are blessed when they
follow the prophet. This is a story about when my dad was three years old:
One day my dad asked his mom why
their family wasn’t reading the scriptures every day if the prophet had asked
them to. From then on they read the scriptures together every day. Their family
was, and continues to be, blessed for their obedience to the Lord.
Some of the things that families can do to follow the
prophet are: reading scriptures together, having FHE, praying, and being kind
and helpful. In the April 2014 General Conference Pres. Monson said:
“Some of our greatest opportunities
to demonstrate our love will be within the walls of our own homes.”
Two of my ancestors, John Chapman Duncan and his wife, Teresa Farrell, were
Mormon pioneers that traveled west. The prophet asked them to settle a new area
in Utah and they went obediently. When they first arrived they had to live in a
dugout until they could build a home. The dugout had a dirt floor, dirt ceiling,
and dirt walls. Once their house was built, they were able to move in. On their
first night in their new house there was a huge rainstorm. In the
morning they realized that the rain had caused the nearby creek to rise and the
dugout had caved in and washed away. Because they were obedient and doing what
was right the Lord was able to bless and protect their family.
I know that as we follow the prophet we become spiritually
and physically safe and we are greatly blessed.
Testimony
In the name of Jesus Christ Amen.
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