'Change is progress' for Latter-day Saints
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"I would like to talk tonight about change, because everything around us seems to be changing in an accelerated pace," Elder Jacob de Jager of the Seventy said at the priesthood session Saturday evening.
He reflected on recent tremendous changes in Eastern Europe and the Persian Gulf, adding that some may feel changes in the world are beyond their control."Yet there are important changes everyone should be able to make through proper preparation, changes over which we do have control," he said. "As priesthood holders we should ask ourselves these questions: `Am I giving enough attention and time to personal change, which will make me a better person in the eyes of the Lord?' And `Am I, as a father and spiritual leader in my own home, giving enough attention and time to my basic duties and responsibilities? These, he said, are:
"To lead and direct my family in regular family prayer and study of the scriptures.
"To prepare my sons to receive the priesthood, and the other members in my family to honor the priesthood.
"To encourage my family to be worthy to receive the temple ordinances and be faithful to the covenants made.
"To assist my family members to develop their personal talents and divine gifts to strengthen and serve others.
"To inspire my family members to keep the commandments of God and endure in faith till the end."
The saying, "Change is progress," takes on special meaning for Latter-day Saints, he said, because repentance, conversion and perfecting all bring change.
