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The Divine Mandate |
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Demographic Perspectives |
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Expectations for the Future |
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Implications for the Present |
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Looking Forward with Faith |
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“I have faith that the Lord will open doors
when we have done everything in our power. … |
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“I believe that the Lord is anxious to put
into our hands inventions of which we laymen have hardly had a glimpse.” |
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(Ensign,
October 1974) |
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Home-based Missionaries |
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Virtual Branches |
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Expanded Temple Work |
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“I have faith that the Lord will open doors
when we have done everything in our power. … |
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“I believe that the Lord is anxious to put
into our hands inventions of which we laymen have hardly had a glimpse.” |
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(Ensign,
October 1974) |
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“The ‘mission field’ is any place on earth
where the three-fold mission of the Church is being implemented. In other words, the mission field is any
place where there is a single soul yet to be baptized, or yet to be brought
back into full fellowship or full activity in the Church of Jesus Christ.
Or any place where there is a single soul yet to receive his or her own
ordinances in the House of the Lord. … |
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“With this broader perspective in mind comes
the realization that one’s place of residence is where miracles should be
expected to happen, and not only in some exotic far-off place. It is quite possible to fail to notice
the occurrence of miracles around us because we often expect them to happen
somewhere else.” |
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(M. Martins, 1998) |
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“The problems of the world cannot possibly
be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious
realities. |
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“We need men who can dream of things that
never were and ask, ‘Why not?’ … |
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“We do not worry about How and When and
Why. We say, ‘Why not.’ … |
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“I repeat my witness that He will unlock
doors and His promises may be relied upon.
I know He will stay the opposition. He will mellow hearts and He
will pave the way if we have faith to pursue.” |
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(Ensign,
July 1985) |
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“If we will go forward, never losing sight
of our goal, speaking ill of no one, living the great principles we know to
be true, this cause will roll on in majesty and power to fill the
earth. Doors now closed to the
preaching of the gospel will be opened. ... |
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“I see a wonderful future in a very
uncertain world. If we will cling to our values, if we will build on our
inheritance, if we will walk in obedience before the Lord, if we will
simply live the gospel we will be blessed in a magnificent and wonderful
way. ...
“Great has been our past, wonderful is our present, glorious can be our
future.” |
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(“Look to the Future,” October 1997 General
Conference) |
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Notes