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President Ballard’s message addresses a variety of topics—including prophets, faith in Christ, the sacrament, and service—and members of your quorum or Relief Society may find different topics especially meaningful. Invite members to share something from this message that inspires them. What invitations or promised blessings do we find in President Ballard’s message? Consider inviting members to ponder for a few minutes what they feel inspired to do as a result of this discussion.

Prophets

Invitations:

• My brothers and sisters, we have just participated in a solemn assembly, a practice that can be traced back to the Bible when ancient Israel gathered to feel the Lord’s presence and celebrate His blessings. We are privileged to live in a time when this ancient practice has been restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith. I urge you to record in your personal journal what you felt regarding this most sacred occasion in which you have taken part.
• I have known our new prophet-president for over 60 years. I have served with him in the Quorum of the Twelve for 33 years, and I am a witness that the hand of the Lord has been preparing him to become our presiding apostle and prophet to administer all the keys of the holy priesthood on the earth. May each one of us completely sustain him and his counselors and follow their direction.

How did you feel as you participated in the solemn assembly?

What blessings do you think we will receive as we sustain President Nelson and his counsellors? (See D&C 21:6 – the gates of hell shall not prevail, the Lord will disperse the powers of darkness, heavens will shake for your good)

‘Those are powerful promises that can keep us safe in these treacherous times. We need them, and the Lord will give them to each of us if we are willing to follow the prophets, seers, and revelators.’ (Paul V Johnson, General Conference, October 2005)

Faith in Christ

Invitation and promised blessings:

• Brothers and sisters, life can be filled with faith, joy, happiness, hope, and love when we exercise the smallest amount of real faith in Christ—even a mustard seed of faith

What does it mean to exercise faith?

How can a small amount of faith grow into something much larger?

‘In moments of fear or doubt or troubling times, hold the ground you have already won, even if that ground is limited. ……… When those moments come and issues surface, the resolution of which is not immediately forthcoming, hold fast to what you already know and stand strong until additional knowledge comes.’ (Jeffrey R Holland, General Conference, April 2013)

The sacrament

Invitations:

• The power of the Sabbath day is to experience in church and at home the delight, the joy, and the warmth of feeling the Spirit of the Lord without any kind of distraction.

What can distract is from the Sabbath day and the sacrament?

•  If we do not find time to unplug, we may miss opportunities to hear the voice of Him who said, “Be still, and know that I am God.”

How is the sacrament an opportunity to ‘unplug’?

• The blessing of receiving the sacrament in sacrament meeting must never become routine or just something we do.

How can we make sure that the sacrament doesn’t become routine?

Promised blessings:

• It is only 70 minutes in a whole week when we can pause and find more peace, joy, and happiness in our lives.

‘We improve our relationship with our Heavenly Father by learning of Him, by communing with Him, by repenting of our sins, and by actively following Jesus Christ, for “no man cometh unto the Father, but by [Christ].”  ^{John 14:6} To strengthen our relationship with God, we need some meaningful time alone with Him. Quietly focusing on daily personal prayer and scripture study, always aiming to be worthy of a current temple recommend—these will be some wise investments of our time and efforts to draw closer to our Heavenly Father. Let us heed the invitation in Psalms: “Be still, and know that I am God.”’ (Dieter F Uchtdorf, General Conference, October 2010)

Service

Invitations:

• Church members—both men and women—should not hesitate, if they desire, to run for public office at any level of government wherever they live. 
• Where democracy exists, it is our duty as members to vote for honorable men and women who are willing to serve
• Many opportunities to serve are informal—without assignment—and come as we reach out to others we meet in life’s journey.  Remember Jesus taught the lawyer that we should love God and our neighbor as ourselves using the good Samaritan as an example.
• I pray we will be filled with love for our Heavenly Father’s children and be able to see their needs and be willing to answer their questions and concerns about the gospel in clear and kind ways that will increase understanding and appreciation for one another.

Promised blessings:

• Service opens a window by which we understand the life and ministry of Christ.

How does service better help us to understand the life and ministry of Christ?

‘While the most important aspects of redemption have to do with repentance and forgiveness, there is a very significant temporal aspect as well. Jesus is said to have gone about doing good (see  Acts 10:38) which included healing the sick and infirm, supplying food to hungry multitudes, and teaching a more excellent way. “The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many”  (Matthew 20:28) So may we, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, go about doing good in the redemptive pattern of the Master.

This kind of redemptive work means helping people with their problems. It means befriending the poor and the weak, alleviating suffering, righting wrongs, defending truth, strengthening the rising generation, and achieving security and happiness at home. Much of our redemptive work on earth is to help others grow and achieve their just hopes and aspirations.’ (D Todd Christofferson, General Conference, April 2013)

Think about Elder Ballard’s invitations – which do you feel you need to work on? When will you start and how?