VISITING TEACHING MESSAGE Family Joy Is Found in Righteousness
God
“established families to bring us happiness, to help us learn correct
principles in a loving atmosphere, and to prepare us for eternal life.”1 Of God’s “great plan of happiness” (Alma 42:8), President Russell M. Nelson, President of the Quorum of the
Twelve Apostles, said: “His plan declares that men and women are ‘that they
might have joy’ [2 Nephi 2:25]. That joy comes when we choose to
live in harmony with God’s eternal plan.”2
A
Christ-centered home provides the greatest opportunities for success. Elder
Richard G. Scott (1928–2015) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
describes it as a place “where the gospel is taught, covenants are kept, and
love abounds,” where families can live “an obedient life” and become “firmly
rooted in the gospel of Jesus
Christ.”3
President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First
Presidency, said: “We can decide that we will do all we can to bring down the
powers of heaven into [our] family.”
And we’re most likely to promote love, service, obedience, and happiness in our
homes by “[our children’s] hearing the word of God and then trying it in faith.
If they do, their natures will be changed in a way that produces the happiness
they seek.”4
Christ-Centered
Homes
We
have role models of Christ-centered homes in the scriptures. After his father,
Lehi, died, Nephi took his family and others who believed in the warnings and
the revelations of God and who hearkened to Nephi’s words away from the land of
the Lamanites. In this new place, the Nephites could keep the judgments,
statutes, and commandments of the Lord in all things, according to the law of Moses (see 2 Nephi 5:6–10).
Yet even among the Nephites, some eventually became disobedient.
And while our family members can sometimes drift away from
righteousness like the Nephites did, Elder Scott said that a Christ-centered
home still “provides the greatest assurance for peace and refuge in our homes.”
He acknowledged that “there will still be plenty of challenges or heartaches,
but even in the midst of turmoil, we can enjoy inner peace and profound
happiness.”5
Additional
Scriptures
Faith, Family, Relief What
could we do to live more righteously within our families?
“Within
Families”
cji
12/1/16
The core
of the Gospel
centers on
the Family
eternal
and forever
parents –
children
brothers
– sisters
mothers –
fathers
eternal
and forever
therefore
to be found
in
eternal love bound
the core
of the Gospel
of Jesus
Christ forever!
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